I have to say something about this. Basic price for the new "Limited Edition" 2cd/dvd Joshua Tree re-release...$50+. Are you serious? Yes, I know it will be on sale from time to time..."sale" meaning $40 (or probably somewhere in the low $30s if you make it to Best Buy's door at 3am on Friday). Come on. A remastered album (should have happened 10 years ago). A "bonus disc", which really amounts to 5 songs, as any moderate fan already has the Best of B-sides released 7 years ago, and a live dvd, with as far as I can tell no behind-the-scenes/making-of, etc (I could be wrong, correct me if I am). But if this is really it for that price...well...then relevance is on a sharp decline with this, a very-subpar last album, and ticket prices out-the-roof (yes, I am aware of the show they put on, I've seen them 7 times). I understand. I would like to make lots of scratch too...but we are headed to Rolling Stones/Eagles territory here. At least in my opinion.
I don't recall Bruce Springsteen charging this much for the 30th Anniversary Edition of the arguably superior "Born to Run", which did actually come with a making of dvd AND concert dvd. If you don't own it, I'd advise you to purchase this, and wait on the J-Tree. Once again, just my opinion.
Note: I do believe I stand corrected. Apparently the dvd does include "Outside It's America", a documentary of sorts from The Joshua Tree tour and the "never-before-seen" video to "Red Hill Mining Town". I will still tell you it's too much. But hey, thats just me...and I'm poor right now :)
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I don't remember the Born to Run set being much lowe than that, though I didn't actually buy it. At any rate, 50 bucks for three discs and what sounds like a fairly elaborate package-- hardcover book and all-- doesn't strike me as too abnormal; for this kind of project, it seems like it'd be about the norm.
I'd also imagine that the band members themselves have very little to do with the whole thing.
I do believe the "Born to Run" was retailed at least $10 less, and sale-priced further. I have a feeling, that at this point in their career, U2 does indeed have some say.
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