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These were the top-selling records on eBay during the month of May 2021. BY FRANK DANIELS

1 Black Flag

Damaged

SST/Unicorn 9502 With sticker on back cover

Condition: VG+/VG++

Sold for: $20,100.00

In late 1981, MCA Records was losing money because Unicorn — distributed by MCA — was poorly managed. They made an excuse not to distribute the 25,000 copies of this album. That excuse was a comment by the president of MCA that the record was “anti-parent.” So, SST put a sticker over the MCA distribution statement on the

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