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Happy eyes!! I got mine too!!

I got mine at Rock N Soul Records in NYC. They had a table outside, I gave them my wish list; they checked their stock and pulled what I wanted. I never had to go inside. They had everything I wanted except for the Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker at Town Hall, which I was very bummed about.

Shout out to my favorite local store for keeping it safe and well-organized. The vinyl is very pretty.

I was able to buy a copy from local Levykauppa Äx

This would be nice, if it turns out to be true: https://www.u2songs.com/news/rumour_u2_to_release_atyclb_box_this_fall

I'm glad some have the money to buy these things---I don't and I want that awesome looking book Mich40 mentioned. To ALL people/bands who are in charge of these anniversary super deluxe things: I bought the original album. I then bought the cd. I paid for tickets and went to the shows. I bought merchandise. I buy the dvd's.. You then offer me pretty much what I already own but add one or two new things. You charge a premium but it's old merchandise that's been given a new coat of paint. In a decade or so, you will probably release the same thing again (with one or two bonuses) and charge even more, In the end, it is for old music, yet you keep upping the price.. I understand it's my choice if I buy these things or not. Nobody is forcing me. However, why do you not make those one ot two new things, which die hard fans would not have, available for sale without the necessity of buying what we already own multiple times? My criticism is of the machine, not U2.

Looking forward to this beautiful piece of the box set.

Everyone who has posted here has expressed my own thoughts so I won't repeat what has already been said. What I will say is that either U2 or people in their organization seem to think that there is an insatiable demand for remixes. Just a quick glance through this forum shows that fans are interested in previously unreleased live material. Remixes are a curiosity/novelty not a major selling point.

You can’t blame them, they want new material Our stuff’s been repeated too many times You can’t sell the same thing to the same old crowd forever

Thanks to the very cool Darkside Records store, I have a piece of amazing U2 history that lives on & on ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Wait, you guys have opened yours ? And played them ? 😲

Got my copy at FatKat Records in Antwerp. Best record store in town!

I’ve got mine. Only a tiny store but they had 10 copies

Because I’m from the future, I managed to pick up a copy this morning from Hiss & Crackle Records in Wallsend about 15 minutes from home. They only had one ! My very favourite local store The Mosh Pit didn’t get any 🙁 (Is it me, or do all record stores have funky & cool names ?)

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I'm in Colombia and nothing here 😔 In June I received the mail "Your U2.com Subscription order has shipped!" and UPS shows this only: Date Location Activity 06/08/20206:33 P.M. United States Shipment information received by UPS Mail Innovations

“YouTube, Island Records, Interscope, and UMe have announced the relaunch of U2's Official YouTube Channel with weekly releases of the band's most iconic music videos and never before seen content on YouTube, all remastered at the highest standard.” Continue reading here: https://www.u2.com/news/title/remastered-on-youtube/

All That You Can't Leave Behind? It's a great album, and U2's last effort that seemed to deliver what it set out to do with its incredible focused. You have the euphoric first few tracks but regardless, I always get a sense of peace and serenity from the album. I'm always struck by it's understated and thoughtful nature. It's a beautiful album and one that is like daylight in contrast to the darker material they tackled in the 1990s. Moving on to the 1990s then. why there hasn't been a Pop reissue I have no idea. While it is a bit messy (starts at a party and ends at a funeral yet even though, both contrasting styles contain excellent work), it is a very fine album indeed and arguably their most rewarding album in the last 25 years. It has a great sonic tapestry and musical ambition to it that has been lacking with U2's work in recent years (aside from a handful of Eno/Lanois produced tracks from Leave Behind and No Line, much of what we have got is fairly unambitious). Bono's lyrics are on fine form too. For sure, no hit singles and nothing close to it, but the subtle nature of much of it digs deep under your skin. It is such a shame how unheralded it is.

I think possibly ATYCLB is coming from the end of U2's career where there just isn't so much quality, unreleased stuff left in the vault. And "remastering" an album from 2000 doesn't really make sense either. Mastering in 2000 was already all high-quality, digital, polished. Sure, they could have included a different concert, and possibly new video. But as for video, well, I'm not sure DVD or Blu-ray releases many any sense anymore. It's just not how people consume video. CDs are at the very tail end of being justifiable. But people just don't consume video via optical discs now. So they've really just packaged together (quite nicely it must be admitted) what they have, and are charging as much as they can get away with for it. To be honest, I don't really blame them - it's a different world now for a music artist (and their team) to generate revenue. They've got to come up with something, and this is it. Still, I'm content to pass, with no sense of regret or disappointment.

I bought the AB uber deluxe 20th anniversary reissue for just over $300 from Amazon Canada (which was somehow cheaper than Amazon US). That set was a veritable cornucopia loaded with conent - EXTENSIVE tracks on cd (two albums, tonnes of remixes, and alternate version of AB) and vinyl (album and all complete singles), two excellent documentaries (one of which was only aired on TV; my old VHS recording of it was wearing thin), music videos, Live from Sydney dvd (previously only available on VHS and Laserdisc), the best packaging I've ever seen with a magnetic tiled cover and pull out drawer box, 84(!) page HC book, Propaganda magazine reprint, 16 art prints, large sticker sheet, beautiful tour pins, and a pair of fly glasses! The 2017 JT reissue was much less fancy, but was still great to have the MSG show, alternate versions of old tracks (not just remixes), and all the b-sides and rarities together on the same slab of vinyl. Plus Edge's book was almost worth the price alone. I still happily shelled out premium pricing to get it. The ATYCLB reissue is very disappointing. To buy this at roughly the same price in Canadian $$ as the AB reissue, for what I estimate to be 1/4 of the content, is no longer acceptable in my mind. I sincerely hope that U2 management recognize that the hard core fans are getting tired of this trend of overpaying for underwhelming content. I will be taking a pass this time.

Disappointing release for sure. In comparison with re-issues from some other bands in recent years it compares very badly in terms of content. For example REM's, Automatic for the People and The Beatles, Abbey Road re-issues included great sounding new high resolution audio and 5.1 mixes on blu ray disc at lower cost. There was much potential for this reissue but unfortunately I have to agree with most of the other comments on here expressing dissapointment. Altough it is true to say it is impossible to please everyone, I think a band like U2 should be setting the bar for re-issues but I don't think this is the case here.

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I was kinda joking, should have gone with the 😜 emoji

I always open and play them. I know it takes away from the “collector value” but I don’t buy them just to look at them and I don’t intend on selling them.

I hope they include a full live show that isn’t Boston or Slane

Very well said. 👍 I highlighted the bit I agree with the most - this set, and the JT set released 3 years ago, would have really benefited with the addition of a BluRay audio disc with 5.1 and high-resolution stereo versions of each. Even people who didn’t have a surround system would benefit from this - you have room for all the b-sides and other extra tracks too on such a disc. The Beatles “Abbey Road” was done in Dolby Atmos too - talk about immersive sound! The best thing about Atmos is that the effect works even if you don’t have a dedicated decoder for it. Bono once sang “let me in the sound” - Dolby Atmos puts you there. Let’s hope such releases exist someday.

My goodness - you would think that shipping to South America would have gotten a little better by now.... Are you aware of anyone in Brazil (or the rest of South America, for that matter) who has received the Berlin DVD?

looks like non-US Customer Service might be effected at the moment, hence the message using Help form - we will try to get an update going forward as soon as possible

👊 what do you think ,any good

I also like him. Dawes and The Head And The Heart sold crew tshirts to raise money for their folks. A friend bought me one of each. The Dawes stream was exceptional. It's one of the best times I've eve seen them live and it was in my living room. They did a song called, Somewhere Along The Way, which is a real treat to hear live. It's like their Bad in that you hope but rarely know if you'll get it at a show. Also, they credited Trever Menear (very talented guitarist) as a member. That's a first. It made me very happy to see it. He's from Chicago. I'm 90 minutes north. Their shows always have an even extra oomph when they play that wonderful city. After eight days of gloomy and gray rainy crap - The Sun finally came out for five minutes, right before dusk. It's supposed to be beautiful outside tomorrow and for the next week. We badly need it. Also, UW Milwaukee, which is close to where I live, is expelling students for not following CDC guidelines with Covid-19.. They are refusing to refund the kids' money. You would not beleve (or maybe you would by now) how many young adults are partying with no masks or distancing. 40 families have already filed suit against the university, which is my alma mater. I hope they lose. I then hope the university does something for them but examples must be made. Even I cannot believe how selfish Americans have become. It's embarrassing. It's a hopeless feeling when officials try to mandate face masks and people use our Constitution as an excuse to not do so.. I hate it, but, so many of us are doing what is right. Trump's donors are backing out on him. Biden raised $125 million dollars more then Trimp this last month.The big ones are all maxed out on what they can donate. The others have begun to abandon ship to place their hope ($$$) in holding onto some of our Senate seats. I alos read that many are pissed so much of their money is going to fight T's legal battles. That man can do no good and he still gets his 42-43% of the vote. They do not abandon him but it's not enough. As it stands, he's probably going to lose. 51 more days until I get to vote his ass out of office.

The only cool thing about those boxsets are the packaging, books and design (the presentation). The songs and videos usually are already out there and most hardcore U2 fans that are the main target of this products, own it. Again, a money grab. Give us real value with content from those secret vaults.

Yes, I tend to agree with you, the box set has lovely packaging and I look forwards to the Anton Corbijn book. However like you I would really have liked a video, this could have been a upgraded HD version of the Boston concert or another concert on the tour we have not seen before. Like you I have the "Medium, Rare & Remastered" set, but I have not heard the Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack and I quite like the remixes and have not heard the ones here so there are a few new things for me. Like you I also hold out hope that a deluxe HD live video boxset will arrive someday, still waiting for the Joshua Tree Anniversary Tour video.

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That’s my hope too - although I would accept HD versions of one/both of those shows as part of it as well.

I concur. Thank you for saying so. We all need to hear it from one another-myself included. Thanks.

If you like them - Yeild is a must listen. It is, hands down, my favorite Pearl Jam album.

Yes - unfortunately, when a specific location reaches that level of infection, you just have to avoid going out. Things will get better, hopefully sooner rather than later. 🍀🍀🍀

I wish I could go to the hairdresser's soon. The situation in Brazil is very scary right now.

I checked the same links as on the previous page - these are very often updated. No new news there - I would keep re-checking those links. Aaron Sams (i.e., the person who runs the U2songs site) is well-connected - if there is any news to be had, he'll have it. U2start and of course atU2 are also good sources.

I'm sorry the pandemic got in our way!

I convinced my dad to stay home today, because there are lots cases of coronavirus in their town!

EDGE, I made a cake just for your birthday! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to The Edge..

Exactly. I think he's just being Larry.