Didn’t We Almost Have It All - Whitney

Is it safe to say that plans for a Deluxe Edition of
the "Whitney" album have been put on hold
indefinitely? I know by now, we're up to the 32nd
anniversary of the album, but I always hoped to see it
and especially to finally have a distortion-free
version of "Didn't We Almost Have It All". For years,
I always thought something sounded a little off about
that song and after reading about it here, I
understand why. I can definitely hear the distortion
on the choruses.

By the way, this is my first post and I just want to
say how excited I am to join the conversation. I've
been a collector myself (especially of singles) for
years and I've learned an incredible amount about the
many different versions/mixes of songs from the
threads here. Thank you again to Aaron for adding me!

Yes, welcome to the forum!

Welcome, thecdguy! I'm a bit new here myself.

I wondered, too, what happened to that deluxe edition of
Whitney's second album.

What’s even left to do with “the bodyguard”...? And welcome!

I was working with Sony/Legacy on the 25th Anniversary Edition of Whitney's 2nd album (which would have included 3 unreleased songs, 2 of which were written by Michael Masser, the writer of all of Whitney's "All" singles - Greatest Love of ALL, Didn't We Almost Have It ALL, Saving ALL my Love for You, and ALL at Once (which I count as a single because it got a lot of AC radio airplay, charted on some national AC charts though not Billboard because of their rules, and is included on Whitney's "Greatest Hits" CD. Anyway, it would have been a 2 CD set with amazing bonus cuts.

Then Whitney died.

And Clive Davis put a hold on all future Whitney releases. He's allowed one comp since then, and that's about it. (Not even a 4-CD boxed set which was also in the planning.) This CD is on permanent hold and I doubt it will ever come out, especially as I've brought up its release with Sony a number of times since Whitney's death. Clive has decided to to do very little with Whitney's catalog after her death.

I find that weird - because after other superstars die (e.g. Michael Jackson, etc.) usually the labels milk the artist's catalog for all it's worth. Not Clive/Whitney.