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March 23, 2017

Music

The Unbelievable Story of the Most Expensive Record Ever Sold on Discogs

Was the biggest record sale in the history of Discogs actually someone selling the record to themself? Was a serial hoaxer who had posed as Jimi Hendrix’s son in blackface actually behind both the 1989 album and its 2017 sale?

Andy Cush Spin Mar 2017 10min Permalink