There were solo artists galore: Michael Jackson, Prince, Springsteen, Madonna and Sting, freed from the bondage of The Police in 1984, were inescapable, but they stood for the individual. Yet neither would secure U2’s future on either an American or global scale.īy mid-decade, mainstream rock was in desperate need of a superstar band. Yes, there had been an appearance at Live Aid and rumblings that The Edge was the future of guitar in the wake of Edward Van Halen. The Unforgettable Fire, issued in 1984, should have been the band’s breakthrough, but its sometimes clumsy production and lack of commercial material (save “Pride (In The Name of Love)”) proved a step backward. A 1983 appearance at the US Festival, the EP Under a Blood Red Sky and a live video capturing the group at Colorado’s famed Red Rocks venue issued the following year had begun setting the stage for the Irish quartet’s taking of North America. The band has fully transported to a time when the future remained as open as the desert sky.īy 1987 U2 had tasted success on American shores. “Beautiful Ghost/Introduction To Songs Of Experience”Ģ.U2 has done more than pick over the bones of a favorite recording with this deluxe reissue of The Joshua Tree. “One Tree Hill” Reprise 2017 (Brian Eno)ġ1. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (Lillywhite Alternative Mix ’87)ĩ.
Plus: Folio of 8 Anton Corbijn Color Prints from 1986ĬD SUPER DELUXE BOXSET (with digital download card)ĬD 2: The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987Ĩ. “Beautiful Ghost/Introduction To Songs Of Experience”īook: Photographs by The Edge, a hardback collection of previously unpublished personal photographs from the original Mojave Desert sessions in 1986. “One Tree Hill” Reprise 2017 (Brian Eno)Ĥ. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (Lillywhite Alternative Mix ’87)Ģ. “Where The Streets Have No Name” 2017 Remix (Flood)ġ. “With or Without You” 2017 Remix (Daniel Lanois)Ħ. “Red Hill Mining Town” 2017 Mix (Steve Lillywhite)ĥ. “Running To Stand Still” 2017 Remix (Daniel Lanois)Ĥ. “Bullet the Blue Sky” 2017 Remix (Jacknife Lee)ģ. “One Tree Hill” 2017 Remix (St Francis Hotel)Ģ. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”ġ. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”ġ6. LP 3 + 4: The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987Ĥ. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” VINYL SUPER DELUXE BOXSET (with digital download card)Ģ. The sets are up for preorder now via U2.com, and will be released a few weeks after U2 launches its Joshua Tree 30th anniversary tour. Francis Hotel, Jacknife Lee, Daniel Lanois and Flood.Īnd, finally, there’s a 17-song live set recorded at Madison Square Garden in 1987. In addition to those, there’s an alternative Steve Lillywhite mix of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” and a new Brian Eno “reprise” of “One Tree Hill.”Ī disc of new remixes includes takes on Joshua Tree singles and album tracks by Lillywhite, St. The new reissue of The Joshua Tree is an expansion of the 20th anniversary edition released in 2007 that set included a disc of B-sides and outtakes, all of which are included here, and more.
U2 today marked the 30th anniversary of the release of The Joshua Tree by announcing a new expanded, multiformat reissue of the 1987 album that will include B-sides, outtakes, a concert recorded that year at New York’s Madison Square Garden and a set of newly commissioned remixes.ĭue out June 2, The Joshua Tree: 30th Anniversary Edition will come in a wide variety of physical and digital formats: a 7LP Vinyl Super Deluxe Box Set, a 4-disc Super Deluxe CD Box Set, a 2-disc Deluxe CD Edition, single-disc vinyl and CD editions, and a full digital release.