The year was 1987; Reagan was in office, Black Monday destroys the stock market, the Unabomber strikes in Salt Lake City, the Twins shock the baseball world by winning the World Series, and U2 releases The Joshua Tree.

1987 was a banner year for U2 as The Joshua Tree reached Number 1 around the world and won a Grammy for “Album of the Year”, while U2 won the Brit Award for Best International Act and Time Magazine put the band on its cover, proclaiming them “Rock’s Hottest Ticket”.

Now you can hopefully recapture some of the magic of that historic album. The deluxe 2007 remastering of The Joshua Tree is available in four different formats including a bonus audio CD of b-sides and rarities, a live concert DVD shot in Paris in 1987 and booklets featuring liner notes from the band and unseen photography from Anton Corbijn.

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