rainbowchild said:

Why are you crying?

TheEnglishGent said:

I feel sad for you....

suomynona said:

Now you know good and well you of all people own a copy of this... Don't front.

BSK3601 said:

I have to say though, these remastered versions of the extended tracks sound awesome, especially I've been waiting for them since I ever heard the original versions.... Fantastic!

If both sides can come to an agreement, they SHOULD release it!!!! I can remember looking @ the 3 cd set with a glimmer of hope, because FINALLY all the b-sides were gonna be on a CD. Then I put the damn thing on.....ALL 45 VERSIONS!!!! What a rip-off!!!!! Warners could just put out a CD with all the 12" versions & make it a double, THEN put out a double disc with all the B-sides. That's what they get for being arrogant f**ks!!!! Anywhere groups like Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison go, they take their masters with them. Anyone notice that????

VinnyM27 said:

You better hurry and sell then shits! i'm just tellin you

I don't know if anyone brought this up but FOR ALL NEW YORKERS:

I picked up a copy of Ultimate Prince at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square. It's up in the front and it's being sold as an import. Hurry up and get yours NOW!

purplecam said:

Thanks for the heads up. I just called they have about 20 @ $30 each. I told them to hold 3 for me and I'm heading out the door right now! woo hoo!!


PS. I would be willing to trade copies for something I don't have--or sell them at cost + a CDr of other type of album. PM me if interested. I might try to buy more than 3 if there are any left...and I'm totally willing to make a deal with fellow fans.
[Edited 3/21/06 17:34pm]

jone70 said:

My pleasure to help!

Pretty low when a major chain resorts to selling them at double price and then misleads by calling it an import.

origmnd said:

Still less expensive than most of the ones on ebay.

jone70 said:

i was lucky to get one off ebay early for 20

VIRGIN MEGASTORE IN UNION SQUARE NYC HAS IT!!!

At least 15 copies and they were restocking more...my gf and I were debating buying them all and doing the e-bay thing..but thats just not me, so I have one copy.

They are $31.95 and have an import sticker on them. Perhaps this is a way to circumvent the injunction? It seems very bizarre to me that a chain that big would go against the law or even be unaware of the suit at some level of management. This particular store is right next to a Circuit City that, of course, had no copies of "Ultimate", but tons of "3121".

Ironically, we had swept the east village for copies and had given up, had lunch dinner and were just walking around looking for a bathroom...walked into Virgin to use the ole john...and whammo! Right in front, first display, all props go to Robin, my gf, she saw them first!

origmnd said:

Congratulations! You win the "I'm cooler than you 'cause I paid less for Ultimate Prince" contest...

WARNING .....

ANYONE WHO BOUGHT UTIMATE AT VIRGIN UNION SQUARE

check your copies---Its missing a CD!

fortunately only the 1st CD is missing

damn thing was sealed too. maybe other copies are like this--still had 2 copies that i saw

origmnd said:

origmnd said:

origmnd said:

So even though you got one off of ebay for $20, you still went to Virgin & bought an 'overpriced' import? Sounds fishy to me...

Did anyone else who bought one at Virgin have this problem?
[Edited 3/21/06 21:03pm]

jone70 said:

It didnt arrive in the mail yet--so i figured i would make sure and get one anyway

How come it doesnt say RHINO anywhere on the packaging?

origmnd said:

I don't think that's necessarily unusual. I did buy one off of ebay, and received it and that packaging doesn't say Rhino anywhere either. And both discs were there. BUT I did notice that the ones I bought at Virgin do not have the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning stamped on them on the back, lower right like my Ebay one. The Virgin ones have the price tag affixed to the cd and then the shrink wrap is over top of the price tag. And the fine print on the Virgin ones say they are from Warner Music Australia (hence the Import) whereas my Ebay one says WEA (US).

I haven't opened any of mine b/c I was going to send them to some fellow orgers...but I tried to call Virgin just now to see if I could return the opened ones for a full refund if they are missing one disc. No one answered--they close at 1am, so I guess they decided not to pick up.

jone70 said:

since they are going to friends --open at least one--they could all be missing discs

imagine having to have people send them back for u to return them

origmnd said:

I know...but opened ones may not be refundable/returnable either and who wants only one disc? The return policy on the receipt says, "returns on sealed products accompanied by receipt..." or "defective music...may be exchanged for identical product only." It could get tricky if there are no Ultimate cds left to exchange a defective opened one for, so I want to call Virgin before I open the CDs just in case I need to return them.

I really want to know if this happened to anyone else...Purplecam, Joshmos, did your's have both discs?

jone70 said:

chances are if at least one more set is missing a disc ill bet they are all
messedd up

rainbowchild said:

Strange .

Has anyone in the UK got a copy from a Shop ?? Not on Ebay.

I have looked and looked but nothing

and one for me in Germany, I need one
please

Explains why I was wondering around the city like an ass...maybe they just don't have it in my part of the world
[Edited 3/22/06 4:22am]

purpledisc said:

Not yet.

origmnd said:

5 years ago I won a contest, where my prize is every CD Rhino releases for a lifetime. So I get a lot of CDs every year !
The reason I mention this is that not all the CDs I get actually say "Rhino" on the actual packaging . For instance, I just got a few weeks some ZZ Top reissues, and they only say Warner Bros on them . Also, they reissed some big Fleetwood Mac albums a year back, and they only say Warner Bros as well . Rhino essentially functions now as the reissue arm of Warner/elektra/Atlantic records, and their subsidiary companies (Such as Sire, East/West, etc), and there is probably some corporate business reason why the Rhino name is only on some CDs and not others,

origmnd said:

Just opened 3 of my copies...they were all fine with both discs and everything. FYI: I called the Manager at Virgin before hand--open discs are returnable for Store Credit only...