U2 Fakes

Maintained by Patrice B.

All these items seems to be official but are totally UNOFFICIAL and COUNTERFITS !

First singles on 3"CD

Format: [3" picture CD]
Comment: [four first U2 singles, issued individually or in a fake 4 U2 Play pack]

The Unforgettable Fire picture disc

Format: [LP picture disc]
Tracks: same as The Unforgettable Fire LP
Catalog number: [U25-0072 \ Picture Disc]

The Joshua Tree picture disc

Format: [LP Picture Disc]
Tracks: Where The Streets Have No Name \ I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For \ With Or Without You \ Bullet The Blue Sky \ Running To Stand Still \ LP \ Red Hill Mining Town \ In God's Country \ Trip Through Your Wires \ One Tree Hill \ Exit \ Mothers Of The Disappeared
Catalog number: [U26P \ Italy][disc says 'Made in Mexico']
Comment: [even it's not official, it's really a nice picture disc !]

Achtung Baby picture disc

Format: [LP picture disc]
Tracks: same as Achtung Baby LP
Catalog number: [?? \ Picture Disc]

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses + Interview

Format: [2x5"CD]
Tracks: CD1: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar edit) - Paint It Black - Fortunate Son - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (The Temple Bar remix) - CD2: Interview
Catalog number: [Baktabak CBAK 24006 \ UK][CD1 is exactly the same as the original]
Comment: [500 Ltd ed. 2CD set with 'Bono Talks In Philadelphia 87' interview]

The Fly + Interview

Format: [2x5"CD]
Tracks: CD1: The Fly - Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1 - The Lounge Fly Mix - CD2: Interview
Catalog number: [Baktabak ??? \ UK][CD1 is exactly the same as the original]
Comment: [500 Ltd ed. 2CD set with 'Bono Talks In Philadelphia 87' interview]
[I think it also exist in 2xcassettes, but I'm not sure it was the Fly]

Achtung Baby + Interview

Format: [2x5"CD]
Tracks: CD1: same as Achtung Baby - CD2: Interview
Catalog number: [Baktabak ??? \ UK box set][CD1 is exactly the same as the original]
Comment: [500 Ltd ed. 2CD set with 'Bono Talks In Philadelphia 87' interview]

Russian singles

a. 40  b. Elvis Presley And America (Part 1)  c. Elvis Presley And America (Part 2)  d. Hawkmoon 269  e. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For  f. Love Is Blindness  g. So Cruel  h. Another Time, Another Place i. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses k. Heartland

j. Bad  l. Like A Song  m. Red Light  n. Van Diemen's Land  o. With Or Without You  p. Christmas, Baby Please Come Home q. Is That All ? r. Electric Co. s. Out Of Control

Format: [6", exists in transparent, blue, green or red vinyl]
Comment: [These singles are uncut vinyls in a poor sleeve and 1-sided, the sound quality is bad and the songs are cut before the end]

War - Russian LP

Format: [LP]
Tracks: same as official Lp but in different order
Catalog number: [BL1031 \ Russia \ different back cover and tracklisting]

Chinese releases

A lot of counterfeit and bootlegs exist in China and other countries from Asia. Here is a small list of what you can find on the bootleg market

The Best Of 1980-1990

Tracks: Pride / New Year's Day / With Or Without You / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Sunday Bloody Sunday / Bad / Where The Streets Have No Name / I Will Follow / The Unforgettable Fire / Sweetest Thing (single mix) / Desire / When Love Comes To Town / Angel Of Harlem / All I Want Is You / October
Comment: [a lot of misprintings on tracks and on front covers with "The Best Of 1980-2000"]
[it seems that a corrected version has appeared]

Beautiful Day

Format: one CD
Tracks: Beautiful Day / Summer Rain / Always / Pride / New Year's Day / With Or Without You / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Sunday Bloody Sunday / Bad / Where The Streets Have No Name / I Will Follow / The Unforgettable Fire / Sweetest Thing (single mix) / Desire / When Love Comes To Town
Catalog number: [HD-071 \ it may be a Taiwan release]

Format: 2 CD
Tracks: ???

All That You Can't Leave Behind

Catalog numbers:
[CD \ Island ???]

War

Format: 2 CD
Tracks: Seconds / Like A Song / Downing Man / The Refugee / Two Hearts Beat As One / Red Light / Surrender / 40 / Beautiful Day / Stuck in a Moment / Elevation / Walk On / Peace on Earth / Baby Face / New York / Wild Honey / Pride / New Year's Day / With or Without You / I Still Haven't Found / Sunday Bloody Sunday / Bad / Where The Streets Have No Name / I Will Follow / The Unforgettable Fire / Dsire / Sweetest Thin / When Love Comes To Town / Angel Of Harlem / All I Want Is You

Remixes For Propaganda

a. Mango Remixes For Propaganda [5"CD]
b. Kiwi Remixes For Propaganda [5"CD]
c. More Melon Remixes For Propaganda [5"CD]
d. Tomato Remixes For Propaganda [5"CD]
e. Banana Remixes For Propaganda [5"CD]
....

Format: [5"CD]
Comment: [All the "Remixes For Propaganda" CDs are bootlegs EXCEPT Melon Remixes For Propaganda]
[But warning, a lot of bootleg copies of Melon exists !! The official Melon is in a cardboard sleeve]

Sinmix remixes by David Morales

Format: [cassette]
Tracks: Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix) - 10:23 / Lemon (Serious Def Dub) - 6:33 / Lemon (BYC Version Dub) - 6:33 / Lemon (Momo's Reprise) - 4:08 / Lemon (Momo's Beats) - 4:28
Catalog number: [Pellegrino Records \ US \ 1993]

Pop, Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree on EMI label and colored vinyls

Format: [LP]
Catalog number: [EMI \ numbered colored vinyl (green marble, ....)]

Pop picture disc

Format: [LP picture disc]
Tracks: Discotheque \ Do You Feel Loved \ Mofo \ If God Will Send His Angels \ Staring At The Sun \ Last Night On Earth \ Gone \ Miami \ The Playboy Mansion \ If You Wear That Velvet Dress \ Please \ Wake Up Dead Man
Catalog number: [Island PLP210 \ UK Picture Disc][no PS, "Special European Tour" edition]
Comment: [various pressings exist: plain white A-side, or B-side, or both, etc... but it remains a bootleg !]

Pop Turkish CD

Format: [CD]
Tracks: Discotheque \ Do You Feel Loved \ Mofo \ If God Will Send His Angels \ Staring At The Sun \ Last Night On Earth \ Gone \ Miami \ The Playboy Mansion \ If You Wear That Velvet Dress \ Please \ Wake Up Dead Man
Catalog number: [??? \ Turkish fake CD with front and back cover but no booklet ! CD is white and pink]

POP sampler

Format: [5"CD]
Tracks: Wake Up Dead Man / Super City Mania / Discotheque / If You Wear That Velvet Dress / Interview
Comment: [I'm not sure this record exists]

Discotheque box

Format: [box with a booklet of photos, designed to contain a 7"]
Comment: [some were sold with a Discotheque CD single]

All That You Can't Leave Behind picture disc

Format: [LP Picture Disc]
Tracks: Beautiful Day / Elevation (incorrectly listed as "Evelation") / Walk On / Stuck In A Moment / Peace On Earth / Kite / New York / In A Little While / Wild Honey / When I Look At The World / Grace / The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Catalog number: [??? \ 2 versions exists, with different back picture]
Comment: [even it's not official, it's really a nice picture disc !]

Beautiful Day 3"CD-R

Format: [3"CD-R]
Tracks: Beautiful Day (Quincey & Sonance remix)
Catalog number: [CD3BEAUT1 \ promo in poor stickered sleeve]

Elevation Argentina promo CD

Format: 5"CD
Tracks: Elevation (edit 3:42) - Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix) - Elevation (Vandit Club Mix)
Catalog numbers: [Island DJ-1674x \ says it's from Argentina, CD-R, no PS][certainly a bootleg made in Italy]

Magnificent promo boxes

Format: 5"CD
Tracks: Magnificent - Breathe (live)
Catalog numbers: [German commercial CD sold in a round plastic case, not an official promo]

Format: 5"CD
Tracks: Magnificent - Vertigo (live) - Get on your boots (remix)
Catalog numbers: [German commercial CD sold in a wooden box, not an official promo]

Artificial Horizon

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