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Thread started 10/02/07 5:28am

neronava

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Prince WB albums out of print

Hey,

I work at Amoeba (a record store, or let me phrase this-the record store). And it just came down the wire that the Prince catalog has been discontinued (the WB stuff). Anyone think this whole EBAY, Youtube, suing issue may be some sort of strategic move? Do you think that they will be reissued, and remastered?

Nero

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Reply #1 posted 10/02/07 5:39am

Tame

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Of course it's strategic....Prince is clever in the art of surprise. Believe me, he's playing some elaborate, invisible chess game...I'm sure he already has us all in check by now, So we sit back and wait for mate day.

Last Night, I spent another lonely Christmas...Darlin' Darlin' U shoulda been there.~Prince.
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Reply #2 posted 10/02/07 5:44am

BorisFishpaw

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This has been discussed before. It's just a case of WB changing their distributor for Prince's back cat soon. So they won't be deleted for long, and stocks are unlikely to dry up in the meantime anyway.

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Reply #3 posted 10/02/07 6:11am

aymiderham

BorisFishpaw said:

This has been discussed before. It's just a case of WB changing their distributor for Prince's back cat soon. So they won't be deleted for long, and stocks are unlikely to dry up in the meantime anyway.


exactly

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Reply #4 posted 10/02/07 4:21pm

neronava

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aymiderham said:

BorisFishpaw said:

This has been discussed before. It's just a case of WB changing their distributor for Prince's back cat soon. So they won't be deleted for long, and stocks are unlikely to dry up in the meantime anyway.


exactly


I am going to look into that theory...It seems a little too simple.

nn

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Reply #5 posted 10/02/07 4:48pm

aymiderham

a little too simple...? what? Anyway I've worked in record stores and the music industry and it seems perfectly plausable
[Edited 10/2/07 16:48pm]

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Reply #6 posted 10/03/07 12:07am

BorisFishpaw

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neronava said:

aymiderham said:



exactly


I am going to look into that theory...It seems a little too simple.

nn


It's not a theory, it's a fact (as confirmed by WB themselves).

The distribution of Prince's back-cat is changing, provisionally for a period of
one year. That is why all his albums will appear as 'deleted' for a short period
of time while the catalogue is moved over. Once they get reinstated onto the
new distributor they will be exactly the same (so no remasters, no bonus tracks
or anything unfortunately). So it's just an internal WB thing, not anything that
will affect us as consumers/fans.

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