https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 21:10:07 +0000 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 23:04:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7762 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39564&title=u2-gloria#39564 Author: MMathews
Subject: 7762
Posted: 01 November 2013 at 11:04pm

Thanks everyone for the golden info!
I went back and looked at the pics a little closer - what
confused me was the publishing date under the title was
1981 and on the left side of the label clearly says "from
the LP "October" ... but closer look and it actually says
(even more confusing) " originally released April 1983 on
the Island LP "October" ... but we know the LP was from
'81..and yes I looked at anotehr listing and it describes
the 45 as the re-issue series and that "Gloria" is the
live version, as eric_a and 80smusicfreak thought.

And yes, Jim, i had assumed it was single in '81 because
it had a video - wrong assumption. The 45 release of the
original version was only overseas.

Thanks again!
MM ]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 23:04:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39564&title=u2-gloria#39564 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39552&title=u2-gloria#39552 Author: jimct
Subject: 7762
Posted: 01 November 2013 at 2:42pm

Thanks for the quality details, Eric and 80smusicfreak. I had always thought
that the studio version of "Gloria" was only issued as a 45 internationally. I
had also always thought that 1983's "Two Hearts Beat As One" was U2's first
U.S. 45 release.]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:42:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39552&title=u2-gloria#39552 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39549&title=u2-gloria#39549 Author: 80smusicfreak
Subject: 7762
Posted: 01 November 2013 at 9:06am

The 45 jimct just bought on eBay is from the mid to late '80s, and was part of Island's "Revival of the Fittest" series - although that does appear to be the one that MMathews saw. In fact, Island issued three U2 singles in this series at that time, all w/ consecutive catalog nos.:

ISLAND 7-94974 "Sunday Bloody Sunday"/"Gloria"
ISLAND 7-94975 "New Year's Day"/"Two Hearts Beat as One"
ISLAND 7-94976 "I Will Follow"/"Pride (In the Name of Love)"

According to some on-line sources, "Gloria" and "I Will Follow" on this series are indeed the live versions from 1983's Under a Blood Red Sky. Not sure about any of the others...]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:06:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39549&title=u2-gloria#39549 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39547&title=u2-gloria#39547 Author: eric_a
Subject: 7762
Posted: 01 November 2013 at 8:05am

It sounds like this might be the live version of "Gloria"
from the "Under a Blood Red Sky" disc, which came out in
1983 and runs around 4:32.]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 08:05:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39547&title=u2-gloria#39547 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39546&title=u2-gloria#39546 Author: jimct
Subject: 7762
Posted: 01 November 2013 at 7:31am

Mark, I will never forget seeing the "Gloria" video on MTV. It was the first
time I ever heard of the band, and I bought the "October" LP the next day.

I believe the 45 you are viewing is Island 94974, "Sunday Bloody
Sunday"/"Gloria". We never got in (or at least I don't have) any promo 45
for this. (BTW, I just bought that 45 on eBay, for 8 bucks-I'll time "Gloria"
for you when it arrives.)

But the Island 94974 stock # does not fit the normal 1983 Island "current
45 release" sequence. The 45 label also says "Originally released Oct. 1,
1983", which is not info Island ever included on their new 45 releases. My
gut is that this 45 release is likely a "Duran Duran" situation, where MTV
airplay resulted in Island U.S. issuing an already 6-month-old track
("Sunday...) and a 2-year-old track ("Gloria") on a 45, for some reason.]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 07:31:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39546&title=u2-gloria#39546 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39542&title=u2-gloria#39542 Author: MMathews
Subject: 7762
Posted: 31 October 2013 at 9:52pm

Obviously not a top 40 hit but quite an AOR classic...

I happened to be viewing a 45 of this and i noticed the
listed time is 4:32.   I'm puzzled because the LP version
from "October" runs 4:12, the version I am accustomed to.

Does anyone know if the 1980 45 really does run 4:32?]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:52:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7762&PID=39542&title=u2-gloria#39542