Besides in CD and LP, Lady Gaga's first album The Fame was also released in USB form. A fact not known to even all Little Monsters. This little piece of art is a USB stick formed into shape of Lady Gaga. It's really fun, containing the album songs, music videos and digital single cover pictures etc.
It's also hyper rare collectable object.
No one knows for sure how many of these are made, and it's not sure where they were sold, or if they were sold at all. It's possible that it's a promo item, made only a bunch, and somehow spread through internet auctions when people who got them at first wanted money out of them, since Gaga became hyper famous.
It does have a barcode though, 602527035529, and it's released either May 7, July 7 or November 6 2009, so possibly it has been sold, but to how many? And for what price?
To know the amount of copies produced and the original selling price would help to define the value of this object. And I would very much like to know it, since I have it myself, although I'm not selling it. There is one comment saying that 63 € was the price of it, but that was possibly referring to Ebay.
Gagavision says there was a competition arranged in 2009 by Universal Music Mexico, in which The Fame USB was the prize, but it was only in held Mexico and Argentina.
I'm very interested about how many of these exist, and I've collected some info I could find on the internet. From somewhere I read that The Fame USB albums could range between tens and hundreds. I had the idea that there were 100 of them, but I can't remember where I got that info. Youtube user "IagoGermanotta" says there's 100 of them. "MyGagaGraphy" says in his blog that there is 250 of them. So between tens and 250 perhaps, but most probably one hundred.
"KayJay" says it was sold out in 24 hours of it's release, which seems easy to believe.
People who own The Fame USB album:
Sire Sasa Helsinki, FinlandMathieu Deflem USA
Nick UK
Kevin Germany, possibly Berlin
Stéphanie Belgium. She had it but sold it to someone for 440 €.
GagaMania UK. Signed by Gaga
LadyGagaItalianCollector Italy, possibly Rome
Some Mexican Guadalajara, Mexico, selling it for $1200
xtaticboyz Madrid, Spain
Gaga Collector BR Brazil
IagoGermanotta Brazil
neta-lee Israel
KayJay may have it
18 members of Discogs have this:
andorepa
bigoudin Paris, France
Chipeur-30 Nîmes, France
dimitriam2010
DjangoSG93
glennv1w1
JUDY87
justilicious Justin aka Camille Towe, Los Angeles/Hollywood, USA
lamoreox1
morganmorison
MrGermanotta
Pyanga
retro-dance-freak
ric21000
ron92
stephaniemusic probably the same Stéphanie as above
vince_martin888
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Ebay user gevsgarage818 sells these, he has many of them, even though he puts only one at a time in Ebay. I bought mine from him, and hi's still selling them. The price has grown to sick $600!
The last ones he's sold are in October 24 for $415, and November 26 for $455.
Also Ebayer kyliekrazy sells one. Her price is $550, but the listing of the item is ended, since no one has bought it yet. But I'm sure the item will be relisted until it's sold.
So, at least 34 The Fame USB albums exist. If you know more, please let me know.
Ebay user gevsgarage818 sells these, he has many of them, even though he puts only one at a time in Ebay. I bought mine from him, and hi's still selling them. The price has grown to sick $600!
The last ones he's sold are in October 24 for $415, and November 26 for $455.
Also Ebayer kyliekrazy sells one. Her price is $550, but the listing of the item is ended, since no one has bought it yet. But I'm sure the item will be relisted until it's sold.
So, at least 34 The Fame USB albums exist. If you know more, please let me know.
