gareth brown
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I have now been working on a U2 CD Box Set for around Fourteen Weeks in Graphic Design Class at my School. I have now taken down all the answers to the Questionnaires. So may I please point out it is now too late to fill in the Questionnaire.
But now, to the point. I have now written some early notes and drafts on what I intend to produce by the end of the course. The Product is as follows.
U2- CD BOXSET
This product currently stands at Ten Discs. This is not permanent, and could either Increase or Decrease. But it is unlikely to go below ten discs.
The Unforgettable Fire- Tracklisting expanded by Six Tracks. All B-sides from the two singles released from original Unforgettable Fire LP. Album will span two Discs.
The Joshua Tree- Tracklisting expanded by Eight tracks. The abundance of B-sides from the Three 'main' Joshua Tree singles. Album will span two discs.
Achtung Baby- Tracklisting expanded by Eight of the B-sides from three of the Singles taken from Achtung Baby. One thought, though, is that this may be a bad idea. As a few of the B-sides are covers and may not actually fit in with the actual album. So one idea is to take some of the more complete tracks from the Three-Disc 'Salom? Sessions' Bootleg. (The stolen 1990 demos recorded in Berlin) Although this isn't definite and the Salom? Sessions may come seperatley as the Three-Disc set. Either way, Achtung Baby will span two discs.
The Following are possible additions to the Box-set
U2- Live at Red Rocks June 5th 1983- One of U2's most legendary concerts from the Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Denver in it's entirety. This Live double album will contain the six deleted tracks.
U2: Salome- As mentioned above. This Three-Disc bootleg is most likely to be edited down to Two Discs (Maybe even one), due to the flood of incomplete, empty, flawed tracks and more than one version of certain tracks. (Early Demos of 'Salom?' offering eight tracks, one of which runs up to thirteen minutes). Salom? Edit will contain the more complete tracks free from howling flaws in the structure of the song and instrumental mistakes!
Out of Control: The Early Years of U2- Maybe a mix of Early Demos, Singles, and Live Material from 1979-1980. Lots of fantastic, rare tracks, unknow-to-many to be enjoyed on this one! Including Magic Carpet, Speed of Life, Cartoon World, The Fool, Boy/Girl. A real treat for fans of U2's Early years.
<Untitled>- A booklet containing infomation on the above mentioned albums. (Chart Pos. Production notes, etc.) and plenty of infomation about important events in those stages of U2's careers. My plan is to include lots of photographs so I may need some help on this one, (see below)
So that's the Product I plan to Make in Graphic Products at School. But now, I'd like to hear from YOU! I'd really appreciate Suggestions, Questions and any help I may be given on this.
For example, my Graphics teacher has advised I actually write to U2, explain what I'm doing and ask if they can provide me with any help, fingers in the right direction, ie. where to get photographic material etc. And I would really appreciate if someone could help me with this. Does anybody know an Address where I may contact U2, either directly or through Island Records?
Well, that's about it from me typing on this. Please let me know what you think. I think it's essential I involve other people in this as it would be great to get opinions on what people like and don't like about the suggested product and what they would like to see included. Not just a product forced upon them with absolutley no appeal to anybody except collectors. A little consumer reasearch to put it one way.
Cheers.
Paddy.
My Pleasure
I have now been working on a U2 CD Box Set for around Fourteen Weeks in Graphic Design Class at my School. I have now taken down all the answers to the Questionnaires. So may I please point out it is now too late to fill in the Questionnaire.
But now, to the point. I have now written some early notes and drafts on what I intend to produce by the end of the course. The Product is as follows.
U2- CD BOXSET
This product currently stands at Ten Discs. This is not permanent, and could either Increase or Decrease. But it is unlikely to go below ten discs.
The Unforgettable Fire- Tracklisting expanded by Six Tracks. All B-sides from the two singles released from original Unforgettable Fire LP. Album will span two Discs.
The Joshua Tree- Tracklisting expanded by Eight tracks. The abundance of B-sides from the Three 'main' Joshua Tree singles. Album will span two discs.
Achtung Baby- Tracklisting expanded by Eight of the B-sides from three of the Singles taken from Achtung Baby. One thought, though, is that this may be a bad idea. As a few of the B-sides are covers and may not actually fit in with the actual album. So one idea is to take some of the more complete tracks from the Three-Disc 'Salom? Sessions' Bootleg. (The stolen 1990 demos recorded in Berlin) Although this isn't definite and the Salom? Sessions may come seperatley as the Three-Disc set. Either way, Achtung Baby will span two discs.
The Following are possible additions to the Box-set
U2- Live at Red Rocks June 5th 1983- One of U2's most legendary concerts from the Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Denver in it's entirety. This Live double album will contain the six deleted tracks.
U2: Salome- As mentioned above. This Three-Disc bootleg is most likely to be edited down to Two Discs (Maybe even one), due to the flood of incomplete, empty, flawed tracks and more than one version of certain tracks. (Early Demos of 'Salom?' offering eight tracks, one of which runs up to thirteen minutes). Salom? Edit will contain the more complete tracks free from howling flaws in the structure of the song and instrumental mistakes!
Out of Control: The Early Years of U2- Maybe a mix of Early Demos, Singles, and Live Material from 1979-1980. Lots of fantastic, rare tracks, unknow-to-many to be enjoyed on this one! Including Magic Carpet, Speed of Life, Cartoon World, The Fool, Boy/Girl. A real treat for fans of U2's Early years.
<Untitled>- A booklet containing infomation on the above mentioned albums. (Chart Pos. Production notes, etc.) and plenty of infomation about important events in those stages of U2's careers. My plan is to include lots of photographs so I may need some help on this one, (see below)
So that's the Product I plan to Make in Graphic Products at School. But now, I'd like to hear from YOU! I'd really appreciate Suggestions, Questions and any help I may be given on this.
For example, my Graphics teacher has advised I actually write to U2, explain what I'm doing and ask if they can provide me with any help, fingers in the right direction, ie. where to get photographic material etc. And I would really appreciate if someone could help me with this. Does anybody know an Address where I may contact U2, either directly or through Island Records?
Well, that's about it from me typing on this. Please let me know what you think. I think it's essential I involve other people in this as it would be great to get opinions on what people like and don't like about the suggested product and what they would like to see included. Not just a product forced upon them with absolutley no appeal to anybody except collectors. A little consumer reasearch to put it one way.
Cheers.
Paddy.
I agree that the full Red Rocks is a great idea, in addition to the UBS album I have several tracks on mp3 and they are amazing. I can see the point a few have made in not including studio tracks, but personally I would like to see them stay, esp as they are mostly off of 2 of U2's defining era albums. True, it will cost a wee bit more to sell a 10 disc set, but as the "Ultimate" collection its worth it, and there are enough goodies on there to attract the die-hards. I'd keep the covers included as b-sides, some of them ie Paint It Black, Night & Day, Can't Help Falling in Love etc are too good not to include. 
