U2 Jack In A Box rare demo

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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• U2
• rare1978
• demo
• song
• Jack
• In
• Box
• punk
• rock
• new
• wave
• Irish

[hermanthal]

Ahh, so this could possibly be from as late as Jan 1980.

[Nefertete1980]

Amazing! They look so cute! Thanx for uploading!

[hermanthal]

No problem

[colpetne]

0:27 - 0:30 where does that footage come from?

[hermanthal]

Ah, found it. That part is from the video of theirI Will Follow performance on the Get It Together TV show in 1980.

[BerryVamp]

Historical Happiness.

Fabulous Film Clip.

[marcoilbiauto66]

very rare song .......

[Uniblab62]

I like this song, and I like the Jack In The Box CGI clip mixed with the early U2 footage - Great job! :)

[1986uno45s]

I've heard this version of Jack in the Box before, I think it may even be from a John Peel session? I've never heard a full length version of it though, it always seems to cut off around the second chorus. There's different version floating around without the melodic guitar part, but I really like this version better. Anyone know if the full length version of this is available anywhere?

[webuz2tv]

Les débuts de U2,excellent !punk rock,

Long life U2.

[cookmoore]

They looked so glam back then, especially Larry

[hermanthal]

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

[ToolsnFire]

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.