Loretta Lynn’s Jack White-Produced “Van Lear Rose” Pulled
Loretta Lynn’s landmark album Van Lear Rose from 2004 is the latest important album from the country music catalog to get pulled from digital streaming and download services. Produced by Jack White, it is considered by many to be one of Loretta’s best records, and resulted in a comeback moment for the country legend, who was 72-years-old at the time, working with the 28-year-old Jack White.
Released on Interscope Records, which is a division of the Universal Music Group, Van Lear Rose went on to be nominated for five Grammy Awards, winning two of them for Best Country Album, and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for “Portland, Oregon” with Jack White. It debuted at #2 on the country charts, and #24 on the Billboard 200, making it Loretta’s best crossover album at the time. Van Lear Rose was lauded by critics, and ended up on numerous “Best of the Decade” lists for the aughts.
Why Van Lear Rose has been pulled from download and streaming services remains a mystery. Saving Country Music has reached out to Interscope Records and The Universal Music Group with no response. Representatives from Loretta’s current label Sony referred all questions to Interscope. A long-time signee to Decca and MCA Records during the heart of her career, Van Lear Rose was the only record Loretta Lynn released with Interscope Records. She later signed with Sony’s Legacy imprint in 2015.
What we do know is the disappearance of Van Lear Rose is not just in the United States, but is affecting some international markets as well. This is different from the recent disappearance of Dwight Yoakam’s debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc., which was pulled by his label amid a Copyright dispute. It is still available for listeners outside of the United States.
The 13 tracks of Van Lear Rose were solely written by Loretta Lynn, aside from one co-write with Jack White, and another with her husband Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn. The album was named for the Van Lear mine where Loretta’s father worked. No other titles from the Loretta Lynn catalog appear to be missing from streaming and download services at this time. It is unclear when the title was pulled, but it appears to have happened near the end of the first week of March.
The disappearance of Van Lear Rose comes as Loretta Lynn readies the release of her latest record Still Woman Enough on March 19th.
More information if or when it becomes available.
March 8, 2021 @ 12:25 pm
Trigger, i commented on this previously, and although my answer is by no means definitive, there could be something to it.
Last year, we were at Lorettas house and ranch. Spoke to members of her family and one of her trusted employees. Heres the familys take on Van Lear Rose. (Not the whole family, mind you) Yes, they know it won Grammys. Yes, they know the younger, non-country hipster crowd fawned all over the record, because its edgy and basically rock and roll guitar with Lorettas voice pasted on.
. But for that reason, they dont care for the album. Lorettas son finds it unlistenable. According to family, its not who Loretta is. They see it as the most un-country thing she ever did. Loretta, of course is ok with it.
I have a copy of it. I like the songs themselves. There is a narrative song on it about her little red shoes that is a true story from her childhood …and its a stunner, the problem is Jack White buried her vocals underneath a layer of droning art rock guitar, and you strain to hear the story. Then theres this song Have Mercy on me Baby, thats a 12 bar blues with Jack on distorted guitar, and although Loretta sings admirably, its weird. Why she agreed to this production is beyond me, but she did. Ultimately Trig, this album wasnt loved by her existing fan base either. Loretta isnt an alt rock artist and she didnt need to be made hip and trendy, shes a legend of Country music.
March 8, 2021 @ 12:35 pm
“this album wasnt loved by her existing fan base either”
Well, I would consider myself one, and I enjoy this album as much as any of her others. It’s a great album, no matter what genre you classify it as.
March 9, 2021 @ 4:16 am
Whether her family liked it or not has nothing to do with this article. It was a masterpiece and the collaboration was agreed on by both parties. Jack White has long stated he is a huge fan of Loretta Lynn. It is a beautiful album, and apparently enough so that it won many awards. Singers cross genres all the time, their music gets sampled by other singers and bands, so what I’m really hearing is you don’t like Jack White. He may not be your cuppa, but no one can’t deny his brilliance, so lets find out the real reason this album has been pulled.
March 9, 2021 @ 10:04 pm
Hi there!
I’m a Lynn family member. My uncle said some stuff about the album not being super successful in a PBS documentary that I think is a bit out of context but a lot of the family (self included) think it was phenomenal.
Loretta…or memaw as we call her…loves the stuff she did with Jack White (and Jack as a person, she talks about him often) and is totally happy with the album. She doesn’t really care about the commercial stuff because it’s art to her.
If I was to offer my personal opinion I actually wish she would have explored that style a little more with her more recent stuff, but I do think that Full Circle in particular of her most recent albums is just fantastic ????
March 10, 2021 @ 5:29 am
KC.
Thanks for weighing in. No disrespect meant. If imy understanding is off base, i will gladly own up, and correct accordingly. Understand i feel Lorettas catalog represents the pinnacle of Country Music Her music has and will stand the tests of time. And new fans will find her music organically.
Im a big proponent for traditional Country Music. I dont think it needs to be changed to reflect pop culture trends. However, if an artist wishes to do a concept record, or explore other genres, thats fine. Artistic freedom.
I did mention that as far as ive heard, Loretta enjoyed doing that album. And clearly you are confirming that. As mentioned, i own a copy of the album, and probably will continue listening to it from time to time. I feel its strengths lay in the songwriting and in Lorettas dynamic vocals. Miss being Mrs in particular, resonates very well, and grabs your heart.
And finally, i cannot emphasize enough, that her series of releases done at the Cash cabin, are essential listening , and to me represent Loretta at her very best.
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March 10, 2021 @ 8:09 am
Hi Kevin! None taken at all 🙂 I think you’re pretty on the mark. For my part I didn’t really feel like my uncles album sales remark was something that needed to even be said, let alone immortalized on the excellent Blue Kentucky Girl documentary so I just wanted to get another “family” perspective out there. 🙂
I do agree that her work is very much iconic of the traditional country sound. I must say as I’ve gone through the back catalog a bit more I am often surprised at how much she did have her little nods to the various eras of country-pop though it does often feel like the more “country” a song sounds the more it has her fingerprints on it and the more it nods to “pop” the more it feels a little more like a bit of outside input on it but that could just be my bias.
It’s always intriguing to get her perspective on her legacy in the genre in the rare moments where she’ll hint towards it. Unsurprisingly her framework for talking about that stuff is really just discussing songs. The ones she’s most proud of or wished she’d done differently or the ones that never made it to the studio.
It kind of blows my mind the things she’s done and people she’s known. Just an amazing lady all the way around.
Granted I might be a bit biased 😉
Take care 🙂
March 12, 2021 @ 6:59 am
Hi, KC. DO You have any insight as to why the original video has disappeared from YouTube? There are alternative versions available, but the one of the band, up close, with Loretta swatting JW as he leers at another woman is gone.
September 20, 2022 @ 9:33 pm
I bought the actual CD when it came out & LOVED it! Now I don’t even own a CD player and wanted to download it on Spotify & was shocked not to be able to find it anywhere! Very sad that it is not currently available!
March 11, 2021 @ 5:53 pm
I love the record too and I generally can’t stand country/rock mashups but this one is great. I suspect Loretta has nothing to do with the album being pulled, perhaps ownership is about to be transferred and they will reintroduce it on the formats when that’s all completed. And maybe Interscope is just pulling it for awhile to reintroduce it at some point with bonus tracks ( hope, hope).
March 8, 2021 @ 12:49 pm
I’m disheartened by your comment and hope it’s not true. I remember Lynn at the Grammys just genuinely gushing over the album. And I don’t remember her saying one ill word about the album, ever. As a Lynn fan all my life, I thought Van Lear Rose was tremendous and one of my all-time favorite albums. Have Mercy was very Wanda Jackson like and just a modern updated version of Rockabilly. I think Van Lear Rose is very country and true to Lynn’s legacy.
March 8, 2021 @ 1:26 pm
Hoptown
Im just reporting what i heard. I own the album too. I’m a rock and roll fan as well, so i understand why rock based folks would like it. And face it, Jack White became a 20 something hipster icon who could do no wrong with that crowd. I well remember when Van Lear Rose hit, it got airplay on alt rock stations, college stations and was the toast of NPR.
Yet, i get why the more hardcore country folks may not care for it. There is atill a large base of folks who grew up on Conway and Loretta and traditional country, who dont feel a connection to alt-rock and Jack White.
I know you are a hardcore country fan, but i sense that like me, you have or had a rock and roll side to you.
Yeah, my opinion has evolved on this record and i dislike it nowdays for the above mentioned reasons.
Compare it to any of her recent recordings done in the Cash cabin with John Carter.
March 11, 2021 @ 5:54 pm
John Carter Cash’s work with Loretta IMO is not nearly as inspired as her work with Jack White.
March 8, 2021 @ 2:20 pm
Well first off, there’s no indication this album was pulled because Loretta Lynn, her family, or close fans don’t like it. There’s plenty of stinker albums out there that don’t get pulled, even when the artists themselves hate them, especially ones that win two Grammy Awards, and is one of the most popular album in their catalog, among true fans or otherwise. I’m not saying the album wasn’t pulled at the behest of the Lynn camp. I just have no indication that is the case. Loretta has said in numerous interviews over the years she would do another record with Jack White again. That would seem to indicate she was happy with the outcome.
I do remember in either the Ken Burns country music documentary, or perhaps an “American Masters” episode with Loretta Lynn where her son said outright that even though “Van Lear Rose” won lots of awards, it didn’t make Loretta a whole lot of money. I believe this is true, especially when you compare it to some of her landmark albums of the past. If or how this factors into it no longer being available, I don’t know.
I sent multiple queries out about the album being pulled. For the most part, I’m being stonewalled, though most of the people I talk to just may not know. If it’s a legal issue, nobody wants to talk. But I am still attempting to run down an answer.
As far as the production of “Van Lear Rose” specifically, I would generally agree with you, and I also agree that most of Loretta’s core fans see it as more of a rock project. But I think it’s also important to emphasize that was part of the point. It was Loretta Lynn’s “American Recordings” moment, and it worked to reinstall Loretta in the national conversation as a music legend, and reset interest in her entire catalog. I don’t see the harm in that.
March 8, 2021 @ 5:50 pm
Maybe not enough money for the estate (and maybe that’s the root of the problem), but according to wiki …
“The album debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and No. 24 on the US Billboard 200, selling 37,000 in its first week, the best sales week for Lynn in the Nielsen Soundscan era.[13] It has sold over 233,000 copies in United States as of September 2004.”
Although the album had its Rockabilly moments, it had some of the most country tracks of Lynn’s career. “Miss Being Mrs” (I remember Vince Gill and Lynn performing it at an award show – Grammys, I think), “High on a Mountain Top,” “Trouble on the Line,” and “Family Tree” – there’s nothing hipster or none stone cold Country about those tracks.
It’s a landmark album like the Americana Recordings that reimagined a country legend that his and her genre was ignoring.
Trig – have you inquired at Third Man Records?
March 8, 2021 @ 6:06 pm
I have not inquired to Third Man Records, but this was not a Third Man Records release. Perhaps Jack White has something to do with this, but I think this is more about Interscope. It could be a similar deal to Dwight, where Loretta’s camp is trying to get back rights, or maybe they feel the the percentages are unfair to them, and Interscope has pulled the title. I really don’t know. Whatever it is, if it’s legal, they’re probably not going to talk, unless one party wants to put pressure on the other.
I completely understand this album sold lots of copies. All I can tell you is I remember specifically Loretta Lynn’s son talking about this album, and saying that they barely made any money from it. Perhaps that’s the root of all this. I’ll keep digging.
March 9, 2021 @ 3:47 am
Technically it was a TMR release. They did all the vinyl pressings.
March 9, 2021 @ 10:06 am
I just ordered the vinyl at TMR records too.
https://thirdmanstore.com/products/loretta-lynn-van-lear-rose-12-vinyl
March 9, 2021 @ 10:30 am
I have inquired at Third Man Records as well. But just because they manufacture and/or distribute the vinyl, doesn’t mean they have sway what happens with the streaming and downloads worldwide, or that they’re the record label for the album. Interscope is the record label for “Van Lear Rose.” Furthermore, Third Man Records, like many independent labels, is distributed through Sony’s The Orchard. Sony is Loretta Lynn’s current record label. Sony also handles all of Third Man’s distribution. Sony is the one entity I have personally spoken to about the matter. They referred me to Interscope.
I’m continuing to look into this, and am sending feelers out to wherever I think info might be found.
March 8, 2021 @ 3:42 pm
Thats a good story and I’m sure her Son might have said those things. But they spent a few years singing Portland Oregon around the country after Jack White was gone.
March 9, 2021 @ 4:33 am
I just purchased it on the TMR site!
March 8, 2021 @ 4:53 pm
Kevin,
Based on your comment, I’m glad I never heard this album. I would have been disappointed me to hear her sing Rock.
But can we all acknowledge that she sure looked good for a woman of 72 years?
March 8, 2021 @ 6:07 pm
She’s always looked amazing. And in case you aren’t joking about never listening to Van Lear Rose:
https://youtu.be/_3Z8bCokpTY
March 9, 2021 @ 5:27 am
Honky
I realized of the regulars here, you would likely share this viewpoint. As i said, my opinion evolved with time. Now, i question how in the grand scheme of things, this album has really benefitted Lorettas legacy. On the one hand, yes they are great songs that she wrote, but to a fan of Country music, the album tends to be a disappointing production by a rock star who was heavy handed and took liberties with her music. Clearly it was an attempt to market her to a more youthful crowd. But in so doing, they made her something she wasnt.
Another example of this was the Muddy Waters Electric Mud record. His producer wanted to market Muddy to hippie kids, so they made that record very psychedelic. To this day most of the blues fans and Muddys core fan base, hate it, because it represented something he wasnt about. Im sure theres other examples out there of this sort of thing. Also, i knew my comment would be about as popular as horse flies at a picnic.
March 9, 2021 @ 9:08 pm
I’m trying to understand why you can’t just say you don’t like Jack White? Repeating the same point just to add additional thinly-veiled insults makes it pretty obvious. It’s OK, we will stay off your lawn.
March 10, 2021 @ 4:50 am
All Genres,
Might surprise you. I admire a lot about Jack White. He restored the cutting lathe from King Records. The one that was used on James Browns great records, and very likely records by Grandpa Jones, Stringbean, Red Sovine and possibly even George Jones. Its now being used by Jack to cut live recordings at his studio. Im blown away by that. His record label reissues great lost classics from the American song catalog. He wrote a song thats played in every football stadium. And hes influenced many people to play guitar. And hes formed several successful rock bands. A lot of positives.
March 10, 2021 @ 1:15 pm
Please also stay off mine. Thanks.
March 9, 2021 @ 1:55 am
I think it’s a great album and family or not if Loretta had fun making and writing it isn’t that what music is all about if just one person likes it it made some one smile and sing along that’s what counts not ratings my music goes from God smack to hank Sr Loretta always been my favorite and I think it’s great I sing to it and it makes me smile
March 11, 2021 @ 5:57 pm
I think the album was also very important in introducing Loretta to a lot of rock fans who felt she was “too country” (she is – in a very good way!!!) for them to notice her much. I suspect a lot of new people went into her catalog after this album and that’s a very good thing.
March 9, 2021 @ 10:02 pm
Hi there!
I’m a Lynn family member. My uncle said some stuff about the album not being super successful in a PBS documentary that I think is a bit out of context but a lot of the family (self included) think it was phenomenal.
Loretta…or memaw as we call her…loves the stuff she did with Jack White (and Jack as a person, she talks about him often) and is totally happy with the album. She doesn’t really care about the commercial stuff because it’s art to her.
If I was to offer my personal opinion I actually wish she would have explored that style a little more with her more recent stuff, but I do think that Full Circle in particular of her most recent albums is just fantastic 🙂
March 14, 2021 @ 2:07 pm
People are getting so upset about the smallest things. It’s is pitta full and sad, when it comes to country music. Say the wrong thing they pull all you stuff off the radio, but the other genres if you say something you are heralded and paving the way, it bull, sorry everyone says something in there life that they should not have said, like the old saying goes sticks and stones may break my bones but words me, live by it people you want to let it offend you sorry not sorry
April 12, 2021 @ 12:52 pm
That’s some of the most closed minded opinions and comments I’ve ever heard about Loretta Lynn. Jack White did a phenomenal job with her and created a masterpiece. And her first album of all self written songs. Who the hell are you dude? Suggesting that any artist-ESPECIALLY LORETTA LYNN-should not explore other musical genres? Other musical styles? Her voice is beyond amazing. At any age. Much less knocking on 90s door.
Your comments and opinion on this matter is yours and you’re entitled to it. Think about this Captain Obvious. Do you think Cher would have become the only recording artist in music history to have had a number one single in each of the past 6 decades if she was only
singing “Gypsys Tramps and Thieves” and other “story” songs that-like the Earth Shoe-was on its way out as the 70s came to an end. Those type songs were falling out of fashion. Quickly.
Loretta Lynn is and has always been as real as the sea and the mountains. “Van Lear Rose” came out when my first daughter was born and from the time we brought her home I started dancing with her to that one song only. It’s a father daughter story. It’s immensely and immeasurably beyond precious and furthermore it’s TRUE. By the time she was walking I had my music on shuffle once and out of close to 4.000 songs Van Lear Rose started to play and my precious little “Imbue” walked over to me immediately and looked up and held her arms out to dance. Should she decide to marry it’s been long ago decided that our father daughter dance would obviously be “Van Lear Rose”.
Loretta Lynn is a powerhouse of a WOMAN who just happens to be extremely multi talented and to suggest that she not grow as an artist or be put in a box never to stray again is ludicrous and makes you sound ridiculous. Those are my opinions and like yourself I’m entitled to them. It seems almost unconstitutional that one of America’s most beloved country artists-is herself an American-created a Made in the USA masterpiece that I’m absolutely sure the majority of her existing fan base loved and I know for a fact that it introduced her to an entire generation of new fans. I mean can we just be real here for a minute and not lose sight of the fact that the masterpiece as I love reminding you “Van Lear Rose” won two 2 two 2 two 2 Grammys and reached gold status and then went platinum. So shoot her. She tried something different. And boy did it pay off in the end.
But this end. Taking away her album from all of America and most of the rest of the world? It’s good for those who LOVE it. When did another human being get to decide for the rest of us what we do and don’t want to listen to. You sure didn’t see Dolly Partons crossover mega hit for RCA records being chastised and communisticly yanked from shelves and deciding FOR US what we can and can’t listen to. Leave Loretta Lynn alone and you should get a life that doesn’t involve tearing others and their work-their ART-down because you personally happen not to care for it. You try to come off as musically and commercially savvy and you just make yourself look unintelligent- negatively opinionated-and a phoney.
March 8, 2021 @ 1:25 pm
Kevin’s story is interesting but I choose to believe there is something else going on here.
Removing an album from streaming services because some subset of fans, or the family of the artist, didn’t like it or didn’t think it was typical, is about the weirdest, most self-punishing action I can imagine.
I mean, I can stream Neil Young’s Trans and Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, not to mention Chris Gaines.
This album may not be for everybody but it’s not like streaming services are forcing anybody to listen to it. I’d also suspect that since its release it accounted for a large portion of whatever amount of streaming plays this artist has had (of all the demographics adapting to a streaming model I’d have to imagine Loretta Lynn’s would be
March 8, 2021 @ 2:25 pm
Hey Sard
You may very well be right. I have no idea why its disappeared. And let me clarify, i am under the impression Loretta liked it. Some of the family, is of course a different story. And i hope im not bumming anybody out , just found it interesting and worth sharing. If you like the album, by all means enjoy it.
March 8, 2021 @ 2:05 pm
And this is why I buy music and don’t stream it: albums can be pulled from streaming services, they can appear and disappear. But once I’ve bought an album, it is MINE. I own it. I can back it up digitally and no one can take it away and stop me from being able to listen to it.
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Yeah, streaming may be convenient, but when you do it, you’re at the mercy of factors out of your control.
March 8, 2021 @ 2:15 pm
It’s gone from Spotify in Sweden as well. Sad…”Full Circle” Is still on though.
March 8, 2021 @ 2:23 pm
It does seem to be a worldwide issue, unlike Dwight Yoakam’s “Guitars, Cadillacs.” I don’t have the ability (or time) to check availability in every country. But every market I checked, it came up unavailable.
March 8, 2021 @ 2:38 pm
Several TVZ albums are gone from Spotify as well. Also gone from the iTunes store on on Apple. I didn’t see them available for purchase.
March 8, 2021 @ 3:27 pm
Whatever the reason is I hope it’s coming back. And even though I have the CD It’s convenient to have it on Spotify too.
March 9, 2021 @ 2:30 am
Here in The Netherlands Guitars Cadillacs is still available on Spotify and Tifdal. Same goes for Full Circle
March 9, 2021 @ 4:39 am
I wonder if a vpn would allow for that?
March 11, 2021 @ 9:14 am
here in Italy Van Lear Rose has been pulled from spotify
March 9, 2021 @ 10:05 am
Full circle is an excellent CD. I like and my mom loves the cd. She doesn’t like Van Lear Rose cd but I like it.
March 8, 2021 @ 4:14 pm
Don’t worry, it’s so much more convenient not to own anything. Anything at all.
You’re going to love it!
March 8, 2021 @ 4:32 pm
Cornman,
I got that! All hail the great glorious reset comrade…cue the inspirational Bolshevik theme music…
March 8, 2021 @ 5:09 pm
I want a horse, just one.
1, as in ONE.
A good horse.
Not some asshole horse that sees you coming & can’t wait to throw attitude all over the place.
If it comes right down to it – might even wear one of those stupid Cossack hats to have one. … (not).
A Paint, preferably. Heck would even take a Percheron. ALTHOUGH, hanging on to a Percheron riding bareback is tricky & you run the risk of people dying laughing as you go by, because basically, you’re doing the splits to ride it
March 8, 2021 @ 6:01 pm
“might even wear one of those stupid Cossack hats to have one”
We’re all enjoying that image, but older quarter horses are still plentiful. I own one with some paint in him, and he’s a fine horse. Male. If you’re even considering a Percheron, bear in mind the room and board. There are a few boarded at the barn. As far as I can tell, owning a Percheron is like owning a small dinosaur.
Riding is good for you.
March 8, 2021 @ 6:25 pm
I bet you have a blast with your horses.
My Grandfather used to have a couple of Quarter horses and Tennessee Walker’s that he kept for the grandkids. They were beautiful & we had a blast on them.
The only time have ridden a Perch is after bringing them back to the barn, after a Sunday afternoon of carriage rides. Great way for horse & driver to blow off steam.
Of course, you spend the whole afternoon sucking up to your horse with double dip ice cream cones. Hoping they don’t decide to drop down and roll on you, see if they can maim you, so you don’t put them back on the carriage.
I know what that horse is thinking.
March 8, 2021 @ 4:23 pm
Lol FFS…
The comment section of any story on an album with crossover appeal always delivers.
March 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm
Well shit…..Portland Oregon is a jam…..Eric church and Joanna Cotton did a live version that is decent. I’ll deal with that.
March 8, 2021 @ 8:21 pm
It’s still available for streaming on Tidal as of this moment. Jack White is part owner of that service. Might be going for exclusivity on one service to add more appeal to it as an alternative to Spotify.
March 8, 2021 @ 10:13 pm
This would be a particularly infuriating reason, but it’s also annoyingly plausible.
March 9, 2021 @ 10:47 am
Looks like it’s gone from Deezer and Qobuz as well…I think your answer is probably the logical one. I can see streaming music going the way of streaming TV unfortunately, you have to have subscriptions to 3 or 4 sites to get everything you want.
March 9, 2021 @ 12:32 am
There could be some sort of physical reissue in the works with expanded tracks and whatnot. If it didn’t make money the first time, this would be a way to jumpstart interest in sales. Sort of like pulling lesser known Dr. Seuss books for BS manufactured reasoning, then reissuing them after the midterms due to “reader requests.”
March 9, 2021 @ 2:23 am
Never rely on streaming services. It might be a good solution for the asmr generation, that doesn’t really care about the music as much as trends and hipster street cred, but for those with a genuine love for music, owning it on physical media is much better and safer.
March 9, 2021 @ 6:54 am
Records, 8-tracks, cassettes, CD, MP3s …. streaming is just the next phase in the evolution. Streaming has its kinks to work out, but there was a time when you couldn’t find The Beatles or Garth Brooks on iTunes.
March 9, 2021 @ 8:23 am
I started using unlimited Amazon Music streaming in 2020 and love it. Worth the $10 a month or whatever it is. That doesn’t mean I don’t buy physical music as well. I used to buy about 30 CD’s a year and I certainly only bought a handful (maybe 10) since streaming but still buy them. hoptown is right, part of the evolution but I understand those that like the physical product more. I play CD’s in my car as well as stream. For those that say “this is why I buy the physical product and don’t stream”, I doubt any of them anticipated product being pulled from streaming. They just prefer going old school.
March 9, 2021 @ 3:55 am
I don’t know about your “sources”, but judging from your posts, I’d say that you have a “Jack White and hipsters problem”.
March 9, 2021 @ 6:29 am
Van Lear Rose was a great album. Who cares if spans genres. Good music is good music.
March 9, 2021 @ 8:58 am
I’m glad I have my CD of it.
March 9, 2021 @ 10:14 am
I’m starting to wonder (out loud) if Jack White and TMR bought the masters from the estate and the estate is downplaying the sell.
March 15, 2021 @ 6:23 pm
I love this album Van Lear Rose one of Loretta’s best. Miss Being Misses and God makes no mistakes is in my top five songs by Loretta and I love them all. Full Circle is also one of my Favorites.
March 9, 2021 @ 1:29 pm
When I saw the headline I thought maybe she got canceled for saying “God makes no mistakes…”
March 9, 2021 @ 3:19 pm
It is still available to stream on Tidal music service
March 9, 2021 @ 3:25 pm
Most of Townes van Zandt’s “Live at the Old Quarter” also recently disappeared from Spotify.
March 9, 2021 @ 7:50 pm
For the record, the last time I was in Loretta’s shop, “Little Red Shoes” was on when I walked in the door. Ya’ll attack exactly what is saving country music . . . Sturgill, Tyler’s picking and this album! Sure, if it is your only Loretta album . . . okay . . . but lighten up folks! When ya’ll get around to calling Colter Wall a hipster sell out just to hear your own voices, I’m through. And I will take “It Ain’t All Flowers” “Whitehouse Road” “Sleeping on the Blacktop” and “Portland, Oregon” over 99.9999 percent of all music . . . any day, any year, any time. Amen! Be well!
March 10, 2021 @ 6:18 am
I truly believe this got pulled because the powers that be in music are scared. They are scared that more people are listening to this more and more instead of the crap they push as country music. To put it mildly, the corporate music cabal is scared of us.
To which I say….HOLD THE LINE!!!!!
March 11, 2021 @ 6:01 pm
Even if it’s not back in print pretty soon, keep in mind it is almost 20 years old and Decca/MCA rarely kept any of Loretta’s albums in print for over ten years unless it had a blockbuster title song (several were deleted in a much shorter period than that, although it’s true she and other country stars made so many albums back then there was rarely more than 15-20 albums by them in print at any pint. It’s had a great run and I don’t believe it’s over yet even if there is a temporary halt to it’s availability.
March 17, 2021 @ 7:46 pm
Only $900+ per CD!
https://www.amazon.com/VAN-LEAR-ROSE/dp/B00GO6YBEU/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1EKR8K4V5L7R4&dchild=1&keywords=van+lear+rose&qid=1616035403&sprefix=van+lear+rose+vinyl%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-2
September 8, 2021 @ 10:58 am
Trigger,
you hear anything yet regarding why this album was pulled?
It’s really irritating!