Tag: U2
Lemon was one of the singles from Zooropa – in the era while I was just entering grad school and thus not really following bands or collecting vinyl…
This was the only actual panel / conference session I went to this year. (I went on vacation to see music, not as a business trip to go…
I’m not really a Las Vegas person. I don’t gamble, I don’t love the desert, and I’m not in to high-end shopping, strip clubs, or whatever else Sin…
U2, Et Tu, Bono?, 1987 on Rockwell & Good. Bootleg of some TV appearances from ’86 and “87 – Old Grey Whistle Test, TV GaGa, Late Late Show,…
U2, New Year’s Day (Long Version) 12″ single, 1983 on Island. B-side tracks are recorded live at Werchter Belgium July 1982 from the soubdtrack to TV special. Steve…
U2, With or Without You, 1987 on Island. 12″ single with Luminous Times (Hold on to Love) and Walk to the Water. I love U2 b-sides from this…
U2, War, 1983 on Island. This is where I originally got on board with U2, then went back to Boy and October. Love this album from beginning to…
U2, Wide Awake in America, 1985 on Island Records. My copy is the 2018 remaster & reissue by UMC I always thought of this as sort of a…
U2, The Unforgettable Fire, 1984 on Island Soundtrack to much of my adolescence – big shift for the band after Boy->October->War and Under a Blood Red Sky Produced…
U2, Joshua Tree, 1987 on Island Records I still remember buying this very copy the day it came out, at Down in the Valley store in Richfield Sounds…
Robbie Robertson, Self-titled, 1987 on Geffen. Great solo debut from Robbie Robertson of The Band, with appearances by The BoDeans, U2, and Peter Gabriel Co-produced by Robertson and…
Now This Is Music, 1984 on EMI out of the Netherlands. First in a series of Dutch copilations which appeared between 1984 and 1989 – basically the Dutch…
U2, Songs of Experience, 2017 2xLP on Island Records. I’ve been a committed U2 fan since the early 80s – discovered them in the War / Under A…
Got a promotional email from Wolgang’s Vault pointing to U2’s September 18, 1987 show at the Boston Garden, from the Joshua Tree tour. Thanks to a well placed…
One of my favorite songs from what I think of as “first-period” U2 (the era before Unforgettable Fire) has always been “New Year’s Day,” with its juxtaposition of…