Unforgettable Fire Hartford 23-04-85
Unforgettable Fire Hartford, Connecticut
23 April 1985
(44:57)
(41:53)

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

Disc 2:
1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Bad
3. October
4. New Year's Day
5. Pride (In the Name of Love)
6. So This Is Christmas
7. Slow Dancing
8. Interview

Source:
Disc 1, Disc 2 (1-5): April 23 1985.  Hartford, CT.  Civic Center.
Disc 2 (6): December 16, 1988.  Dublin, Ireland.  RTE Studios.  "Late Late Show".
Disc 2 (7,8): October 21, 1989.  Sydney, Australia.  MMM Studio.

Sound Quality:
Disc 2 (6-8): average soundboard
 

NOTE: The tape I received was slightly overdriven, the results of which can sometimes strangely be heard during the quiet parts. Otherwise this would have been a perfect bootleg. That and the fact that the encore is missing ("Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Gloria" and "40").  Little work was needed on transferring.  The overall sound quality was so good that I almost thought it to be soundboard, but during "A Sort of Homecoming" and "Bad", a voice can sometimes be heard, so it would seem to be an audience recording.  And quite a good one.  If only for the missing encore.  The bonus tracks are the John Lennon song "So This Is Christmas", taken from Irish TV, and a performance/interview from Australia during the Lovetown tour, sadly missing the most interesting  performance, "With Or Without You" B-side "Luminous Times (Hold On To Love), the beginning of which can just be heard.

review taken from Maud'zin's U2 Skunkworks, run by Collin Burgemeestre

A few notes from me, Justin, here.  The sound quality on this bootleg is, indeed, very good.  However, clarity could be better.