Details: U2: Boy (remastered & bonus). Island, 2008. Total time (2 discs): 94:41.
Yes, this album was reviewed earlier this week. However, this is a different, later edition -- a remaster of the original 1980 album plus a bonus disc of alternate versions, different mixes, a couple instrumentals, and live performances of songs from that timeframe, both from the 1980 album as well as a few singles released prior to the debut '80 album in 1979 and earlier in 1980.
The bonus disc may be of interest only to longtime, serious U2 fans, particularly for both studio and live versions of "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" and "Boy-Girl" (both live versions from a London gig in September 1980) along with "Another Day" and a wild-sounding (and post-punk new wavish) live version of "Cartoon World" from a concert in Dublin performed in February 1980.
Clearly the lads were in that liminal, or in-between, space from boyhood to manhood, as well as experimenting with musical sounds and styles early in their development as a band. It's a bit amusing to see the original album artwork including the back of the "Boy" album which lists the names of the band members as:
Bono: Singer
Adam Clayton: Bass Player
The Edge: Guitar Player
Larry: Drummer
Now here they are, 35 years later, in the same band, in the same roles.
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