1. "Goodbye U2start - I hope you liked your bootlegs" Bono - Unknown
  2. “Steve Jobs I give you iTunes”

    Accompanied by a phonecall every night with Tim Cook to tell him they’ve got an album for sale…

  3. Another one.
  4. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    If you're going to quote Macphisto, do it well:

    "Goodbye Squidgy, I hope they give you Wales.
    Goodbye Michael.
    Goodbye all you neonazis... I hope they give you Auschwitz."
    which concert is that one? Wembley or Copenhagen maybe? It’s a pretty awesome quote
  5. Isn’t it from the macphisto speech on the Sydney concert 1993?
  6. Definitely Sydney. I'm sure there are several of us who could still recite the Sydney and Dublin lines word for word 🤣so many good memories and shows
  7. All I know is I wanted that gold suit and those boots lol
  8. Why is anyone surprised U2 is marketing the album with these coloured discs?

    * In 1982 they sold the U2 4 Play packs in Ireland. And pressed them in multiple colours of vinyl to try to make people interested. Orange, yellow and white.
    * In 1987 they made a big deal about how there were three different cover photos being used on the album, a different photo for the cassette, CD and LP.
    * In the 90s they started producing multiple singles with different artwork, different song choices, and the like.
    * They started adding bonus tracks in certain countries to increase domestic sales in the late 1990s, including Australia, Japan and the UK.
    * All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000 had multiple pack in discs. You could get it with "Always" as a bonus in one store, "Summer Rain" in another, "Big Girls are Best" in another.
    * Achtung Baby came in two formats upon release, the digipack and the jewel case. The digipack was limited.
    * Achtung Baby, Zooropa, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, No Line on the Horizon all had unique limited slipcases produced, numbered in some areas, in an attempt to drive more first week sales.

    U2 has been participating in these types of attempts to increase sales from the start. In 1979 the first pressing of Three was hand numbered in an effort to show it was limited and increase sales to get them some hype in Ireland.

    Yes, 7 different colours of vinyl is new. But if the record industry were doing 7 colours of vinyl in 1997 we would have had 7 colours of "Pop". But the nice thing about 7 colours of vinyl is it's the exact same tracks on each version (except the clear one) and if you just want a copy for the music, then you only need to buy one version. There's no need to track down 5 different copies for the extra tracks like we had to do in the mid-00's for some artists.

    And for those who do buy one of everything...it's still easier to pick up the 7 vinyl, then it was to pick up all the worldwide variations. Even 15 years ago, each country was producing their own variations of albums. Now a days everything is centralized, so there's only going to be production in one country.
  9. Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
    Why is anyone surprised U2 is marketing the album with these coloured discs?

    * In 1982 they sold the U2 4 Play packs in Ireland. And pressed them in multiple colours of vinyl to try to make people interested. Orange, yellow and white.
    * In 1987 they made a big deal about how there were three different cover photos being used on the album, a different photo for the cassette, CD and LP.
    * In the 90s they started producing multiple singles with different artwork, different song choices, and the like.
    * They started adding bonus tracks in certain countries to increase domestic sales in the late 1990s, including Australia, Japan and the UK.
    * All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000 had multiple pack in discs. You could get it with "Always" as a bonus in one store, "Summer Rain" in another, "Big Girls are Best" in another.
    * Achtung Baby came in two formats upon release, the digipack and the jewel case. The digipack was limited.
    * Achtung Baby, Zooropa, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, No Line on the Horizon all had unique limited slipcases produced, numbered in some areas, in an attempt to drive more first week sales.

    U2 has been participating in these types of attempts to increase sales from the start. In 1979 the first pressing of Three was hand numbered in an effort to show it was limited and increase sales to get them some hype in Ireland.

    Yes, 7 different colours of vinyl is new. But if the record industry were doing 7 colours of vinyl in 1997 we would have had 7 colours of "Pop". But the nice thing about 7 colours of vinyl is it's the exact same tracks on each version (except the clear one) and if you just want a copy for the music, then you only need to buy one version. There's no need to track down 5 different copies for the extra tracks like we had to do in the mid-00's for some artists.

    And for those who do buy one of everything...it's still easier to pick up the 7 vinyl, then it was to pick up all the worldwide variations. Even 15 years ago, each country was producing their own variations of albums. Now a days everything is centralized, so there's only going to be production in one country.
    It's all about the stupid floppy disks. But you have to watch out for the damn magnets, otherwise you won't be able to unzip and play the 40 songs. However, you still need a password for unpacking. The password is not free. The same applies to the music cassette. Stay away from magnets.
  10. Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
    Why is anyone surprised U2 is marketing the album with these coloured discs?

    * In 1982 they sold the U2 4 Play packs in Ireland. And pressed them in multiple colours of vinyl to try to make people interested. Orange, yellow and white.
    * In 1987 they made a big deal about how there were three different cover photos being used on the album, a different photo for the cassette, CD and LP.
    * In the 90s they started producing multiple singles with different artwork, different song choices, and the like.
    * They started adding bonus tracks in certain countries to increase domestic sales in the late 1990s, including Australia, Japan and the UK.
    * All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000 had multiple pack in discs. You could get it with "Always" as a bonus in one store, "Summer Rain" in another, "Big Girls are Best" in another.
    * Achtung Baby came in two formats upon release, the digipack and the jewel case. The digipack was limited.
    * Achtung Baby, Zooropa, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, No Line on the Horizon all had unique limited slipcases produced, numbered in some areas, in an attempt to drive more first week sales.

    U2 has been participating in these types of attempts to increase sales from the start. In 1979 the first pressing of Three was hand numbered in an effort to show it was limited and increase sales to get them some hype in Ireland.

    Yes, 7 different colours of vinyl is new. But if the record industry were doing 7 colours of vinyl in 1997 we would have had 7 colours of "Pop". But the nice thing about 7 colours of vinyl is it's the exact same tracks on each version (except the clear one) and if you just want a copy for the music, then you only need to buy one version. There's no need to track down 5 different copies for the extra tracks like we had to do in the mid-00's for some artists.

    And for those who do buy one of everything...it's still easier to pick up the 7 vinyl, then it was to pick up all the worldwide variations. Even 15 years ago, each country was producing their own variations of albums. Now a days everything is centralized, so there's only going to be production in one country.

    But if the track of song 1 on the disk is broken, you can forget song 2 and 3. Always keep in mind stay away from magnets. The MIDI file and the instrumental version are also available as bonus disks. The password for unpacking cannot be cracked. Try unboxing the disks.

  11. Song 3 is playing here right now. At least song 4 is already on the damn disk. But stay away from magnets or song 3 and song 4 will be gone. There is also a floppy disk drive available for each color. However, the diskette can only be unpacked with the right color for the drive. If the color of the disk does not match the color of the drive, the disk will not play the song. Additional safety standard. As you can see, the song 3 cannot be played because the disc is black but the drive is white. That's how clever the floppy disk is.