Several Nicks' CD's, dropped from active status (OOP)
 

Recently several of Stevie's solo CD's were removed from active status,
making them OOP (out of print). I'm sure many are still in stock right
now at retailers, but if you don't have any of these particular titles....

WILD HEART
ROCK A LITTLE
OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR
STREET ANGEL

Even TISL has had it's suggested price lowered to $7.98

If I were an optimist I'd think maybe we have some Remasters coming.
On the other hand, if I were a pessimist I'd think there's no market for
those older titles. After all CD is dead or dying (dang you downloaders!).

I'm a pessimist, but I think this means remasters. The fact that "Bella Donna" isn't on that list makes me wonder, though.

Why do cd's go out of print? Is it based on sales? Or is it based on the artist's status with the label? Wouldn't the label continue to print the back catalogue - especially of a popular artist?

I hope they put together nice packages for the remasters. Stevie is known for a nice package.

I love lots of nice photographs from the young adulthood years, with midnight-suede platform boots, silk opera hat, & velour GYOW jacket.

Demos & such I don't care so much about. But I love reminiscences (sp?) from wonderful old critics like Steve Pond, Ken Tucker, & David Gans.

[QUOTE=CADreaming;806944]Why do cd's go out of print? Is it based on sales? /QUOTE]

Based on the list I provided you would think it would be due to lack of sales.
But if they are being deleted because of the upcoming remasters you'd think
(like Luke suggested) that Bella Donna would be on that list of OOP. Surely it
would be the first to be remastered. Followed by my favorite, WILD HEART.

I wonder if anyone would be interested in me posting the 2 CD set(s) track list
w/bonus artwork (for Bella, Wild, Rock and Mirror)?

[QUOTE=iamnotafraid;806967]

Is this something you put together yourself? What are you gettin at here?

All of Stevie's albums are being sold just fine at amazon.com...it says nothing about out of print.

It's like there's an entire Dean Martin show going on just beneath the surface.

Sliding down the pole, Everybody loves somebody some time . . .

Michele

[QUOTE=MacMan;806979]MacMan, you know me, would I kid about something like this???

Whitewingdove73, I did mention in my original post about the CD's
being still in stock at many retailers (online anyway).

David, "Stevie is known for a nice package"......that joke writes itself,
doesn't it?

So not sure if this means that the downloads will also be deleted. I know that alot of major record stores (look at me calling them record stores) hardly even sell CDs anymore. You walk in, look around the store for the CD you are after, but instead of taking a CD, you take a laminated card to the sales desk, and they will either burn the disc for you there, or download the tunes onto your MP3 player. Me thinky the CD has had its day in the techno sun.
That said, I would love a remaster! I have so many double copies of CDs becasue when I bought them they were just the normal version, and then they remastered a few years later.

only a few Stevie albums are available on iTunes Australia, basically only Bella Donna, Enchanted and Crystal Visions.:shocked:

Several Nicks' CD's, dropped from active status (OOP)
 

They're all on iTunes US. They're on CD overseas on Reprise (Modern was folded). I keep finding the EU EMI reissues of The Wild Heart at fye (tip for collectors!). I guess EMI had a tonne of copies left to sell after their non-US contract with Modern expired.

you know what is strange is that i was at the best buy near my house yesterday and they didnt have any fleetwood mac cd's at all. they didnt even have a card for them. i was shocked! i was looking for the lindsey buckingham gift of screws and somehow found that but it didnt have a card either. i just got lucky to have found that.

That's exactly what it's based on....the labels used to do quarterly reviews....if a particular title showed continued lack of sales over a period of time, it was cut out. It might be even more frequent now.
That said, I really hope this signifies a batch of remasters....the fact that BELLA DONNA isn't on the list might be due to it's continued strong sales....they may be keeping the original version around until the last minute.
Plus, while not as huge as BELLA DONNA, I would think the sales on THE WILD HEART still have to be pretty strong. The other three? Not so much (in fact, I'm actually surprised THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR and, especially, STREET ANGEL, weren't cut out long ago!).

why has no one asked for a citation yet?

this is, after all, the person who started these threads:

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=36843

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=38265

:shrug: