Random: The U22/From The Ground Up fan club two-fer is low-key one of the band's best official live releases(I consider them two parts of the same whole), and certainly their best of the 21st century. Also a far superior document of 360 than the Rose Bowl DVD.
First off, the sound quality is absolutely pristine, off-the-charts good. I don't know if it was the equipment they were using to record or the natural outdoor acoustics or what, but it almost feels like I'm there when I put the headphones on.
Second, there's a treasure-trove of non-warhorse goodies here.
You've got uber-rarities like Your Blue Room and Electrical Storm, which were both performed only a handful of times ever, all on this tour, are immortalized here.
I was actually at the Giants Stadium show this recording of YBR was taken from, and I've always felt lucky to have been in one of the few audiences that got it. I think they nailed it.
I know ES has its fans and detractors here, but I really dig this performance. The guitars in the chorus here are piercing, almost like sirens, and are actually sonically more interesting than on the studio versions, which feature more straight-ahead riffage.
Then you have a handful of tracks that are getting their first official release ever:
Ultraviolet(ok, this one was on the Rose Bowl DVD as well, but this is a better performance and better sound quality) - definitive live version imo.
Zooropa - This ended up on the I+E release too, but that was a different version without the guitar parts, played as an extended intro to Streets. This one is better imo(even though it irks me that they omitted the 'I have no religion' verse).
Spanish Eyes - Pretty good performance here. The song was played at the Denver JT show that the R&H footage was culled from, so there's a high-quality version of it on YT, but it was never officially released. This is the first official release, I think.
Scarlet - Great to hear this one, even if the little speech about Aung San Suu Kyi didn't age well.
Then you have a few more that had official releases before but hadn't seen the light of day in a long time:
HMTMKMKM - I absolutely love this version, I think it's much better than the Popmart versions. Monstrous, huge, has that cinematic feel of the studio version. Makes me wonder why they don't play it more. The definitive live version.
TUF - Returned to the stage after a 20+ year absence. Like UV, this was on the Rose Bowl DVD too, but this version is better. Yes, I would've liked to have heard all of the lyrics, but outside of that, they did the song justice.
Love Rescue Me - They hadn't played since Lovetown. I think I actually prefer this version to the studio version.
Finally, this has EBTTRT, which was played for the first time in its original key on that tour, which sort of gave the song new life live. It's great.
As an addendum, they may not be 'goodies' per se, but these are my favorite live versions of COBL/Vertigo, as well as all the NLOTH tracks that are here(in particular it was good to get such a high-quality version of Breathe after it was only available in less-than-stellar quality on the Rose Bowl bonus disc).
Just wanted to give these releases some love.