that has shipped !To open or not to open???? I almost bought 2 or 3 but with the limited # to 1,981,I didn't want to have other Prince fans be left out

I see mine will be shipped in four day on the 7th. I'm in teh Netherlands.

dsimp8 said:

that has shipped !To open or not to open???? I almost bought 2 or 3 but with the limited # to 1,981,I didn't want to have other Prince fans be left out

I won't upon mine as "The Truth" LP.

dsimp8 said:

that has shipped !To open or not to open???? I almost bought 2 or 3 but with the limited # to 1,981,I didn't want to have other Prince fans be left out

Why wouldn't you open it? Especially as you didn't want other fans to miss out. Surely, the only reason not to open is to preserve the value, so in the future it will be sold and gouge another fan. If you aren't opening it, you're already causing another fan to miss out on hearing the tape playing.

EnglishGent2 said:

RODSERLING said:

Hilarious to see that most of these RSD or limited release are in fact never opened, and never listened to. You might have bought a blank tape, but that doesn't matter. I don't see the point to consider posthumous releases as "collectors" Products. . There's absolutely no link to the artist promoting a record. I m not saying those reases are pointless : they are beyond expensive for what it is ( half a 7' or half a cassette single sold for the price of an album, etc.) but at least there's some content on it. But if not opened, no point at all. . When SST came out back in 2005 for 4 $/€, there was not such an enthusiasm in sales about it, and there was 2 tracks on it. So I m wondering why the fans that didn't want to spend 4$ on a true single in 2005, now want so much to own half of a single for 15 or 20$. . [Edited 2/3/22 9:16am]

That's a very good point. Generally speaking I'm not a big fan of getting collectible versions of things simply for memorbilia. But when Prince was alive, at lease we knew that he personally approved those collectiable. He wanted his fans to have them.

But now that he's dead, he'd not personally endorsing these products. It's just the Estate trying to make money. I don't begurdge them for wanting to make money (we all want money!), but non-Prince approved collectibles have even less appeal for me.

LoveGalore said:

EnglishGent2 said:

Why wouldn't you open it? Especially as you didn't want other fans to miss out. Surely, the only reason not to open is to preserve the value, so in the future it will be sold and gouge another fan. If you aren't opening it, you're already causing another fan to miss out on hearing the tape playing.

There's no reason to miss out on hearing the song because it's on a thousand different platforms for free. Cassette tapes don't provide any additional or unique sonic experience.

So why even buy it?

EnglishGent2 said:

RODSERLING said:

Hilarious to see that most of these RSD or limited release are in fact never opened, and never listened to. You might have bought a blank tape, but that doesn't matter. I don't see the point to consider posthumous releases as "collectors" Products. . There's absolutely no link to the artist promoting a record. I m not saying those reases are pointless : they are beyond expensive for what it is ( half a 7' or half a cassette single sold for the price of an album, etc.) but at least there's some content on it. But if not opened, no point at all. . When SST came out back in 2005 for 4 $/€, there was not such an enthusiasm in sales about it, and there was 2 tracks on it. So I m wondering why the fans that didn't want to spend 4$ on a true single in 2005, now want so much to own half of a single for 15 or 20$. . [Edited 2/3/22 9:16am]

Simple. The reason is Prince is dead, he wasn't in 2005.

Whatever...

But I agree that bying something and not opening it... Ugh. That freaks me out too.

Same freakishness as leaving the celofane around records... nah, that's a personal frustration.

So called investment is the answer you often get - they buy two, leave on 'sealed' is the word.

As in 10 years from now peope will still be intersted in spending a shitload of $$ on unopened post-Prince released stuff.

Will never get that.

Vannormal said:

RODSERLING said:

Hilarious to see that most of these RSD or limited release are in fact never opened, and never listened to. You might have bought a blank tape, but that doesn't matter. I don't see the point to consider posthumous releases as "collectors" Products. . There's absolutely no link to the artist promoting a record. I m not saying those reases are pointless : they are beyond expensive for what it is ( half a 7' or half a cassette single sold for the price of an album, etc.) but at least there's some content on it. But if not opened, no point at all. . When SST came out back in 2005 for 4 $/€, there was not such an enthusiasm in sales about it, and there was 2 tracks on it. So I m wondering why the fans that didn't want to spend 4$ on a true single in 2005, now want so much to own half of a single for 15 or 20$. . [Edited 2/3/22 9:16am]

Simple. The reason is Prince is dead, he wasn't in 2005.

Whatever...

... and also it's maybe because S.S.T was abolutely shit.

the only reason to get one is to collect it so do not open it. but most of the 1981 copies will not be open.

I cry every time I think of this. I was 100% sure that I'd ordered both it and the 7". Then I looked in my account and couldn't see it. Looked at my credit card bill and couldn't see it there either. Looks like I had a full basket and forgot to checkout. Story of my life!!!

TheEclecticElectric said:

Vannormal said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I wonder if the vinyl singles are ready yet? I ordered the 7" and the cassette together and haven't gotten a shipping notice.

As for buying/collecting things when he was alive I absolutely did that too. I'm not someone who needs every variation of every release in every format but I like having his albums on vinyl, and the occaisional 45 (and yes, I open and play them). I got on a kick last year of picking up his old cassette singles. I had the majority of them from when they were originally released and getting the rest was not an expensive endeavour. I have an old cassette player that still works and listened to them...the first time in decades for the ones I bought in the 90s. It was fun, and reminded me of the excitement of playing a new Prince single or hearing a new b-side for the first time. There's something much more intimate about playing physical media and not always just streaming or playing digital files.

It's okay to enjoy things.

renfield said:

Seriously.

What a let down.

Have they forgotten to the send it to the vinyl plant ?

mb71 said:

Vannormal said:

Simple. The reason is Prince is dead, he wasn't in 2005.

Whatever...

... and also it's maybe because S.S.T was abolutely shit.

How could U say that about a specially made song Prince(r.i.p.)spent ALL NIGHT recording BY HIMSELF in dedication to Hurricane Katrina?

[Edited 2/6/22 8:10am]

mb71 said:

heartpeacesheart said:

mb71 said:

... and also it's maybe because S.S.T was abolutely shit.

I'd say what prompted the release of the song definitely was but for that song I believe it's the thought that counts. And by that I mean Summoning Sade is always very necessary

He could've raised more money and interest for the cause by releasing a revered song from the vault. Of course he never looks back... blah, blah.