#A day without me u2 performance plus#

The store had the album's cover on display by the band U2 who I had never heard of. When they started playing I Will Follow it immediately caught my attention because I had never heard it before and it was such an amazing tune.įast forward a couple of weeks and I was walking past a record store and I again heard I Will Follow but it sounded a lot better than what I remembered from the party a few weeks earlier. I was in college and went to a party where a live band was playing covers of familiar tunes. Double-sided lyrics & credits insert (12” x 12”)ĭid you buy a copy of Boy when it came out first time around ?Ĭan you remember where and when…and what it meant to you?.

The release is exclusive to independent retailers for Black Friday, November 27th, 2020.

#A day without me u2 performance plus#

The limited edition white vinyl pressing includes an additional double-sided poster plus a lyrics/credits insert. Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin and produced by Steve Lillywhite, Boy was originally released on 20th October 1980 and features the singles 'A Day Without Me' and 'I Will Follow' as well as live staples 'Out Of Control' and 'The Electric Co.'. And to celebrate Boy's fortieth, the album returns this Friday, November 27th, in a special limited edition release on white vinyl to mark Black Friday and Record Store Day UK. If you're old enough to have bought a copy at the time, chances are you bought it on vinyl and in your local record store.

From The Ground Up: U2.Com Music Edition 18įrom 'I Will Follow' to 'Shadows and Tall Trees' it was forty years ago last month that the band's debut album Boy was released.