Did anyone ever see this for real?

Was it ever on ebay?

Did the Madonna one ever appeared?

And what a strange combination of Prince albums...

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Discuss

[Edited 9/16/23 0:12am]

https://superdeluxeedition.com/picture-gallery/prince-withdrawn-original-album-series-box-set-exclusive-photos/

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(...) "Around The World In A Day" and in particular "Sign 'O' The Times" are the notable omissions from his classic eighties commercial and critical high. (...)

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(Just found that the Madonna box-set one is still for sale...)

[Edited 9/16/23 0:19am]

I own a copy, is not that rare.

By the time it got withdrawn lots of copies were distributed around the world.

It's just a WB product, recycling old stock putting them into cardboard sleeves and selling them as bundles. They do this with lots of other acts. I don't think any artist had any input on the album selection or any of this, that's probably why Prince had this stopped.

But if you search a bit you still can find it from time to time under a reasonable price.

psyche2 said:

I own a copy, is not that rare.

By the time it got withdrawn lots of copies were distributed around the world.

It's just a WB product, recycling old stock putting them into cardboard sleeves and selling them as bundles. They do this with lots of other acts. I don't think any artist had any input on the album selection or any of this, that's probably why Prince had this stopped.

But if you search a bit you still can find it from time to time under a reasonable price.

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Not to criticise his decision, but Prince most probably stopped this because he was only making pennies from such a budget rerelease bundle.
And the selection (as usual with these kind of bundles) is made to include a few big sellers and one or two poor sellers (such as Lovesexy in this case) – they obviously aren't going to include both Purple Rain and SOTT, the latter was reserved for another box.

psyche2 said:

I own a copy, is not that rare.

By the time it got withdrawn lots of copies were distributed around the world.

It's just a WB product, recycling old stock putting them into cardboard sleeves and selling them as bundles. They do this with lots of other acts. I don't think any artist had any input on the album selection or any of this, that's probably why Prince had this stopped.

But if you search a bit you still can find it from time to time under a reasonable price.

You have the LP's or CD's bo set?

Kares said:

psyche2 said:

I own a copy, is not that rare.

By the time it got withdrawn lots of copies were distributed around the world.

It's just a WB product, recycling old stock putting them into cardboard sleeves and selling them as bundles. They do this with lots of other acts. I don't think any artist had any input on the album selection or any of this, that's probably why Prince had this stopped.

But if you search a bit you still can find it from time to time under a reasonable price.

.
Not to criticise his decision, but Prince most probably stopped this because he was only making pennies from such a budget rerelease bundle.
And the selection (as usual with these kind of bundles) is made to include a few big sellers and one or two poor sellers (such as Lovesexy in this case) – they obviously aren't going to include both Purple Rain and SOTT, the latter was reserved for another box.

BAoslutely. Prince was right.

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And which box set was that?

Vannormal said:

Kares said:

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Not to criticise his decision, but Prince most probably stopped this because he was only making pennies from such a budget rerelease bundle.
And the selection (as usual with these kind of bundles) is made to include a few big sellers and one or two poor sellers (such as Lovesexy in this case) – they obviously aren't going to include both Purple Rain and SOTT, the latter was reserved for another box.

BAoslutely. Prince was right.

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And which box set was that?

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I meant a similar, future box. It's common to release more than one of these 5-album budget bundles from a single artist, so the label obviously wouldn't want to put the 5 biggest sellers into one box and ending up having to release a second set that practically nobody wants to buy.

when i saw this title, i thought wow, the estate is doing a box set of withdrawn prince albums? black album, roadhouse garden, etc?! then i realised what it was about.

Vannormal said:

psyche2 said:

I own a copy, is not that rare.

By the time it got withdrawn lots of copies were distributed around the world.

It's just a WB product, recycling old stock putting them into cardboard sleeves and selling them as bundles. They do this with lots of other acts. I don't think any artist had any input on the album selection or any of this, that's probably why Prince had this stopped.

But if you search a bit you still can find it from time to time under a reasonable price.

You have the LP's or CD's bo set?

It's only on CD

Thanks all.

Haven't seen these boxes (yet) in Euorpe.

Or maybe i didn't pay to much attention to them.

Vannormal said:

they are real and they are not too expensive... the last time I found some for sale...

Need to go to Rotterdam and Italy then.

THANKS

^same

I also wanted to buy a set to listen to the previously unreleased, limited edition status and immerse myself in Prince's extraordinary musical legacy.

Still available on ebay