1. a bit OT but JT should have been the double album (including all the B-sides), I believe this was indeed considered and rejected on commercial grounds.

    R&H should have been a triple: studio+live+covers
    Note that some classic albums were mixed live/studio, including Miles Davis' Live/Evil and Cream's Wheels of Fire.

    My vote goes to Jimi Hendrix' Electric Ladyland.

    For some inspiration go here:
    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums-double.html
  2. I read an article several years ago about the JT double album and made one for myself - thankfully, it fits on one CD for the record. It's quite good and a nice/different way to listen to music that you've been listening to for 25 (!) years.

    Here's an article about it:
    http://www.hooksandharmony.com/the-joshua-tree-as-a-double-album/
  3. why transforming the Tree into a double to force .. It is perfect as it is .. and so the b-sides and outtakes .. a real respectable discography needs to have those rarer jems

    Darkness On The Edge Of Town could have been a quadruple album at least but itìs wonderful as it is with all huge amount of outtakes it has .. what it should have been if he included The Promise .. incredibly awesome .. still that song is incredibly marvellous as it is and the same the album.
    luckily The Boss is never "ashamed" of what he writes (and remember everything)!
  4. oh, by the way, I have a new answer...

    U22