U2 announce ‘Fire’ 40th anniversary release for record store day

U2 announce 'Fire' 40th anniversary release for record store day 1

U2 today announce the 40th-anniversary vinyl release of Fire, a newly remastered picture disc edition to celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday 12th June 2021.

Recorded in spring 1981 during a break on the Boy Tour, Fire was originally released as the first single from U2’s second studio album ‘October’ in July of that year, with J Swallow as the B-side.

This 40th-anniversary picture disc vinyl edition features both Fire and J Swallow on Side A, plus two live recordings of Fire on Side B. The first is from Werchter Festival in Belgium in July 1982, the second is taken from a BBC recording at the Hammersmith Palais, London in December 1982. All tracks have been newly remastered.

Picture Disc Info
4 track 12” EP, cut at 45 rpm.
Picture disc pressing. Side A features ‘fire’ imagery. Side B features a full colour band photo taken by Martyn Goddard in Notting Hill, London in 1979.
Transparent heavyweight PVC outer sleeve.
Sticker with credits.

Tracklist:

SIDE A
Fire (Album Version – Remastered 2021) – 3:51
J Swallow (Remastered 2021) – 2:20

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SIDE B
Fire (Live At Werchter, Belgium, July 1982 – Remastered 2021) – 3:45
Fire (Live At Hammersmith Palais, London, December 1982 – Remastered 2021) – 3:48

Total running time: 13:50

Fire is available exclusively at participating independent record stores on Saturday 12th June. For a full list of stores, visit www.U2.com and https://RecordStoreDay.lnk.to/Stores

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Mark Millar is the founder of XS Noize and looks after the daily running of the website as well as hosting interviews for the weekly XS Noize Podcast. Mark's favourite album is Achtung Baby by U2.

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