dalsh327 said:

With the release of "Extraloveable", he might be working on vault songs the way Jagger reworked the Exile and Some Girls Deluxe Editions.

I hope not because adding "new" vocals etc to some vaulted music is a bastardization in my opinion. Nobody wants to hear newfangled shit intermixed with the vintage material. From any artists, especially Prince and The Rolling Stones.

Trickology said:

One thing I don't understand why so many complain about overpriced remasters. We now live in a age where you can resell packages like this rather quickly and turn around a profit in a short time window. I don't see how anyone could lose by holding onto these Limited Print sets and putting them away to resell them a few years down the road. To put it bluntly, you HOLD all the cards. There is no hand that can trump you. Which reminds me I need to start buying Limited Edition packaged box sets.

Nine Inch Nails

Rush

Bjork

Smiths

Doors

etc

Now add that all up. In a few years, if you bought one box every month you would more than triple your money. Besides, when you are on your death bed you will not be lamenting "Oh, I can't believe I spent 800 dollars on a complete Prince remasters box" I'd understand if you didn't have the internet, but WE do. Trust me, buy the lavish over priced box sets,ladies n gents. You will be the one laughing at the bank 8 times out of 10. "Them" is great odds.

Plus it wouldnt go for that high.

BTW, wheres that Miles Davis set to sell me?!!!

rdhull said:

Trickology said:

One thing I don't understand why so many complain about overpriced remasters. We now live in a age where you can resell packages like this rather quickly and turn around a profit in a short time window. I don't see how anyone could lose by holding onto these Limited Print sets and putting them away to resell them a few years down the road. To put it bluntly, you HOLD all the cards. There is no hand that can trump you. Which reminds me I need to start buying Limited Edition packaged box sets.

Nine Inch Nails

Rush

Bjork

Smiths

Doors

etc

Now add that all up. In a few years, if you bought one box every month you would more than triple your money. Besides, when you are on your death bed you will not be lamenting "Oh, I can't believe I spent 800 dollars on a complete Prince remasters box" I'd understand if you didn't have the internet, but WE do. Trust me, buy the lavish over priced box sets,ladies n gents. You will be the one laughing at the bank 8 times out of 10. "Them" is great odds.

Plus it wouldnt go for that high.

BTW, wheres that Miles Davis set to sell me?!!!

You know it's funny you mention that. Columbia Printed up quite a bit of those Miles sets. I think you can get good price on those still. But it reminds me what happened to the Crystal Ball sets and how cheap they were. The CB prices are starting to go upwards. As the pressing winds down, the price starts to tick up. I think the Miles boxes are going to start skyrocketing soon. So maybe I should just buy all new Miles box sets before the "Out of Print" monster comes. The miles Quintet is going for 41.00 retail.

I still am kicking myself that the Nine Inch Nails Ghosts set I didn't buy. Nine inch nails is going for 1500.00 already. Original Price was for 300.00 How many years did that jump? 4 years. Now think if you bought ten boxes of that.

If you start buying boxes or limited edition packages, say you buy 2 a month. You put them in a warehouse similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Sit on those purchases, before the panic sets in and then all of a sudden these BOX Sets start becoming valuable. And that is when you thank me and RD

And that my friends, is why you never complain at the high prices of these boxes. And if you think the manufacturers do not know this, then Id like to sell you a guitar that Prince may have strummed once. I have no documentation nor do I have any physical evidence that this guitar may have crossed paths w/ Prince. But boy, what a collectors item!

The secret words are "CUT OUT" and "out of Print" Once that happens, cash out or wait as the value continues to skyrocket.

The Miles Live at Plugged Nickel sealed is going for 1,119.00. That set went for I believe 150.00 retail in 1995. Remember this line,folks. CD's are the NEW vinyl. Warehouse everything you can because in the present & decades to come, just like Vinyl, collectors are going to want your inventory. . I guess what I am trying to say is, ignore this state of mind "This is expensive" It will be a mere fraction in a few years. It may take a bit to stir the collectors, but once they do, you will forget about everything. And if your friend is trying to talk you out of it, f him because what business of it is his?

What do you think this set below is going to go for Sealed in 5 years?

I bet you me and RD have the same figure in mind. The exact figure is: beaucoup bucks! 71 discs & a book, hmmm The kicker is, it doesn't matter how cheaply it is made. Collectors always procrastinate. This set is only retailed for 240? Goddamn. Vault this and in 20 years you can go on vacation w/ your extended relatives to different planets in the solar system.

Conclusion: Buy everything you can that says Limited Edition w/ the music greats. Don't listen to your friends. And as for Prince, bring on that limited edition remasters w/ cardboard sleeves and price it at 300 in a cardboard purple box that looks like it was manufactured by same marketers behind Mcdonalds Happy Meal box. Make it as shoddy as can be, I don't care.

Deluxe limited-edition box sets? Hell, I'd be happy if Prince just did nothing more than reissue remasters of his original CDs. He's the only legendary musician that I can think of that only makes available the shoddy analog-to-digital transfers of his earlier work.

Bands and artists like The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, etc., etc., have all at least given their back catalog the perfunctory no-frills remastered treatment. I still have to crank-up the volume on most of my Prince CDs to ear-deafening levels just to get decent sound.

rdhull said:

bobbyperu said:

Something funny hit the news today: Elvis Costello actually asked his fans NOT to buy a new box set "The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook" containing a cd/dvd/ep/booklet/poster and postcard for €151/$202. Elvis quite rightly thought the price was outrageous. And in response to RD, I still follow Prince (why else would I be on this site?) but I stopped being a collector.

1. I watched that Costello controversy too. 3 cds, a vid and a booklet. Cos is right about the outrage.

2. You may no longer be a collector but you can't tell me you aren't purchasing Purple R box set of remastered cd, dvd of the movie, bonus disc of extended b-sides and full versions of Nikki, B Ones, etc, photo booklet of tour project, essay by Alan Leeds, dvd 2 of the Syracuse concert, you dont need those girls or their stupid music puppet, and recording of Aug 83 gig that was basis for several of the PR songs used all in a beautiful elaborate PR flower print box.

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[Edited 11/30/11 22:42pm]

Trickology said:

rdhull said:

Plus it wouldnt go for that high.

BTW, wheres that Miles Davis set to sell me?!!!

You know it's funny you mention that. Columbia Printed up quite a bit of those Miles sets. I think you can get good price on those still. But it reminds me what happened to the Crystal Ball sets and how cheap they were. The CB prices are starting to go upwards. As the pressing winds down, the price starts to tick up. I think the Miles boxes are going to start skyrocketing soon. So maybe I should just buy all new Miles box sets before the "Out of Print" monster comes. The miles Quintet is going for 41.00 retail.

I still am kicking myself that the Nine Inch Nails Ghosts set I didn't buy. Nine inch nails is going for 1500.00 already. Original Price was for 300.00 How many years did that jump? 4 years. Now think if you bought ten boxes of that.

If you start buying boxes or limited edition packages, say you buy 2 a month. You put them in a warehouse similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Sit on those purchases, before the panic sets in and then all of a sudden these BOX Sets start becoming valuable. And that is when you thank me and RD

And that my friends, is why you never complain at the high prices of these boxes. And if you think the manufacturers do not know this, then Id like to sell you a guitar that Prince may have strummed once. I have no documentation nor do I have any physical evidence that this guitar may have crossed paths w/ Prince. But boy, what a collectors item!

The secret words are "CUT OUT" and "out of Print" Once that happens, cash out or wait as the value continues to skyrocket.

The Miles Live at Plugged Nickel sealed is going for 1,119.00. That set went for I believe 150.00 retail in 1995. Remember this line,folks. CD's are the NEW vinyl. Warehouse everything you can because in the present & decades to come, just like Vinyl, collectors are going to want your inventory. . I guess what I am trying to say is, ignore this state of mind "This is expensive" It will be a mere fraction in a few years. It may take a bit to stir the collectors, but once they do, you will forget about everything. And if your friend is trying to talk you out of it, f him because what business of it is his?

What do you think this set below is going to go for Sealed in 5 years?

I bet you me and RD have the same figure in mind. The exact figure is: beaucoup bucks! 71 discs & a book, hmmm The kicker is, it doesn't matter how cheaply it is made. Collectors always procrastinate. This set is only retailed for 240? Goddamn. Vault this and in 20 years you can go on vacation w/ your extended relatives to different planets in the solar system.

Conclusion: Buy everything you can that says Limited Edition w/ the music greats. Don't listen to your friends. And as for Prince, bring on that limited edition remasters w/ cardboard sleeves and price it at 300 in a cardboard purple box that looks like it was manufactured by same marketers behind Mcdonalds Happy Meal box. Make it as shoddy as can be, I don't care.

I am now kicking myself for not buying that Hawaiin Hat Box from NPGMC! I clowned the hell out of that upon release. I should have purchased two. I dont care if Sam out that baby poster in there. I wonder what happens to the NPGMC overstock (if their is any).

rdhull said:

Trickology said:

You know it's funny you mention that. Columbia Printed up quite a bit of those Miles sets. I think you can get good price on those still. But it reminds me what happened to the Crystal Ball sets and how cheap they were. The CB prices are starting to go upwards. As the pressing winds down, the price starts to tick up. I think the Miles boxes are going to start skyrocketing soon. So maybe I should just buy all new Miles box sets before the "Out of Print" monster comes. The miles Quintet is going for 41.00 retail.

I still am kicking myself that the Nine Inch Nails Ghosts set I didn't buy. Nine inch nails is going for 1500.00 already. Original Price was for 300.00 How many years did that jump? 4 years. Now think if you bought ten boxes of that.

If you start buying boxes or limited edition packages, say you buy 2 a month. You put them in a warehouse similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Sit on those purchases, before the panic sets in and then all of a sudden these BOX Sets start becoming valuable. And that is when you thank me and RD

And that my friends, is why you never complain at the high prices of these boxes. And if you think the manufacturers do not know this, then Id like to sell you a guitar that Prince may have strummed once. I have no documentation nor do I have any physical evidence that this guitar may have crossed paths w/ Prince. But boy, what a collectors item!

The secret words are "CUT OUT" and "out of Print" Once that happens, cash out or wait as the value continues to skyrocket.

The Miles Live at Plugged Nickel sealed is going for 1,119.00. That set went for I believe 150.00 retail in 1995. Remember this line,folks. CD's are the NEW vinyl. Warehouse everything you can because in the present & decades to come, just like Vinyl, collectors are going to want your inventory. . I guess what I am trying to say is, ignore this state of mind "This is expensive" It will be a mere fraction in a few years. It may take a bit to stir the collectors, but once they do, you will forget about everything. And if your friend is trying to talk you out of it, f him because what business of it is his?

What do you think this set below is going to go for Sealed in 5 years?

I bet you me and RD have the same figure in mind. The exact figure is: beaucoup bucks! 71 discs & a book, hmmm The kicker is, it doesn't matter how cheaply it is made. Collectors always procrastinate. This set is only retailed for 240? Goddamn. Vault this and in 20 years you can go on vacation w/ your extended relatives to different planets in the solar system.

Conclusion: Buy everything you can that says Limited Edition w/ the music greats. Don't listen to your friends. And as for Prince, bring on that limited edition remasters w/ cardboard sleeves and price it at 300 in a cardboard purple box that looks like it was manufactured by same marketers behind Mcdonalds Happy Meal box. Make it as shoddy as can be, I don't care.

I am now kicking myself for not buying that Hawaiin Hat Box from NPGMC! I clowned the hell out of that upon release. I should have purchased two. I dont care if Sam out that baby poster in there. I wonder what happens to the NPGMC overstock (if their is any).

Stop the car, Jeeves. Hawaiian Hat Box? I never heard of this one. What about this diamond encrusted mp3 player? I am thinking a sealed one of that is going to skyrocket when MP3 players are like record players Man, Prince items alone will be like the Beatles & Elvis. The loonier the better.