1. Two Hearts Beat As One
2. MLK
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Wire
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. Cry/The Electric Co.
7. A Sort of Homecoming
8. Bad
9. October
10. New Year's Day
11. Pride (In the Name of Love)
12. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
13. Gloria
14. 40
Transfer: Maxell UDI90 > Sony Micro HiFi
> SoundBlaster Live Platnium > PC > WAV > edit (see below) > FLAC (Level
6) > WAV > CDR
Edit: WAV file edited to chop off non
relevant parts at start & end
Fades added to start & end
Pitch lowered slightly as the tape appeared to be playing slightly too
fast resulting in a higher piched than normal Bono
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
cymbal, vocal, guitar top end etc..
No Eq was applied to the recording, no frequencies were enhanced - just
some mild hiss filteing
Wav file split into individual tracks
NOTE (by bonoman66, distributed with .flac files): I was given a cassette tape on Febuary 27th 1988 while still at college. I'd heard about the group on the tape but wasn't very familar with their material at that time. The tape turned out to be a very good quality (for the time - nothing digital commonly around then ;-)) analog Soundboard recording of U2 performing live at The Montreal Forum on March 27th 1985. That bootleg was the tape that introduced me to the band & their music. Since those college years, I've gone on to purchase every official album, most of the singles, & been lucky enough to see them live at various places throughout the world etc..Its a nice performance. I'm sharing this here as I've only recently come across the tape again after cleaning out the attic. I've not come across a better group of fans than those consistenly sharing on these forums, & hope people might like this.
I do realise that there was a bootleg recording of this show previously pressed to CD & released in 1999 - I think. My tape is definitely from the same source, but I think it might be of a lower generation than the source that the CD was pressed from. I think there's slightly less muffle in my recording . I'm hoping it'll be an upgrade for everyone. I've had a quick listen to the CD called Cinema Screen & while its good, its quite 'muffled' in parts - I've not heard any other recordings so I don't know if better ones exist.
Hope you all enjoy, and with any luck it will be considered an upgrade - even if slight.
NOTE: Apparently from the same source recording as the commercial bootleg "Cinema Screen", the two bootlegs have a slightly different sound as a result of variations in the mastering process. Most folks on U2 Torrents seem to like this recording much better. The overall sound on this recording is very clean and the hiss reduction does not appear to have left any residual degradation. I find this recording to be a very enjoyable listen.