![]() As we write this, at the end of December 2017, not all subscribers have received their copies of the vinyl, and this is to be expected, as in past years it has taken approximately three months for most subscribers to report they have their vinyl after the first copies start arriving.Īt least one U2.Com subscriber is reporting that the four vinyl set has shown up with the wrong vinyl packed in the set, with multiple copies of one title, and another missing. The four picture sleeves are packaged together, and wrapped with an outer cardboard wrap which lists the name as “The Joshua Tree Singles: Remastered & Live”. The four 10-inch records are packaged in plain black inner sleeves, and ship inside of the outer picture sleeves. The first physical copies of the gift began arriving on December 8, 2017. At the time it was announced that the physical copies of the vinyl would not begin shipping until December. The title of the set in the digital file is The Joshua Tree Singles Vinyl Collection: 1987 & 2017. The individual tracks are numbered 1 through 8 in the set. The encoding of the files was done using iTunes version 12.5.5.5. Each file comes with a digital embedded artwork file, and the art is unique for each ‘single’ in the set. The eight song files are all encoded at 320kbs in mp3 format. All eight files were downloadable as one zip file under the name, TheJoshuaTreeSinglesVinylCollection_1987and2017.zip. On October 5, 2017, with little fanfare, U2.Com made the eight tracks from this vinyl set available for download on U2.Com. Due to the songs being taken from live performances on an upcoming tour, the announcement said the set would not start to ship until September in one location, and Autumn in another. The 2017 fan club gift from U2.Com was announced on May 3, 2017. Subscribers could then choose from the previous gift, or the unknown 2017 gift when resubscribing. The 2017 fan club gift should have been released in December 2016, however a notice that the gift would be delayed was posted at that time, with no details on the gift. The four singles are “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” and “In God’s Country.” Each of the four were released as singles in North America. The label on side A contains a photograph by Anton Corbijn from 1987, and on the reverse is a photo from the 2017 tour taken by Ross Stewart. The physical release consists of four 10-inch vinyl records with one of the studio tracks on side A, and the same song live on side B. The gift contains eight tracks, the four studio tracks from The Joshua Tree that had been used as singles in North America from 1987, and the same four songs recorded live in concert on the third leg of The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour. The digital downloads came under the name “The Joshua Tree Singles Vinyl Collection: 1987 & 2017” but the title on the physical release is “The Joshua Tree Singles: Remastered & Live”. This is the 2017 fan club gift from U2.Com.
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