U2.com Magnificent info

[Brad]

No sign of a UK CD this time out?!

I'm hearing that the UK singles are either "deleted" or "delayed indefinitely."  I don't see how something that's never been released can be deleted, so I think the translation is "never going to happen."

[God, Part II]

Sounds like the record label is running some (over the top, panic mode) damage control after NLOTH failed to keep lighting up the charts.  You ask me, U2's grand lesson to take from all of this--never release an album outside of 4th Quarter again...

[slaneman]

Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel
Ordnungen?

[Brad]

Mourning the passing of the CD single?

[Scarlet]

I'm pretty sure the only reason for the delay of a worldwide release is the video, maybe ... I hope, would hate to see the CD single die.

[u2expert]

Could someone please recommend an online retailer where I can buy the two Euro CDs

hmv.com (vinyl only), amazon.com (1 CD released May 19) and amazon.co.uk only has them listed from other sellers.

Cheers,
u2expert

[Brad]

You might try idealcopy.com.  Though it looks like they have now pushed their release date back to May 26.  Not sure what's up with that.

There's always eBay.

[God, Part II]

Could someone please recommend an online retailer where I can buy the two Euro CDs

I bought mine from a source in the Netherlands on eBay.  $12.99 US for the 2-track and $14.99 US for the 3-track, with free shipping.  Not a bargain but at least you'll have them.  Still has some copies available...

[slaneman]

Got the vinyl today

[slaneman]

(The vocal minority)

[Brad]

I finally got my CD singles yesterday.  I had to order them from the shop in The Netherlands too. The seller I usually order through never received any stock.  It's been a very long time since I've gotten a new single release from U2 and felt like I'm holding something rare.

The store is music-entertainmentshop.nl, though they don't currently have the single on their site.  They do still have a few copies on eBay.  I think this bungled single release has been a real windfall for them.

[Trevor]

today I listened the 7" for the first time... 'cause I thought the uk edit was the same as the one on the cds, same length... but I discovered it is different...
these are the differences, do not count the silence at begin and end of the tracks...

uk edit:
0:19 - oh oh magnificent
0:28 - I was born...
from 3:12 to 3:35 - long guitar solo

edit (longer intro):
0:20 - magnificent
0:30 - oh oh magnificent
0:41 - I was born...
from 3:24 to 3:35 - short guitar solo

from 3:35 to 4:22 identical for both version...

[morgan1098]

A local radio station is playing an edit that has the full length album intro, but NO guitar solo.  Honestly, I always think they're playing the album version until it's time for the guitar solo, and then it totally skips over it.  The edit is not in sync and sounds pretty bad, so I'm wondering if the radio station did its own custom edit?

[Brad]

Thanks Trevor, I just listened to the UK Edit from iTunes.  It is the edit from the vinyl with the longer guitar solo as you described.

[Z000]

So which edits are on which releases?

- 1-track radio promo
- 2-track vinyl single
- 2-track cd single
- 3-track cd single
- 10-track remixes promo
... Am I forgetting any?