imeem and Universal Music Enterprises have 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, 2008 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.

Fans can listen to these deluxe versions of U2’s albums in their entirety on the U2 imeem profile (http://imeem.com/u2music).

Fans can easily share these albums with friends or embed them on their blogs, websites, 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)

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