U2 ‎– October

My copy fits about 99% of this entry but there is no "east" stamp on the matrix/runout and there are slightly different etchings on each side, including what appears to be an extra string of characters. I wonder if my copy is a west coast pressing.

Anyone have this? I think it is the one being sold on Amazon because it's the Mercury licensed release. But the Amazon listing says Remastered, and this one does not. Why would there be two Europe & UK releases the same year (2008), one remastered and one not? Apparently to confuse us poor vinyl buyers. Help me understand.

My original issue has a skip RIGHT at the beginning of "Gloria"--so the whole album is ruined of course. Should I get this remaster, or just get another OG copy? The original sounds quite good.

The remastered cd sounds amazingly good not over emphasized and the dynamics are clear! Although my all time favorite from the U2 is The Unforgettable Fire and stops at Joshua Tree there is something special about the music here it feels warm,meloncholy, upbeat, genuine and the band esp. Edge is very creative with rhythmic grooves and space within the context of the songs. Bono sounds very prolific and you can hear his voice maturing to the next level.

I was fortunate to see this tour of this record my senior year in high school, in a church - of all places. No more than 500 there. Tickets were $7. I remember where I parked, but I really don't remember much of the concert.

Some copies sold with generic promo sticker on front cover.

Just a touch of distortion heard on Side 1, Track 1-- "Gloria." Other than that, absolutely stellar pressing: heavy, flat & quiet, nothing but Uilleann Pipes and the murk and fog of a rainy Dublin fall. My acid test for October has always been that distressingly long silence ramping up to the piano in the title track. Passed with flying colors. Perhaps I lucked out. GZ pressing, after all. One never knows. Selah.

After the successful first album Boy was U2 for the challenge that level with their second album October (1981) to overcome or at least to match. The production process with Steve Lillywhite as driving force again plentiful. Filming took place under time pressure and to make matters worse, Bono's text book was stolen (that only 22 years later came above water). Both musically and in terms of content is October an intensification of Boy. The instrumentation is wider (Edge next to different guitars also plays piano) and it is mainly Larry and Adam who are more profiling. Another change from Boy are explicitly Christian texts (as in Gloria and With a Shout). In 2001 the album was on the 41st place in the list of best Christian music albums ever Contemporary Christian Music Magazine. Critics are less enthusiastic about October and consider it with too much ambition and bombast as one of U2 's lesser albums