U2 1992-03-18 Nassau Coliseum East Rutherford, NJ

U2
Nassau Coliseum
East Rutherford, NJ
March 18, 1992
JEMS Archive via BIGGIRL

Recording Gear: Unknown

VHS HiFI to Digital Transfer by Mike Ziegler

LINEAGE: [analogue compact cassette master] > VHS HIFi > .flac (16/48) >
[2020] > fre:ac > .wav (16/48) > iZotope RX 7 ("De-hum", "De-click",
"Spectral Repair" & "Resample") > .wav (16/44.1) > Adobe Audition CC
(edit & track split) > .wav > Frontend FLAC (7) > .flac

TRACK LISTING:

Disc 1
01-Zoo Station
02-The Fly
03-Even Better Than The Real Thing
04-Mysterious Ways
05-One
06-Until The End Of The World
07-Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
08-Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
09-Angel Of Harlem
10-Satellite Of Love
11-Bad/All I Want Is You
12-Bullet The Blue Sky
13-Running To Stand Still
14-Where The Streets Have No Name
15-Pride (In The Name Of Love)
16-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
[encore break]
17-Desire
18-Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
19-With Or Without You
20-Love Is Blindness

NB: I've included edits of Track 08 and Track 09 to allow for a 2CD set.


JEMS' NOTES:
While JEMS was recording on DAT as early as 1989, many tapers didn't make the leap
until the mid '90s. During that period, some turned to VHS HIFi as a way to copy
and trade the highest quality copy of an analog master without DAT. This show was
obtained by JEMS circa 1993. The lineage is Master Cassette > VHS hifi > FLAC.
It is one of hundreds of audio recordings preserved on VHS HIFi in Jared's collection.
The best of them were transferred by Mike Ziegler in early 2017 after Jared's death.
BK

BIGGIRL NOTES:
This recording from the JEMS Archive may have been in low circulation in the 90-ies
on either tape or CD-R (1st GEN or higher). At least I have an mp3 version of this
source dating back to 2005, possibly earlier. There is no information on the lineage
whatsoever, only the notation "1A" which suggests it was marked as being Recorder 1.
 I have been able to locate two possible lineages for this Recorder 1. One is found on
the good-old AchtungBootlegs site as "ECM 929 > WM-D6 master" recorded by T.W.
Another lineage was found on the no longer available U2depot but "extant" still on
artwork found on the U2Gigs bootleg cover page. It reads "D6/959 master > 1st GEN",
taped by RL. The version I have on mp3 is at least one generation from the master, so
this RL version would be my best guess but I can't be sure at this point.
 However, the VHS copy of the master from JEMS Archive definitely sounds as an upgrade.
I've cleaned it from some electrical VHS "hum" with the RX 7 and ran a mild de-click
as well. The "Spectral Repair" was mainly used to remove some bumps and spikes, but
I did take out one or two close and loud whistles as well.
 The audience certainly was hot and intense, but the taper had a great spot keeping the
crowd noise at a good distance, whilst capturing the music pleasantly clear.

APRIL 2020
 

 

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