The much-anticipated re-release of U2's first three studio albums is nearly upon us. The expected New Zealand release date of all three remastered albums is just one week away, being Monday 21st July.  U2//NZ has received a press release from Universal Music New Zealand, detailing exactly which formats will be released locally. Their full press release reads as follows:

U2 DELIVER TRIPLE BANGER!
BOY, OCTOBER, WAR 
RE-MASTERED AND AVAILABLE IN PHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND VINYL!
IN-STORES JULY 21ST 
 
Following the re-mastered release of The Joshua Tree last year, Edge has overseen a similar re-mastering of Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983), all of which have been re-mastered from the original audio tapes.
 
Released on July 21st each album will be released in physical and digital formats; as a standard single disc, a deluxe double version including a disc of b-sides, live tracks and rarities, and an LP version pressed on 180gm virgin vinyl.
 
The packaging on all three titles has been restored and expanded, with new liner notes for each record, previously unseen photos and full lyrics.