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| U2 Deluxe Edition Box Set [Amazon.com Exclusive] | ![U2 Deluxe Edition Box Set [Amazon.com Exclusive]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HQZG0FiEL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: U2
Label: Island
Category: Music
List Price: $79.98
Buy New: $63.99
You Save: $15.99 (20%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 596
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.4 x 2.8
UPC: 600753109175
EAN: 0600753109175
ASIN: B001C0JRJC
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Customer Reviews:
 Lets Make a Deal! August 4, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
You may be want this box set because you crave better sound quality and are intrigued by the plethora of "unreleased" tracks. Maybe you are a U2 collector enamored by the nice packaging. But more likely, you want to avoid the hefty price tags of the seperate remasters. If placed a check mark next to any of the above, just do yourself a favor and buy it now. The sound quality of each album is definitely better. While the first two albums are mostly mixed louder, War boasts more definition, probably due to the improvement of their recording, mixing, and master tape. Each album is supplemented very nicely by liner notes that provide interesting prefaces, rare pictures and footnotes for each song, including those found on the bonus discs. The rare and unreleased material is enlightening for casual fans, but may be redundant for collectors of rare singles, mixes (New Years Dub), and bootlegs (think Another Time, Another Place). The packaging for this box set is as-smooth-as-silk (really, no plastic) and justifies the purchase by itself. Though printed on quality paper, the included poster is the least impressive part of the package. Bottom line: for the price, this box set is even better than the real thing. Buy it.
A worthy box set August 10, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
When I saw this Deluxe Box Edition being advertised here on Amazon, I knew I had to have it. If I hadn't come across the box set, I would've bought all three deluxe remastered editions anyway (although, it would've cost me a bit more). In any case, not only do you get all three deluxe remastered editions in one box, but you also get a poster which I guess is part of the reason the box set is an Amazon exclusive. Without getting into too many details, each of the remastered albums is a vast improvement over the original counterpart. The sound comes across much brighter and more defined for the most part. And each deluxe edition comes with a bonus disc of live and unreleased recordings. It's especially interesting to hear the band (particularly Bono) in their early, post-adolescent stage as they perform early versions of "Out Of Control", "Boy-Girl", and "Stories For Boys" on the bonus disc for Boy. All the live and unreleased recordings are a necessary asset to any U2 fan, myself included. My only complaint is why do we need four different versions of "New Year's Day" and three different versions of "Two Hearts Beat As One" on the bonus CD for War? They're all enjoyable to a certain extent, but I wished the Edge (who oversaw the remastering and the selection of the rare and unreleased recordings) had included either more live tracks or more tracks that never saw the light of day.
Anyway, if you're a serious U2 fan, you should have the box set as part of your collection. Can't wait for the Deluxe Edition of Live - Under A Blood Red Sky and the DVD for Live At Red Rocks to come out later this year! Let's also hope The Unforgettable Fire will get the Deluxe treatment as well!
 Shoddy Workmanship On the Box Itself! August 27, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
First, I'm a huge U2 fan and have no problems at all with the actual contents of the box. My problem is at with how poorly the actual box and its contents were assembled. The glue is clearly coming off on the bindings and at places the edges don't meet, exposing cardboard underneath. The empty CD space was filled with a bonus poster which is nice but did not sufficiently support any weight on the box itself, so the box caves in a bit (or at least mine did in shipping). Again, love the contents only wish they had paid more attention to the details that make this a "Deluxe Edition". In hindsight I would have just bought the discs separately.
Hidden Track August 7, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There is a hidden track, well maybe not hidden, but there is a 12th track on Boy. I only noticed it because I ripped it into my library and M$ didn't know what to call it. It sounds like a bootleg or demo and I don't think there are any words. I know, not much help, but it is very exciting nonetheless.
Una reedicion excelente September 15, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Despues de pensarlo por un tiempo, decidi que U2 andaba corto de dinero y por eso ponian a la venta esta caja. Me dije: "en aquella epoca tocaban musica grandiosa, creo que vale la pena volver a comprar de nuevo estas canciones (2 cd de "Boy", 1 lp y 2 cd de "October", 1 lp y 1 cd de "War", ah y del "Joshua Tree": 2 lp, 2 cd y ahora la version de lujo) y ayudarles con sus gastos y Bono siga paseando con sus amigos del jet set (incluso de Mexico!!)."
Bien, recibo el box set y quedo sorprendido por la calidad de la presentacion: 3 disco-libros en pasta dura (hardcover) con ensayos, fotos y algunas notas de the Edge. No tengo un super equipo de audio pero creo que la remasterizacion esta muy bien. Aun asi creo que lo mejor son los temas extras, es lo que algunos escucharon en aquellos dias pero que muchos otros no tuvimos ni siquiera la oportunidad de conocer porque las companias disqueras nos ofrecian lo minimo posible. Hoy recuperamos una parte de esa historia.
Ah y por mas que quien escribe el ensayo acerca de "October" sugiera que es un gran disco de U2, sigue siendo un intento fallido en su mayoria, pero con algunos muy buenos aciertos, como "Gloria". Ninguno de estos discos es perfecto pero contienen GRANDES CANCIONES. Tampoco vendieron enormes cantidades, como dicen algunos revisionistas, eso les toco a otros artistas menos politizados de la epoca. En esos dias no nos importaba quien llegaba al #1, nos importaba la musica y el mensaje. Y tambien U2 pensaba eso, o por lo menos eso creo.
Lo unico prescindible aqui son los remixes nuevos de "New Year's day"
Ya solo nos falta esperar las ediciones remasterizadas y de lujo de "Under a blood red sky" y "The Unforgettable fire".
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