Century Symphony Orchestra, Waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr. (1956)
Mind you. Classical music will probably live on forever. Record companies usually hire unknown artists to make the album covers for their records. The album is special since the artist went on to be a big star. The person who designed this album cover was none other than Andy Warhol! They have only found 7 copies of the record. One is at the Andy Warhol Museum, while the other one went for $5,500 in 2012.
Century Symphony Orchestra, Waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr. (1956)
Max Steiner, The Caine Mutiny
This was a record that was half dialogue and half soundtrack. It initially got scrapped when the writer of the novel, Herman Wouk, threatened to stop letting the studio use his work again if they released the album. He was furious when he saw that they were lifted verbatim from the novel. This was why he and Columbia agreed to stop the release and destroy all the copies they made. However, several employees did save a couple of copies. In 2007, one copy even went for $6,700.
Max Steiner, The Caine Mutiny
