Disc 1:
1.  4th of July (PA)
2.  11 O'Clock Tick Tock
3.  I Will Follow
4.  Seconds
5.  MLK
6.  The Unforgettable Fire
7.  Wire
8.  Sunday Bloody Sunday
9.  Cry / The Electric Co.
10. A Sort of Homecoming

Disc 2:
1.  Bad
2.  October
3.  New Year's Day
4.  Pride
5.  Gloria
6.  Party Girl
7.  Two Hearts Beat as One
8.  40
9.  Clannad Outro

Transfer: Maxell XLII or TDK SA (unknown taper, equipment, lineage) > Sony KETC5000S 3 head deck line out > PC line in > EAC (record WAV) > ftp to petergoode >
                Cool Edit Pro 2.0 to reduce hiss > CD Wave to separate wav files > FLAC Frontend 1.7.1 to FLAC Level 6
 

NOTE (by petergoode, distributed with .flac files): This is the second of the concerts which Dana has generously helped me/us upgrade from lossy (multiple discs now coasters) to lossless.  It was sent to me in two wav files, each representing a side of the tape.  As with the Gateshead show, it was run through Cool Edit Pro 2.0 to reduce hiss, then divided into separate tracks with CD Wave.  Graphic equalizing with various tweaks did not add enough to make it worth changing the original files.  The sound is probably 3/5, conservatively speaking.  Bono's voice is a tad distant, but everything is reasonably clear...you certainly can hear the crowd as a whole, but the taper managed to keep adequate distance from anyone yelling, singing, or clapping.

NOTE: As Peter mentions in his notes, the sound is a bit distant and and clarity is decent but not great.  I haven't had a chance to compare this recording to "U2 Belongs To You", but my guess is that they are likely from the same master.  Of course both were converted to CDR from unknown generation cassettes, so the lineage of one isn't known to be better than the other.
 

Review Created March 5, 2008