Originally Posted by Nige

The record company wanted NJ Deluxe to be between 4-8 CD/DVDs and had massive plans for it. Jon wanted nothing to do with it and hence supplied the bare minimum - those demos that we hardcore fans basically had already.

The very worst part is that he wouldn't pay for the video of the Hammersmith 90 show to be remastered for DVD so it wasn't included - that was the record company plan, along with other demos/alternate versions, unreleased live recordings and behind the scenes footage from the tour and the recording session. Jon did not want to know, and refused to do any promotion for it.

So I think we can mainly lay the blame for the lack of sales at Jon's feet. And because it flopped so badly, the other plans were dropped. One of which was a comprehensive live collection a la the Tom Petty four CD live set.