iTunes Complete Track Listing Review

Original story by Aaron J. Sams (u2wanderer.org) (2004-11-23)

On November 23, 2004 fans finally got an insight into what was coming from the iTunes store – a “Digital Box Set” of U2 Material some 446 tracks strong, which could be downloaded with a click of a mouse (once you paid for them of course). The songs included stretch U2’s entire career from early demo recordings to the newest album, this set does a very good job of showing us pretty much everything U2 has ever done. Also included is a .pdf file which lists the albums and singles throughout U2’s career with cover images from the various releases.

The set is called “The Complete U2” and many fans will argue the title is misleading. First several songs are just plain missing from the set, most of these covers of other artists work over the years. But some of these songs are favorites of the fan community, and their absence has been noted. There is an amusing fan created iMix in the US iTunes store called The inComplete U2 (links no longer functional) which contains tracks not in the box set which can be bought on iTunes itself.

Another issue is that 48 tracks are just duplicates of what is already available elsewhere in the set, leaving this 446 song set down to only 398 unique songs. What has occurred is in an effort to be complete songs like “Beautiful Day” which never had a separate single mix, are included with both the “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” album as well as with the “Beautiful Day” single. It is a little disappointing to realize you just grabbed 50 songs from the internet you didn’t have to to get the complete contents. This is probably due to the fact that at this point you cannot tag a single file to count for multiple releases – hence if someone just wanted to listen to the “Beautiful Day” singles they may be disappointed to have the title track and most the live tracks not represented.

The highlight of the set is the rare material for the U2 fan who has everything else. Unfortunately that is also why this set is being a little controversial – those who have everything have to buy it all a second time to get 10 – 15 new tracks they want because they are not available outside of the set. Adding to the frustration is the limited geography that these sets are available to, as well as frustration when people find they are unable to install the iTunes software to even see the track listing because they are on an unsupported operating system (Windows 95, 98 etc.)

Below we present the track listing for the digital box set. The tracks marked “U2 Album Only” which do not have a price will not be made available for download outside of this special U2 Digital Box at this time. Comments on what is missing are based on the By Song section of U2W.

BOY ERA SINGLES AND BEFORE:

Another Day (Single) 3:24 U2 £0.79
Twilight (Original Version) 4:32 U2 £0.79
Out of Control (Original Version) 3:52 U2 £0.79
Stories for Boys (Original Version) 2:40 U2 £0.79
Boy/Girl (Original Version) 3:21 U2 £0.79
11 O’Clock Tick Tock (Single) 3:47 U2 £0.79
Touch 3:23 U2 £0.79
A Day Without Me (Single) 3:16 U2 £0.79
Things to Make and Do 2:15 U2 £0.79
I Will Follow (Single) 3:38 U2 £0.79
Boy/Girl (Live from London, Sep 22, 1980) 3:23 U2 £0.79

Comments: Not a bad selection of the early stuff. We’ve got digital copies of the original single “Three”, “Another Day”, “11 O’Clock Tick Tock”, “A Day without Me” and “I Will Follow” singles. “Out of Control” live from Boston in 1981, originally released as a b-side to “I Will Follow” is not listed among these tracks as the entire concert is included in this box set. Unfortunately “A Day Without Me” and “I Will Follow” are not different on the early singles, and thus their inclusion here is completely unnecessary as they are also included in the Boy album bundle. Why pay twice for the same song? The other tracks are all different versions than appear on the albums.
Missing Tracks: The version of “Stories for Boys” which appeared on the Just for Kicks Compilation.
Duplication of Tracks: 2 that appear on the album.

BOY ALBUM:

I Will Follow 3:38 U2 £0.79
Twilight 4:22 U2 £0.79
An Cat Dubh (Digital Box Set Version) 4:46 U2 £0.79
Into the Heart (Digital Box Set Version) 3:27 U2 £0.79
Out of Control 4:13 U2 £0.79
Stories for Boys 3:02 U2 £0.79
The Ocean 1:34 U2 £0.79
A Day Without Me 3:16 U2 £0.79
Another Time Another Place 4:33 U2 £0.79
The Electric Co. 4:47 U2 £0.79
Shadows and Tall Trees 4:36 U2 £0.79
Comments: An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart is split in the fashion more common on the UK and later pressings of the album.

Missing Tracks: The 0:30 Instrumental that was once included on the vinyl copies of Boy does not make an appearance here on the “Digital Box Set” would have been nice to have a digital copy of this early version of “Fire”.

OCTOBER ERA SINGLES:

Fire (Single) 3:51 U2 £0.79
J.Swallow 2:18 U2 £0.79
11 O’Clock Tick Tock / The Ocean (Live from Boston, March 6th 1981) 7:06 U2 £0.79
Cry / The Electric Co. (Live from Boston, March 6th 1981) 4:55 U2 £0.79
Gloria (Single) 4:14 U2 £0.79
I Will Follow (Live in Boston 1981) 3:49 U2 £0.79
A Celebration (Single) 2:57 U2 £0.79
Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl 2:34 U2 £0.79

Comments: No need to include “Fire” or “Gloria” here on this set as both are available on the October album tracks. Unnecessary duplication again. “11 O’Clock Tick Tock / The Ocean”, “Cry / The Electric Co.” and “I Will Follow” are all part of the March 1981 concert released in full with this set, so their inclusion here are unnecessary as well. That makes five tracks not really needed with this set as they already appear elsewhere in the set.
Missing Tracks: The (3:14) edit of Fire found on the promotional single is not included and would have made more sense than including the album version again. The (3:26) edit of Gloria found on that promotional single would have also made more sense than duplicating the album version. Also missing are the two versions of October which were found on the They Call it an Accident soundtrack, but it might be wise just to forget those exist. Also missing from this set is the live version of “I Will Follow” recorded at Veronica’s Closet and released at a single in the Netherlands and Germany.
Duplication of tracks: 5 tracks that appear elsewhere (3 live from Boston and 2 on the album)

OCTOBER ALBUM:

Gloria 4:14 U2 £0.79
I Fall Down 3:39 U2 £0.79
I Threw a Brick Through a Window 4:54 U2 £0.79
Rejoice 3:38 U2 £0.79
Fire 3:51 U2 £0.79
Tomorrow 4:39 U2 £0.79
October 2:20 U2 £0.79
With a Shout (Jerusalem) 4:02 U2 £0.79
Stranger In a Strange Land 3:57 U2 £0.79
Scarlet 2:52 U2 £0.79
Is That All? 2:58 U2 £0.79

Comments: The album as it has appeared over the years. Has appeared only in the one format over the years.

WAR SINGLES:

New Year’s Day (Single) [7” Edit Version] 3:54 U2 £0.79
Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop) 3:26 U2 £0.79
Fire (Live in Werchter, Belgium, July 82) 3:48 U2 £0.79
I Threw a Brick Through a Window / A Day Without Me (Live in Werchter, Belgium, July 82) 7:01 U2 £0.79
Two Hearts Beat As One (Single) [7” Edit Version] 3:55 U2 £0.79
Endless Deep 2:57 U2 £0.79
New Year’s Day (USA Remix) 4:28 U2 £0.79
Two Hearts Beat As One (Remix) 4:24 U2 £0.79
Two Hearts Beat As One (Club Version) 5:42 U2 £0.79

Comments: Not a bad coverage of the tracks from 1983. No duplication of the War album tracks here, as the versions of New Year’s Day and Two Hearts are different versions than appeared on the album.
Missing Tracks: Two Hearts (Import Version) (3:42) does not show up although it was featured on the commercial single. Nor does the Two Hearts (Long Version) (5:57) which appeared on the promo single show up. The 4:16 version of New Year’s Day is included with this set but under the tracks for the Best of 1980 – 1990.

WAR ALBUM:

Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:38 U2 £0.79
Seconds 3:11 U2 £0.79
New Year’s Day 5:35 U2 £0.79
Like a Song… 4:47 U2 £0.79
Drowning Man 4:13 U2 £0.79
The Refugee 3:40 U2 £0.79
Two Hearts Beat As One 4:02 U2 £0.79
Red Light 3:44 U2 £0.79
Surrender 5:31 U2 £0.79
“40” 2:37 U2 £0.79

Comments: It appears that the War album tracks are those from the readily available pressing of the album rather than the remastered MFSL version which is now rare and features alternate versions of some of the tracks.
Missing Tracks: The MFSL version of Seconds is the big stand out for differences on that version of the album. For more information on the MFSL songs see the discography entry for War.

UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY ALBUM:

Gloria (Live Version 1983) 4:46 U2 £0.79
11 O’Clock Tick Tock (Live Version 1983) 4:43 U2 £0.79
I Will Follow (Live Version 1983) 3:42 U2 £0.79
Party Girl (Live Version 1983) 3:21 U2 £0.79
Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live version 1983) 5:26 U2 £0.79
The Electric Co. (Live Version 1983) 4:58 U2 £0.79
New Year’s Day (Live Version 1983) 4:36 U2 £0.79
“40” (Live Version 1983) 3:45 U2 £0.79

Comments: Under a Blood Red Sky has gone through several mastering jobs for CD pressing over the years. This would appear to be tracks from the USA pressings of the CD.
Missing Tracks: Looks like they’ve included the edited version of The Electric Co. on this compilation. That means those looking for a digital version with the “Send in the Clowns” bit included will have to keep searching for the CD pressings that contain that track. Also missing is the slightly edited version of I Will Follow live, which had some of the crowd noise edited to release it as a single.

THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE SINGLES:

Pride (In the Name of Love) [Single] {12” Version} 4:41 U2 £0.79
Boomerang I (Instrumental Version) 2:47 U2 £0.79
Boomerang II (Vocal Version) 4:50 U2 £0.79
4th of July 2:38 U2 £0.79
11 O’Clock Tick Tock (Long Version) 4:14 U2 £0.79
The Unforgettable Fire (Single) 4:53 U2 £0.79
Bass Trap (Full Version) 5:18 U2 £0.79
A Sort of Homecoming (Live from Wembley) 0:12 U2 £0.79
Outake 2: Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come 3:10 U2 £0.79
Bad (Live) 8:03 U2 £0.79
A Sort of Homecoming (Live) 4:04 U2 £0.79
The Three Sunrises 3:53 U2 £0.79
Love Comes Tumbling 4:42 U2 £0.79

Comments: Why oh why did they feel the need to include the single tracks twice in some cases. If there were space constraints I’d rather see some of these dropped in favor of some tracks that were left out. Here we get “The Unforgettable Fire” which is available as part of the album. At least “Pride” and “4th of July” are slightly different versions.
Missing Tracks: There were three versions of Love Comes Tumbling which were released, and although I can’t be sure which is available here without listening, I’m willing to bet it’s not the alternate vocal from the Australian pressings. Likewise the different live vocal mix of A Sort of Homecoming from those Australian pressings is not included. Other tracks from this era which could have been included but weren’t? Wire (Celtic Dub) from the NME Poll Winners Promo, and “Maggie’s Farm (Live)” from the Live in Ireland compilation.

Duplication of tracks: 1 which appears on the album.
THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE ALBUM:

A Sort of Homecoming 5:28 U2 £0.79
Pride (In the Name of Love) 3:47 U2 £0.79
Wire 4:17 U2 £0.79
The Unforgettable Fire 4:53 U2 £0.79
Promenade 2:31 U2 £0.79
4th of July 2:12 U2 £0.79
Bad 6:06 U2 £0.79
Indian Summer Sky 4:15 U2 £0.79
Elvis Presley & America 6:23 U2 £0.79
MLK 2:31 U2 £0.79

Comments: Obviously taken from the more readily available album version rather than the MFSL mastered version of the album due to this containing the shorter version of 4th of July.
Missing Tracks: None. If you want the longer version of “4th of July” from the MFSL mastering job, you will find it included with the Unforgettable Fire singles tracks listed above (or close enough hehe).

THE JOSHUA TREE SINGLES:

With or Without You (Single) 4:56 U2 £0.79
Luminous Times (Hold On to Love) 4:34 U2 £0.79
Walk to the Water 4:47 U2 £0.79
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Single) 4:37 U2 £0.79
Spanish Eyes (Single Version) 3:14 U2 £0.79
Deep In the Heart 4:29 U2 £0.79
Where the Streets Have No Name (Edited Single) 4:38 U2 £0.79
Race Against Time 4:01 U2 £0.79
Silver and Gold 4:37 U2 £0.79
Sweetest Thing 3:02 U2 £0.79

Comments: More disappointment here with tracks being duplicated between the single versions and the album versions. “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” are both duplicated here unnecessarily. The version of “WTSHNN” is different from the album version but is not the original single version with Edge on backing vocals, but rather is the edit of the album track which was done for the Best of 1980 – 1990 album.
Missing Tracks: The actual Single Version of “Where the Streets Have No Name” would have been a nice inclusion. As would Bono’s original solo version of “Silver and Gold” recorded for the Sun City album. The Edge’s solo album Captive Soundtrack is not represented as well.
Duplication of tracks: 2 tracks appear on the album set.

THE JOSHUA TREE ALBUM:

Where the Streets Have No Name 5:39 U2 £0.79
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 4:37 U2 £0.79
With or Without You 4:56 U2 £0.79
Bullet the Blue Sky 4:32 U2 £0.79
Running to Stand Still 4:17 U2 £0.79
Red Hill Mining Town 4:53 U2 £0.79
In God’s Country 2:56 U2 £0.79
Trip Through Your Wires 3:32 U2 £0.79
One Tree Hill 5:23 U2 £0.79
Exit 4:13 U2 £0.79
Mothers of the Disappeared 5:12 U2 £0.79

Comments: Thankfully someone got the right copy of The Joshua Tree out and this set includes the proper timing break between “One Tree Hill” and “Exit” and not the improperly mastered copy.
Missing Tracks: MFSL did do a remastering of The Joshua Tree album, but the tracks for the MFSL CD do not contain any large differences from the regular releases.

RATTLE AND HUM SINGLES:

Desire (Single) 2:59 U2 £0.79
Hallelujah Here She Comes 4:16 U2 £0.79
Desire (Hollywood Remix) 5:23 U2 £0.79
Angel of Harlem (Single) 3:44 U2 £0.79
A Room At the Heartbreak Hotel 5:28 U2 £0.79
Love Rescue Me (Live at Dominion Theatre, London) 5:20 U2 £0.79
When Love Comes to Town (Single) [7” Edit Version] 3:32 U2 & B.B. King £0.79
When Love Comes to Town (Live From The Kingdom Mix) 7:28 U2 & B.B. King £0.79
God Part 2 (The Hard Metal Dance Mix) 4:46 U2 £0.79
All I Want Is You (Single Edited Version) 4:13 U2 £0.79
All I Want Is You 6:29 U2 £0.79

Comments: Here in my opinion is where the “Digital Box Set” really starts to hurt. It was disappointing to see that various “cover” songs are left out of this set like “Dancing Barefoot”, “Everlasting Love” and “Unchained Melody”. The lack of those songs in this set really make this less than a complete capture of their work. It’s been mentioned that these songs have likely not made the cut due to the licensing agreements that would be required to present another artist’s work on iTunes. This will again blacken this set when the covers during the “Achtung Baby” singles don’t make it. And like before, do we really need the Single version of “Desire”? The only thing different from the album version is Adam’s comment at the start is missing. “All I Want is You” is also the same as the album version and is unnecessarily duplicated twice in this set.
Missing Tracks: “Desire (9:23 Hollywood Remix)” from various promos, the alternate versions of “When Love Comes to Town (Live from the Kingdom Mix)” and “God Part II (Hard Metal Dance Mix) from the promos. Both the long and the short edits of “Dancing Barefoot” and “Everlasting Love” and “Unchained Melody” originally from the All I Want is You Single. Other songs from this era that could have been included? “Pride” was released on the Rainbow Warriors compilation and it was a slightly different edit of the live performance from Rattle and Hum. If you are wondering about “Jesus Christ” or “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” they are included below in the “Rare Tracks” section and do appear on this “Digital Box Set”.
Duplication of tracks: 2 if you count “Desire” which I do.

RATTLE AND HUM ALBUM:

Helter Skelter (Live) 3:10 U2 £0.79
Van Diemen’s Land (Live) 3:05 U2 £0.79
Desire 2:59 U2 £0.79
Hawkmoon 269 6:22 U2 £0.79
All Along the Watchtower (Live) 4:24 U2 £0.79
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Live) 5:55 U2 £0.79
Freedom for My People (Excerpt) 0:36 Adam Gussow & Sterling Magee £0.79
Silver and Gold (Live) 5:50 U2 £0.79
Pride (In the Name of Love) [Live – Rattle & Hum Version] 4:27 U2 £0.79
Angel of Harlem 3:44 U2 £0.79
Love Rescue Me 6:24 U2 £0.79
When Love Comes to Town 4:14 U2 & B.B. King £0.79
Heartland 5:03 U2 £0.79
God Part 2 3:15 U2 £0.79
The Star Spangled Banner (Woodstock Festival Excerpt) 0:43 Jimi Hendrix £0.79
Bullet the Blue Sky (Live) 5:36 U2 £0.79
All I Want Is You 6:29 U2 £0.79

Comments: Faithful reproduction of the album including the two non-U2 performances.

ACHTUNG SINGLES TRACKS:

The Fly (Single) 4:29 U2 £0.79
Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk / Korova I 3:36 U2 £0.79
The Lounge Fly Mix 6:28 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways (Single) 4:03 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Extended Club Mix) 7:01 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways (Apollo 440 Magic Hour Remix) 4:26 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways (Tabla Motown Remix) 4:27 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Club Mix) 4:10 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Magic Hour Remix) 8:12 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways (Ultimatum Mix) 5:01 U2 £0.79
One (Single) 4:36 U2 £0.79
Lady With the Spinning Head (UV1 Version) 3:54 U2 £0.79
Night and Day (Steel String Remix) 6:57 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Single) 3:41 U2 £0.79
Salome 4:32 U2 £0.79
Where Did It All Go Wrong (Demo Version) 3:57 U2 £0.79
Lady With the Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix) 6:08 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (The Perfecto Mix) 6:38 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Sexy Dub Mix) 7:18 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Apollo 440 Stealth Sonic Remix) 6:42 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (V16 Exit Wound Remix) 3:19 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (A440 Vs U2 Instrumental Remix) 6:28 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Trance Mix) 6:48 U2 £0.79
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar Edit) 3:58 U2 £0.79
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (The Temple Bar Mix) 3:24 U2 £0.79
Salome (Zooromancer Remix) 8:03 U2 £0.79
Can’t Help Falling In Love (Triple Peaks Remix) 4:34 Bono £0.79

Comments: More duplication between singles tracks and album tracks as you get “The Fly”, “Mysterious Ways” and “One” being the same on both. At least “Even Better than the Real Thing” and “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” are different. A lot of missed opportunities here with this one too. All of the cover versions are missing just like with the Rattle and Hum Singles section above and it really hurts the set. Also some very rare promo mixes were missed which would have been nice to have.
Missing Tracks: Even Better than the Real Thing (Perfecto Mix Radio Edit) from the promo single, “Satellite of Love” from the One single, “Paint it Black” and “Fortunate Son” from the Who’s Gonna Ride single, “Can’t Help Falling in Love (Mystery Train Dub)” from the Salome promo. Other songs which were released during this era which are not included are the original version of “Night and Day” from the Red Hot and Blue compilation, the alternate version of “Until the End of the World” found on the Until the End of the World soundtrack, “Satellite of Love (Live from Dallas)” from the Peace Together compilation, “Even Better Than the Real Thing (Live from Dublin)” from the Radio 1 FM Sessions compilation, the “Salome (Zooromancer Remix Edit) (6:50)” from the Island Select compilation and “Until the End of the World (Live from San Diego)” from the Alternative NRG compilation, and Bono’s original version of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” from the Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack.
Notes: The “Perfecto Mix” of “Mysterious Ways” is included in this set as part of the “Melon” album. The “Youth’s Remix” of “Night and Day” is the exact same mix as the “Twilight Remix” and is included as part of the “Rare Tracks” listing below.
Duplication of tracks: 3 tracks appear on the album as well.

ACHTUNG BABY ALBUM:

Zoo Station 4:38 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing 3:41 U2 £0.79
One 4:36 U2 £0.79
Until the End of the World 4:38 U2 £0.79
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses 5:16 U2 £0.79
So Cruel 5:49 U2 £0.79
The Fly 4:29 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways 4:03 U2 £0.79
Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World 3:52 U2 £0.79
Ultra Violet (Light My Way) 5:30 U2 £0.79
Acrobat 4:30 U2 £0.79
Love Is Blindness 4:23 U2 £0.79

Comments: The album as released in all areas of the world.

ZOOROPA ALBUM:

Zooropa 6:33 U2 £0.79
Babyface 4:01 U2 £0.79
Numb 4:20 U2 £0.79
Lemon 6:58 U2 £0.79
Stay (Faraway, So Close!) 4:58 U2 £0.79
Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car 5:20 U2 £0.79
Some Days Are Better Than Others 4:17 U2 £0.79
The First Time (Soundtrack Version) 3:45 U2 £0.79
Dirty Day 5:24 U2 £0.79
The Wanderer 5:41 U2 & Johnny Cash £0.79

Comments: The album as released in all areas of the world.

ZOOROPA SINGLES:

Lemon (Edited Version) 4:40 U2 £0.79
Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix) 10:14 U2 Album Only
Lemon (Version Dub) 6:35 U2 £0.79
Lemon (Momo’s Reprise) 4:09 U2 £0.79
Lemon (Jeep Mix) 5:31 U2 £0.79
Lemon (Perfecto Mix) 8:57 U2 £0.79
Lemon (Trance Mix) 8:54 U2 £0.79
Lemon (Momo Beats) 4:09 U2 £0.79
Lemon (Serious Def Dub) 6:34 U2 £0.79
Stay (Faraway, So Close! [Single] 4:58 U2 £0.79
Slow Dancing 3:19 U2 £0.79
Bullet the Blue Sky (Live 1993) 5:34 U2 £0.79
Love Is Blindness (Live) 5:58 U2 £0.79

Comments: Things just keep getting duplicated throughout this set. “Stay” is the same version found on the Zooropa album and thus didn’t need to be included here again. At least they didn’t include the album versions of “Numb” and “Lemon” this time.
Missing Tracks: “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” with Bono and Frank Sinatra was originally part of the Stay single. “Numb (The Perfecto Mix) (6:42) from the Numb promo single. “Lemon (Lemonade Mix)” and “Lemon (Lemonade Edit)” from the Lemon promo are missing. “Zooropa (Edit) from the Zooropa promo is not included. “Lemon (Bad Yard Club Edit)” from the Stay commercial single is missing, as is Lemon (The Oakenfold Jeep Mix)” from the Lemon commercial single.
Notes: “Numb (Radio Edit) (3:57)” is listed below amongst the rare track set.
Duplication of Tracks: 1 track appears on album.

MELON ALBUM:

Lemon (Perfecto Mix) 8:57 U2 Album Only
Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix) 8:51 U2 Album Only
Mysterious Ways (The Perfecto Mix) 7:05 U2 Album Only
Stay (Faraway, So Close!) [Underdog Mix] 6:44 U2 Album Only
Numb (The Soul Assassins Mix) 3:57 U2 Album Only
Mysterious Ways (Massive Attack) 4:47 U2 Album Only
Even Better Than the Real Thing (The Perfecto Mix) 6:38 U2 Album Only

Comments: More duplication of tracks happens with the inclusion of “Melon”. In the listings above we already have copies of “Lemon (Perfecto Mix)” and “Even Better Than the Real Thing (Perfecto Mix)”, and “Numb (The Soul Assassins Mix)” shows up below in the Pop singles listing. Three more tracks that did not need to be duplicated for this set.
Duplication of Tracks: 3 tracks appear elsewhere.

PASSENGERS ALBUM:

United Colours 5:30 Passengers £0.79
Slug 4:41 Passengers £0.79
Your Blue Room 5:28 Passengers £0.79
Always Forever Now 6:23 Passengers £0.79
A Different Kind of Blue 2:01 Passengers £0.79
Beach Sequence 3:31 Passengers £0.79
Miss Sarajevo 5:40 Passengers & Luciano Pavarotti £0.79
Ito Okashi 3:24 Passengers & Holi £0.79
One Minute Warning 4:39 Passengers £0.79
Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long) 3:34 Passengers £0.79
Elvis Ate America 3:00 Passengers & Howie B. £0.79
Plot 180 3:40 Passengers £0.79
Theme from the Swan 3:24 Passengers £0.79
Theme from Let’s Go Native 3:06 Passengers £0.79

Comments: The album as presented commercially.
PASSENGERS SINGLES:

Miss Sarajevo (Single Edit Version) 5:18 Passengers & Luciano Pavarotti £0.79
One 5:31 Passengers £0.79
Bottoms (Watashitachi No Ookina Yume) [Zoo Station Remix] 4:11 Passengers £0.79
Viva Davidoff 4:29 Passengers £0.79

Comments: No duplication of tracks with the album versions.
Missing Tracks: Miss Sarajevo (Radio Edit) appears under the Best of 1990 – 2000 tracks below, but Your Blue Room (Radio Edit) which was found on the Your Blue Room promo is missing from this set. Other songs that might have been included from this era that were not are “One / Unchained Melody (Live from Sydney)” from the Hold On compilation, the soundtrack version of “Always Forever Now” from the Heat Soundtrack, Bono’s solo performance of “Hallelujah” on the Tower of Song album, Adam and Bono’s reworking of “Tomorrow” for the Common Ground album, and Adam and Larry’s covering of the Theme to Mission Impossible.

POP ERA SINGLES:

Discotheque (Single) 5:11 U2 £0.79
Holy Joe (Garage Mix) 4:21 U2 £0.79
Holy Joe (Guilty Mix) 5:09 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (Radio Edit) 4:36 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (DM Deep Club Mix) 7:00 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (Howie B, Hairy B Mix) 7:40 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix) 7:20 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (DM Tec Radio Mix) 3:46 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (David Holmes Mix) 6:15 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (DM Deep Extended Club Mix) 10:04 U2 Album Only
Discotheque (DM Deep Instrumental Mix) 6:59 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (DM Deep Beats Mix) 4:00 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (DM Tec Club Mix) 7:21 U2 £0.79
Staring At the Sun (Single) 4:36 U2 £0.79
North and South of the River 4:37 U2 £0.79
Your Blue Room 5:28 Passengers £0.79
Staring At the Sun (Monster Truck Mix) 5:06 U2 £0.79
Staring At the Sun (Sad Bastards Mix) 6:21 U2 £0.79
Staring At the Sun (Lab Rat Mix) 5:06 U2 £0.79
Last Night On Earth (Single) 4:14 U2 £0.79
Last Night On Earth (First Night In Hell Mix) 5:49 U2 £0.79
Numb (The Soul Assassins Mix) 3:57 U2 £0.79
Please (Single) [Strings Version] 5:49 U2 £0.79
Dirty Day (Junk Day) 4:41 U2 £0.79
Dirty Day (Bitter Kiss) 4:32 U2 £0.79
I’m Not Your Baby (Skysplitter Dub) 5:47 U2 £0.79
Please (Live From Rotterdam) 7:12 U2 £0.79
Where the Streets Have No Name (Live From Rotterdam) 6:33 U2 £0.79
With or Without You (Live From Edmonton) 4:41 U2 £0.79
Staring At the Sun (Live From Rotterdam) 5:33 U2 £0.79
Please (USA Edit) 3:55 U2 £0.79
If God Will Send His Angels (Single) 4:34 U2 £0.79
Slow Dancing 4:03 U2, Mickey Raphael & Willie Nelson £0.79
Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad 4:14 U2 £0.79
Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live From Sarajevo) 3:52 U2 £0.79
If God Will Send His Angels (The Grand Jury Mix) 5:44 U2 £0.79
Mofo (Phunk Phorce Mix) 8:44 U2 £0.79
Mofo (Mother’s Mix) 8:55 U2 £0.79
Mofo (Romin Remix) 5:51 U2 £0.79
Mofo (Black Hole Dub) 6:49 U2 £0.79
Mofo (House Flavour Mix) 7:19 U2 £0.79

Comments: Again there is duplication of tracks between the albums and the singles. In this set we get the album version of “Discotheque” twice and “Staring at the Sun” twice as the single versions were the same as the album versions. We also get “Your Blue Room” duplicated again from the Original Soundtracks No. 1 albums and “Numb (The Soul Assassins Mix)” appearing again.
Missing Tracks: “Pop Muzik (Popmart Mix)”, “Pop Muzik (Radio Edit)”, “Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Gun Mix)”, “Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Danny Saber Mix)” are all missing from the Last Night on Earth single / promo. The “Please (UK Edit)” from the Please promo is not included nor is the “Please (Song Hook)”. And the “If God Will Send His Angels (Research Hook) is also not there, nor was it expected to be. More surprising is the lack of “Mofo (Matthew Roberts Explicit Mix)” from the Mofo promo single. Other songs that were released during this period that did not make the set are “I’m Not Your Baby” from the End of Violence Soundtrack, and One (Live from the Tibetan Freedom Fest) from the Tibetan Freedom Fest compilation.
Duplication of tracks: 3 appear elsewhere which haven’t been counted previously.

POP ALBUM:

Discotheque 5:09 U2 £0.79
Do You Feel Loved 5:07 U2 £0.79
Mofo 5:49 U2 £0.79
If God Will Send His Angels 5:22 U2 £0.79
Staring At the Sun 4:36 U2 £0.79
Last Night On Earth 4:45 U2 £0.79
Gone 4:26 U2 £0.79
Miami 4:53 U2 £0.79
The Playboy Mansion 4:40 U2 £0.79
If You Wear That Velvet Dress 5:14 U2 £0.79
Please 5:02 U2 £0.79
Wake Up Dead Man 4:52 U2 £0.79

Comments: The album as originally sold.

BEST OF 1980 – 1990 SINGLES:

Sweetest Thing (Single Mix) 3:02 U2 £0.79
Twilight (Live From Red Rocks) 4:32 U2 £0.79
An Cat Dubh (Live From Red Rocks) 7:16 U2 £0.79
Out of Control (Live From Boston) 4:24 U2 £0.79
Stories for Boys (Live From Boston) 3:10 U2 £0.79

Comments: The Single Mix of “Sweetest Thing” is included both here and in the Best of 1980 -1990 directories. More duplication. The Boston live tracks “Out of Control” and “Stories for Boys” are also duplicated with the release of the Boston 1981 concert in this set.
Duplication of Tracks: 3 songs.

BEST OF 1980 – 1990 ALBUM:

Pride (In the Name of Love) 3:47 U2 £0.79
New Year’s Day (Edited Version) 4:18 U2 £0.79
With or Without You 4:56 U2 £0.79
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 4:37 U2 £0.79
Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:38 U2 £0.79
Bad 6:06 U2 £0.79
Where the Streets Have No Name (Single) 4:38 U2 £0.79
I Will Follow 3:38 U2 £0.79
The Unforgettable Fire 4:53 U2 £0.79
Sweetest Thing (Single Mix) 3:02 U2 £0.79
Desire 2:59 U2 £0.79
When Love Comes to Town 4:14 U2 & B.B. King £0.79
Angel of Harlem 3:44 U2 £0.79
All I Want Is You 6:29 U2 £0.79
October 2:20 U2 £0.79

Comments: With very little difference almost all of these tracks are duplicated elsewhere in this set. I’m not sure what the thinking was behind including them, but I would think it is pretty repetitive to include the “Best ofs” in a “Box Set”. The tracks that differ are as follows: “Bad” is an edit, “Where the Streets” is an edit but already appears in the Joshua Tree Singles listing, and “When Love Comes to Town” is a very minor change from the original.
Missing Tracks: The Edited versions of “Hallelujah Here She Comes” and “A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel” originally found on the b-sides disc.
Duplication of Tracks: 11 tracks appear elsewhere in this set.

ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND SINGLES:

Beautiful Day (Single) 4:09 U2 £0.79
Summer Rain (Value Added Title) 4:07 U2 £0.79
Always (Value Added Title) 3:48 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (Single) [Live at Foro Sol Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97] 5:18 U2 £0.79
If You Wear That Velvet Dress (Live at Foro Sol Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 2:43 U2 £0.79
Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of (Single) 4:32 U2 £0.79
Beautiful Day (Live From Farmclub.Com) 4:45 U2 £0.79
New York (Live From Farmclub.Com) 5:57 U2 £0.79
Big Girls Are Best 3:35 U2 £0.79
Beautiful Day (Quincey & Sonance Mix) 7:56 U2 £0.79
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Live In Paris) 3:55 U2 £0.79
All I Want Is You (Live In Paris) 5:23 U2 £0.79
Elevation (Single) [Tomb Raider Mix] 3:34 U2 £0.79
Last Night On Earth (Live from Mexico City) 6:30 U2 £0.79
New York (Live from Irving Plaza, NYC) 5:43 U2 £0.79
I Will Follow (Live from Irving Plaza, NYC) 3:54 U2 £0.79
Elevation (The Vandit Club Mix) 8:53 U2 £0.79
Elevation (Influx Remix) 4:02 U2 £0.79
Elevation (Escalation Mix) 7:05 U2 £0.79
Elevation (Quincy & Sonance Remix) 6:54 U2 £0.79
Elevation (The Biffco Mix) 4:19 U2 £0.79
Walk On (UK Single Version) 4:11 U2 £0.79
Where the Streets Have No Name (Live From Boston) 6:02 U2 £0.79
Stay (Faraway, So Close!) [Live From Toronto] 5:40 U2 £0.79
Gone (Live From Boston) 5:05 U2 £0.79

Comments: “Beautiful Day”, “Stuck in a Moment”, and the version of “Discotheque” from Mexico City all appear on albums as well and appear twice in this set.
Missing Tracks: “Beatutiful Day (The Perfecto Mix) and “Beautiful Day (David Holmes Remix)” from the Stuck in a Moment single, “Walk On (Edit)” from the Canadian Walk On Single, “I Remember You (Live from Irving Plaza)” and “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town” from the Elevation single, “Stuck in a Moment (Radio Edit)” and “Stuck in a Moment (Acoustic)” from the Canadian Stuck single and “Walk On (Video Version)” from the UK Walk On single are all missing from this set. A few additional promotional only mixes are missing as well including “Beautiful Day (Quincey and Sonance Edit)”, “Stuck in a Moment (Radio Edit)”, “Walk On (Remix)”, “Walk On (The Hallelujah Mix)”, “Walk On (Single Mix Edit)”, “Elevation (Paul Van Dyk Mix)”, Elevation (PVD Radio Mix)”, Elevation (PVD Non-Vox Mix)”, “Beautiful Day (Live from Boston)”, and “I Will Follow (Live from Boston)”. All of these were available on promotional releases throughout 2000 / 2001. Also missing from this era is “Peace on Earth / Walk On (Live from London)” from the Tribute to Heroes Compilation. Also missing are some of Bono’s solo tracks from the Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack, although the two full band tracks are included in the set.
Duplication of Tracks: 3 tracks are duplicated elsewhere in this set.

ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND ALBUM:

Beautiful Day 4:09 U2 £0.79
Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of 4:32 U2 £0.79
Elevation 3:47 U2 £0.79
Walk On 4:56 U2 £0.79
Kite 4:26 U2 £0.79
In a Little While 3:39 U2 £0.79
Wild Honey 3:46 U2 £0.79
Peace On Earth 4:48 U2 £0.79
When I Look At the World 4:17 U2 £0.79
New York 5:30 U2 £0.79
Grace 5:30 U2 £0.79
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Soundtrack Version) 3:44 U2 £0.79

Comments: The album as originally released in the UK, Australia and Japan with the bonus track of “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” from the “Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack”

HASTA LA VISTA BABY ALBUM:

Pop Muzik (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 3:05 U2 Album Only
Mofo (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 4:38 U2 Album Only
I Will Follow (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 2:51 U2 Album Only
Gone (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 4:41 U2 Album Only
New Year’s Day (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 4:58 U2 Album Only
Staring At the Sun (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 4:31 U2 Album Only
Bullet the Blue Sky (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 6:11 U2 Album Only
Please (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 6:58 U2 Album Only
Where the Streets Have No Name (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 6:35 U2 Album Only
Lemon (Perfecto Mix Instumental) [Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97] 2:05 U2 Album Only
Discotheque (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 5:08 U2 Album Only
With or Without You (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 5:47 U2 Album Only
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 5:39 U2 Album Only
One (Live at Foro Autodromo, Mexico City, 3 Dec ’97) 6:07 U2 Album Only

Comments: The 2000 Fan Club released live CD. These tracks were previously only available to subscribers of Propaganda Magazine.

BEST OF 1990 – 2000 SINGLES:

Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix – Radio Edit) 4:26 U2 £0.79
New York (Nice Mix) 5:44 U2 £0.79
New York (Nasty Mix) 5:01 U2 £0.79
Bad / “40” / Where the Street Have No Name (Medley – Live From Boston) 12:28 U2 Album Only
Electrical Storm (Single) 4:24 U2 £0.79

Comments: No repeated tracks and no missed tracks.

BEST OF 1990 – 2000 ALBUM:

Even Better Than the Real Thing 3:41 U2 £0.79
Mysterious Ways 4:03 U2 £0.79
Beautiful Day 4:09 U2 £0.79
Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix) 4:39 U2 £0.79
One 4:36 U2 £0.79
Miss Sarajevo (Single Radio Edit) 4:32 Passengers & Luciano Pavarotti £0.79
Stay (Faraway, So Close!) 4:58 U2 £0.79
Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of 4:32 U2 £0.79
Gone (Mike Hedges Mix) 4:34 U2 £0.79
Until the End of the World 4:38 U2 £0.79
The Hands That Built America (Theme from Gangs of New York) 4:58 U2 £0.79
Discotheque (Mike Hedges Mix) 4:42 U2 £0.79
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 4:44 U2 £0.79
Staring At the Sun (Mike Hedges Mix) 4:49 U2 £0.79
Numb (Mike Hedges Mix) 4:23 U2 £0.79
The First Time (Soundtrack Version) 3:45 U2 £0.79
The Fly 4:29 U2 £0.79

Comments: These tracks repeat tracks from earlier albums less than the 1980 – 1990 collection did, but there is still a lot of overlap. Mysterious Ways has a new vocal track and thus is new. Many have been remixed by Mike Hedges for inclusion in this album and thus are new. And Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me finally shows up in this digital box set! A lot of the B-Side discs unique edits show up under the “Rare Tracks” section of the box set.
Missing Tracks: “Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix – Best of Edit)” is not found in this set.
Duplication of Tracks: 8

VERTIGO SINGLES:

Vertigo (Single) 3:10 U2 £0.79
Are You Gonna Wait Forever? 3:48 U2 £0.79
Vertigo (Jacknife Lee 7” Version) 3:07 U2 £0.79
Vertigo (Jacknife Lee 10” Version) 4:13 U2 £0.79
Vertigo (Jacknife Lee 12” Version) 5:36 U2 £0.79
Vertigo (Jacknife Lee 12” Instrumental Version) 5:36 U2 £0.79

Comments: Contain all of the remixes, promotional or otherwise, released thus far for the Vertigo singles.
Missing Tracks: “Neon Lights” is missing from this set. Likely again due to liscensing issues where it is not originally U2’s song.

HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB ALBUM:

Vertigo 3:14 U2 £0.79
Miracle Drug 3:58 U2 £0.79
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 5:08 U2 £0.79
Love and Peace or Else 4:50 U2 £0.79
City of Blinding Lights 5:47 U2 £0.79
All Because of You 3:39 U2 £0.79
A Man and a Woman 4:30 U2 £0.79
Crumbs from Your Table 5:03 U2 £0.79
One Step Closer 3:51 U2 £0.79
Original of the Species 4:41 U2 £0.79
Yahweh 4:41 U2 £0.79
Fast Cars 3:43 U2 £0.79

Comments: The single version of Vertigo is the same musically but doesn’t contain some noise/chatter after the song that the album version does. Album as released in the UK.

RARE TRACKS:

Levitate (From All That You Can’t Leave Behind Sessions) 5:08 U2 Album Only
Love You Like Mad (From All That You Can’t Leave Behind Sessions) 4:17 U2 Album Only
Smile (From How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Sessions) 3:16 U2 Album Only
Flower Child (From All That You Can’t Leave Behind Sessions) 4:54 U2 Album Only
Beautiful Ghost / Introduction to Songs of Experience (From The Joshua Tree Sessions) 3:52 U2 Album Only
Jesus Christ (From the Sun Studio Sessions for Rattle & Hum) 3:12 U2 Album Only
Xanax and Wine (From How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Sessions) 4:38 U2 Album Only
All Because of You (Alternate Version) 3:35 U2 Album Only
Native Son 3:08 U2 Album Only
Yahweh (Alternate Version) 4:31 U2 Album Only
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (Alternate Version) 5:29 U2 Album Only
Numb (Radio Edit) 3:57 U2 Album Only
Bass Trap (Edited Version) 3:31 U2 Album Only
Night and Day (Twilight Remix) 5:30 U2 Album Only
Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix Edit) 5:50 U2 Album Only
Salome (Zooromancer Remix Edit) 5:50 U2 Album Only
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 2:20 U2 Album Only
Stateless (Soundtrack Version) 4:05 U2 Album Only

Comments: Finally something that U2 fans are going to be drooling over – a collection of rare songs some of which have never appeared in any form before. “Levitate”, “Love You Like Mad”, “Smile”, “Flower Child”, “Beautiful Ghost”, “Xanax and Wine”, “Native Son” and alternate versions of “All Because of You”, “Yahweh” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own” are all tracks which have never appeared before which get their first release through iTunes. They are also exclusive to the “Digital Box Set” and cannot be purchased separately as you can with many of the tunes. To me this is a bit of a slap in the face of the long time fan who would have pretty much everything else in this set. Spend your money, buy the entire set to get 10 songs you don’t have already. $15 a song? I don’t think so. The other “rarities” are somewhat laughable as most of them have had wide release and are still in print. “Jesus Christ”, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and “Night and Day (Twilight Remix)” have all appeared on widely released compilations. “Stateless” was taken from the Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack which most fans would have. The shortened form of “Bass Trap”, “Salome” and “Numb” were released on the double disc versions of the Best Ofs which are also still widely available. The “Numb (Radio Edit)” track is the sole track that is difficult to find, with promo CDs contianing this track going for big prices on eBay.

LIVE FROM BOSTON, MARCH 6, 1981

The Ocean (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 2:01 U2 Album Only
11 O’Clock Tick Tock (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 5:01 U2 Album Only
Touch (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 3:01 U2 Album Only
An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 7:54 U2 Album Only
Another Time Another Place (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 4:33 U2 Album Only
Cry/The Electric Co. (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 4:52 U2 Album Only
Things to Make and Do (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 3:05 U2 Album Only
Stories for Boys (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 3:03 U2 Album Only
Twilight (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 4:26 U2 Album Only
I Will Follow (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 3:57 U2 Album Only
Out of Control (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981) 5:17 U2 Album Only
11 O’Clock Tick Tock (Encore) [Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981] 5:01 U2 Album Only
The Ocean (Encore) [Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston, March 6, 1981] 2:18 U2 Album Only

Comments: Over the years almost all of these tracks have shown up as B-Sides of singles. As late as 1998, U2 was still mining this show for b-sides. It’s nice to finally have them all together in one spot with one mastering job however, well other than the half dozen different bootlegs of this particular show.

LIVE FROM DUBLIN, DECEMBER 31, 1989

Auld Lang Syne / Where the Streets Have No Name (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 6:55 U2 Album Only
I Will Follow (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 4:19 U2 Album Only
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 5:08 U2 Album Only
MLK (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 1:53 U2 Album Only
One Tree Hill (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 4:52 U2 Album Only
Gloria (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 4:33 U2 Album Only
God Part 2 (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 3:35 U2 Album Only
Desire (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 3:09 U2 Album Only
All Along the Watchtower (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 4:06 U2 Album Only
All I Want Is You (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 1:03 U2 Album Only
Bad (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 7:31 U2 Album Only
Van Diemen’s Land (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 2:58 U2 Album Only
Star Spangled Banner / Bullet the Blue Sky (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 6:22 U2 Album Only
Running to Stand Still / Dirty Old Town (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 5:16 U2 Album Only
New Year’s Day (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 4:43 U2 Album Only
Pride (In the Name of Love) 6:03 U2 Album Only
Party Girl (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 3:40 U2 Album Only
Angel of Harlem (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 4:14 U2 & B.B. King Album Only
When Love Comes to Town (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 5:06 U2 & B.B. King Album Only
Love Rescue Me (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 6:42 U2 & B.B. King Album Only
“40” (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec ’89) 7:25 U2 Album Only

Comments: Unlike the Boston 81 tracks these were never officially released in any format before by the band, these tracks being released as audio tracks are a very nice addition to this Digital Box Set. None of these have appeared on any audio release in the past from U2, but this show has been widely bootlegged for years.

EARLY DEMOS:

Street Missions (1st Demo Version) 4:17 U2 Album Only
Shadows and Tall Trees (1st Demo Version) 4:40 U2 Album Only
The Fool (1st Demo Version) 4:15 U2 Album Only

Comments: Never before officially released these make for a great addition to the set. But wouldn’t it have been nice for them to included more instead of all the duplicate tracks found throughout the set? These tracks have been widely available on bootleg recordings for years.
Many thanks to those who have helped with this article, including JLK who got us the tracklisting, Brad Hood and Donal Murphy for their insight into some of these tracks and Carl for help all over.

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