Since post- Pop times I´ve been wondering the same:
why U2 don´t want to re-release all their collection ???, at least Boy - Pop ?. It seems they hate the idea
if you look any classic band or artist ( Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, The Police, etc, etc and now REM going to release their albums since Green on February 2005 ) has a remastered collection for all their classic albums. It´s a shame listen to Boy, Unforgettable Fire or War with that poor CD sound, and then listen to this new album with a full improved sound quality
. Also their early CD´s almost doesn´t have bootlegs, nor lyrics, photos, etc
To be honest, I´ve never liked all that remastered editions with filler bonus tracks and short and filler DVD´s ( sadly REM going to do that. A friend of mine who works in a radio said me all that CD+ DVD collection REM will release on February are really crap, filled with almost official video stuff from those eras, I really hope if U2 will release all their classic album won´t do that, I mean, don´t include UF documentary already appeared on VHS and the DVD Live From Slane Castle, don´t include songs from Mexico city 1997, nor songs from Red Rocks, songs from Rattle & Hum movie, etc, etc. ) Rather I think every fan would love to see something 100 % NEW, for example, unreleased live footage from the album era !!!!
( in case you don´t know, collectors have more than 100 U2 DVD´s, including more than 50 Pro-shot ones, from Boy Tour until Elevation Tour
), studio sessions, outtakes, etc.
In case U2 is fond of releasing that idea ( AT LAST !!! ) I wouldn´t like to see what Yoko ono is doing with John Lennon´s career. For example, in Plastic Ono Band, his best album for many critics, she included 2 bonus tracks after the perfect intended ending My Mummy´s Dead... if so, I´d rather to see all that extra stuff into a second CD or DVD, but leave the first one ( with the original album remastered ) intact !!!!
Yes, I know we´re making a dream here, but who knows
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.... remember ?