U2 rare Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1 LP
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May 10, 2010 Sold Date
May 3, 2010 Start Date
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The 1995 U2/Brian Eno project Passengers: original Soundtracks 1, this is a rare LP of the album.
Made as an experimental side project for the band, it was seen as quite a departure from their regular sound and as such, Island records were reluctant to release it as a U2 album. The band and Eno therefore came up with the pseudonym of Passengers. The theme of the album was creating soundtracks to imaginary movies. Some songs did eventually make it to the soundtracks of real films: Heat, Miss Sarajevo and Ghost In The Shell to name a few.
The front of the sleeve is the futuristic space-station painting with the title PASSENGERS: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 1 plus a sticker saying
PASSENGERS: BRIAN ENO, U2, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, HOWIE B & HOLI featuring 'Miss Sarajevo'
The back of the sleeve has the film reel style pattern and the song list and music credits in a black box.
Side A 1. United Colours 2. Slug 3. Your Blue Room 4. Always Forever Now 5. A Different Kind Of Blue 6. Beach Sequence
Side B 1. Miss Sarajevo 2. Ito Okashi 3. One Minute Warning 4. Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long) 5. Elvis Ate America 6. Plot 180 7. Theme From The Swan 8. Theme From Let's Go Native
The cream coloured inner sleeve lists the Passengers (U2 + additional guests) on one side and a description of the imaginary films that each song is for.
The vinyl, inner and outer sleeve are in mint condition. I gave the LP 'used' condition, but to be honest I bought it new and it's never been played so like-new condition.
Very hard to find on vinyl, a real treat of an album and gem of a package. ILPS 8043/524


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