Sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the ‘world’s rarest album’ once sold for $2m to Martin Shkreli, will be loaned to Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art

Sian Cain
Mon 27 May 2024 15.01 BST
Last modified on Mon 27 May 2024 15.12 BST

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the Wu-Tang Clan album that exists in a single physical copy that was once bought by disgraced pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli for US$2m, will finally be available to hear – if you can get to Tasmania.

The Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart has acquired the album on loan from digital art collective Pleasr for its upcoming exhibition Namedropping, which is set to explore status, celebrity and notoriety.

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, sometimes referred to as the most valuable album ever made, was recorded in secret between 2006 and 2013 and is housed in an ornate silver box. It reportedly features contributions from all surviving members of Wu-Tang Clan – and two appearances from Cher.

The album’s rarity was intended as a statement about the impact of streaming and piracy on the value of music, ...

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/28/wu-tang-clan-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin-album-played-first-time-tasmania-mona-martin-shkreli

[oldsoftie]

1. Perfect example of overhyping. And Shkreli should be beaten.

[GiqueCee]

2. That oily little shit...

... Shkreli, and his smarmy smirk, should spend some quality time locked in a room with all the people he fucked over.

[oldsoftie]

3. I'm actually one of them. I knew who he was long before he made the news.

[GiqueCee]

4. Sorry to hear that...

... did you ever see any restitution?

[oldsoftie]

5. Oh no; because the law allows him to do what he did. It SHOULDNT but it does.

The short (no pun intended) story is this; Shkreli had a large following online. He would post his stock picks. So a company I was invested in had applied for approval of a cancer diagnostic. Everything was going well. So he shorted the stock (BEFORE telling anyone) and filed a "citizens petition" asking that the FDA deny approval. His petition was full of false information, but by law it has to be investigated. THEN he posts to his followers what he'd done. The price of the stock dropped 30% in ONE day, IRRC. By the time the FDA denied his petition the damage had already been done. ALL of that was & still is legal.
Institutional short selling should be illegal. Short selling of any low volume/low market cap company should be illegal. And if you knowingly file a CP that contains false information you should be charged.

[GiqueCee]

6. And that contemptible little turd...

... being the sociopath that he has repeatedly demonstrated himself to be, probably smirked all the way to the bank. He should never, ever breathe free air again.