All Remastered - Limited Editions Discussion HERE

[david]

for the first time i'm hearing faint backing vocals in seconds, it sounds like someone saying the words during the verses. neat.

 

[Miringeltje]

Look What I Got Today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 7/21/08

Looking good, looking good!

 

[Iskra]

What the?
How did I get here?
i swear I was in a different thread a minute ago.

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

I did a search of all the Best Buys in my area...and out of 6 stores only 1 had a copy of the Boy and October remasters, while all but one had the War remasters.

Pretty impressive right out of the gate!

 

[RedRocksU2]

I got the last October and Boy from my store

 

[last unicorn]

I started listening to the box sets yesterday, starting with War. I must say I'm not so fond of the remixes, but I was curious to hear No Angels. The song sounds definitly like recorded recently, also Bono's vocals are new, I just with they'd taken their time to finish the song because it sounds more or less like an incomplete demo. The album itself sounds great in remastered quality. Can't wait to hear the other two albums and bonus discs, I just have so little time at the moment.

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm enjoying the version of Twilight on the Boy Bonus disc.

 

[Popmartijn]

Very happy with the sound quality versus the old cds (and in "War's" case, the MFSL disc). Much brighter [...]

Hmm... I don't know if that's a good thing. Bright usually sounds harsh to me.

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

I'm enjoying the version of Twilight on the Boy Bonus disc.

...Twilight, twilight, twilight, twilight, twilight....TWI-Liiiigggggghhhhhtttt!!!

I think we had this discussion recently...

Glad you like it...

 

[Pop Artist]

I went to Best Buy last night and all they had was War, and plenty of them, but no Boy or October - I also think that they never had any because War was so plentiful, and there was a display card for War and not the others. I then stopped into Virgin Megastore - they had all 3, but for $27.99 each, which was more than the Amazon set. I was prepared to cancel the Amazon order if the stores had good deals on all three, but they didn't so I just decided to wait for the Amazon order to go through, I can wait since it's not really new stuff!

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

Here's a question I haven't seen asked: Is the Under a Blood Red Sky remaster going to have the "I need the crowd" part on Electric Co.... I mean that was always a pretty cool moment live, and then it got chopped out of the album and kinda killed some of the excitement of that song.

I hope they got all the proper licensing for it this time...ray:

 

[u2popmofo]

...Twilight, twilight, twilight, twilight, twilight....TWI-Liiiigggggghhhhhtttt!!!

I think we had this discussion recently...

Glad you like it...

Admittedly, it wasn't the lyrics or singing I liked, but the guitars.

 

[Zoots]

Hey guys, if I can afford only one of them for now, which deluxe version would you recommend and why?

 

[bram]

Hey guys, if I can afford only one of them for now, which deluxe version would you recommend and why?

Great question, as I faced the exact same dilemma. As a study break/reward I walked to the record shop today with the plan of figuring it out when I got there. My original plan was to get them in order, but somehow I ended up leaving with October. That album really gets to me. Plus the live tracks are really knock-out quality and energy and it has some of my fav bsides (A Celebration, J. Swallo, Party Girl) and the Tomorrow remix which I had never heard.

October is also the absolute antithesis of modern (2000s) U2. Instead of lots of studio labor, overcooked production, and altogether too much thinking...we get super rushed, spontaneous, heartfelt, desperate, driven music.

 

[bram]

I must sheepishly admit that I also love modern era U2.

 

[Zoots]

Interesting! Thanks for your input!

 

[Ellay]

I've only listened to a few tracks so far, but the re-mastering has blown me away..

Ten times more than the Joshua Tree re-master.

Treasure is just awesome

 

[u2popmofo]

Zoots, I'd also go with either Boy or October first. The bonus discs are great for both of those.

 

[LemonMelon]

I'm enjoying the version of Twilight on the Boy Bonus disc.

I LOOK INTO HIS ICE

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Here's a question I haven't seen asked: Is the Under a Blood Red Sky remaster going to have the "I need the crowd" part on Electric Co.... I mean that was always a pretty cool moment live, and then it got chopped out of the album and kinda killed some of the excitement of that song.

I hope they got all the proper licensing for it this time...ray:

i was wondering the same thing a while back. i really hope they did get licensing this time, because it'd be a bummer to remaster it only to have that near-silence again on the cd

i mean, i have the boot which has the snippet, but it's not the same

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

i was wondering the same thing a while back. i really hope they did get licensing this time, because it'd be a bummer to remaster it only to have that near-silence again on the cd

i mean, i have the boot which has the snippet, but it's not the same

I bought it in March of '84 on cassette and my sister has it on vinyl, so I was very disappointed when I picked it up on CD in the early 90's to discover it had been cut out due to copyright violation.

I ended up picking up an Australian copy of UABRSfrom 1984 with the snippet intact......but I hope they get it right for the remaster...

 

[Zoots]

Zoots, I'd also go with either Boy or October first. The bonus discs are great for both of those.

Cool. The problem is I have always felt War was the one that needed remastering the most! But War's bonus disc doesn't look great.

 

[u2popmofo]

Cool. The problem is I have always felt War was the one that needed remastering the most! But War's bonus disc doesn't look great.

Yeah, outside of Angels Too Tied to the Ground and the Ferry Corsten remixes, the rest is stuff most of us fanatics have had for ages.

The remastering does sound nice on the few tracks from the album I've listened to though.

 

[CherokeeRose]

drowning man remastered

 

[dan_smee]

I think they will have the snippet. they've been paying for every snippet of all the recent live releases, so I dont see why they'd leave it off.

Anyone else crave the old days? I mean, we have just recieved 3 fully remastered double albums for a 3 year period, and we've waited 4 years since the last album!

 

[PookaMacP]

I can't believe that Pitchfork gave them all such high ratings (not that I give too much of a hoot what Pitchfork says!)

Boy 8.3
October 7.1
War 8.9

Boy / October / War | Pitchfork.

 

[bram]

Pitchfork loves new, marginally-known bands...which U2 were in the US in the early 80s. So I guess that makes sense.

They certainly have hated their recent albums. I think they gave JT remastered a good score too though.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Pitchfork universally loves the first five albums. We know that much. Some of the U2 reviews praised Achtung Baby & Zooropa as well. They just hate POP/ATYCLB/HTDAAB which isn't an uncommon opinion...

 

[Popmartijn]

I thought they gave a fair review of HTDAAB. Rating it a 6.9 or something like that.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Yep. That's not even a bad review. A 6-7 is a good album by their standards. 7-8 is pretty good. 8+ is "you've got to hear this shit!"

I think the average Pfork reviewer would have given it a lower rating. For example, it only finished in one of their Top 50 lists (and near the bottom of that one).

Boy: Deluxe Edition - 8.3
October: Deluxe Edition - 7.1
War: Deluxe Edition - 8.9
Joshua Tree: Super Deluxe Edition - 8.9
The Best Of 1980-1990 - 8.7

The Best Of 1990-2000 - 5.6
All That You Can't Leave Behind - 5.0
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 6.9
18Singles - 7.0

Pretty obvious where the dividing line is for them...