{"product_id":"u2-11-o-clock-tick-tock-transparent-blue-vinyl","title":"U2 - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Transparent Blue Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gtrfc7cDdgQ?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e40th Anniversary Transparent Blue 12-inch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsland and UMe made this 12-inch for Record Store Day to mark forty years of \"11 O'Clock Tick Tock.\" It plays at 45 RPM on 180-gram transparent blue vinyl, in a full-color gatefold with a photo gallery inside. Side A has the full-length version of the single and its original 7-inch B-side, \"Touch.\" Side B has two live recordings from U2's show at the Marquee in London in September 1980, both previously unreleased. Announced for April 2020, it came out on August 29, 2020, one of that year's Record Store Day Drops dates. After the reissue the song reached No. 69 on the Irish Singles Chart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe song was U2's first single for Island, released in May 1980 after the band signed with the label that March. Island's A\u0026amp;R man Nick Stewart pointed them to Martin Hannett, then producing Joy Division, and Hannett recorded it with them at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin that April. The band went with Steve Lillywhite for their first album, \u003cem\u003eBoy\u003c\/em\u003e, instead. Bono based the lyric on watching the crowd at a Cramps show in London from the balcony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt did not chart at first. A live version on \u003cem\u003eUnder a Blood Red Sky\u003c\/em\u003e took it to No. 30 on the US rock tracks chart in January 1984, and the video above is the band playing it on \u003cem\u003eThe Old Grey Whistle Test\u003c\/em\u003e in 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 O'Clock Tick Tock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTouch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col start=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTouch (Live at the Marquee, London, 1980)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwilight (Live at the Marquee, London, 1980)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003ch3\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve U2 titles at Evergreen Vinyl, this one included: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-the-joshua-tree-30th-anniversary-cd?variant=67500930203806\"\u003eThe Joshua Tree\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-achtung-baby\"\u003eAchtung Baby\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-a-celebration\"\u003eA Celebration\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-war\"\u003eWar\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-gloria\"\u003eGloria\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-the-unforgettable-fire\"\u003eThe Unforgettable Fire\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-songs-of-experience\"\u003eSongs Of Experience\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-rattle-and-hum\"\u003eRattle And Hum\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-live-under-a-blood-red-sky\"\u003eLive \"Under A Blood Red Sky\"\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-wide-awake-in-america\"\u003eWide Awake In America\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/u2-carnaval-de-luz-indie-exclusive-yellow-vinyl?variant=67460180148382\"\u003eCarnaval De Luz\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602508461804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Island\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.29.20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\" Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Island Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67500923093150,"sku":"EVP-F2C7C0BD-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/11O_ClockTickTockLP_1.jpg?v=1791880872","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/u2-11-o-clock-tick-tock-transparent-blue-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}