Live "Under A Blood Red Sky"
U2
U2’s BF2023 release Live “Under A Blood Red Sky” is a 40th‑anniversary remastered edition of their classic 1983 live mini‑album, issued on limited red vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday in November 2023. The original record, produced by Jimmy Iovine, gathers eight tracks from three War‑tour concerts—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Colorado), Loreley (Rockpalast, West Germany), and Boston’s Orpheum Theatre—and has long been regarded as the definitive snapshot of U2’s raw, early‑’80s stage power. For the BF2023 edition, the album was newly remastered again, pressed on metallic red 180‑gram vinyl with slightly revised cover art, and limited to about 7,000 copies in the U.S. and roughly 17,000 worldwide, aimed at collectors marking four decades since its original release.
Musically, the BF2023 version preserves the original eight‑song sequence—“Gloria,” “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” “I Will Follow,” “Party Girl,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “The Electric Co.,” “New Year’s Day,” and “40”—but benefits from updated mastering that enhances clarity, bass weight, and overall balance while keeping the urgent, post‑punk atmosphere intact. Two songs (“Gloria” and “Party Girl”) come from the iconic, rain‑soaked Red Rocks show, five from the Rockpalast Loreley performance, and one (“11 O’Clock Tick Tock”) from Boston, collectively presenting U2 at full tilt just after the success of War. The BF2023 red‑vinyl edition sits alongside the 1983 original release and the 2008 CD/DVD remaster as the latest chapter in the album’s reissue history, reaffirming Under a Blood Red Sky as a key document closing U2’s first post‑punk phase and celebrating its enduring status among fans as one of the strongest live rock records of its era.
Live "Under A Blood Red Sky"
U2
U2’s BF2023 release Live “Under A Blood Red Sky” is a 40th‑anniversary remastered edition of their classic 1983 live mini‑album, issued on limited red vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday in November 2023. The original record, produced by Jimmy Iovine, gathers eight tracks from three War‑tour concerts—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Colorado), Loreley (Rockpalast, West Germany), and Boston’s Orpheum Theatre—and has long been regarded as the definitive snapshot of U2’s raw, early‑’80s stage power. For the BF2023 edition, the album was newly remastered again, pressed on metallic red 180‑gram vinyl with slightly revised cover art, and limited to about 7,000 copies in the U.S. and roughly 17,000 worldwide, aimed at collectors marking four decades since its original release.
Musically, the BF2023 version preserves the original eight‑song sequence—“Gloria,” “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” “I Will Follow,” “Party Girl,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “The Electric Co.,” “New Year’s Day,” and “40”—but benefits from updated mastering that enhances clarity, bass weight, and overall balance while keeping the urgent, post‑punk atmosphere intact. Two songs (“Gloria” and “Party Girl”) come from the iconic, rain‑soaked Red Rocks show, five from the Rockpalast Loreley performance, and one (“11 O’Clock Tick Tock”) from Boston, collectively presenting U2 at full tilt just after the success of War. The BF2023 red‑vinyl edition sits alongside the 1983 original release and the 2008 CD/DVD remaster as the latest chapter in the album’s reissue history, reaffirming Under a Blood Red Sky as a key document closing U2’s first post‑punk phase and celebrating its enduring status among fans as one of the strongest live rock records of its era.