This is a demo of U2 performing their song Jack In A Box. The audio was recorded when the band members were teenagers. The song was played on an Irish radio special about the band a few years later and taperecorded off of the radio, so the sound quality is not great. I used a mashup of early video footage and do not claim copyright ownership on any of this material. It is presented for its historical importance.
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June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Les débuts de U2,excellent !punk rock,
Long life U2.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
They looked so glam back then, especially Larry
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Ahh, so this could possibly be from as late as Jan 1980.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
If your copy of the doc is cleaner it would be great if you posted part of it. I’m not even sure mine is at the right speed since it was copied from audio cassettes at different speeds
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Yes, I’ve had that documentary since 1996, with Ken Stewart being the p.a. announcer. But, live, Jack in the Box only appears in early 1980 from the available sources I’ve seen. I wonder when exactly Edge started using the AC30, which has a sharp clean sound unless overdriven. Though there is an AC30 in the Street Mission overdub video from 1978.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
No it wasn’t. I’m quite sure about that; they were other songs, such as Inside Out, tonight, Street Mission, Shadows and Tall Trees, The Fool, or others…
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
It’s got the Vox AC30 sound, and Edge wasn’t using that till late 1979 or early 1980.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
I’ll bet you this was not 1978, sounds more like there 1979 or early 1980 sound. Really, not 1978.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
The band is performing Street Mission in that footage, recorded in 1978, making that footage the oldest of the band performing live. Search “U2 Street Mission.”
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
The song is rubbish, but you can see the greatness that is to come. What a guitar sound!!
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
No problem
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Amazing! They look so cute! Thanx for uploading!
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Ah, found it. That part is from the video of theirI Will Follow performance on the Get It Together TV show in 1980.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
where did you get that strange animation?
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
0:27 – 0:30 where does that footage come from?
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Yes, April 1978. They won a contest and the prize was to record a few songs in a local studio. This was one of the songs.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am
beautiful!! was it from 1978?