It’s not exactly that Aphex Twin one, though.
As previously reported, the Wu-Tang Clan’s The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin will be released as an edition of one, taken on an art tour, and sold to the highest bidder, and RZA says that they already have a $5 million bid.
Upset at the prospect of the album landing in the hands of “some Saudi oil baron’s kid,” some enterprising Wu-Tang fans have set up a Kickstarter with a goal of buying the album and sharing the music digitally.
“For all the fans who won’t be able to pay 30-50 bucks to listen to a double album in one sitting, let’s raise enough money to buy this album and then turn around and give it away for free,” they write. “Wu members can still get their CREAM and the rest of us get to enjoy an epic album instead of some uber rich bastard keeping it to himself like a collector’s item.”
You’ve got to admire their spirit, but the entire point of Once Upon A Time is to “put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music.” Would-be Kickstarter backers must think it’s a longshot, too: 299 backers have raised only $1,959 of their $5 million goal. But hey, they’ve got 51 days to go.