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U2 To Sell Five Versions Of New Album - One With Almost $100 List Price
Amazon.com listings show formats ranging from standard CD to full Box Set
@U2, December 19, 2008
Matt McGee
U2 will release five different versions of their next album, No Line On The Horizon, with one version carrying a list price of almost $100 (USD). That's according to product listings on Amazon.com tonight. All five are listed with a March 3, 2009, release date.
Officially, U2 has only announced the album's name and release date; no details have been shared about different formats. Earlier this year, though, manager Paul McGuinness hinted to BBC radio that the new album's release would be unique: "We will obviously work with whatever technology is available to make the release of the new record as interesting as possible."
The first two formats on Amazon.com are standard CD and vinyl releases:
Audio CD ($13.98 list price)
Vinyl (2 LP) ($17.98 list price)
There are also three "limited editions" listed, each with unique bonus material:
Digi-pack version (CD/Poster/Film Download) ($35.98 list price)
Magazine version (CD/Magazine/Film Download) ($49.98 list price)
Box Set version (CD/Poster/Book/DVD) ($95.98 list price)
None of the individual product pages provides any more information than what's in the name of the product. Amazon UK also lists five versions of No Line On The Horizon, but the product descriptions aren't as detailed; one listing, though, does refer to a "Hardback Book" -- likely the same item in the "Box Set" listed on Amazon.com.
(Thx to Ivan of U2 Fan Life for tipping us to the Amazon listings.)
(c) @U2, 2008.
U2 To Sell Five Versions Of New Album - One With Almost $100 List Price
Amazon.com listings show formats ranging from standard CD to full Box Set
@U2, December 19, 2008
Matt McGee
U2 will release five different versions of their next album, No Line On The Horizon, with one version carrying a list price of almost $100 (USD). That's according to product listings on Amazon.com tonight. All five are listed with a March 3, 2009, release date.
Officially, U2 has only announced the album's name and release date; no details have been shared about different formats. Earlier this year, though, manager Paul McGuinness hinted to BBC radio that the new album's release would be unique: "We will obviously work with whatever technology is available to make the release of the new record as interesting as possible."
The first two formats on Amazon.com are standard CD and vinyl releases:
Audio CD ($13.98 list price)
Vinyl (2 LP) ($17.98 list price)
There are also three "limited editions" listed, each with unique bonus material:
Digi-pack version (CD/Poster/Film Download) ($35.98 list price)
Magazine version (CD/Magazine/Film Download) ($49.98 list price)
Box Set version (CD/Poster/Book/DVD) ($95.98 list price)
None of the individual product pages provides any more information than what's in the name of the product. Amazon UK also lists five versions of No Line On The Horizon, but the product descriptions aren't as detailed; one listing, though, does refer to a "Hardback Book" -- likely the same item in the "Box Set" listed on Amazon.com.
(Thx to Ivan of U2 Fan Life for tipping us to the Amazon listings.)
(c) @U2, 2008.