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Prince Withdrawn original album series box-set ![spread4-1024x679.jpg](https://superdeluxeedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spread4-1024x679.jpg)
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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[Edited 9/16/23 0:12am] "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #1 posted 09/16/23 12:11am
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https://superdeluxeedition.com/picture-gallery/prince-withdrawn-original-album-series-box-set-exclusive-photos/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] "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #2 posted 09/16/23 12:44am
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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By the time it got withdrawn lots of copies were distributed around the world.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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Reply #3 posted 09/16/23 5:56am
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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By the time it got withdrawn lots of copies were distributed around the world.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. |
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Reply #4 posted 09/16/23 8:30am
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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? "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #5 posted 09/16/23 8:31am
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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? "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #6 posted 09/16/23 10:08am
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Vannormal said:
Kares said:
. 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?
. 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. |
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Reply #7 posted 09/16/23 12:09pm
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Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap
And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below |
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Reply #8 posted 09/16/23 1:56pm
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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. ![sad](/i/s/icon_sad.gif) |
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Reply #9 posted 09/17/23 1:00am
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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 |
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Reply #10 posted 09/17/23 2:44am
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This Prince box was supposed to be part of Warner's "Original Album Series", which features many different artists: https://www.originalalbumseries.com/Sets by Bootsy, Larry Graham, George Benson were among this series. |
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Reply #11 posted 09/17/23 4:08am
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Thanks all.
Haven't seen these boxes (yet) in Euorpe.
Or maybe i didn't pay to much attention to them.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #12 posted 09/17/23 4:54am
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Vannormal said: Thanks all. Haven't seen these boxes (yet) in Euorpe. Or maybe i didn't pay to much attention to them. I've seen this cheap set exposed a couple of times in a record store, once in my city in Italy and the second time in Rotterdam, if I remember correctly. |
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Reply #13 posted 09/17/23 6:51am
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they are real and they are not too expensive... the last time I found some for sale... "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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Reply #14 posted 09/17/23 10:54am
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Need to go to Rotterdam and Italy then. ![wink](/i/s/icon_wink.gif)
THANKS "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #15 posted 09/17/23 5:18pm
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I managed to get one from Australia before they were pulled....they were pulled before release here in NZ but a few shops in Aussie had them for sale briefly |
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Reply #17 posted 10/05/23 3:08am
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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.
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