Boy, October, War and Blood Red Sky Remasters

Originally posted by sucharzU2 Universal Music announce this release dates:

Boy a October - 10. Juni 2008
Under A Blood Red Sky - 24. Juni 2008

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988Honestly guys, here's my opinion. I know a lot of the people here hate it when people call U2 sell outs, and these new cds may not be their decision, it might be the producers or something, but they would still have to approve of it. And to be honest, re-releasing all of their albums, even their first 3, would seem a little desperate to me. I just remember watching an interview from the UF era, and the edge says something like "If one of us ever gets too media crazy, they'll get a good kick in the arse from the rest of the band" Now, it's too bad, because it seems like they're all getting there with these stupid re-releases. Sure, I really enjoyed the new Paris dvd and the b-sides, but the cd wasn't a big change for me. Sure I can hear a difference all right, but the cd I had before was perfectly fine. Boy, October, and War are already perfectly fine. It seems like their either desperate for fans or desperate for money, and it's kind of sad to say, because I love U2 and they're my favourite band, it's like my religion, but still. I'd love to have a red rocks dvd, that would make sense because that would just be like moving the old video to the new generation (dvd) of movies. But all these cds are a little much.
Don't flame me too badly, but thats my two cents.

Originally posted by Ali709[..]

It's been on my mind too...I mean re-releasing the JT, as their successful (and maybe their best) album could make sense, specially with that DVD, but these 3...I don't know

Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

Releasing Boy is great as is October, because recent fans can learn the greatness of recently played songs like Stories For Boys, Out of Control, I Will Follow, Gloria, The Ocean etc etc. But War...I don't know, apart from the DVD that's being released alongside it.

Originally posted by Ali709[..]

Well, if it leads to them playing more old-not-played-before songs, then I'm ok with it!

Have a read of this from Wikipedia:

The album is to be re-released as a remastered CD with a bonus disc on May 20, 2008 with the rest of U2's back catalogue to follow.

Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

Don't quote me, but you take a look through the early shows and various dates bootlegs, you'll find a lot of what is gonna be included on the Boy remaster. I do like the enhanced sound - much of the enhancement takes place around removing the hiss - which, if you fire up a program like Audition, SoundBooth or Audacity and do a test on the hiss, you wouldn't believe it - it is that heavy.

Boy I didn't notice a lot of hiss. But October and War were killers for it with heaps of hissing.