The Unforgettable Fire Remastered

Originally posted by dieder:[..]

Pop was recorded digitally so no need to remaster it. Would love to see Sarjaevo dvd though. Zooropa Wembley or Dublin 93

Originally posted by patrickwaldron:finally acd version of the long version of pride.....wahoo..and sixty seconds in kingdom come!!!!..and i cant wait to hear the rest of the unreleased songs.....not unless they lump the unforgettable fire and wide awake in america together? plus ill bet the other versions of wire and others are added on.....

anyone else notice how the video version of pride has the larrys opening first......i hope that getsput there too

still cant understand why womanfish wasnt on the joshua tree remaster.....if just for completion sakes...

i thought boy was the best of all the remasters....the song list was phenomenal..

and lads if ye are looking at this.....put the original version of holy joe on the pop remaster.......that live set they did in k mart rocked

Originally posted by sapphire:Hi guys,
besides those great news about the Barcelona shows there is some other good news :

from u2tour.de

While cleaning a bag from the Merchandising-Stand in Barcelona fell in the hands of the author of this text with this on the back: Coming October 2009 The Unforgettable Fire 25th Anniversary Edition
Beneath it is also written that there will be a Super Deluxe, Deluxe, CD, Vinyl and a Download Version with B-Sides, rare and unreleased songs as well as videos and movie footage.
But it is unknown if this information is relating on TUF or the old Remsters which are also shown on this bag. Looking on the photo it will have the size of TJT Box-Set.

(hope this is a good translation)

Originally posted by Genaro92U2:I have a question regarding sound, does anyone else have Achtung Baby that sounds really LOW compared to the other albums? Literally Even Better Than the Real Thing, One The Fly, MY need to be blasted to full on my speakers and then on other songs like SBS Pride Bad In a Little While every other album, it sounds way louder than anything on Achtung Baby and needs to turned down to halfway. I have bought AB plenty of times, LOL. itunes (back when it was 128 and i didnt know about sound) and then i rebought it over Xmas , CD (lost the cd) and then ive downloaded illegally they all sound really low. compared to even older albums like TUF War October. Why is this?

Originally posted by AidanFormigoni:[..]

I don't know the reason of this, but you're right. It happens with me too. I use to listen to it in a 15-level volume at my radio while I listen to others in a 11 or 12-level volume. I don't know if you got the idea hehe

Originally posted by Genaro92U2:[..]

Yeah this is what happens i think AB is naturally lower in volume Hahaha they need to remaster it ASAP.

Originally posted by drewhiggins:These albums are recorded on DAT tape, and converting them to a digital medium wrecks the beautiful sound of the original releases. Sony is notorious for this and their so-called attempts at SACD and those releases. They are quite honestly, the worst sound I have experienced on anything.

The wall of sound technique can be a bad thing when used incorrectly. But on The Joshua Tree - the original version - it sounded beautiful and like an old 80s record, which always had natural sound. These new digital conversions just don't do the epic music that it is, justice and take away that old feel. Luckily they are not much louder (maybe a few dB) than those original recordings, so there is no sudden volume jumps or anything like that - music of today, anyone?

The Unforgettable Fire is a top-sounding recording and I'll be surprised to see if it comes close to the MFSL remaster or even better. I didn't like the Boy remaster at all. It clips badly when it shouldn't - see The Ocean for a great example - and War just sounded like it was coming through a tin. Don't even start me on October. I did like the 'new' cover but the rest was a total let-down.

Only in the last five years have I heard a handful of albums engineered so perfectly. If only all original releases and remasters sounded as good as the records from before the end of the 90s. Don't fuck this one up as bad as the last four.

Originally posted by vanquish:Not sure if this has been posted before:

From @u2


During a BBC radio interview, Bono & Edge played an unreleased song that will feature on the remaster.

It was originally called White City, but has been renamed to Disappearing Act (similar to Wave of Sorrow it has new vocals dubbed over the old instrumental track)

Youtube clip of the excerpt

I think its interesting, like the guitar.