U2 – A Celebration

Clean, thick vinyl in a poly sleeve. This is by far the cleanest A Celebration has sounded on vinyl, however, it also sounds a bit flat/tamed, the drums seem to have a lot less impact/presence than the original, the rhythm was a big part originally, immersive and had more of a Siouxsie & The Banshees vibe, the guitar also had more oomph originally, swirling in your head like a hive of angry bees. Party Girl sounds a lot more cleaned up and balanced, you could almost feel Bono's sore throat on the 45, I prefer it here. The live version is fun, but a unreleased live version from this era would have fit in better. The Main attraction is the Alternate version of A Celebration, unlike the single version the flat sound is not an issue for this version.... perhaps the tape was more "fresh" the outtake alone makes this 12" worth getting.

Great “forgotten” single. I used to get really excited when bands released non album singles. Some absolute classics were released with arguably Buzzcocks being the kings (The Jam not far behind). This is U2s best non album single imo. Electrical Storm was good but this is still the post punk U2. Edge sounding like he has been listening to Keith Levine anf the almighty McGeogh. Anyway, A Celebration sounds superb on the 12” format, and the session version is worth having as well.
We also get the classic B side Trash Trampoline etc. The studio version sounds a bit odd to me. Its almost as if the volume is wafting up and down very fast and very subtly. I can’t it sounding like that on the 7”. No one else has mentioned this so maybe my ears are knackered.
Worth having this. I would like I Will Follow in a similar format.

Worthwhile RSD release. Sounds great all around and the unreleased tracks are great.

Is I worth buying, as in, is the outake any good? Great sleeve.