U2 - The Zooropa Collection (2CD Fan-Made) [FLAC16]

U2
The Zooropa Collection
Fan-Made Compilation by gonzalo76 (aka stones4ever)



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LINEAGE 1:
Silver CD's (Album + Singles) --> EAC (Secure Mode, offset corrected) --> WAV (44100 Hz / 16 bits / Stereo) --> Sound Forge (Volume increased to 3.5db & Clipped Peak Restoration) --> FLAC frontend --> FLAC (level 6)

LINEAGE 2:
Original Numb 3 track video single --> Sony Video Cassette Recorder "SLV-L75HF AR Stereo Player 6 Head Hi-Fi Stereo" --> Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX --> Sound Forge (PCM / 44100 Hz / 16 bit / 2 channels Stereo) --> CD Wave Editor --> FLAC frontend --> FLAC (level 6)


INFO:
Commercial Release: July 5/6, 1993
Record Label: Island Records
Top Chart Position: US: 1, Canada: 1, UK: 1


TRACKLISTING:

DISC 1

01. Zooropa [6:32]
02. Babyface [4:02]
03. Numb [4:20]
04. Lemon [6:58]
05. Stay (Faraway So Close!) [4:58]
06. Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car [5:20]
07. Some Days are Better than Others [4:17]
08. The First Time [3:46]
09. Dirty Day [5:24]
10. The Wanderer [5:41]
11. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (Soundtrack Mix) (6:06) (*)
12. The Wanderer (Soundtrack Mix) (5:16) --> U2 and Johnny Cash (*)
13. One/Unchained Melody (Live) [6:10] --> Recorded live at Sydney, Football Stadium, November 27, 1993.
14. In the Name of the Father (7" Edit) (4:48) (**) --> Bono and Gavin Friday on Vocals.
15. Billy Boola (Gavin Friday and Bono) (3:46) (**) --> Bono and Gavin Friday on Vocals.

Total playtime: 77:30


(*) U2 contribute "Stay (Faraway So Close)" and "The Wanderer" to the 1993 "Faraway, So Close!" soundtrack, film director Wim Wenders. Both are different versions than what appears on the Zooropa album. This soundtrack features alternate versions of two tracks from Zooropa.
Stay was released as a single and as a promotional single from Zooropa. It was not the soundtrack version that was released.
Both Stay and The Wanderer are longer versions. The Wanderer includes additional vocals by Johnny Cash which were not included on U2's album, the soundtrack version was 30 seconds longer. Stay features a slightly different musical track and is a minute longer than the album version. There are no additional lyrics included in Stay, but Bono does sing more "do do do do's" throughout the song. For any fan of these songs this is a great CD to pick up if you can find it. Unfortunately it is out of print at this time. Thank you very kindly john2u for sending me these tracks !

(**) Bono co-writes "Billy Boola", "In the Name of the Father" and "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" for the Jim Sheridan "In The Name Of The Father" soundtrack in 1993 and performs on the first two of these. Once again, thank you very kindly john2u for sending me Billy Boola !


DISC 2

01. Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix) [8:47] --> Remixed by Rollo & Rob D.
02. Numb (The Sould Assassins Mix) [3:57] --> Remixed by the Soul Assassins.
03. Numb (Video Remix) [4:52] --> Released commercially as a video single, not as a normal audio single.
04. Lemon (Bad Yard Club Edit) [5:21] --> Remix and Additional Production by David Morales for Dex Mix Productions Ltd.
05. Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix) [8:42] --> Remix and Additional Production by David Morales for Def Mix Productions Ltd.
06. Lemon (Oakenfold Jeep Mix) [5:33] --> Remix and Additional Production by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne.
07. Lemon (Perfecto Mix) [8:57] --> Remix and Additional Production by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne.
08. Stay (Underdog Mix) [6:45] --> Remixed by Underdog for Bite It! / Unmanageable Artists.
09. In The Name Of The Father (Unidare Mix) [6:00] --> Bono and Gavin Friday on Vocals.
10. Bullet The Blue Sky (Live) [5:36] --> Recorded live at Dublin, RDS, August 28, 1993.
11. Love Is Blindness (Live) [6:00] --> Recorded live at New York, Yankee Stadium, August 30, 1992.
12. Slow Dancing [3:21] --> Words and Music: U2.
13. I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra & Bono) [3:33] --> From the Frank Sinatra album Duets.

Total playtime: 77:27


THIS COMPILATION:

Zooropa CD-Album: Disc 1, tracks 1-10
Faraway, So Close OST: Disc 1, tracks 11, 12
In The Name Of The Father CD-Single: Disc 1, track 14
In The Name Of The Father OST: Disc 1, track 15
ZooTV Live CD Propaganda Fan-Club: Disc 1, track 13
Lemon CD-Single: Disc 2, track 6
Stay CD-Single: Disc 2, tracks 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13
Numb VHS-Single: Disc 2, track 3
Melon CD Propaganda Fan-Club: Disc 2, tracks 1, 2, 5, 8
In The Name Of The Father CD-Single: Disc 2, track 9


LINER NOTES:

Bono: Vocals and Guitar. The Edge: Guitar, Piano, Synthesizers and Vocals. Adam Clayton: Bass Guitars. Larry Mullen Jnr: Drums, Percussion, and Backing Vocals. Paul McGuinness: Manager. Studio Crew: Joe O'Herlihy: Monitoring. Des Broadbery: Programming, Keyboard and Guitar Technician. Fraser McAlister: Guitar Technician (Bono). Sam O'Sullivan: Drum Technician. Stuart Morgan: Bass Guitar Technician. Dallas Schoo: Guitar Technician (The Edge). Colm "Rab" McAllister: Studio Tecnician. Suzanne Doyle: Studio Production Manager. Anne-Louise Kelly: Album Production Manager.

Recorded in The Factory, Windmill Lane Studios and Westland Studios, Dublin. Additional Recording Facilities: Terry Cromer & Julian Douglas, Audio Engineering, Dublin. Produced by: Flood, Brian Eno and The Edge. Mixed by: Flood and Robbie Adams. Engineered by: Flood and Robbie Adams. Music: U2. Words: Bono (Except "Dirty Day" Bono and the Edge, "Numb" The Edge.) Recorded in Dublin, March - May 1993. Album Cover Design by Works Associates (Dublin) Art direction by Steve Averill. Design and Computer treatments by Brian Williams. Baby Illustration by Shaughn McGrath. Original baby illustration by Charlie Whisker.

Principle Management Dublin: Anne-Louise Kelly (Director), Barbara Galavan, Eileen Long, David Herbert, Brigid Mooney, Candida Bottaci, Sandra Long, Aislinn Meehan, Anne O'Leary, Cecillia Coffey, Cillian Guilders, Liz Devlin, Gerry Watters. Principle Management New York: Keryn Kaplan (Director), Shiela Roche, Bess Dulany.

Thanks To: Osmond J. Kilkenny III, Brian Murphy and all at O.J. Kilkenny & Co., Dennis and Lindsey Sheehan, Dermot Lawless and all the Dermots, Mark Holmes, Marc Coleman, Keith Wootton, Eric Humphreys, Yvonne McMahon, Killian McGowan, Brian Masterson, Catherine Rutter, Johnny Cash, Regine Moylett, Paul Wasserman, Bill Flanagan, Bob Koch, Nigel Sweeney, Rock It Cargo, Sebastian, Aislinn, Hollie, Arran, Blue, Elaine, Ali, Jordan, Eve and the Temple Hillbillies, A.J. Rankin, Ina Meibach, George Regis, David Landsman, Frank Barsalona, Barbara Skydel, Ian Flooks, Katherine Maynard, Barry Slattery, Joe Casely-Hayford, Chris Blackwell, Wim Winders, Fintan Fitzgerald, Mark Neale, Gerry MacArthur, Richard Kendrick, Des, Ulrick, Patricia, Katherine and all at Omega Air, Missy and JJ. The Freedom of Zooropa is awarded to Willie Mannion and Rob Kirwan. Special thanks to Ellen Darst and Gavin Friday.


OTHER NOTES:

Zooropa was U2's 9th album. The album was started in March 1993 as an EP. U2 were on a break in between legs of the worldwide Zoo TV tour, and they wanted to release a short collection of new songs, having mined Achtung Baby of singles. Recording went well, and before they knew it they had a collection of 10 songs which made up the album. Even more suprising was the start they had on several other songs which would not appear until 1997's Pop Album. You can see evidence of these in the cover of Zooropa, where the words, "Wake Up De", "ET Dress", and "Iss Me Kill M" speak of three songs worked on during these sessions that would appear later, "Wake Up Dead Man", "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" and "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me".

The covers for the album were designed by Works Associates. Recording in the middle of the tour, the sleeve of the album was left in the hands of the desgin team, and was going for a feeling of saturation and hyper reality. They were given an early track listing so that they could play with computerized treatments of the lettering for the cover. Alternate titles worked on for cover designs included "Dog" and "God U2 Dog".

The album, a suprise for a band in the midst of a world tour, went on to be quite sucessful. It spawned three commercial singles, and remains an album that is spoken highly of by many U2 fans.



Quotes
Interviewer: "Why a lemon?"
The Edge: "Why NOT a lemon?"


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Enjoy,
Gonzalo
gonzalo76 (aka stones4ever)
2009-05-17


P.S.1: Please, be patience with my upload speed, only 30 kB/s.

P.S.2: My next and last collection will the "The POP Collection", a 4CD compilation with all the b-sides, rarities and more !