This has always been a Top 10 (maybe even Top 5) album for me and on vinyl - it's like hearing it for the first time. I already had an old Argentinian worn out copy and I thought that it was a good chance for an upgrade. Aside from the crackles and pops heard throughout during the softer moments, this pressing does sound pretty good. I've owned a US pressing, two separate Canadian pressings and currently the 2019 German 2 x Vinyl, Reissue, Remastered 30th Anniversary Edition and none is better than this UK early version I now proudly own.

Joshua Tree Vinyl - Etsy UK Joshua Tree Vinyl - Etsy UK

In total 25 audio tracks are previously unreleased (including the live material) and the CDs will come housed in a large format 12-inch double gatefold folio. Isn't part of the point to press on 2 vinyl to use the whole side to achieve benefits of wider grooves? the fade outs on With or Without You, Running to Standstill, and Mothers of the Disappeared are stunning beyond description. Additionally, there will be a two-CD edition of the 30th anniversary which will feature a colour version of the famous cover shot set on a white background. Lovely, solid slip-case with a sort of matte-textured finish and large gold foil Joshua Tree (smaller one on the back side).The VINYL of my copy is exactly the same as this BUT the sleeve has 9 (nine) lines of text incl additional credit and asterisk after Red Hill Mining Town. They have repressed these - i saw one in the York branch of the Supermarket Sainsbury's a weekend or two ago.

U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987, Gatefold, Vinyl) - Discogs

Oh and the double heavy weight vinyl sticker is in the top right corner on the front of the sleeve instead of in the left bottom corner. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. It won the 1988 Grammy award for Album Of The Year and saw the band on the cover of Time magazine billed as 'Rock's Hottest Ticket.From the compelling opening salvo to the more intimate though no less blissful and catchy subsequent tracks, the album flows incredibly well and sustains its most distinctive elements without becoming too bombastic or stately. As diverse, challenging and aggressive as their previous records, "The Joshua Tree" had the additional benefit of overt immediacy, lushness and grandiosity that gave each of the 11 songs contained within an undeniable and utterly rewarding cinematic quality. Without exaggeration, Bono's wrenched wails at this point can almost be described as aurally pleasing as opposed to immoderate and grating, clearly indicating how far this band had come from their primitive Dublin days. First released in March 2020, the release of the film was a turning point for the group, catapulting them to stardom as one of the most in-demand live acts in the world. Splitting the album on 2 LPs + the remaster have brought depth and transcendence to this album that eluded me on the single disc OG copies I’ve acquired previously.

U2 – The Joshua Tree (2017, Vinyl) - Discogs U2 – The Joshua Tree (2017, Vinyl) - Discogs

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.Beverly Hills, New York City and London, Loma Vista Recordings are an ever-evolving family of creatives, home to many iconic artists we know and love at Rough Trade. 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. 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.