September 1, 200816 yr What's in the deluxe edition? :unsure: It's the remastered dvd and "Under a Blood Red Sky' cd together...in the same package...if I've read the advert correctly...
September 22, 200816 yr Author http://www.cinemablend.com/music/CD-Review...sion-12336.html CD Review: U2’s Under A Blood Red Sky (Remastered Version) By Glen Boyd: 2008-09-22 02:48:00 Buzz up! When U2’s Under A Blood Red Sky was originally released back in 1983, I have to be honest and say I wasn’t all that impressed with it. Not that I wasn’t a big fan – the fact is U2 were just about my favorite new band at the time. Hard to think of U2 that way now isn’t it – as a “new band”? The fact still remains that when U2 originally played the 1983 concert in the gorgeous setting of Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre that is captured on Under A Blood Red Sky, they hadn't quite conquered the world yet. They were however, well on their way. What made Under A Blood Red Sky sort of an underwhelming record at the time was the fact that as U2’s first ever live release, it wasn’t a full length album but rather an E.P. The performance was a good one, perhaps even great. But it was also pretty damned short, and left you wanting more. This new version, which is part of Island Records ongoing U2 remastering project that began earlier this year with the band's first three albums, Boy, October, and War, does little to change that. In fact it does nothing. There are no extra tracks here, nor any of the usual bells and whistles you would associate with a remastered recording by a band as major as U2. For those you’ll have to get the Live At Red Rocks DVD, which comes out the same day (September 30) and is from the same show. However, having said all that, hearing Under A Blood Red Sky again all these years later has forced me to reconsider my original opinion. Hearing U2 once again as the hungry young band they once were -- playing as though their lives depended on it is, I have to admit, a real treat. Bono in particular is a house of fire here. What comes through most is the fact that Bono clearly knows how lucky he is to be here. You can hear it clearly on the great versions of classic U2 songs like "Gloria" and "I Will Follow" that are included here. In this performance, there’s a fire burning deep within the collective belly of this band, and it definitely shows. It's a little hard to believe that the wide-eyed mulleted kid heard here is the same Bono who would later have private audiences with presidents and popes, although the politics do creep into the mix on War's "Sunday Bloody Sunday," which Bono intros by saying "this song is not a rebel song." Likewise, it's a bit strange to think that U2 was once regarded as a punk rock band. Especially since The Edge's ringing guitar powers the band's sound on this CD in a way that all but screams big arena rock. Still, the energy level approaches punk levels more often than not, and the rhythm section of bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen doesn't let up here for a second. The bottom line is that as great a band as U2 remain, they've never really just all-out rocked the way they do here. Not in all the years since. Under A Blood Red Sky is available both as a stand alone CD, and in a deluxe package with the DVD of Live At Red Rocks, which is taken from the same performance. For the full effect, I’d recommend the latter, but the CD has also aged much better than I expected it would. Both arrive in stores September 30.
October 1, 200816 yr Author It hasn't arrived yet but as soon as it does I'll watch it and post a full review :cheer:
October 11, 200816 yr Author I watched it :cheer: Firstly, I watched in on my PC and the sound quality seemed very poor. I couldn't get it loud enough :blink: Need to play the dvd on my big telly to see if it's better there. In the same vein, you can tell this is an old concert as the picture quality is a bit suspect too :lol: But, I really did enjoy it. :cheer: Bono is sooooo skinny and looks like he is wearing his pet ferret on his head :lol: :lol: :lol: How he ever thought he was 'cool' I'll never know.... But watching that concert you can even then see the 'Stadium Rock Band' potential. It is clear from the dvd how rainy it was before that concert. It was really in danger of being cancelled. And I remember reading in U2 by U2 that the arena was only about a third full because of the horrendous weather. But they moved all the crowd into the area right in front of the stage and by the tricks of camera angles the place looks totally full up :lol: As I say, going to watch it on my TV. Will get a better impression then I think. :D
October 15, 200816 yr Author Has nobody else bought this dvd yet? :unsure: @ Sparkle. Oh about 1983 I think. Mullet time :lol:
October 15, 200816 yr ooooooooooooh the good old days :lol: I haven't brought it yet, I want a new dvd with good quality picture and sound :P
October 15, 200816 yr Author http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-ODonnell-at...4265&sr=1-4 :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: -_-
October 27, 200915 yr I just got the 'Under a Blood Red Sky Live' cd and the Red Rocks dvd....all I can say so far of the cd is......wow......just wow..... I've yet to waych the dvd......but, from reading the notes in the booklet, too bad there was a snafu with the cameras during 'I Fall Down'.....I'd liked to have seen video footage for that song......
October 31, 200915 yr *say goodnight, she waits for me to put out the light......and when I'm still, she waits to break my will......* Yay!! a video of one of my all-time most favourite U2 songs!!!!!!!!!!! :wub: :wub: :wub:
October 31, 200915 yr I find it interesting in the opening bits of the concert, with the helicopter flying about, they play 'Theme from Harry's Game' by Clannad..... Of course, we know Bono sang with Clannad on the song 'In a Lifetime' back around then.....
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