If it was any other artist, I would say yes. But this is Prince! For almost 35 years we were used to at least an album a year. That pace didn't really slow down until 2010! Some might argue that not enough has come out in almost 4 years.

I'm speaking only of the original stuff such as PR:D, P&M 1983, NC2U, Originals, IF4U and 1999: SDE.

I'm not talking about all of the Sony "Legacy" releases. Is that where you think there's too much going on?

I would rather his name be kept current than a bunch of yearlong lapses. Side note: I'm not getting any younger!

R U insane....the more the betta ...u want to wait bfore coronavirus or iran takes us out...stock the shelves and let people buy when they can

I'm a newish fan compared to most, and I've loved both the pace and quality of releases so far; most of the big releases have been reissues of one kind or another anyway, and the entirely original album-length releases have emerged at a similar rate to new albums in his lifetime, so... *shrug*

Even reissues will probably slow down after 2021 anyway, as almost everything obvious will have presumably been put back into the market by then. In the meantime, I'm enjoying the ride.

Since I don't have Prince concerts to spend money on, anymore - bring on the albums!

No! I want to hear all that vault material in my lifetime, and I'm not young anymore.

Nope,no need to slow down.I wish we were getting at least THREE deluxe editions a year We're not getting any younger.I want to enjoy this stuff before I'm too old to get up and dance,lol

SoulAlive said:

Nope,no need to slow down.I wish we were getting at least THREE deluxe editions a year We're not getting any younger.I want to enjoy this stuff before I'm too old to get up and dance,lol

agreed, 100%

Why? The new generation experiencing these records for the first time aren't getting them released by Prince or by an industry that works on the release schedule of his era...the one that he hated and fought againt to begin with....most of the music is available already, even the unreleased material and live material, to anyone who really wants to find it. Nobody is promoting these records on talk shows or through tours, they're back catalog. Slow down the back catalog? The traditional way of doing things would be a box set of all the records at once, or by era.

But you know what... go at your own pace.

For the rest of us that are rediscovering and falling in love with the material all over again, we can't wait, we've been waiting a long time for this...and most of us never thought we'd see the Vault opened at this stage in our lives.

I think the only mistake they made was releasing PR Deluxe just 7 months after 4Ever which had five PR songs included. They should have released something different after the 7 months.

Casual fans who bought 4Ever probably passed on PR Deluxe because 4Ever had so many PR songs.

If they slow it down anymore, none of us will be alive to see full content of the vault.

No offense but...HELL NO! They should speed them up and include the new music outside of the deluxe re-releases.

We still haven't gotten a proper release of any unreleased vault albums that Prince had, like Deliverance or the Welcome to America album.

Hurry these damn releases up! I'm tired of waiting. And...oh yeah, release 'The Undertaker' album, like YESTERDAY!

I've said this too. As a collector I can't spend $500 on 1999 stuff then a few months later $200 on One nite alone stuff. Either slow down or just release one at a time. That's my wish.

DirtyCache said:

Is it possible that it would B better 2 slow these releases down 2 allow the new and casual fans time 2 fully digest and appreciate all this great music..

fuck them

Dauphin said:

I feel like the actual buyers (us) are older. They don't have the luxury of a new release every five years.

Us geezers are on borrowed time...

I don't know about anybody else, but I view the Warner special editions and releases as completely separate from the Sony reissues. How it will go later down the road I don't know - but to me the important stuff is Originals, 1999 DE etc. The extras and icing on the cake for collectors or LTTP fans are the reissues with nothing new on them. I don't think one cannibalizes the other in terms of market share or marketing. Not too many casual fans are really going to give af about a reissue from the 'dark years', so they can bang out as many of those as they want, it won't hurt the promotion or sales of the next deluxe edition or vault release imo.

SquirrelMeat said:

If they slow it down anymore, none of us will be alive to see full content of the vault.

THIS!

As I'm getting older, I think they should release it faster.

Clearly they need to get what they can now while the audience is still alive and interested and the market still has a place for physical media.

rdhull said:

djdaffy1227 said:

Buy the limited stuff, or the stuff you most want, when they come out. Then take your time to buy the rest. Works for me.

DirtyCache said:

Just wondering if anyone else here thought that maybe these re-releases should B spread out a little farther?

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Hell no!

Why?

Because you can't keep up?

Time is running out, so hurry up!

DirtyCache said:

I wonder how a "new" fan feels about all this music coming out and being able 2 afford it.

Don't worry: most new fans will just stream the music from Spotify, so money is not a problem for them. Money is only a problem for a few surviving collectors. I'm not a collector, so I couldn't care less about expensive physical releases. Music is what's important, so I'm with the majority here: I want as much music to be released as soon as possible, because life is short, in general, and it's certainly way too short to get only 2-3 CDs worth of previously unreleased Prince music each year. At that pace, we'll all be dead before 10% of the vault has been released.

olb99 said:

I want as much music to be released as soon as possible, because life is short, in general, and it's certainly way too short to get only 2-3 CDs worth of previously unreleased Prince music each year. At that pace, we'll all be dead before 10% of the vault has been released.

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PeggyO said:

Dauphin said:

I feel like the actual buyers (us) are older. They don't have the luxury of a new release every five years.

Us geezers are on borrowed time...

Hear Hear!

But to answer the OP's question seriously.......

I love all the shit thats constantly coming out, but dont expect us married father of three to go out and buy everything thats released.

I can only afford to pick and choose which ones I really need (or want). But if I was single and irresponsible, I'd be going NUTS!!!!!!!!!

No!

These re-issues are part of a defined contract with start and end points. The sooner they are out of the way the better for all of us!

If (or when) Sony can release Vault tracks, then more interesting material will come fast.

History has shown Sony to be overtly commercial. So they will want to raid the vault at speed.

I appreciate Warners has always been about nurture but Sony has always been about a fast buck!

darkroman said:

No!

These re-issues are part of a defined contract with start and end points. The sooner they are out of the way the better for all of us!

If (or when) Sony can release Vault tracks, then more interesting material will come fast.

History has shown Sony to be overtly commercial. So they will want to raid the vault at speed.

I appreciate Warners has always been about nurture but Sony has always been about a fast buck!

I don't believe Sony have any access to tracks in the vault, or ever will. That's all at the disposal of Warners. There could also be as many as 10,000+ songs there. By '89 there were already 2000 songs. Warners played a blinder... basically Sony, you can have the reissues which have sold nearly all they're gonna sell.