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Thread started 07/12/05 4:48pm

chookalana

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U2 "hard to find" albums

where can I find some U2 "hard to find" albums or songs?
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Reply #1 posted 07/12/05 5:14pm

gypsyfire

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chookalana said:

where can I find some U2 "hard to find" albums or songs?



Maybe Ebay.
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Reply #2 posted 07/12/05 9:23pm

GangstaFam

Whatcha lookin' for more specifically?
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Reply #3 posted 07/12/05 11:11pm

FiveFootNine

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I never knew they had "hard to find albums"... confuse

(As Gansta said) "Whatcha lookin' for?"
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Reply #4 posted 07/13/05 9:45am

pkidwell

Their original version of "Sweetest Thing", in my opinion was far better than the commercial release. It was a b-side of Rattle and Hum and was only released on cd single. It became a hit after they re-recorded it. I also love "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel" but I think you can find that somewhere. Some of their early 12 inch records might have some rare tracks if I remember correctly.
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Reply #5 posted 07/13/05 10:01am

rockwilder

I think I saw a site called sharetheu2love or something like that.Salome' is the only "hard to find" U2 cd I own.
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Reply #6 posted 07/13/05 10:19am

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pkidwell said:

Their original version of "Sweetest Thing", in my opinion was far better than the commercial release. It was a b-side of Rattle and Hum and was only released on cd single. It became a hit after they re-recorded it. I also love "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel" but I think you can find that somewhere. Some of their early 12 inch records might have some rare tracks if I remember correctly.



SWEETEST THING was actually a B-side to WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME, I know, because I have it. It IS way better than the re-recording a few years ago. Don't know if U2 actually has any hard-to-find stuff. Just about everything in their catalogue was released to I-Tunes last year. Pretty amazing selection of stuff. The one thing that might be hard to find is the live album from the POP tour - Hasta La Vista Baby, Live from Mexico City. I think this was only released to members of the fan club. Supposed to be great.
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Reply #7 posted 07/13/05 10:42am

thedoorkeeper

There are some remix cds that are hard to find.
There is an official one from Propaganda which I think is called Melon.
Then there are a slew of bootlegs patterned after Melon called Grape & Kiwi & Banana & the list goes on.
They are pretty good for bootlegs.
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Reply #8 posted 07/13/05 10:59am

PhilG

The first 4 singles have never been released on CD right? I'm particularly interesred in the 4th single 11 O clock tick tock/Touch which was produced by Martin Hanett famous for producing artists like Joy Division,New order, & A Certain Ratio.
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Reply #9 posted 07/13/05 11:29am

GangstaFam

Ooh! I know one you should get. Try to find "Salome: The Achtung Baby Sessions". Good stuff. thumbs up!
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Reply #10 posted 07/13/05 11:30am

GangstaFam

Ramonachris said:

pkidwell said:

Their original version of "Sweetest Thing", in my opinion was far better than the commercial release. It was a b-side of Rattle and Hum and was only released on cd single. It became a hit after they re-recorded it. I also love "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel" but I think you can find that somewhere. Some of their early 12 inch records might have some rare tracks if I remember correctly.



SWEETEST THING was actually a B-side to WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME, I know, because I have it. It IS way better than the re-recording a few years ago. Don't know if U2 actually has any hard-to-find stuff. Just about everything in their catalogue was released to I-Tunes last year. Pretty amazing selection of stuff. The one thing that might be hard to find is the live album from the POP tour - Hasta La Vista Baby, Live from Mexico City. I think this was only released to members of the fan club. Supposed to be great.

Plus, there's a healthy selection of their b-sides on their first 2 disc 'Best Of' collection.
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Reply #11 posted 07/13/05 11:49am

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PhilG said:

The first 4 singles have never been released on CD right? I'm particularly interesred in the 4th single 11 O clock tick tock/Touch which was produced by Martin Hanett famous for producing artists like Joy Division,New order, & A Certain Ratio.



You can get most of these (if not all) on i-Tunes. "The Complete U2" should have the entire U2-3 EP as well as the early singles.
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Reply #12 posted 07/13/05 12:24pm

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PhilG said:

The first 4 singles have never been released on CD right? I'm particularly interesred in the 4th single 11 O clock tick tock/Touch which was produced by Martin Hanett famous for producing artists like Joy Division,New order, & A Certain Ratio.


Uhm, I have some first on cd-maxi singles.
Lots of US remixes and early live versions on there.
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Reply #13 posted 07/14/05 11:03am

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I'm looking for the song "Mercy" and, more importantly, for a song - it's one of the best U2 songs I've ever heard - played as soon as "40" finished at both San Jose shows. It is a gorgeous song and I've never heard it before (or since) nor do I know its name.
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Reply #14 posted 07/14/05 11:57am

GangstaFam

jillybean said:

I'm looking for the song "Mercy" and, more importantly, for a song - it's one of the best U2 songs I've ever heard - played as soon as "40" finished at both San Jose shows. It is a gorgeous song and I've never heard it before (or since) nor do I know its name.

Here's what I could find. Doesn't look like it'll help though. sad

04/09/2005 HP Pavilion - San Jose, California
City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo / Stories For Boys (snippet) / Hello (snippet), Elevation, The Cry, The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet), The Ocean, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet), Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet), Love And Peace Or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Running To Stand Still, Zoo Station, The Fly, Mysterious Ways / Young Americans (snippet)
encores: Pride (In The Name Of Love), Where The Streets Have No Name, One, All Because Of You, Yahweh, 40


04/10/2005 HP Pavilion - San Jose, California
Love And Peace Or Else, Vertigo / Stories For Boys (snippet), Elevation, The Cry, The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet), An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, City Of Blinding Lights, Beautiful Day / We Shall Overcome (snippet), Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Pride (In The Name Of Love), Where The Streets Have No Name, One, Original Of The Species
encores: The Fly, Mysterious Ways, All Because Of You, Yahweh, 40
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Reply #15 posted 07/14/05 12:30pm

Axchi696

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Mercy was an outtake from 'How to Dismantle...'. Most people on the forums at interference.com should be able to help you find a copy of it.

As far as I know, there wasn't a song played after '40' on either one of those shows. Are you sure it wasn't just a song playing over the loudspeaker?
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Reply #16 posted 07/14/05 8:20pm

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GangstaFam said:

jillybean said:

I'm looking for the song "Mercy" and, more importantly, for a song - it's one of the best U2 songs I've ever heard - played as soon as "40" finished at both San Jose shows. It is a gorgeous song and I've never heard it before (or since) nor do I know its name.

Here's what I could find. Doesn't look like it'll help though. sad

04/09/2005 HP Pavilion - San Jose, California
City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo / Stories For Boys (snippet) / Hello (snippet), Elevation, The Cry, The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet), The Ocean, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet), Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet), Love And Peace Or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Running To Stand Still, Zoo Station, The Fly, Mysterious Ways / Young Americans (snippet)
encores: Pride (In The Name Of Love), Where The Streets Have No Name, One, All Because Of You, Yahweh, 40


04/10/2005 HP Pavilion - San Jose, California
Love And Peace Or Else, Vertigo / Stories For Boys (snippet), Elevation, The Cry, The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet), An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, City Of Blinding Lights, Beautiful Day / We Shall Overcome (snippet), Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Pride (In The Name Of Love), Where The Streets Have No Name, One, Original Of The Species
encores: The Fly, Mysterious Ways, All Because Of You, Yahweh, 40

No, it didn't really help BUT - getting GangstaFam to personally reply to a post of mine, well, that tickles my fancy. And I don't even know where my fancy is.
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Reply #17 posted 07/15/05 12:34am

CinisterCee

That's pretty coo that they did "Stories For Boys". cool
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Reply #18 posted 07/15/05 12:47am

Cheek

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Their original version of "Sweetest Thing", "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel"...I think you can find that somewhere.


Those two tracks you mentioned are also released on the "Best Of 1980-1990 & B-Sides" double CD! cool
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Reply #19 posted 07/15/05 1:29am

GangstaFam

jillybean said:

No, it didn't really help BUT - getting GangstaFam to personally reply to a post of mine, well, that tickles my fancy. And I don't even know where my fancy is.

How's that?
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Reply #20 posted 07/15/05 5:40am

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GangstaFam said:

jillybean said:

No, it didn't really help BUT - getting GangstaFam to personally reply to a post of mine, well, that tickles my fancy. And I don't even know where my fancy is.

How's that?

Um, you're one of my favorite orgers. Anytime an esteemed orgered shows a modicum of attention toward me, well, I get a little excited. It was a compliment, didn't mean to be esoteric.
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Reply #21 posted 07/15/05 5:23pm

GangstaFam

jillybean said:

Um, you're one of my favorite orgers. Anytime an esteemed orgered shows a modicum of attention toward me, well, I get a little excited. It was a compliment, didn't mean to be esoteric.

Well in that case...thank you quite kindly! mr.green
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Reply #22 posted 07/15/05 5:29pm

MoonSongs

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GangstaFam said:

jillybean said:

Um, you're one of my favorite orgers. Anytime an esteemed orgered shows a modicum of attention toward me, well, I get a little excited. It was a compliment, didn't mean to be esoteric.

Well in that case...thank you quite kindly! mr.green

Gangsta's quite skilled at finding people's fancys!!!!! biggrin
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Reply #23 posted 07/15/05 5:32pm

GangstaFam

MoonSongs said:

Gangsta's quite skilled at finding people's fancys!!!!! biggrin

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