McGuinness Announces Entire Catalog to be Remastered

[Tarvark]

How far will they go?

All You Cant Leave Behind?

The sounds alright but I'm sure in hindsight they have some new ideas. But would it be worth it?

Might they make substantial changes to Pop?

 

[The Disciple]

This is awesome news!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

allow me to be the second on this side... i don't really get the whole drooling over remastering thing (much in the same way that i don't get what the hell the big deal is between getting a FLAC of some schmuck with a tape recorder's bootleg vs. an mp3 of the same schmucko's recording... maybe my ears just suck).

seems to me that the songs were pretty mind blowing when heard on a scratchy record... i don't find it any more mind blowing on CD then i did back then

ok but does it not bother you a little when you play an older U2 CD after a CD made within the last 7 years and you have to turn up the volume?

 

[Lila64]

the fanatic fans should get a discount towards all future remastered/special edition releases, since we all already bought them at least once... Just my 2 cents

 

[Zoots]

They need to remaster War first! That CD sounds like crap.

 

[pepokiss]

they should do a promo that, if you bring the original CD when you buy the remastered one, you should get at least some disccount...

 

[Zoots]

they should do a promo that, if you bring the original CD when you buy the remastered one, you should get at least some disccount...

Hahaha what will they do with the old CDs?

 

[jay canseco]

RECYCLE!!!

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

They need to remaster War first! That CD sounds like crap.

Agreed!! That is U2's most underrated album (lately). It was ground breaking in 1983-84. That was my introduction to U2...I'd love to see that album treated like The Joshua Tree.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

ok but does it not bother you a little when you play an older U2 CD after a CD made within the last 7 years and you have to turn up the volume?

umm... no?

i haven't played a cd in ages anyways. everything's on the iPod or the laptop.

 

[jmelrose]

I would suggest enjoying the remastered CD on a nice loud stereo system played off the uncompressed CD before ripping it to a 128kps audio file.

 

[Zoots]

i haven't played a cd in ages anyways. everything's on the iPod or the laptop.

I'm pretty sure you have turn up the volume even on itunes if something like Vertigo is followed by Sunday Bloody Sunday.

 

[europop2005]

Bono, Larry, Adam and The Edge are making me poor.

it comes with the Bono do-it-yourself debt relief kit

 

[Utoo]

I'm pretty sure you have turn up the volume even on itunes if something like Vertigo is followed by Sunday Bloody Sunday.

Play Exit and then ABOY back to back.

 

[pepokiss]

Hahaha what will they do with the old CDs?

you didn't get it...

if you show up with the old CD is a proof that you already have it, so you're a fan.... you keep the original CD and buy the remastered with a good discount...

after all... he already thank us for the 500 pounds, so they know we have it

 

[Zoots]

Play Exit and then ABOY back to back.

No, thanks. I don't want to commit ear suicide.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'm pretty sure you have turn up the volume even on itunes if something like Vertigo is followed by Sunday Bloody Sunday.

'cause turning the friggin volume up or down a touch when the songs change is soooo hard to do.

look i'll listen to it eventually to see if it's just sooo much better that i must have it. but if the only thing you're selling me is the ability to not have to turn my volume up or down a bit then i still don't see the point in buying something i already own.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

A Sort of Homecoming remastered

Lemon remastered

 

[Zoots]

'cause turning the friggin volume up or down a touch when the songs change is soooo hard to do.

I never said it's hard to do. I'm just saying there is no difference when it comes to volume whether you change CDs or change the album on your iPod.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

umm... no?

i haven't played a cd in ages anyways. everything's on the iPod or the laptop.

There should be a noticeable drop-off in volume. There are some settings on some players that try to compensate for it, but I don't *think* you can do it on an iPod.

It's not about volume anyway, it's about clarity. However, if you listen mostly through standard iPod earphones, then I wouldn't bother.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

is that really all the remastering does though? make it so you don't have to turn the volume up?

 

[ahittle]

With Rattle and Hum they could release this brilliant Sydney gig from the Lovetown documentary, now that would be worth any money


Check God Part II from this show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCCOn132jNQ

GET BUSY!!!

 

[Utoo]

is that really all the remastering does though? make it so you don't have to turn the volume up?

It's not about volume anyway, it's about clarity.

 

[ahittle]

I wonder if they would maybe do some two-fers. Of course casual fans are interested in the JT remaster job, but I could see them packaging, say, Boy and October together. UF and WAIA? And isn't there a bunch of UF live stuff in the can that was recorded for a potential live album of that era.

Interested to see the timetable on these releases. It really could eat into the product cycles for actual new stuff.

Finally, it would be nice to see an extended UABRS release, complete with the DVD.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

Hahaha what will they do with the old CDs?

Edge can use them to fuel his spaceship, or something.

 

[gareth brown]

allow me to be the second on this side... i don't really get the whole drooling over remastering thing (much in the same way that i don't get what the hell the big deal is between getting a FLAC of some schmuck with a tape recorder's bootleg vs. an mp3 of the same schmucko's recording... maybe my ears just suck).

very very true! i remember visiting the music section at this forum and finding everyone wanting lossless bootlegs and wondering how the hell it would make a blind bit of difference if it was just some shitty audience recording?

Anyway about the remastering I'm one of the [i'm assuming] many U2 fans who have all the B-sides but have not bought most of the original singles - the only copies of the majority of U2's b-sides from the 80's i have are MP3s of up to 192kbps sound quality and over the years i've burned them to CDs and lost the MP3s so had to rip them from CDs again and i have a couple that just sound like total SHIT and I don't get round to downloading them again.

This rather garbled tale is the reason i'm really excited about the idea of getting all those tracks properly remastered on CD so I can listen to them through my headphones with perfect sound!

 

[Earnie Shavers]

A by product will be a little more volume, but it is certainly not the reason they'd do it, nor the reason you'd buy it. It is entirely about clarity. About using space. You know how sometimes you listen to a song on a stereo, then on headphones, and suddenly you hear a guitar part or something you couldn't hear before on the open stereo? Think about it that way - U2 are going to unlock all those parts. Anything muddy or crunchy - gone. Anything delicate that is over-run by something bombastic - crystal clear now. If it was just volume do you think people would be at all excited? Of course not. People have been screaming for remastering for ages, with good reason. If it is done well, it will be like taking something 2D and turning it 3D.

Your favourite U2 song is just about to be way better.

 

[gareth brown]

Finally, it would be nice to see an extended UABRS release, complete with the DVD.

oooh hadn't thought of that! That would be so awesome if they expanded the album bigtime and added more performances from the War Tour and included the complete Red Rocks concert!

 

[Utoo]

very very true! i remember visiting the music section at this forum and finding everyone wanting lossless bootlegs and wondering how the hell it would make a blind bit of difference if it was just some shitty audience recording?

Anyway about the remastering I'm one of the [i'm assuming] many U2 fans who have all the B-sides but have not bought most of the original singles - the only copies of the majority of U2's b-sides from the 80's i have are MP3s of up to 192kbps sound quality and over the years i've burned them to CDs and lost the MP3s so had to rip them from CDs again and i have a couple that just sound like total SHIT and I don't get round to downloading them again.

This rather garbled tale is the reason i'm really excited about the idea of getting all those tracks properly remastered on CD so I can listen to them through my headphones with perfect sound!

gareth, your garbled tale is also the reason some people like lossless recordings, even if it's an audience bootleg. I'm not one of those, as I can't be bothered with storing lossless files, which are immense in size. However, a lot of traders want stuff traded in lossless because multiple trades, transfers to cd to mp3, etc., and email after email leave you with files that sound similar to the way you describe your b-side collection. The traders who want lossless don't want it to listen to things in lossless, it's for the endless trading/transferring.

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[gareth brown]

i'm actually pretty damn embarassed that I didn't manage to work that out myself actually!!! as a former music tech student i should be just guessing these by default, thanks for pointing that out

i'm a bit worried about the whole remastering aspect if they go and normalise/"maximise" everything like what is done to the majority of music these days in this bloody "loudness war", sure they'll have remastered it or whatever but if they just go and make it as loud as they can then what's the point if it's just going to clip and distort? Or am I getting paranoid?