Re: 4U2PLAY

chris nelson ([email protected])
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:38:13 -0700

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There's been some misinformation in the posts regarding this set of singles. I've been collecting U2 since 1983 and have had many of these packs pass through my hands since then, so I believe I can supply some solid info about this set.
4U2play originally came out in 1983, with first issues being on colored vinyl in varying mixtures of white, yellow, orange, brown, and black vinyl. The original sets contained U23, Another Day, 11:00 TIck Tock, and I Will Follow. All of the singles had solid red labels in the earlier sets. The pack was reissued (black vinyl only) in the years that followed, and later sets had either orange/yellow labels, red w/white cbs labels, or a mixture of these 2 labels. Somewhere along the line on the later sets, Another Day was replaced with New Years Day, although I've seen some sets that had A Day Without Me as the replacement too.
All singles released in 4U2PLAY and Pac II are reissues. True Irish original 7" are very hard to come by even if you know how to spot one.
CBS had the exclusive rights to release U2 records in Ireland, but according to sources in Ireland they shut down in 1986 or 1987. I believe Pac 3 was the last thing they issued.

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