Just heard some rumours that the gold experience is out of production.. WHat´s up with that?!
Why would Warner brothers stop to produce that (not too old) album (with hits like tmbgitw, gold etc)? I mean, there is albums that is much more older than just this one?! What´s up with this?

And...
Somebody knows if the original version of the gold experience is around there?! (the original prince set up, before the wb changed the list)

such a good album that could make more people to enjoy prince even today I guess...

One of the orgers mentioned WB and Prince had an agreement in 95 to produce limited copies of TGE. They added that the reason was because P owned the masters to TGE, which is a good thing IMO.
I've never seen this confirmed by a reputable source, so who knows.
If you don't have a copy, I've read several posts saying it's popped up on bargain bins and used cd shops.

XNY said:

I wish I'd known about that back in 1995 because I would
have bought two copies.

I know I can still make a cdr of it, but it's not the
same as going out and buying a new [mid price] copy of
an album.

Did that with "Parade", "Grafitty Bridge" and "Come" the
other week, all of which were on sale for 10 Euro's a pop.

That way the old ones get moved to the car and the new ones
are used for home listening pleasure.

Yeah, apparently P. owns the masters, so blame that little cunt, not WB!

I just bought TGE for about ten dollars from half.com

Most used CD stores I know have a copy of two of this 1995 release. Still pretty easy to find.

XNY said:

Well that's just great! Another Prince cd that I have to carry around like it's nitroglycerine.

heard of eBay.com?

it sells consistently for 20-30 on ebay though...

shunchan said:

WB never changed anything about The Gold Experience.
The only change to occur from the time the album
was mastered to it's eventual release was Days Of Wild
being dropped from the album, and that would have been
Prince's decision, not WB's.

In fact, contrary to popular belief, WB have never had
the power to change anything Prince put out with them.
They could advise or request changes, but they couldn't
demand or enforce them. Though they could decide not to
release something at all, if they were unsatified with it.

I could be wrong, but isn't it the case with record companies that they 'discontinue' an album just before re-releasing it at mid-price?
Let's hope that this is the case with TGE.