u2 - Under a Blood Red Sky - Deluxe Edition CD/DVD
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Artist: u2Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: CD+DVD, Deluxe Edition, Live
CD Release Date: 2008-09-30
Music Label: Interscope
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Gloria
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- Party Girl
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Electric Co.
- New Year's Day
- 40
- Out Of Control
- Twilight
- An Cat Dubh
- Into The Heart
- Surrender
- Two Hearts Beat As One
- Seconds
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Cry
- The Electric Co.
- October
- New Year's Day
- I Threw A Brick Through A Window
- A Day Without Me
- Gloria
- Party Girl
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- 40
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Free Music Review: Long-Awaited and Worth It! (PLEASE READ ABOUT THE RED LINES HERE!)
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm just reviewing the DVD here. I have watched this concert countless times on VHS. In fact, I wore it out, and had to buy another copy on ebay (it was out of print.) I have never gotten tired of it, but I really wanted a DVD release. I've purchased every other U2 concert video, and have seen them live twice. But I have never felt I have "outgrown" Under a Blood Red Sky; because it's all there. The embryo of everything they would do in the future is seen in this concert. The passion, the showmanship, the musicianship, and epic sound from simple instruments.
If you liked the VHS release, you will love this. More songs are included in this DVD, and the sound and picture are great (with a slight exception below.) If you have never seen this concert yet, do yourself a favor and get this. Even if you are not a U2 fan, but if you just enjoy good music and a good performance, give it try. I knew hardly anything about U2 when I first watched this many years ago, and it drew me in immediately, and didn't let go. I just wanted to watch it again.
Note: Like others here, I was disappointed with the Electric Co. edit, but I'm sure it was unavoidable. This has been an ongoing issue, so it's no surprise that they had to cut the coda.
EXCEPTION TO SOUND QUALITY: The opening sequence, with the Clannad song, sounds terrible. Maybe it's better in 5.1 than stereo (which is how I watched it), but you can hardly hear the song at all. I had to "gain ride" the volume with my remote to hear it, then crank it down for the concert itself.
ABOUT THOSE WAVY RED LINE: Anyone "of a certain age" is no doubt familiar with seeing wavy red lines all the time on TV shows featuring bright lights or reflections. This is an artifact of the television technology of the time. This concert was recorded on video, using television cameras of the time. Bright lights "burn" into the picture tube, leaving and afterimage. It looks like a line, because as the light moves through the frame, it leaves a streak, like drawing a line with your finger in the sand. THE WAVY LINES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. It's less noticeable on the VHS for 2 reasons: the VHS image isn't as sharp to begin with, and the picture is further softened by video grain. It obscures some of the lines, along with obscuring other details of image. The DVD gives a sharper picture, which means everything in the original recording is sharper, including the after image artifacts. The funny thing is, having been raised watching live performances using "old time" television equipment, I came to equate those lines with the excitement of a live performance! So, RELAX. IT'S NOT A FLAW IN THE "FILM," IT'S SIMPLY HOW ALL SIMILAR VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE ERA LOOK. IF YOU WATCH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE LINES BEING "DRAWN' AT CERTAIN POINTS AS A LIGHT MOVES THROUGH THE FRAME. Do not let this distract you from enjoying a fantastic concert!
Edited to add: If you watch the DVD with director's commentary, he directly addresses the red streaks, and the choice he made to shoot into the lights with handheld cameras, which produced that artifact. The director used that technique in his UK show The Tube, and the American crew was not happy with his choice to use this technique. He feels that it adds to the excitement and immediacy of the event, as I mentioned above.
Under a Blood Red Sky - Deluxe Edition CD/DVD Poster
A Deluxe Edition version featuring the Under a Blood Red Sky CD (Disc 1) and the Live at Red Rocks DVD (Disc 2).
The remastered Under a Blood Red Sky album was originally released in November 1983, and consists of live recordings from three shows on the band's War Tour through Europe and America. Recorded at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on 5th June 1983, Live at Red Rocks will be available for the first time on DVD, and will include 5 previously unreleased songs, a director's commentary, digitally re-graded pictures and a 5.1 mix.
This is the fourth CD as part of the Amazon.com-exclusive U2 deluxe edition box set and fits into the open slot within the packaging.
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