Under a Blood Red Sky - Deluxe Edition CD/DVD | 
 enlarge | Artist: U2
Label: Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 269
Format: Enhanced, Extra Tracks, Live, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 0.6
MPN: 001095102
UPC: 602517641969
EAN: 0602517641969
ASIN: B0015FML06
Release Date: September 30, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Gloria | | • | 11 O'Clock Tick Tock | | • | I Will Follow | | • | Party Girl | | • | Sunday Bloody Sunday | | • | The Electric Co. | | • | New Year's Day | | • | 40 |
Disc 2
| • | Out Of Control | | • | Twilight | | • | An Cat Dubh | | • | Into The Heart | | • | Surrender | | • | Two Hearts Beat As One | | • | Seconds | | • | Sunday Bloody Sunday | | • | Cry | | • | The Electric Co. | | • | October | | • | New Year's Day | | • | I Threw A Brick Through A Window | | • | A Day Without Me | | • | Gloria | | • | Party Girl | | • | 11 O'Clock Tick Tock | | • | I Will Follow | | • | 40 |
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Album Description
A Deluxe Edition version featuring the Under a Blood Red Sky CD (Disc 1) and the Live at Red Rocks DVD (Disc 2). The remastered Under a Blood Red Sky album was originally released in November 1983, and consists of live recordings from three shows on the band's War Tour through Europe and America. Recorded at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on 5th June 1983, Live at Red Rocks will be available for the first time on DVD, and will include 5 previously unreleased songs, a director's commentary, digitally re-graded pictures and a 5.1 mix. This is the fourth CD as part of the Amazon.com-exclusive U2 deluxe edition box set and fits into the open slot within the packaging.
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A Deluxe Edition version featuring the Under a Blood Red Sky CD (Disc 1) and the Live at Red Rocks DVD (Disc 2).
The remastered Under a Blood Red Sky album was originally released in November 1983, and consists of live recordings from three shows on the band's War Tour through Europe and America. Recorded at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on 5th June 1983, Live at Red Rocks will be available for the first time on DVD, and will include 5 previously unreleased songs, a director's commentary, digitally re-graded pictures and a 5.1 mix.
This is the fourth CD as part of the Amazon.com-exclusive U2 deluxe edition box set and fits into the open slot within the packaging.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Bigger than just a mini album. September 30, 2008
Joao Nunes (Portugal)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
Live Aid may have turned U2 into the biggest band on the planet, but the first step to conquer the world had been taken some time ago through the release of this live mini-LP.
This is the recording that sold U2 to the masses. U2 had released 3 good albums but, at that stage, they were essentially a live band. Their studio recordings sounded raw and very live, so it's no wonder that a real live album would make these albums forgettable. Specially if this album concentrates the cream (and only the cream) of those first 3 albums, plus a non-album single and a cult b-side. C'mon, did anybody notice the Sunday Bloody Sunday original version, the one with the violin? Not really. But everybody remembers "This song is not a rebel song. This song is Sunday Bloody Sunday. Ra-ta-ta-ta..." That was the version that got played in every party, every disco, every home.
There is not a single track here that is not better than its studio version. Bono is now Bono Vox, an idol and leader of crowds and causes. And Edge emerges as the modern guitar hero for the 80's. As opposed to the hair-metal gods whose aim was to pack as many notes per second as possible, Edge approach was more of a sonic experience, a mix of punk and psychedelia through very loud amps. And even the Heavy Metal crowd loved him.
If you are not a die-hard fan, this is the first essential U2 album to buy.
This deluxe edition cuts off a few seconds of Electric Co. when Bono starts singing "Send in the Clowns", which is a shame. And adding a couple more tracks to the original 8-song, wouldn't have been a bad idea. But it's still a superb edition of one of the few indispensable live albums in any record collection.
Red Rocks rocks! October 1, 2008
Mark Adams (Redwood Estates, CA United States)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
First, oh well, it's not the unedited show: "Two Hearts Beats as One" is sans "Let's Twist Again" and the "Send in the Clowns" snip has been cut from "The Electric Co." That said, I really don't care. The show rocks. Not sure the CD has any real value, beyond being a remaster, but the DVD of the full concert is astonishingly crisp, given the production value. This was U2 making it big before they made it big, and an important moment for fans who've been following U2 since the early days. The director's commentary is strangely quaint -- it appears he hasn't seen the full-length video since he edited it many years ago, but that makes his commentary fresh and lively.
What should be said is that the show transcends U2 in many ways. Here's a small act with a big sound trying to persuade the world. On that level alone it has merit.
This is THE Must-Have for Any U2 Fan. Essential. October 6, 2008
Anthony Ian (Chicago, IL United States)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
We've waited years for it and here it is. Finally. I have every U2 concert DVD you can have (even the Super Bowl performance and SNL) yet this is the one DVD that was a no-brainer.
For those of you around back then, it's nostalgic. This concert is what turned me on to U2. For some reason, MTV was showing it in 83 and when I saw it I said "Who ARE these guys?" From that point on, I was hooked. All because of this.
For others of you not old enough, this is a chance to see U2 at their absolute peak when they were the Band That Mattered, before they started playing around with irony beginning with Achtung Baby. Not that they don't matter now, but as other reviewers have pointed out, this is THE definitive version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday," just as Live Aid was the definitive version of "Bad."
The songs are almost universally great and well-played (save for a sloppy trainwreck of "Two Hearts") and you get to see the original order of the set; if you owned this back in the day, it made it seem like "Surrender" was the opening song.
The visuals are stunning because of the weather. The crowd is nuts. And this was the concert that launched U2 into the big time.
AS FOR PICTURE QUALITY: as the director clearly states in the commentary, this was shot on VIDEO. It's been treated to look like film for this reissue, but it was video. And when you point a video camera at a light, it "burns" the tube, creating streaks across the screen which are all over this. That was the POINT. The director threw out all the "rules" for filming and did not care about the streaking/flaring. This is NOT a flaw in the remaster it ALWAYS looked like this. If you want a perfect picture go buy Live in Boston or Rattle & Hum.
Who cares about the red streaks when you have a concert this powerful? Finally it is here and it was worth the wait. Enjoy!
The attached CD is a fine version of the EP but really I'd rather watch this than listen to it. Plus, not all the songs on the EP were pulled from the Red Rocks show (only "Party Girl" and "Gloria"). Still worth having.
Even with the edits, it's still 5 Stars October 2, 2008
Chrisedge
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
In it's longest form (official) yet, this video highlights U2 at what some may say was their peak. The rain didn't damper their fire (if anything the smaller crowd, and dreary surroundings make them even more exciting) and this was a showcase for the band and the venue.
I first saw them right around this time on the tour and this was how I became a lifelong U2 fan.
As far as the picture and sound, it is top notch. Much brighter and crisper than the previous Laserdisc / VHS. The sound is a bit better than the old laserdisc, but not as improved as the picture.
The concert is missing just a few things. "I Fall Down" is not included in the set at all because of (from the liner notes) "A camera malfunction" and Two Hearts is missing a snippet of "Lets Twist Again" and Electric Co is missing about 2 minutes of "Send in the Clowns", cutting out the Edge's on FIRE guitar solo.
All in all, nice to see a more complete, better looking package. While I miss the solo/send in the clowns bit, I would rather gain the additional tracks, much improved picture and lose 2 minutes than go back to the laserdisc.
-Chrisedge
Edited to ADD: Many folks are complaining about the red lines or streaks in the picture. This is the result of using tube cameras to videotape the concert. Before CCD Camera Technology, Tube cameras were used to videotape, and any time they are pointed into a bright light, then moved, it can cause the streaking that you see. This is not a defect of the DVD, nor something that could be easily corrected. It was in the original version as well, but the better clarity is probably showing it off a bit more.
Rocking Red Rocks October 7, 2008
Christine Marston
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I always loved Under a Blood Red Sky and when this was released with a DVD I had to get it. I have seen U2 a few times and enjoy all their music, but this was a special time for the band in their earlier days as they started to grow.
Many of the most important/famous songs from up to that point are included, GLoria, I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday. One of my favorites is Seconds.
As others have mentioned the DVD was shot in a certain way so that there seems to be strange effects going on. I wish it was also filmed in another way so that there would be a "clean" looking version just to see what it would look like, but it does not take away from a powerful performance by the band.
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