u2songs.com: Running to Stand Still
Site Related => Discography & Releases => Topic started by: Aaron on September 28, 2015, 11:55:42 AM
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So...
El Pais, a news outlet in Spain, is teaming up with Universal to launch a box set of U2 releases. They are releasing one item each week for 18 weeks, and I'm told each will cost about 10 Euro in total. The first release is October 4th, and is the Joshua Tree and includes a box to hold all the releases.
Each week they release another. First four weeks are "The Joshua Tree", "Achtung Baby", "Songs of Innocence" and "Rattle and Hum".
Each release will be in a digipack format, and not in jewel cases. The whole thing is being called "The Kiosk Collection".
Other releases include: "The Unforgettable Fire", "War", "Boy", "Zooropa", "All That You Can't Leave Behind", "October", "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb", "Under a Blood Red Sky", "Pop", and "No Line on the Horizon". DVDs in the collection include: "360 from the Rose Bowl", "Go Home: Live from Slane 2001", "Zoo TV Live from Sydney" and "Under a Blood Red Sky".
A commercial for this collection can be found here courtesy of U2 Spain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P36sbQ8jUA
Full release dates:
The Joshua Tree (1987). October 4
Achtung Baby (1991) 11 October
Songs of Innocence (2014). October 18
Rattle and Hum (1988). Oct. 25
The Unforgettable Fire (1984). November 1st
War (1983). November 8
Boy (1980). November 15
Zooropa (1993). November 22th
All that you can not leave behind (2000). Nov. 29
October (1981). December 6
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004). December 13th
Under A Blood Red Sky (Live Album). Dec. 20
Pop (1997). December 27th
No line on the horizon (2009). January 3
360 At the Rose Bowl. January 10
Go Home, Live from Slane Castle. January 17
Zoo TV Live from Sydney. January 24
U2: Live at Red Rocks. January 31
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An Italian newspaper did this with Peter Gabriel a few years ago. No unique content, but everything came in jewel cases that had unique artwork at the time. It also included a book with exclusive interview, discgraphy, etc. all in Italian.
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/peter-gabriel-italian-catalogue-reissues-with-exclusive-box/
(http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PG_box.jpg)
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Some nice pictures of the box at U2valencia.com - http://www.u2valencia.com/web/noticias-u2/asi-es-la-edicion-de-u2-the-kiosk-collection-de-el-pais
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Some nice pictures of the box at U2valencia.com - http://www.u2valencia.com/web/noticias-u2/asi-es-la-edicion-de-u2-the-kiosk-collection-de-el-pais
Very nice. Thanks for sending these. Nice to see what the box looks like. :)
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(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTAwWDExMzc=/z/ybgAAOSw4HVWENqH/$_57.JPG)
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Fantastic!! What's the packaging of the CD like? Is there a booklet? Same "Joshua Tree" black and gold label on the CD face?
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black CD with gold and white letters
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(http://i.imgur.com/1JiLeyT.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vfZMt8x.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/fc2r4L7.jpg)
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Wow, Achtung Baby looks cool too 8)
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Here is the advertisement at the Barcelona underground:
(http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b637/Revalievitch/c048a5c8-cc1b-4e2a-9c2b-e935aab24f89_zpsnagyuuev.jpg?t=1444261739)
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They also have a nice little web site set up. :)
http://elpais.com/especiales/2015/u2/
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My Joshua Tree + Box just arrived ;D
That a nice reissue (made me think of my Placebo "Hut Recording" box)
=> (http://www.promo-team.de/cds/mai-09/placebo-box-set-packshot.jpg)
The idea is the same... a box with all digipack records...
Come back to U2
CD is the 2007 remaster but reissue. (=> http://htaaac.free.fr/the-joshua-tree-the-joshua-tree-e-u-cd-5364018.html )
E.U pressing made in Germany, spanish copyright on CD artwork.
Booklet is the remaster one too.
For the box, no catalog, no UPC, nothing, it's glossy and solid (=> http://htaaac.free.fr/others-the-kiosk-collection-spanish-box.html )
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I love the design of the sleeves so far. The Joshua Tree with the huge gatefold photo looks way better than the version that came in the 20th anniversary box:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzIzWDEwODc=/z/98IAAOSwsB9WEOMX/$_57.JPG) (http://cdn.discogs.com/cyS-rNiVJdhZ_l5fGmHFdmO54vs=/fit-in/599x296/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-1580404-1229987257.jpeg.jpg)
I'm probably going to regret being a cheapskate and not getting all of these. :(
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The box is quite sturdy. The CDs are nicely done. I'm happy so far. :) Only downside? Waiting until January to have the full set.
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Achtung Baby arrived
Remastered and as good as Joshua Tree... very nice work.
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For those keeping track, two weeks ago "Boy" was supposed to be released. It was not, as there were production issues with that CD. All copies were recalled although some made it out. I spoke to my representative at Universal and while not clarifying what the issue was, they did confirm that the "Boy" release would be on January 3 now and would be the last audio CD released, with every other CD bumped ahead one week. The DVDs due to be released at the end of the run are still scheduled for the same days.
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Could find one copy last day, will post here my review and pictures
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http://htaaac.free.fr/boy-boy-eu-cd-5363995.html
CD is mispressed, it plays Jarove Pesnicky (2008 jazz compilation album).
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So the "War" sleeve has gold lettering rather than red.
Also, is this the first time that Bono and Edge have appeared on the R&H CD face? All the versions I have seen are just black paint where that photo is.
(http://www.u2songs.com/images/disco/_full/X3383-03.jpg)
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Yes, I believe that's the first time that Bono and the Edge appeared on the CD itself. Interesting as well is that CD maintains it's original catalog number "CID 027" on the CD. The only other CD I've seen so far that does that is Zooropa. Most have just been replaced with the catalog number for this particular release.
The gold colour on War looks really odd to me. Not sure I'll get used to that.
(http://www.u2songs.com/images/disco/_full/X3388-01.jpg)
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CD is mispressed, it plays Jarove Pesnicky (2008 jazz compilation album).
There's at least one auction on eBay that is claiming it plays "The Life of a Hustla" by Young Jaro. So perhaps there are multiple versions out there of what is on the CD?
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Yes, I believe that's the first time that Bono and the Edge appeared on the CD itself. Interesting as well is that CD maintains it's original catalog number "CID 027" on the CD. The only other CD I've seen so far that does that is Zooropa. Most have just been replaced with the catalog number for this particular release.
The gold colour on War looks really odd to me. Not sure I'll get used to that.
(http://www.u2songs.com/images/disco/_full/X3388-01.jpg)
Yeah, the gold on War is weird. The black and white and gold is almost Joshua Tree-esque.
My guess is that the "new" R&H CD face was what they had in the pipeline for the R&H remaster/deluxe set, which never happened. Or maybe it still will someday.
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My guess is that the "new" R&H CD face was what they had in the pipeline for the R&H remaster/deluxe set, which never happened. Or maybe it still will someday.
Rattle and Hum never got to that stage. The group working on the remasters did no work on "Rattle and Hum" and their next couple of identified projects did not include it.
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I just want to go on the record saying that I am totally jealous and more than a little annoyed that other countries don't get to purchase these (aside from paying a fortune to import them). I saw pictures of the POP digipak on Twitter today and it was the last straw.
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I just want to go on the record saying that I am totally jealous and more than a little annoyed that other countries don't get to purchase these (aside from paying a fortune to import them). I saw pictures of the POP digipak on Twitter today and it was the last straw.
I agree. The packaging is gorgeous for magazine CDs. I know I could get these for a premium, but I'm too cheap.
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2 differents copies of Boy show different matrix as the CD was repress by another factory.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYR23wlWQAANYKs.jpg)