U2 - U2 Deluxe Edition Box Set
|
List Price: Our Price: $59.47 You Save: $20.51 (26%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $54.49 (click here) Category: Music CD See more new music releases 
|
|---|
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Free Music Notes for U2 Deluxe Edition Box Set
Free Music Review: A worthy box set
Hit: 5 Stars
When I saw this Deluxe Box Edition being advertised here on Amazon, I knew I had to have it. If I hadn't come across the box set, I would've bought all three deluxe remastered editions anyway (although, it would've cost me a bit more). In any case, not only do you get all three deluxe remastered editions in one box, but you also get a poster which I guess is part of the reason the box set is an Amazon exclusive. Without getting into too many details, each of the remastered albums is a vast improvement over the original counterpart. The sound comes across much brighter and more defined for the most part. And each deluxe edition comes with a bonus disc of live and unreleased recordings. It's especially interesting to hear the band (particularly Bono) in their early, post-adolescent stage as they perform early versions of "Out Of Control", "Boy-Girl", and "Stories For Boys" on the bonus disc for Boy. All the live and unreleased recordings are a necessary asset to any U2 fan, myself included. My only complaint is why do we need four different versions of "New Year's Day" and three different versions of "Two Hearts Beat As One" on the bonus CD for War? They're all enjoyable to a certain extent, but I wished the Edge (who oversaw the remastering and the selection of the rare and unreleased recordings) had included either more live tracks or more tracks that never saw the light of day.
Anyway, if you're a serious U2 fan, you should have the box set as part of your collection. Can't wait for the Deluxe Edition of Live - Under A Blood Red Sky and the DVD for Live At Red Rocks to come out later this year! Let's also hope The Unforgettable Fire will get the Deluxe treatment as well!
Free Music Review: U2 Box set is Magnificent
Hit: 5 Stars
What can I say? This is one fine collection of the greatest band in the world! U2 has made a wise and awesome choice here to bring out the classic albums and rework them for today's new generation of music lovers. I am sorta the bridge between the early years of U2 and the Future of U2. I was too young to know about these 3 albums as I was growing up, and caught U2 fever in the JT/R&H era. The driving force for me to purchase this was an awesome b-side "A Celebration". I have been obsesed with this little ditty since I watched those old MTV A-Z video collections. This song struck me as no other U2 b-side. I don't know how this was left off any album and finally is back in glorious re-editing for my listening pleasure. So all in all this is an awesome set even if you own the CD's from way back or the LP's from even farther back. The sound is amazing and Edge out did himself on this. If you are a fan of U2 or just curious about this band, pick this Deluxe Edition up. The poster and the b-sides are worth it enough, then you include the albums and its just gravy on the potatoes, icing on the cake, and pickle relish on your hot dog. This is well worth the money and you save a few bucks than buying the 3 seperate remasters and no poster.
Buy buy buy!
Free Music Review: Lets Make a Deal!
Hit: 5 Stars
You may be want this box set because you crave better sound quality and are intrigued by the plethora of "unreleased" tracks. Maybe you are a U2 collector enamored by the nice packaging. But more likely, you want to avoid the hefty price tags of the seperate remasters. If placed a check mark next to any of the above, just do yourself a favor and buy it now. The sound quality of each album is definitely better. While the first two albums are mostly mixed louder, War boasts more definition, probably due to the improvement of their recording, mixing, and master tape. Each album is supplemented very nicely by liner notes that provide interesting prefaces, rare pictures and footnotes for each song, including those found on the bonus discs. The rare and unreleased material is enlightening for casual fans, but may be redundant for collectors of rare singles, mixes (New Years Dub), and bootlegs (think Another Time, Another Place). The packaging for this box set is as-smooth-as-silk (really, no plastic) and justifies the purchase by itself. Though printed on quality paper, the included poster is the least impressive part of the package. Bottom line: for the price, this box set is even better than the real thing. Buy it.Free Music Review: Welcome home old friends
Hit: 5 Stars
From the opening riff of I will Follow, I had chills ... Like U2, I'm in my 40s and this was the music of my teen years. I may have been a little late to the U2 party becoming a fan with the release of October. That said, I always felt that that the one knock on all 3 of their first albums was production, not the mix. Between money and technology some of the band was lost between their performances in the studio and what we got in the shop. That has finally been taken care of. Edge has done an outstanding job of bringing these albums finally and completly to life. I am reminded of the re mastering job that Jimmy Page did on the Zeppelin catalog.
The bonus tracks, as a whole, are both invigorating and illuminating. Many memories came back to me as I remember many of these songs from now long lost 12" singles. I hope I am not the only one who remembers the 12" single. My one complaint, albeit small, is the utterly poor choice of bonus tracks on War.
...and the poster is a nice touch
Free Music Review: If you're a fan, this one's a must have
Hit: 5 Stars
Like many fans of U2's early work, I fell off the bandwagon after the Joshua Tree but this box set gets you all the goodies (and then some) that were never released on vinyl or CD, or at least not officially... and I don't count the Apple/iPod MP3 crap that was released with the U2 iPod. I have all their original first pressing singles and it's great to finally have them on a very good sounding CD, as auditioned on my mega-buck all tube system.
There's a great first version of "Fire" called "Saturday Night" that, to me, is worth the price of admission alone. Never heard it before, never knew it existed. I think it's better than "Fire". Lyrics are completely different but the instrumentation is basically the same. Killer.
Oh, did I mention the packaging? First rate. Jeez, I sound like a shill for their record label. I could write more but I think I'll go back to listening. Best 65 bucks I've spent in awhile.