Have You Heard About It?

Have you ever heard of song Wave of Sorrow? — It’s a track that U2 demoed during sessions for ‘The Joshua Tree’ in 1987. There are several unreleased demos from The Joshua Tree Sessions and just recently Bono laid down vocals for the song ‘Wave of Sorrow’. On his interview in New York, Bono explains that Wave of Sorrow ‘was one of the songs from the Joshua Tree sessions that we never finished… a song that was trying to describe experiences that myself and Ali had when we were working in Ethiopia during the famine.’ 

‘The Joshua Tree’ was U2′’s 5th album and it was the album that took them from rock stars to superstars. In 1988, the album won ‘Album of the Year’ at the Grammy Awards. It was also a new sound for U2. They morphed from traditional rock band to encompass blues, country and gospel on the album, as was evident in the spiritual ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’. It was originally released on March 9, 1987.

To mark the 20th Anniversary of the release of ‘The Joshua Tree’, U2 will reissue their classic album in a number of formats. Fans like me will be able to choose the original album on CD, a deluxe format with a bonus rarities CD, a three disc box with DVD and a double vinyl edition. The release date for the anniversary album will be on the 20^th of November 2007.

The Joshua Tree 2007

CD format:  
The CD format features remastered audio, liner notes by Bill Flanagan (author of “U2 At The End Of The World”) and previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos.

Tracklist for The Joshua Tree:

Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
With Or Without You
Bullet
The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
Red Hill Mining Town
In God’s Country
Trip Through Your Wires
OneTree Hill
Exit
Mothers Of The Disappeared

Deluxe format: 
The deluxe package comprises The Joshua Tree CD (as above), and a Bonus Audio CD. The bonus audio CD features b-sides and rarities from The Joshua Tree sessions. The 2-CD format also includes a 36 page bound book, featuring liner notes by Bill Flanagan with a special essay by The Edge, previously unseen photos by Anton Corbijn and handwritten lyrics by Bono.

Track list for the Bonus Audio CD:

Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
Walk To The Water
Spanish Eyes
Silver And Gold
Sweetest Thing
Deep In The Heart
Race Against Time
Where The Streets Have No Name (Single edit)
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

Box Set format: 
The 3 disc box-set format contains The Joshua Tree CD, the bonus audio CD (both as above), and a Bonus DVD. This package also includes a 56 page hardback embossed book, featuring previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos, handwritten lyrics by Bono and liner notes by Bill Flanagan, Bono, Adam Clayton, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Anton Corbijn, Steve Averill, David Batstone, René Castro and a special essay by The Edge.

Content for the Bonus DVD:

U2 Live from Paris – filmed at the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris, on July 4 1987, on the European leg of The Joshua Tree tour.

Track list:

I Will Follow
Trip Through Your Wires
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
MLK
The Unforgettable Fire
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Exit
In God’s Country
Electric Co.
Bad
October
New Year’s Day
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Bullet
The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
With Or Without You
Party Girl
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Outside it’s America – a 40 minute documentary
With Or Without You – music video, alternative version
Red Hill Mining Town – music video directed by Neil Jordan.

Double vinyl album:  
The double vinyl format of The Joshua Tree includes a 16 page booklet containing lyrics and liner notes by Bill Flanagan, as well as previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos.

Tracklist for ‘The Joshua Tree’ double vinyl album:

SIDE ONE 
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
With Or Without You

SIDE TWO 
Bullet
The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still 

SIDE THREE 
Red
Hill Mining Town
In God’s Country
Trip Through Your Wires

SIDE FOUR 
One Tree Hill
Exit
Mothers Of The Disappeared

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You can check out the video in iLike where Bono discusses the unreleased song “Wave of Sorrow”.