New releases: U2’s ‘Unforgettable Fire’ reissue, live R.E.M., Morrissey B-sides

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Record Rack: A weekly round-up of new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday.
ARTIST: U2
RELEASE: The Unforgettable Fire
BACKSTORY: This 25th anniversary reissue comes in four versions, and the expanded sets feature previously unheard songs “Disappearing Act” and “Yoshino Blossom,” which the band recorded in 1983 with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
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Tracklist: U2’s ‘Unforgettable Fire’ reissue includes unreleased songs, live material

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[tweetmeme]U2’s 25th anniversary reissue of The Unforgettable Fire will include a pair of tracks left over from that album’s 1983 sessions, as well as b-sides, remixes, material from the Wide Awake in America EP and a DVD of videos and live performances.
Due out Oct. 27 in the U.S., the 1984 album  — like 2007’s expanded [...]

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U2’s Bono and The Edge play ‘Unforgettable Fire’ outtake ‘Disappearing Act’ on BBC

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While U2 still hasn’t unveiled the tracklist for its forthcoming deluxe reissue of The Unforgettable Fire, Bono and The Edge did discuss the project publicly for the first time — and preview one of the set’s unreleased tracks — during a visit to BBC Radio 1 this week.
Until this week, the band had only announced [...]

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U2 announces ‘The Unforgettable Fire’ reissue box set via plastic shopping bag

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U2’s The Unforgettable Fire will be remastered and reissued in a “super deluxe” box set this October that will include “B-sides, rare and previously unreleased songs, and film and video footage.”
Oddly, news of the release — the sixth in the band’s ongoing catalog reissue campaign — came not via press release or posting on U2’s [...]

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