It’s a good week for rich people who like experimental music (it’s probably also a good week for rich people who don’t like experimental music, but let’s stick to the subject at hand). Sun Ra’s vintage master tapes are on eBay, albeit at a price that Penn Jillette, of Penn Teller fame, tweeted was “too rich for my blood.” Now a seller on Discogs is offering a copy of Aphex Twin’s 1994 Caustic Window for $13,500 — plus shipping, obviously.
According to AFX lore, the album made it to the test-pressing stage before being scrapped. The seller, who promises to “demonstrate [the record’s] authenticity,” told FACT he got the LP from label Rephlex in 1994.
The listing includes photos, but a copy of Aphex Twin’s Analogue Bubblebath Vol. 5 the seller was reportedly offering for $1,000 is no longer listed, and there was a Richard D. James April Fool’s track earlier this month. So someone else will have to come up with the money, is what we’re saying. Yes, even the shipping. Maybe Wu-Tang Clan?
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