Joshua Tree Wembley Stadium - First Night - Soundboard
Joshua Tree London, England
12 June 1987
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Disc 1:
1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. I Will Follow
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
4. MLK
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Bullet the Blue Sky
7. Running To Stand Still
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. Exit
10. In God's Country

Disc 2:
1. Trip Through Your Wires
2. People Get Ready
3. Bad
4. October
5. New Year's Day
6. Pride (In The Name of Love)
7. Party Girl
8. Gloria
9. With Or Without You
10. 40

Transfer: Maxell UDI90 > Sony Micro HiFi > SoundBlaster Live Platnium > PC > WAV > Edit (see below) > FLAC (Level 6) > Wav > CDR
Edit (by bonoman66):
    WAV file edited to chop off non relevant parts at start & end
    Volume brought up
    Hiss Reduction gently applied - Its still a bit hissy, but I didn't want to apply too much noise reduction as it would have destroyed too much
        top end.
    No Eq was applied to the recording, no frequencies were enhanced - just some mild hiss filteing
    Wav file split into individual tracks for 2 CDs etc..
    Fades added to relevant tracks at start & end of them so they'd suit 2 CDs
    Wav converted to FLAC (Level6)
 

NOTE (by bonoman66, distributed with .flac files): I received this tape on Feb 27th 1988. I hadn't thought about it much at the time as I wasn't very familiar with U2 & this tape , along with the Montreal one, were the ones that gave me my initiation to the band & their music. I was given the tape by a close friend at college, told it was a 'special' tape & asked to keep it to myself, which I've done for approx 19 years.

I recently came across this tape again during the midst of a 'clear out' of my attic at home...I hope you all enjoy this recording. Please bear in mind its far from perfect, its an old analogue recording that was thrown in an attic & is approx 19 years old etc.etc etc Saying that, I've spent some time trying to digitally clean it up as much as I could without emphasizing any frequencies, adding any digital artifacts or masking out what's left of the higher frequencies. I've used some 'gentle' hiss reduction to try ensure as much of the music takes prominence but I chose not to over do it. Its still a little hissy as you might expect but I think people might like it.

There is a small amount of vocal repitition on Bono's mic for the first 3 songs - approx 12mins total duration. I guess its some effects processig or delay to the PA towers being adjusted as the concert starts. The tape was almost complete, the last track "40" is only approx 60secs long. There are also some very small edits on the tape that I did not make myself - it was that way when given to me. This is a live soundboard so you might hear some imbalances in the soundmix, bonos vocal effects switching on or being changed & since its not heavily compressed - watch out for Larry on occasion (some parts of Bad!)