I am totally stuck in their pre-Joshua Tree period! I got all of their albums a while back, cuz she have to have them, if you grew up with their music. Both my sisters were HUGE fans, my eldest sister from the get go, the other hooked on later, when my other sister started losing interest.

I actually got them so I could burn copies for my youngest of sisters, who recently got divorced and is relapsing into her old passions; one of them U2. She is currently looking for a new house and when she does I want to surprise her with a three of four cd-set of U2 b-sides.

And there are a lot of them! For collecting's sake I have compiled a list from u2wanderer.org (don't we just org's?). As my sister is mainly interested in the 'old' U2 (up to Joshua Tree) I have made this list;

Three (1) 1979
1 Out of Control (Single Version)
2 Stories for Boys (Single Version) got a bad demo version
3 Boy/Girl
Another Day (2) 1980
4 Another Day (non album) good version, but tracked from vinyl
5 Twilight (Single Version)
11 O’Clock Tick Tock (3) 1980
6 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (3:44)
7 Touch (3:21)
A Day Without Me (4) 1980
8 Things to Make and Do (Instrumental) (2:14) bad version tracked from vinyl
I Will Follow (5) 1980
9 Boy - Girl (Live from London, September 22, 1980) (3:24)
10 Out of Control (Live from Boston, March 6, 1981) (4:25)
Fire/U2 R.O.K. (6) 1981
11 J. Swallow (2:18)
12 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / The Ocean (Live from Boston March 6, 1981) (7:03)
13 Cry / The Electric Co. (Live from Boston, March 6, 1981) (4:53)
Gloria (7) 1981
14 I Will Follow (Live from Boston, March 6, 1981) (3:48)
A Celebration (8) 1982
15 A Celebration (2:57)
16 Trash Trampoline, and the Party Girl (2:32)
I Will Follow (live) (9) 1982 [Netherlands / Germany Only]
17 I Will Follow (Live from Hattem, May 14, 1982) (3:51)
New Year’s Day (10) 1983
18 New Year's Day (Short Version) (3:53)
19 Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?) (3:24)
20 New Year's Day (Long Version) (5:35)
21 Fire (Live from Werchter, July 4, 1982) (3:45)
22 I Threw a Brick Through a Window / A Day Without Me (Live from Werchter, July 4, 1982) (6:58)
23 New Year's Day (U.S. Remix) (4:30)
24 Two Hearts Beat as One (U.S. Remix) (5:40)
25 New Year's Day (Special Version) (4:16)
26 New Year's Day (Edit) (3:40)
Two Hearts Beat As One (11) 1983
27 Two Hearts Beat as One (7" Edit) (3:52)
28 Endless Deep (2:58)
29 Two Hearts Beat as One (Club Version) (4:23)
30 Two Hearts Beat as One (US Remix) (5:40)
31 Two Hearts Beat as One (Import Mix) (3:42)
32 New Year's Day (US Remix) (4:30)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (12) 1983
33 Two Hearts Beat as One (7" Edit) (3:52)
34 New Year's Day (US Remix) (4:30)
I Will Follow (live) (13) 1983 [US Only]
35 I Will Follow (Live from West Germany August 20, 1983) (3:40)
36 Two Hearts Beat as One (Import Mix) (3:42)
Pride (In The Name Of Love (14) 1984
37 Pride (In the Name of Love) [Single Version] (4:40)
38 Boomerang I (Instrumental) (2:47)
39 Boomerang II (4:48)
40 4th of July (Instrumental) (2:38)
41 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Long Version) (4:10)
The Unforgettable Fire (15) 1985
42 A Sort of Homecoming (Live from Wembley) (4:06)
43 The Three Sunrises (3:52)
44 Love Comes Tumbling (4:45)
45 Love Comes Tumbling (False Start) (4:45)
46 Love Comes Tumbling (Alternate Vocal) (4:37)
47 A Sort of Homecoming (Live from Wembley Different Mix) (4:06)
48 Bass Trap (Instrumental) (5:17)
49 Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come (Instrumental) (3:15)
Wide Awake In America (16) 1985
50 Bad (Live) (7:59)
51 A Sort of Homecoming (Live from Wembley) (4:06)
With Or Without You (17) 1987
52 Luminous Times (Hold on to Love) (4:34)
53 Walk to the Water (4:48)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (18) 1987
54 Spanish Eyes (3:16)
55 Deep in the Heart (4:31)
Where the Streets Have No Name (19) 1987
56 Where the Streets Have No Name (Single Version) (4:46)
57 Silver and Gold (4:40)
58 Sweetest Thing (3:03)
59 Race Against Time (4:03)
Desire (20) 1988
60 Hallelujah (Here She Comes) (4:12)
61 Desire (Hollywood Remix) (5:23)
Angel of Harlem (21) 1988
62 Angel of Harlem (Remix) (3:47)
63 A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel (5:29)
64 Love Rescue Me (Live from London, October 16, 1988) (5:24)
When Love Comes to Town (22) 1989
65 When Love Comes to Town (Single Version) (3:34)
66 Dancing Barefoot (Short) (4:13)
67 Dancing Barefoot (Long) (4:47)
68 When Love Comes to Town (Live from the Kingdom Mix) (7:28)
69 God Part II (Hard Metal Dance Mix) (4:46)
All I Want is You (23) 1989
70 All I Want is You (Single Edit) (4:14)
71 Unchained Melody (4:52)
72 Everlasting Love (3:20)
What Org does not allow me to copy/paste are the colour codes I use to mark if I have got a certain song or not, so I can easily see which songs I still need to find.

72 songs. Wow. That's alot. Of this list I have 42 tracks. I still need to hunt for most of the older stuff and the edits and the alternate takes, of which there seem to be alot. That's where U2wanderer comes in handy, as they have listed which song is a different version than the one on the album.

So, this is what I do when I am sick at home. I have had the flu the last five days, of which I was unable to sleep for three of them. Hunting these songs kept me from going crazy.

But now, hurray for U2! I am playing all these tracks (and some others) while collecting and I am struck by how much I love the older stuff from these guys, when they could still be classified as post-punk.
But I also can't wait to get to the next period, 1990-1999… it has some classics for me, like Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk- KOROVA 1
I was blown away by that track, and most the tracks on Achtung Baby.

Two Hearts Beat as One (Club Version)

The only irritating part of collecting these songs was the fact that I had to figure out which instrumental song was which.

Like, I actually own Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk- KOROVA 1, but I downloaded the track as well in a bundle of b-sides that were not marked.
And as I had not heard it for such a long time, I did not recognise it, just that I loved it very much.

While downloading I also found a fun live track of Bono and Bruce Springsteen performing Because The Night, Bono performing Creep and two amazing live versions I came to love. First Bad as performed at Live Aid and Stories For Boys live for Dutch radio.

I have entered another U2 period.

Cheek said:

Remember that 'clubs' in 1983 meant something totally different than what the word means now...

GooeyTheHamster said:

I know...It just sounds weird!!!





BTW...where is Gloria????
[Edited 11/9/05 7:25am]

Cheek said:

The single Gloria only contained the album version. I only want edits, alternate takes, b-sides and live stuff as officially released on singles. I still find I made mistakes in making this list, even when I copy/pasted the list into my post. It was SO much copy/pasting, cross referencing that I sometimes listed songs twice.
Real stupid, as I have these songs numbered the same way in my Windows Media Player and I not only needed to update the list, but also the file names of every songs I got wrong AND the numbering in my WMP...

GooeyTheHamster said:

Now I'm spinning some early U2 in honour of you!!!

Cheek said:

Hehehe, I even went online (www.u2wanderer.org) to check on if it was really the album version. Can't have more mistakes on my list!

I have been playing the songs I have too constantly. Especially Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl has been on heavy rotation. I have been used to the live version SO much I kinda forgot there was a studio version out there. It sounds like a total new song to me now!

GooeyTheHamster said:

I'm finally gonna post my U2 project results here. That's a promise Cheek.

GangstaFam said:

I aint having it.










Your projects deserve a thread on their own!

GooeyTheHamster said:

This is a perfectly good one though.

Do you have their Salome bootlegs? You'll definitely wanna check those out too.

GangstaFam said:

Yes, but an untracked one. So many tracks I needed to update I couldn't be arsed anymore after a few times.

You know, lazy me....

GooeyTheHamster said:

If you just get the 3 disc version, that'll give you most of what you need.

I think I had more discs. burned them into exile though...

If you're willing to pay for some of these songs, iTunes' 'Complete U2' has all of the A-sides, and almost all of the B-sides from their entire career. The only B-sides you wont' find are certain cover versions of songs. Otherwise, it's all there.

Axchi696 said:

I am aware of those, but you got to PAY for them then, don't you?

Uhmmm. I am broke. If I had money I would have immediately. I wish I had a good job.

GooeyTheHamster said:

Aye, that you do. I was going to offer to send you the stuff you don't have, but I never bothered downloading most of the edits and single cuts. Probably couldn't be of much service. Bearshare and Limewire usually have the remixes and B-sides, though.

Axchi696 said:

Like I said, I got half of them already. Me, pirate Gooey.

Gooey, I love you.

DiamondGirl said:

Why, exactly?

GooeyTheHamster said:

I've loved you for years from afar. Your music sensibility and life-ideation in general. Maybe I should have posted this in private.

I want that b-sides set too. I have the official release of the hits and b-sides but yours of course is more comprehensive.

U2 need a box set. I think we would have seen one if the ipod revolution did not happen since they put there "digital box set" in that medium.

DiamondGirl said:

Awww, that's SO sweet! Thanks for the props. I of course post about music because I love the medium, but also because I want to share and want to hip people to certain music I love lots.

As soon as my compilation is complete I will share, deal?

GooeyTheHamster said:

DEAL!

I have been looking for good versions of Stories For Boys, Another Day and Things To Make And Do, but it looks like we'll have to do with vinyl-rips, which is okay with me; I got loads of vinyl rips, mostly of my favourite Jill Jones and Sheila E. b-sides, which never got released on CD. I kinda like the vinyl sounds...

Now got 45. Slow gathering now, cuz I had to do household stuff and sleep.

Some of these versions I do not care much about; any version of Love Rescue Me sounds dull and boring, even if you add Keith Richards AND Ziggy Marley.

How often did they play 11 O'Clock live on the radio, jeeeeez. Good versions, but jeeeeez.

GooeyTheHamster said:

And FINALLY I got a good studio version.

BTW, DiamondGirl, got 47 of 72 now... steadily going...

HamsterHuey said:

GangstaFam said:

I can't wait to check those!!!


So you better be hurry!!!