Five original extremely rare vinyl records of Prince‘s legendary The Black Album have surfaced according to NME Records – The records are reported to be in pristine condition and have remained untouched for 25 years with three of them selling, one for a staggering $20,000, and the other two for $15,000. Recorded in 1986...
A Beatles' 7″ Parlophone demonstration (promo) record ‘Love Me Do’ has now become the most expensive single ever sold on Discogs. Only a copy of Prince’s lost Black Album sold for more ($243). A serious buyer/investor/collector paid a whopping $14,757.00US (£11,250.00) for this promotional single that was originally released on October 5th,1962. Only 250 copies...
In 1977, NASA made two records, each filled with recordings of nature noises, human sounds, classical music, and rock songs, along with this message etched between the grooves: "To the makers of music—all worlds, all times." Then, they sent these two records into space, one aboard the Voyager 1 and...
John Lennon’s personal copy of Yesterday And Today featuring the original censored artwork. John Lennon’s personal LP of "Yesterday And Today" has been sold, including almost 100 other pieces of Beatles music memorabilia by Heritage Auctions at their November 11th, 2017 auction. The noteworthy copy, which belonged to John Lennon, was...
BROCKHAMPTON emerged out of the woodwork. Looking at past rap crews it’s not difficult to see how an idea like this manifested. But it’s being presented in a way I frankly have never seen before, and in this day and age - that’s awesome. The term rap crew wouldn’t even...
Tupac’s story is not an easy one to tell. He was charismatic, controversial, contradictory and immensely talented. As someone once said of the young Bob Dylan, he had so many sides he’s round. Tupac Shakur, perhaps the best poet of the hip-hop generation, was born in East Harlem in New...
Gavin Godbold calls himself a die-hard collector, but there would be many others who think maybe he's gone a little too far. The Bluff local has eight record players plugged in at various places throughout his home, ready to go whenever he might need them. This may sound excessive, even...
“Music has always been part of my life. In 1960, I lost my athletic scholarship after participating in the civil rights sit-in demonstrations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and thought I had sacrificed my big chance to escape an ordinary existence. I was given a ticket to Los Angeles by the...
The Voyager Golden Record was never really intended for human consumption. The target audience for the contents—popular songs, sounds from nature, photographs, spoken greetings in dozens of human languages and one whale language—was, and still is, an alien civilization capable of deciphering the instructions on the cover to learn about...
