Deluxe Editions of U2’s First Three Albums To Premiere Exclusively on imeem

SANTA MONICA, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO–(EMWNews)–imeem and Universal Music Enterprises today announced that deluxe

editions of U2’s first three albums, Boy

(1980), October (1981) and War (1983) will be available for free

streaming on imeem starting July 15, one week prior to the albums’

releases on July 22, 2008.

Following the release of the re-mastered edition of The Joshua Tree last

year, Edge has overseen a similar re-mastering of the first three

albums, all of which have been re-mastered from the original audio

tapes. The deluxe versions of the albums include a wealth of b-sides,

live tracks and rarities.

Starting today, fans can listen to these deluxe versions of U2’s

albums in their entirety on the band’s imeem

profile (http://www.imeem.com/u2music).

Fans can easily share these albums with friends or embed them on their

blogs, web sites, and profiles on other social networking services,

including MySpace and Facebook, using imeem’s embeddable music playlist

widgets. These deluxe editions will also be available for pre-order on

imeem.

U2 is the latest artist to premiere music on imeem, the third largest

social network in the U.S. This year, artists including Radiohead,

Scarlett Johansson, New Order, The Rolling Stones, Avril Lavigne and Ray

J have debuted new music and videos on imeem.

imeem lets users create their own music, video and photo playlists,

mixing and matching songs and media from their favorite artists and

newly discovered bands. Users can upload their own music and videos to

their personal imeem profiles, or choose from millions of songs and

videos available in imeem’s wide-ranging library. Fans can also use

imeem’s embeddable audio and video widgets to easily share playlists

they create or find on imeem with friends across the Web.

Track listing on Boy

1. I Will Follow 2. Twilight 3. An Cat Dubh 4. Into The Heart 5. Out Of

Control 6. Stories For Boys 7. The Ocean 8. A Day Without Me 9. Another

Time, Another Place 10. The Electric Co. 11. Shadows And Tall Trees.

Bonus Tracks for Boy:

1. I Will Follow (Previously Unreleased Mix) 2. 11 O’Clock

Tick Tock 3. Touch 4. Speed Of Life (Previously Unreleased Track) 5.

Saturday Night (Previously Unreleased Track) 6. Things To Make And Do 7.

Out Of Control 8. Boy-Girl 9. Stories For Boys 10. Another Day 11.

Twilight 12. Boy-Girl (Live at The Marquee, London) 13. 11 O’Clock

Tick Tock (Live at The Marquee, London –

Previously Unreleased Version) 14. Cartoon World (Live at The National

Stadium, Dublin – Previously Unreleased Track)

Track listing for October:

1. Gloria 2. I Fall Down 3. I Threw A Brick Through A Window 4. Rejoice

5. Fire 6. Tomorrow 7. October 8. With A Shout 9. Stranger In A Strange

Land 10. Scarlet 11. Is That All

Bonus Tracks for October:

1. Gloria (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London) 2. I Fall Down (Live at

Hammersmith Palais, London) 3. I Threw A Brick Through A Window (Live at

Hammersmith Palais, London) 4. Fire (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London)

5. October (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London) 6. With A Shout (Richard

Skinner BBC Session) 7. Scarlet (Richard Skinner BBC Session) 8. I Threw

A Brick Through A Window (Richard Skinner BBC Session) 9. A Celebration

10. J. Swallo 11. Trash, Trampoline And The Party Girl 12. I Will Follow

(Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston) 13. The Ocean (Live at Paradise

Theatre, Boston) 14. The Cry/Electric Co. (Live at Paradise Theatre,

Boston) 15. 11 O’Clock Tick Tock (Live at

Paradise Theatre, Boston) 16. I Will Follow (Live From Hattem,

Netherlands) 17. Tomorrow (Bono & Adam Clayton, Common Ground Remix

Track listing for War:

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday 2. Seconds 3. New Year’s

Day 4. Like A Song… 5. Drowning Man 6. The

Refugee 7. Two Hearts Beat As One 8. Red Light 9. Surrender 10. “40”

Bonus Tracks for War:

1. Endless Deep 2. Angels Too Tied To The Ground (Previously Unreleased

Track) 3. New Year’s Day (7”

single edit) 4. New Year’s Day (USA Remix) 5.

New Year’s Day (Ferry Corsten Extended Vocal

Mix) 6. New Year’s Day (Ferry Corsten Vocal

Radio Mix) 7. Two Hearts Beat As One (Long Mix) 8. Two Hearts Beat As

One (USA Remix) 9. Two Hearts Beat As One (Club Version) 10. Treasure

(Whatever Happened to Pete The Chop)

About imeem

imeem is a social media network that enables users to discover, interact

and express themselves with media, including music, video and photos,

and form connections based on shared tastes and interests. By using

innovative media expression tools and social discovery features,

including custom music playlists, video channels, photo slideshows and

blogs, the imeem community can share their tastes with friends and fans

on imeem and across the Web.

imeem is the first social network to partner with all four major labels

as well as thousands of independent labels and video providers to offer

free, on-demand streaming of all music and video content on an

ad-supported basis. Since the launch of its Web-based service in March

2006, the community has attracted over 25 million unique users each

month. imeem’s network of embeddable audio and video playlist widgets

reaches over 100 million consumers a month, according to Quantcast. To

learn more, visit http://www.imeem.com.

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of imeem, inc., which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other

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