Amazon US just listed the Uber Deluxe set for $588.57. Holy shit! That price tag just blows my mind. I don't even know how to react...
Just get that one out of your mind. Once you do you'll be much happier. U2 probably priced it that way because they want to retain the 'market value' of the product. They do the same with tickets.
But is it a remaster? discuss
But is it a remaster? discuss
Oh man, the Super Deluxe is $167.25?! I was hoping for $80 max.
Amazon.com: Achtung Baby (Super Deluxe Edition): U2: Music
Hopefully the price will go down, because there's no way I can afford it and I doubt anyone will want to get it for me for Christmas at that price.
By the time Christmas rolls around it will be in the remainders bin at Wal Mart for 15.97 and include an inflatable lemon and discount voucher for the Transformers 3 DVD. I'd hold out.
im fine with the super version, but i tell u this, i will be pissed if they release zooropa with its own set in the future...somehow i already know the answer to that...
I personally think that this round of reissues/remasters will be the last release of the U2 back catalogue in physical CD format (though who knows there may be some huge complete box set retrospective once all the reissues are complete). I believe the next set of reissues will likely be high fidelity/high bit rate digital formats...DTS, etc. Though that's purely speculation on my part.
I think the box set trend will continue - there's a pretty high profit margin, and you can't "illegally" download a box set. Quite a few classic rock artists are releasing or have recently released expensive box sets (Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Beatles, etc.)
interesting, could you link me to 2 examples of this?The band has expressed disappointment with Zooropa more than once, from both an artistic and commercial standpoint
By the time Christmas rolls around it will be in the remainders bin at Wal Mart for 15.97 and include an inflatable lemon and discount voucher for the Transformers 3 DVD. I'd hold out.
So the limited edition numbered lithograph is only available through Universal Music UK, correct?
interesting, could you link me to 2 examples of this?
"I thought of Zooropa at the time as a work of genius. I really thought our pop discipline was matching our experimentation and this was our Sgt. Pepper. I was a little wrong about that. The truth is our pop disciplines were letting us down. We didn't create hits. We didn't quite deliver the songs. And what would Sgt. Pepper be without the pop songs?"
Couldn't they have fit it on 3 sides and make side 4 something else? Why do these re-issues take up double the space anyway? Anyone know the logistics?
More space on records generally equals better sound.
I've read that somewhere too, but on JT for example there seems to be lots of blank space left over. I would assume they just spread it out to fit on all 4 sides becuase it couldn't fit on 2 and 3 would leave one empty side? So put some goodies on the 4th side i say!
So the grooves on the inner part of the record wont sound as good as the outer grooves? Is this becuase they are going in a tighter circle?