Wu-Tang Clan just sold what they're calling the rarest album ever created: Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, just a single copy of which exists. The record, which took from 2006 to 2013 to make and features contributions from every surviving member of the group, has been stored in a vault in Morocco for most of the time since it was completed. Now, Paddle8 auction house says an American buyer purchased the sole copy for "millions," though no further details about the sum were given, the Guardian reports. Forbes notes that the price was agreed to back in May, but the announcement wasn't made until this week because contracts and legal agreements were being sorted out.
"We hope that the impact of this historical sale will echo through the ages and maybe remind us every now and then that music is a great art form that should be valued as such," says Wu-Tang founding member RZA, who says a significant portion of the proceeds will go to charity. Before its sale, the MoMA PS1 art gallery hosted a listening event at which an audience heard a 13-minute medley of the album's tracks, the only time the public heard any of the 128-minute record. The terms of the sale dictate that the buyer not make the album public for at least 88 years. Prior to this, the priciest single record ever sold was a rare acetate recording of Elvis Presley's first song, which Jack White bought for $300,000. (More Wu-Tang Clan stories.)
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