U2 to Pack ‘Joshua Tree’ Reissue With Demos, Outtakes, New Remixes
U2 marked the 30th anniversary of their seminal 1987 album The Joshua Tree Thursday with the announcement of an expansive reissue out June 2nd.
The new box set will feature demos, studio outtakes, B-sides and a 1987 concert recording at Madison Square Garden. U2 also tapped several producers to contribute new remixes of album cuts, including Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, Flood, Steve Lillywhite, Jacknife Lee and St. Francis Hotel.
The 30th anniversary edition of The Joshua Tree will be available in several formats: A super deluxe box set, a two-disc deluxe set and standard editions. The super deluxe and standard editions will be available on CD and vinyl, the deluxe set on CD only and all three editions will be available digitally. All versions are available to pre-order now.
The physical copies of the super deluxe editions will also come with an 84-page hardback book featuring unseen personal photography from the Edge, shot during the band’s Mojave Desert photo session in 1986. The release will also include a folio of eight color prints from director and longtime U2 collaborator, Anton Corbijn.
U2 will embark on a world tour this summer during which they’ll play The Joshua Tree in its entirety. The North American leg kicks off May 12th in Vancouver. Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers and OneRepublic will open on select dates throughout the tour.
The Joshua Tree – 30th Anniversary Edition
1. VINYL SUPER DELUXE BOX SET (with digital download card)
LP 1+2 – The Joshua Tree album
LP 3+4 – The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987
LP 5+6+7– The Joshua Tree Remixes / Outtakes / B-Sides
LP 5 – Remixes
“One Tree Hill” 2017 Remix (St Francis Hotel)
“Bullet the Blue Sky” 2017 Remix (Jacknife Lee)
“Running To Stand Still” 2017 Remix (Daniel Lanois)
“Red Hill Mining Town” 2017 Mix (Steve Lillywhite)
“With or Without You” 2017 Remix (Daniel Lanois)
“Where The Streets Have No Name” 2017 Remix (Flood)
LP 6 – Outtakes
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (Lillywhite Alternative Mix ’87)
“One Tree Hill Reprise” (Brian Eno 2017 Mix)
“Silver and Gold (Sun City)”
“Beautiful Ghost/Introduction to Songs of Experience”
“Wave Of Sorrow (Birdland)”
“Desert of Our Love”
“Rise Up”
“Drunk Chicken/America”
LP 7 – B–sides
“Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)”
“Walk to the Water”
“Spanish Eyes”
“Deep in the Heart”
“Silver and Gold”
“Sweetest Thing”
“Race Against Time”
Book: Photographs by The Edge, a hardback collection of previously unpublished personal photographs from the original Mojave Desert sessions in 1986. Foreword by The Edge.
2. CD SUPER DELUXE BOX SET (with digital download card)
CD1 – 2007 Joshua Tree album
CD2 – The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987
CD3 – The Joshua Tree 2017 Remixes
CD4 – The Joshua Tree B-sides / Outtakes
Box set also includes aforementioned book of photographs.
3. 2 CD DELUXE
CD1 – The Joshua Tree album
CD2 – The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987
“Where The Streets Have No Name”
“I Will Follow”
“Trip Through Your Wires”
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
“MLK”
“Bullet The Blue Sky”
“Running To Stand Still”
“In God’s Country”
“Sunday Bloody Sunday”
“Exit”
“October”
“New Year’s Day”
“Pride (In The Name Of Love)”
“With Or Without You”
“Party Girl”
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
“”40″”
4. STANDARD VINYL
The Joshua Tree (double heavyweight vinyl)
5. STANDARD CD
The Joshua Tree
6. DIGITAL FORMATS
3 x digital products: Standard, Deluxe and Super Deluxe audio as outlined above.