I was making an order this week from my distributor and noticed For U is now out of print. Any chance that there is a deal is play and we will get the Prince remasters starting with For U? There are only 13 original albums still in print in the USA as of now. This does not include the best ofs. Or does it mean that Prince now has that master? and every year one by one they others will go out of print too? Just curious if anyone knows.

The correct album title is For You. Maybe that will help.

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For You ownership will revert to Prince in 2013 (35 years after the issue date).

dandeeland said:

I was making an order this week from my distributor and noticed For U is now out of print. Any chance that there is a deal is play and we will get the Prince remasters starting with For U? There are only 13 original albums still in print in the USA as of now. This does not include the best ofs. Or does it mean that Prince now has that master? and every year one by one they others will go out of print too? Just curious if anyone knows.

I was under the impression that the rights to the albums turned over to Prince after 35 years, which would mean he wouldn't get the rights to For You until 2013. It's possible that WB is simply letting the albums which just don't sell languish on the vine.

I would not look forward to Prince reestablishing For U's printing any time soon, but I could obviously be very wrong about that. Just speculation on my part.

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http://www.amazon.com/You...amp;sr=1-1

Harlepolis said:

http://www.amazon.com/You...amp;sr=1-1

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Out of Print, not unavailable.

jaawwnn said:

Harlepolis said:

http://www.amazon.com/You...amp;sr=1-1

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Out of Print, not unavailable.

I don't know what page you were clicking at, but the link I provided says "In Stock." in bold green letters.

Amazon aren't the manufacturer of the CD's. I was under the impression that the original post was referring to ordering them from the source

Harlepolis said:

jaawwnn said:

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Out of Print, not unavailable.

I don't know what page you were clicking at, but the link I provided says "In Stock." in bold green letters.

Out of Print means it is not receiving further printing of the album.

Out of Print does not mean it is not in stock at music-selling websites.

Spinlight said:

Harlepolis said:

I don't know what page you were clicking at, but the link I provided says "In Stock." in bold green letters.

Out of Print means it is not receiving further printing of the album.

Out of Print does not mean it is not in stock at music-selling websites.

Oh ok, my mistake then.

I thought the poster meant that the album is no longer in stock.

Harlepolis said:

Spinlight said:

Out of Print means it is not receiving further printing of the album.

Out of Print does not mean it is not in stock at music-selling websites.

Oh ok, my mistake then.

I thought the poster meant that the album is no longer in stock.

Nah, the OP is probably a shop owner and was making an order from his distributor who was out of stock of the album and received word from the manufacturer that no further printings of the album would be made. (AKA its deleted from the catalog, like The Gold Experience was after.... I think 1 or 2 printings?? Someone can correct me.)

Prince met with WB recently. Rubber-stamping re-pressings of OOP titles could very well have been the main reason he was there. His entire catalog went out-of-print a couple years ago, so it happens occasionally. It's in his best interest to allow WB to run another batch as long as both parties see that money can be made. NOS of For You can of course be found in stores and on the Amazon third-party Marketplace. If you don't have For You by now, you might as well get the Japanese SHM if you can find it reasonably priced - the packaging is really sweet.

squirrelgrease said:

Prince met with WB recently. Rubber-stamping re-pressings of OOP titles could very well have been the main reason he was there. His entire catalog went out-of-print a couple years ago, so it happens occasionally. It's in his best interest to allow WB to run another batch as long as both parties see that money can be made. NOS of For You can of course be found in stores and on the Amazon third-party Marketplace. If you don't have For You by now, you might as well get the Japanese SHM if you can find it reasonably priced - the packaging is really sweet.

What's the difference from the normal version?

It is available on itunes (US store at least) for $8.91.

ludwig said:

The correct album title is For You. Maybe that will help.

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Dig it

Spinlight said:

squirrelgrease said:

Prince met with WB recently. Rubber-stamping re-pressings of OOP titles could very well have been the main reason he was there. His entire catalog went out-of-print a couple years ago, so it happens occasionally. It's in his best interest to allow WB to run another batch as long as both parties see that money can be made. NOS of For You can of course be found in stores and on the Amazon third-party Marketplace. If you don't have For You by now, you might as well get the Japanese SHM if you can find it reasonably priced - the packaging is really sweet.

What's the difference from the normal version?

Nothing of importance sound-wise. SHM is a gimmick based around their special proprietary plastic coating over the data layer that is supposed to create less laser scatter. The packaging is extremely nice, though.

BlackbeltJones bought them all and did a blind listening test. http://prince.org/msg/7/3...4&pg=1 He concluded that there were probably some marginal EQ tweaks that sometimes sounded a little better and sometimes a little worse than the US pressings. Side-by-side waveform comparisons back this up and also show that the loudness was increased slightly. All of the anomalies in the US CDs were present in the SHM discs, so the same source was used.

Thanks my distributor does have the Japanese pressing. Cost is 19.74 and retails for 29.99. I will let my customers know. As of now it is out of print in the USA. More than half of his catalogue is out of print in the USA. Thats a shame. At least the essential stuff from the 80s is still available for now. There were some good releases in the 90s though like symbol and gold that i wish they would rerelease. I sell alot of Gold cds as special orders. That one would still sell. The symbol and Gold were my two favorite Prince cds too!! I cant believe they didnt sell. I thought they were great!! Oh well, I guess what I like by him is not what others like. Thanks for the info on the For U album. Its much appreciated!!

alot of his WB stuff is out of print. Gold Experience, Chaos and DIsorder,Girl 6, and a few others. Mainly u can still find them, but if they are in a store doesnt mean they are print, just means whatever a stores warehouse still had they are selling off.

squirrelgrease said:

Spinlight said:

What's the difference from the normal version?

Nothing of importance sound-wise. SHM is a gimmick based around their special proprietary plastic coating over the data layer that is supposed to create less laser scatter. The packaging is extremely nice, though.

BlackbeltJones bought them all and did a blind listening test. http://prince.org/msg/7/3...4&pg=1 He concluded that there were probably some marginal EQ tweaks that sometimes sounded a little better and sometimes a little worse than the US pressings. Side-by-side waveform comparisons back this up and also show that the loudness was increased slightly. All of the anomalies in the US CDs were present in the SHM discs, so the same source was used.

Oooooh - get you!

dandeeland said:

Thanks my distributor does have the Japanese pressing. Cost is 19.74 and retails for 29.99. I will let my customers know. As of now it is out of print in the USA. More than half of his catalogue is out of print in the USA. Thats a shame. At least the essential stuff from the 80s is still available for now. There were some good releases in the 90s though like symbol and gold that i wish they would rerelease. I sell alot of Gold cds as special orders. That one would still sell. The symbol and Gold were my two favorite Prince cds too!! I cant believe they didnt sell. I thought they were great!! Oh well, I guess what I like by him is not what others like. Thanks for the info on the For U album. Its much appreciated!!

Note that the Japanese SHM discs are all OOP now too, so if you can get them from your distributor as NOS, you may want to stock-pile them. I guess the run was really small.