Universal has just deleted "Christmas Portrait".This almost seems like unbelievable news.Before anyone gets too emotional,let me explain what might be going on here.
There is a possibility that Universal is reissuing a 30th anniversary "Christmas Portrait" disc this fall,and they deleted the original Special Edition in advance.This possible 30th anniversary disc would probably be remastered-with the original 1978 mixes and original artwork.
The other(unfortunate) scenario is that the Special Edition disc simply slowed down in sales over the past ten years since "Christmas Collection" came out,and Universal just decided to delete it and keep the double-disc set in print.And,since several(I think 8 or 9,incuding the solo albums)albums have been deleted in the past 3 years,this wouldn't be a total surprise.
I hope the first scenario winds up being true(we'll know within the next 4 or 5 weeks)........
[Moderator's note: In the interest of accuracy, the thread title has been modified to indicate the later information that ther album is NOT out of print at this time.]
There is a possibility that Universal is reissuing a 30th anniversary "Christmas Portrait" disc this fall,and they deleted the original Special Edition in advance.This possible 30th anniversary disc would probably be remastered-with the original 1978 mixes and original artwork.
The other(unfortunate) scenario is that the Special Edition disc simply slowed down in sales over the past ten years since "Christmas Collection" came out,and Universal just decided to delete it and keep the double-disc set in print.And,since several(I think 8 or 9,incuding the solo albums)albums have been deleted in the past 3 years,this wouldn't be a total surprise.
I hope the first scenario winds up being true(we'll know within the next 4 or 5 weeks)........
[Moderator's note: In the interest of accuracy, the thread title has been modified to indicate the later information that ther album is NOT out of print at this time.]