U2 Wide Awake In Europe #2339 U2 Rare Vinyl EP and Wide Awake In Amercia

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Jul 8, 2012 Sold Date

Jul 1, 2012 Start Date

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U2 12" EP WIDE AWAKE IN EUROPE

MEGA RARE RECORD FROM U2 LIMITED TO 5000 Copies

Special bonus: Wide Awake In America(see below)

I will keep many Prince, Nirvana and U2 items for sale, please see my other items!

THIS IS BRAND NEW, NEVER PLAYED.

The jacket sleeve(outer cover) appears to be near MINT, with one small dent, HOWEVER PLEASE READ: This limited pressing included many jackets that had creases, and minor or tiny damage. I have only average eyesight, and believe the jacket to be in near MINT condition, with just one small dent, but due to errors by the original manufacturer, I can't promise it will be perfect, but 99% of all U2 fans will be happy with this, as long as the cover is in decent condition, and the record is fine, and in this case, it has never been played or opened. I would not sell it at this price if it had any obvious damage.

More on the jacket sleeve issue below in bold

THIS ONE is NUMBER 2339.

I bought several copies in the first week of release.

Special bonus: Wide Awake In America, the 1985 Record that inspired the new release, and the record is in Very Good Condition, the cover is in poor condition, as it is a little dirty. (The Wide Awake in America EP is just a nice freebie bonus.)

The live versions of "Mercy," and "Moment of Surrender" are not available on CD.

"Mercy" is not available on any other U2 release or any other media.

If only 5,000 of these were made, why are there numbers well past 6,000?

This explanation was given from a link from U2.com:

"During the manufacturing process, some jackets get damaged during the numbering process. These jackets are destroyed, but we do not go back and re-set the numbering machine for each damaged jacket. We simply run numbers past 5,000. If we didn’t do this, we would end up with much less than 5,000 total units." My opinion is that most of the jackets had at least minor damage. It is not easy to see, but it is there on most of them. As a huge record collector, I have seen over 100 of these U2 records, most just have tiny creases or tiny tears.

Side A features the never before released song "Mercy", recorded in Brussels on 9/22/10. Side B features "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight", recorded in Dublin on 7/27/09, and a live version of "Moment Of Surrender", recorded in Paris on 9/18/10. The live version of “Crazy” was previously released on the 2009 U2.com member-exclusive remix album "Artificial Horizon."

Shipping with insurance will be $3 in the USA only. I will include Free insurance, but you must keep all original packaging and the insurance slip if a claim is needed for shipping damage. International Buyers: please send me a message before bidding. Shipping to most of Europe should be $25 without insurance. I will simply cancel the sale if there is no communication for a possible international sale. International Shipping with insurance is usually around $45 or more overseas, so that option may simply not be worth it to you.

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