Wu-Tang Clan will sell only a single copy of their new album
J Thoendell stashed this in Music
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/26/555026...
"We're about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music," says Wu-Tang Clan member Robert "RZA" Diggs. "We're making a single-sale collector's item. This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king."
Stashed in: @bhorowitz, Hip Hop, Music, Music, @wutangclan
What a freaking cool idea:
As music sales have dwindled over the years, artists have increasingly turned to making special editions of their albums to entice hardcore fans to spend more hard-earned cash — but there's never been an album quite like what Wu-Tang Clan is cooking up. In addition to releasing a 20th anniversary album this summer called A Better Tomorrow, the hip-hop collective also recorded a double album in secret over the last two years — and is only releasing one single copy of it.
As reported by Forbes, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin will be encased in a silver and nickel box crafted by British-Moroccan artist Yahya and will probably sell for millions of dollars. However, before it is sold, the one-of-a-kind album will tour the world as many other famous pieces of art do, with stops at museums, galleries, and potentially music festivals. Fans will be charged a cost to attend a "listening event," where they'll get a chance to hear the album on headphones after being carefully screened for recording materials.
I wonder if Ben Horowitz will be the acquirer of that album after the world tour.
More about the 2014 Wu Tang Clan record:
http://pandawhale.com/post/46616/the-wu-tang-clan-and-the-worlds-most-exclusive-album
3:33 PM Mar 27 2014