I got Spectrum on vinyl a few months ago and it quickly is part of my top ten favorite fusion albums. The more capsule reviews I see, I want to order the SACD more. So now it is not available. This hobby feels suddenly disappointing.
Must be that storage cost eats up potential profit of additional sales. Except, in the off-chance predictions were wrong, they could press more and make more money and also come off as the good guy. Or do they really believe that gold stamped numbers increase sales by enough that they would lose most future sales by violating the "Limited Edition"? To me that sounds like a myth, something that would apply to picture discs or marbles, but certainly doesn't apply to a great sounding mix of good music. How long was Best of the Doors in print? Just me, but I'd play Spectrum more often, so I'd rather buy that. Maybe they don't want to take time to think about that, although a small-ish label doesn't seem the type to do that, more likely such decisions are made in committee and written in stone.