Another Copy of “The Black Album” Has Resurfaced

Another copy of Prince’s ultra rare record The Black Album has surfaced.

The vinyl record is one of the most sought-after collectible pressings of all time. Approximately 500,000 copies were made by Warner Bros. in 1987, but they were ordered to be destroyed after Prince branded the record as “evil” and refused its release. The label did their best to destroy ever copy, but in the past 30 years three copies of the original pressing have surfaced.

“It is easily one of the rarest records in the world,” said Jeff Gold, a rarities expert.

Today, however, another copy of the rare album was found in Canada by a former employee of the Columbia Records Canadian pressing plant.

“In 1987, he was working at Columbia Records Canadian pressing plant in Canada,” explained Gold.

“When The Black Album was pulled and the copies had been made marked for destruction, he kept one copy for himself. He never realized its rarity or value until reading about the discovery of the U.S. copies in Rolling Stone and contacted me.”

With Gold’s help, the owner listed the unsealed, played record on Discogs yesterday for $27,500. The previous editions sold for over $10,000 more but were in mint condition.