Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, etched, 1750949-C 137285E3/A2, stamped): 1750949-C3 cB/SS 1750949-C 137285E3/A2 Distributed in Europe by RCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA. Distribué en Europe par RCA/Ariola-Ariola RCA. Vertrieb in Europa durch Ariola/RCA-RCA/Ariola. Printed in Germany From the moment they started making waves in 1980, U2 earnestly pandered to high-brow musos and were determined to be taken seriously. Naturally, such emphasis on lyrical obscurity and musical minimalism meant that their early albums were more often detrimentally abstruse. Contradictorily, as the desire to play bigger venues and broaden their audience took effect, their music became increasingly distinctive and melodic, not to mention commercially successful, thus alienating those who had invested in them primarily due to their political and social consciousness. In spite of a significant leap forward in terms of realising their true potential, none of the albums they produced during this time would be a definite contender for "classic album" status.

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Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, etched, 1750949-D 137285E4/A5, stamped): 1750949-D3 cB/SS 1750949-D 137285E4/A5 Matrix / Runout (Runout side J, etched, 5748254-B 155020E2/A, stamped): 5748254-B1 cB/SS 5748254-B 155020E2/A Matrix / Runout (Runout side E, etched, 5748252-A 188018E1/A2, stamped): 5748252-A1 cB/SS 5748252-A 188018E1/A2

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The 7LP vinyl version of this super deluxe edition box features exactly the same audio and exactly the same books and prints as the four-CD set. The only difference is that the audio is across 14 sides of vinyl! Good price in Germany right now for this vinyl edition. Every soul stirring stadium singalong is culturally momentous, capturing the very essence of the era whilst sounding conversely caustic and canorous. Needless to say, "The Joshua Tree" is a masterpiece, much less the widely celebrated classic album that U2 had been working towards over the course of seven years. Indeed, the Americanization of their aesthetic may not have impressed their staid fanhood, but these cavernous, thought-provoking, moody and evocative compositions collectively exposed the masses to alternative music and its ideologies, which is what the group always sought to do. Matrix / Runout (Runout side I, etched, 5748254-A 155020E1/A3, stamped): 5748254-A1 cB/SS 5748254-A 155020E1/A3 Matrix / Runout (Runout side G, etched, 5748253-A 188018E1/A, stamped): 5748253-A1 cB/SS 5748253-A 188018E1/A

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I bought the album in April '87 but have never really been able to get into it, I have tried and struggled over the years, the sound is just too "grown up"/overly serious in a middle of the road kind of way [pun intended]. Matrix / Runout (Runout side F, etched, 5748252-B 188018E2/A1, stamped): 5748252-B1 cB/SS 5748252-B 188018E2/A1 Matrix / Runout (Runout side K, etched, 5748256-A 155023E1/A3, stamped): 5748256-A1 cB/SS 5748256-A 155023E1/A3Matrix / Runout (Runout side M, etched, 5748255-A 155021E1/A1, stamped ): 5748255-A1 cB/SS 5748255-A 155021E1/A1 Part of this album was recorded on Edge's Amek Mixing Console. Recorded and mixed at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of its release, the ultimate collector's edition of The Joshua Tree arrives in 2017.

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Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched, 1750949-A 137285E1/A2, stamped): 1750949-A3 cB/SS 1750949-A 137285E1/A2 Where The Streets Have No Name" and "In God's Country" were made to be sequenced together, IGC takes the momentum built by WTSHNN to the next level. Matrix / Runout (Runout side H, etched, 5748252-B 188018E2/A, stamped): 5748253-B1 cB/SS 5748252-B 188018E2/A Thanks to critical and public excitement generated by successive hit singles, popular MTV videos and exuberant live performances, U2 were on the cusp of international stardom. After a period of experimentation to prime their artistic muscle, the band consolidated and refined the unfinished elements from all of their previous records, developing said textures and attributes into an anthemic, expressive and hard-hitting set of songs linked by an artistic objective that would fully separate them from the post-punk scene they were once so closley associated with. "The Joshua Tree", released in 1987, was their most focused album yet, heavily influenced by spiritual imagery, Irish roots music and mythical America. Its savage beauty and ominous disposition, courtesy of Bono's superb songwriting, is pervasive, but not to the extent that it becomes overwhelming. In fact, this is possibly the most uplifting album in U2's catalogue. U2 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1987 album The Joshua Tree this June, with three new editions of the album, including a four-CD super deluxe edition box set.Matrix / Runout (Runout side L, etched, 5748256-B 155023E2/A3, stamped): 5748256-B1 cB/SS 5748256-B 155023E2/A3 Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, 1750949-B 137285E2/A1, stamped): 1750949-B3 cB/SS 1750949-B 137285E2/A1