U2 To Reissue First Three Albums
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The Irish rock band U2 will reissue its first three albums next month with a wealth of previously unreleased and rare material, Reuters reported Thursday.
“Boy,” “October,” and “War,” all due July 22 via Universal, will be available as remastered single CDs, as deluxe sets with a second disc of extras, and on vinyl.The quartet’s 1980 debut album, “Boy,” features the previously unreleased tracks “Speed of Life,” “Saturday Night,” and “Cartoon World,” as well as a previously unreleased mix of “I Will Follow.” Live versions of “Boy-Girl” and “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” taped at London’s Marquee club, are also included.
The new edition of 1981’s “October” boasts a series of tracks drawn from London’s Hammersmith Palais and the Paradise rock club in Boston, including “Gloria” and “I Will Follow,” a BBC session with Richard Skinner, and Common Ground’s remix of “Tomorrow.”
“War” (1983) includes the previously unreleased track “Angels Too Tied to the Ground,” several remixes of “New Year’s Day” and “Two Hearts Beat as One,” as well as the 7-inch single edit of “New Year’s Day.”
U2, which reissued its 1987 album “The Joshua Tree” last year with various bells and whistles, is recording its next album with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
