U2 RELEASE REMASTERED VERSIONS OF FIRST ALBUMS The band's first three albums have been remastered from the original audio tapes and will be released on July 22nd. Guitarist The Edge has overseen the remastering of their 1980 album Boy, their 1981 record October and it's 1983 follow-up War. Each album will be released as a single standard disc, a deluxe double disc version with B-side rarities, live tracks and more and an LP version. There will also be new liner notes for each album as well as previously unseen photos and full lyrics. U2 also updated their site with a post saying that they are back to work on their new album in Dublin and say their hope to release the record sometime this year.
BOY, OCTOBER & WAR REISSUE DETAILS WITH FULL TRACKLISTS:
U2's first three albums have been re-mastered and will be released by Universal on July 22nd. Following the re-mastered release of The Joshua Tree last year, Edge has overseen a similar re-mastering of Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983), all of which have been re-mastered from the original audio tapes.
Each album will be released in physical and digital formats; as a standard single disc, a deluxe double version including a disc of b-sides, live tracks and rarities, and an LP version pressed on 180gm virgin vinyl
The packaging on all three titles has been restored and expanded, with new liner notes for each record, previously unseen photos and full lyrics.
The full tracklistings and format information is as listed;
BOY
Standard format:
A single CD with re-mastered audio and restored packaging. Includes a 16 page booklet featuring previously unseen photos, full lyrics and new liner notes by Paul Morley
Tracklisting: 1. I Will Follow 2. Twilight 3. An Cat Dubh 4. Into The Heart 5. Out Of Control 6. Stories For Boys 7. The Ocean 8. A Day Without Me 9. Another Time, Another Place 10. The Electric Co. 11. Shadows And Tall Trees.
Deluxe format:
A standard CD (as above) and a bonus CD. Bonus CD includes b-sides, live tracks and rarities. Also includes a 32 page booklet with previously unseen photos, full lyrics, new liner notes by Paul Morley, and explanatory notes on the bonus material by The Edge.
Tracklisting: 1. I Will Follow (Previously Unreleased Mix) 2. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock 3. Touch 4. Speed Of Life (Previously Unreleased Track) 5. Saturday Night (Previously Unreleased Track) 6. Things To Make And Do 7. Out Of Control 8. Boy-Girl 9. Stories For Boys 10. Another Day 11. Twilight 12. Boy-Girl (Live at The Marquee, London) 13. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Live at The Marquee, London - Previously Unreleased Version) 14. Cartoon World (Live at The National Stadium, Dublin - Previously Unreleased Track)
Vinyl format:
A single album re-mastered version on 180gram vinyl with restored packaging.
Tracklisting: Side One 1. I Will Follow 2. Twilight 3. An Cat Dubh 4. Into The Heart 5. Out Of Control Side Two 1. Stories For Boys 2. The Ocean 3. A Day Without Me 4. Another Time, Another Place 5. The Electric Co. 6. Shadows And Tall Trees.
OCTOBER
Standard format:
A single CD with re-mastered audio and restored packaging. Includes a 16 page booklet featuring previously unseen photos, full lyrics and new liner notes by Neil McCormick.
Tracklisting: 1. Gloria 2. I Fall Down 3. I Threw A Brick Through A Window 4. Rejoice 5. Fire 6. Tomorrow 7. October 8. With A Shout 9. Stranger In A Strange Land 10. Scarlet 11. Is That All
Deluxe format:
A standard CD (as above) and a bonus CD. Bonus CD includes b-sides, live tracks and rarities. Also includes a 32 page booklet with previously unseen photos, full lyrics, new liner notes by Neil McCormick, and explanatory notes on the bonus material by The Edge.
Tracklisting: 1. Gloria (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London) 2. I Fall Down (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London) 3. I Threw A Brick Through A Window (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London) 4. Fire (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London) 5. October (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London) 6. With A Shout (Richard Skinner BBC Session) 7. Scarlet (Richard Skinner BBC Session) 8. I Threw A Brick Through A Window (Richard Skinner BBC Session) 9. A Celebration 10. J. Swallo 11. Trash, Trampoline And The Party Girl 12. I Will Follow (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston) 13. The Ocean (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston) 14. The Cry/Electric Co. (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston) 15. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston) 16. I Will Follow (Live From Hattem, Netherlands) 17. Tomorrow (Bono & Adam Clayton, Common Ground Remix)
Vinyl format:
A single album re-mastered version on 180gram vinyl with restored packaging.
Tracklisting: Side One 1. Gloria 2. I Fall Down 3. I Threw A Brick Through A Window 4. Rejoice 5. Fire Side Two 1. Tomorrow 2. October 3. With A Shout 4. Stranger In A Strange Land 5. Scarlet 6. Is That All?
WAR
Standard format:
A single CD with re-mastered audio and restored packaging. Includes a 16 page booklet featuring previously unseen photos, full lyrics and new liner notes by Niall Stokes.
Tracklisting: 1. Sunday Bloody Sunday 2. Seconds 3. New Year's Day 4. Like A Song… 5. Drowning Man 6. The Refugee 7. Two Hearts Beat As One 8. Red Light 9. Surrender 10. "40"
Deluxe format:
A standard CD (as above) and a bonus CD. Bonus CD includes b-sides, live tracks and rarities. Also includes a 32 page booklet with previously unseen photos, full lyrics, new liner notes by Niall Stokes, and explanatory notes on the bonus material by The Edge.
Tracklisting: 1. Endless Deep 2. Angels Too Tied To The Ground (Previously Unreleased Track) 3. New Year's Day (7" single edit) 4. New Year's Day (USA Remix) 5. New Year's Day (Ferry Corsten Extended Vocal Mix) 6. New Year's Day (Ferry Corsten Vocal Radio Mix) 7. Two Hearts Beat As One (Long Mix) 8. Two Hearts Beat As One (USA Remix) 9. Two Hearts Beat As One (Club Version) 10. Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete The Chop)
Vinyl format:
A single album re-mastered version on 180gram vinyl with restored packaging.
Tracklisting: Side One 1. Sunday Bloody Sunday 2. Seconds 3. New Year's Day 4. Like A Song... 5. Drowning Man Side Two 1. The Refugee 2. Two Hearts Beat As One 3. Red Light 4. Surrender 5. "40"
New Releases for week of July 7th
Tuesday 07-08-2008 3:07pm CT
Here's the rundown of big releases this week - The Baseball Project Vol. 1 (Steve Wynn/Linda Pitmon/Scott McCaughey (of Young Fresh Fellows and R.E.M)/Peter Buck (of R.E.M.) - Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails Beck - Modern Guilt Albert Hammond Jr. (Strokes Guitarist) - Como Te Llama? Greg Laswell - Three Flights from Alto Nido Matt Keating - Quixotic Alison Moyet - The Turn Mutlu - Livin' It Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With the Blues Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy of the Soul Patti Smith/Kevin Shields (from My Bloody Valentine) - The Coral Sea Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean
We featured a track from Donavon Frankenreiter on Thorn MD called Life, Love and Laughter. Let me know what you think at thorn@cities97.com
Prince Enforces Copyright He Doesn't Have; Radiohead Doesn't Enforce The One They Do
Monday 06-09-2008 2:07pm CT
According to the Electronic Frontier Federation, our favorite Purple One may have been a tad, ummm...overzealous in enforcing a copyright to a song that he didn't have.
Proponents of copyright protection have always been quick to fall back on their rights under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) including those that instruct content hosting sites (like, in this instance, YouTube) to remove disputed content instantly.
The problem is that the websites are so hypersensitive about protecting copyrights that sometimes they remove content, such as Prince's fantastic cover of Radiohead's song "Creep", even though Prince doesn't own that copyright, Radiohead does. And Radiohead, almost as a philosophical rule, chooses to not enforce their copyrights.
In fact, the EFF reports that in a recent interview, Thom Yorke of Radiohead, after discovering that Prince had blocked viewing of the performance, objected by saying "Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song."
I can't show you the Prince performance, even though it drew raves when he performed the cover at Coachella earlier this summer, so instead here's Radiohead violating Portishead's copyright with a cover of their new song "The Rip" - you may have heard the original on Freedom Rock in the last few weeks...
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