U2 Released Rattle and Hum on This Day in 1988

 

Print advertisement for Rattle and Hum, released 0ctober 10, 1988.

U2 released Rattle and Hum on this day in 1988. This, and R.E.M.’s Green (released the following month on Election Day) were my last new vinyl purchases at the time. Rattle and Hum marked the end of an era for U2 and Green, R.E.M.’s major label debut on Warner Brothers, marked the beginning of a new one for them.

R.E.M.’s Green on CD housed in a longbox. Released November 8, 1988 in the US.

That year for Christmas I received a CD player along with my first CDs: Green and The Best of the New Riders of the Purple Sage. I had held out for as long as I could before making the transition to CDs. At this time, vinyl was being phased out, seemingly for good. Who knew it would someday make a return. In this digital age where streaming reigns supreme it all seems so quaint, especially thinking back on CD longboxes.