U2 1984-09-01 Logan Campbell Centre Auckland, NZ

 U2
September, 1, 1984
Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
analog recorder > unknown microphones > low generation copy* > Yamaha K 540 deck > Soundforge 9.0 > CDWave Editor >  wave > flac

* I received this tape and a recording of the second Auckland show in September 2nd 1984 in late 1988 or early 1989 (definitely before the Lovetown tour started in Australia) from a trader
in Auckland on a TDK SA 90. The qualities of both recordings are quite good (for those days' standards).

The confusion about the Wellington 1984-08-31 recording (from the "U2 treats U" bootleg LP) inspired me to transfer my old tapes.

I only found incomplete versions of those shows on www.achtungbootlegs.com. For this reason I think those tapes have not been transferred and uploaded before.


CD 1 (45:29)
01. 4th Of July intro (0:39)
02. Gloria (4:55)
03. I Threw A Brick Through A Window (4:03)
04. A Day Without Me (4:04)
05. An Cat Dubh (4:35)
06. Into The Heart (3:05)
07. Surrender (4:55)
08. Two Hearts Beat As One/ Pretty Woman (snippet) (5:47)
09. Seconds (3:35)
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday (5:35)
11. Cry/ The Electric Co./ Send In The Clowns (snippet) - faded out - (4:12)

CD 2 (37:47)
01. I Fall Down (5:00)
02. October (2:25)
03. New Year's Day (5:24)
04. Pride (In The Name Of Love) (3:17)
05. Out Of Control (5:09)
06. Party Girl (2:59)
07. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (5:03)
08. I Will Follow (4:51)
09. 40 (3:35)

The setlist was still like a show on the "War"-tour except for the 4th of July intro and Pride.

Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" is a rare snippet (only snippeted on this show and in Worcester 1983-06-28).

Bono improvised in I Fall Down with verses like "all night long" at the end of the song. I don't know if he referred to Lionel Richie's song with the same title.

He improvised in Surrender ("...one more I get hurt...") and Out Of Control ("...give me the moonlight..."). If anyone has an idea about a snippet then please let us know.


Transfer and upload in February 2010 

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U2 1983-03-22 Hammersmith London, England

U2
Hammersmith Palais
London, England
March 22, 1983
(ph Audience Master)
16/44 Version

2017 Transfer: Aud Master Tape > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre 2 capture (24/96) > iZotope RX and Ozone (mastered) > MBIT+ convert to 16/44.1 > Peak Pro (post production) > xACT 2.35 > FLAC

01 Gloria
02 I Threw A Brick Through A Window
03 A Day Without Me
04 Seconds
05 Surrender
06 New Year's Day
07 Sunday Bloody Sunday w/Steve Wickham
08 The Cry > Electric Co.
09 I Fall Down
10 October
11 Tomorrow w/Steve Wickham
12 Two Hearts Beat As One
13 Twilight
14 Out Of Control
15 Party Girl
16 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
17 I Will Follow
18 40

Known Faults:
None

I am pleased to bring you a big material upgrade for U2's second of back to back nights at the Hammersmith Palais on the 1st leg of the 'War' Tour directly from the master tape.

This show has circulated for a long time from an unknown generation tape and though very good overall quality, the most common version has some issues.
The first of which is it runs very fast, the start of the show is cut and the stereo spectrum is on the narrow side coming from a higher generation copy.

This version corrects all those issues. The master also ran fast and has been pitch adjusted to run at the proper speed, the start is not cut and the stereo spectrum is wide open and natural sounding.
There are no close audience noises, claps or chatter. It's a big material upgrade and one of the best sounding 'War' tour audience recordings now in circulation. Samples provided with the fist sample coming from the circulating version comparison.

Steve Wickham guests on "Tomorrow" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday".

This is not my master tape and came from a friend that wishes to remain anonymous but is happy to share it with all. It only took 34 years and I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed working on it.

This is the 16/44 version, it will be followed shortly by the hi-res 24/96 version.

mjk5510


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U2 1981-03-15 Reseda Country Club Reseda, CA

15 March 1981 Reseda, CA, USA
Excellent Audience

01. The Ocean 
02. Twilight 
03. I Will Follow 
04. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock 
05. An Cat Dubh
06. Into The Heart 
07. Another Time, Another Place 
08. The Electric Co. 
09. Things To Make and Do 
10. Stories For Boys 
11. Boy-Girl 
12. Out of Control 
13. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock 
14. The Ocean 
15. I Will Follow 
16. A Day Without Me 

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U2 1983-03-06 Guildhall Portsmouth, England

March 6, 1983
Guildhall
Portsmouth, England
Attendance:  2,000 Sellout

Support: The Nightcaps

One Disc (72:29)

1.  Gloria
2.  I Threw a Brick
3.  A Day Without Me
4.  Seconds
5.  New Year's Day
6.  Sunday Bloody Sunday
7.  Cry-Electric Co.
8.  I Fall Down
9.  October
10. Tomorrow
11. Surrender
12. Twilight
13. Out of Control

ENCORE

14.  Party Girl
15.  11 O'Clock Tick Tock
16.  I Will Follow
17.  "40"

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U2 1981-02-10 Beursschouwburg Brussels, Belgium

BOY BRUSSELS

February 10, 1981
Brussels, Belgium 
Tour: Boy - 2nd leg 
Venue: Beursschouwburg

Complete show: No
Source: unknown gen > cdr

1. Another time, another place
2. The cry/Electric co.
3. Things to make and do
4. Stories for boys
5. Twilight
6. 11 o'clock tick tock
(23:07)

Comments: This is not a  complete show.  The show was taped and these songs  were broadcast later on RTBF program Rock Follies, hosted by Ray Cokes.  The original set list is unknown.

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U2 1981-12-11 Ontario Theater, Washington, DC

U2 .... December 11, 1981 (10:38 PM)
Ontario Theater, Washington, DC, USA

Bono - lead vocals & guitar
The Edge - guitar & keyboard
Adam Clayton - bass
Larry Mullen, Jr. - drums

Taper: bpthree
Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16 condenser microphone.
Lineage: Maxell UD master cassette> Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg/vg+
Length: 65:55 minutes
Artwork: none.
Samples: none, no mp3's (lossy!) here.


Set List:

01.  Gloria
02.  Another Time, Another Place
03.  I Threw A Brick Through A Window
04.  An Cat Dubh
05.  With A Shout
06.  Rejoice
07.  The Electric Co.
08.  I Fall Down
09.  October
10.  I Will Follow
11.  Twilight
12.  Out Of Control (Part One)(Tape flip)
13.  Out Of Control (Part Two)
14.  Fire
15.  11 O'Clock Tick Tock

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U2 1984-11-09 Apollo Manchester, UK

LDB Special Series #178

Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.

U2
Manchester, Apollo
November 9, 1984

01.4th of July (PA) / 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
02.I Will Follow
03.Wire
04.MLK
05.The Unforgettable Fire
06.Surrender
07.Two Hearts Beat As One
08.Seconds
09.A Sort Of Homecoming
10.Sunday Bloody Sunday
11.The Cry, The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns
12.Bad
13.Indian Summer Sky
14.October
15.New Year's Day
16.Pride (In The Name Of Love)
17.Party Girl
18.Gloria
19.40

Lineage: Unknown recording device > n generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD >
SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Nice little one, the first of two shows in Manchester. The first leg of TUF tour has always been one of my favourire U2 tour
and although I enjoyed the band very much a few months later in Milano on the same tour, I feel that the UK tour had
something more (although comparing a direct live experience with a recorded show isn't that fair!). Soundwise this is ok
and clear but do not expect perfection on this one (I would say 7 out of 10). This is notable for being the last performance
in UK for Indian Summer Sky which was played for the very last time a few months later in Milano. Overall, an enjoyable
show to celebrate the current 360° tour. Enjoy!

ldb

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U2 1984-11-14 Wembley Arena London England

  
  U2 Wembley Arena London England 14 November 1984.
  Audience Recording unknown Taper/Equipment With Thanks To You.
  
  01-11 O clock Tick Tock.
  02-I Will follow.
  03-Seconds.
  04-Sunday Bloody Sunday.
  05-Cry-The Electric Co.
  06-A Sort Of Homecoming.
  07-M.L.K 
  08-The Unforgtable Fire.
  09-Wire.
  10-Bad.
  11-October.
  12-New Years Day.
  13-Pride (In The Name Of love).
  14-Gloria.
  15-Party Girl.
  16-Two Hearts Beat As One.
  17-40.
  Concert Ends. Note Tape Lists 4 Th Of July As opening Song (But Recorded On This Tape).
  
  History-I Got This Agfa Lnx c90 cass in Dublin in 1985 from a stall trader,it has been in a
  box in the shed for a long time.

  Transfer-panasonic rx dt 401 port cass to wav 1.1 split to wavs 1.1 TLH Flac 8 to Net.
  
  Comments-sound is average on this one, issues with speed, etc .good listin but have a sample.
  
  Issues-Speed variations some spliceing into songs (Bad). 

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U2 1984-11-05 Playhouse Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh -Scotland- 05th November 1984

PLayhouse

"UNFORGETTABLE SCOTS"

Sound Quality : EXCELLENT

Source : D3 > ADM2 > WAV > CDR

Conversion : CDR > EAC V0.9 Beta 4 (Secure & Tested, logs included) > WAV > MKWACT 0.96f > SHN

Conversion by SOUSOUS - 04th May 2003 -

CD1 : 341 Mo (357 941 900 octets)

CD2 : 336 Mo (352 915 823 octets)


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* DO NOT ENCODE INTO MP3 - DO NOT SELL THIS BOOT *
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Disk 1:
 
01. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
02. I Will Follow
03. Wire
04. MLK
05. The Unforgettable Fire
06. Surrender
07. Two Hearts Beat As One
08. Seconds
09. A Sort of Homecoming
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disk 2:
 
01. Cry/The Electric Co.
02. Bad
03. October
04. New Year's Day
05. Pride (In the Name of Love)
06. Party Girl
07. Gloria
08. 40

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U2 1984-11-07 Barrowlands Glasgow, Scotland

 Band Name: U2
Venue: Glasgow Barrowland, Scotland
Date: 07 Nov 1984

Source: Aud
Lineage: Sony Pro > 2nd/3rd? Gen copy from master tape>NERO>FLAC
Taped By: Ian in Uddingston!
Transfered by: BehindBlueEyes

File Size: 614 mb

Set List:

Disc 1

11 O'Clock Tick Tock
I Will Follow
Wire
MLK/The Unforgettable Fire
Surrender
Two Hearts Beat As One
Seconds
A Sort Of Homecoming
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc 2

Cry/The Electric Co
Bad
October
New Years Day
Pride
Party Girl
Gloria
"40"

****** Please Do Not Convert To MP3 ******

Art work not included.

Additional Info regarding the lineage.
Appologies for the incomplete details in the lineage, however
this tape is probally a 2nd generation copy from the master
(at most a 3rd generation copy).
I'm confident in this as I was a friend of the original taper back
in the 80's who I got this from. He was a prolific taper in Glasgow
and Edinburgh, taped using what he called a Sony Pro (no mic details, sorry).
1st gen Copies where then made from the master and these were used to make
the copies which were sold on. This is one of the copies which he gave me.

I'm converting some of my old tapes to CD for my own benefit and do not have
profesional equipment, just my old tape deck and pc.
This tape has come across extremly well, quality is very good plus
(almost excellent). It does not suffer from major tape hiss.
I have not attempted to use noise reduction or EQ on the recording
and present it in it's raw state.
It's a brillant gig and you will not be disapointed if you download it.

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U2 1984-11-06 Barrowlands Glasgow, Scotland

 

U2
Glasgow, Scotland
Barrowlands
November 06, 1984

D6 + casio mics > DAT > CDr > flac


Disc 1:
1. The Ocean / 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
2. I Will Follow
3. Wire
4. MLK
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Surrender
7. Two Hearts Beat As One
8. Seconds
9. A Sort of Homecoming
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday


Disc 2:
1. Cry/The Electric Co.
2. Bad
3. October
4. New Year's Day
5. Pride (In the Name of Love)
6. Party Girl
7. Gloria
8. 40

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U2 1984-10-30 Sport Paleis Ahoy Rotterdam, Holland

WELCOME TO THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE

Manufacturer: Star Records
Catalog: STAR-CD 048/49
Matrix: None
Barcode: Unknown
Complete Show: Yes
Format: Unknown
Released: Unknown
Disc 1: (46:25)
Disc 2: (43:29)
From: Reno van Dael


Disc 1:
1. 4th Of July
2. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
3. I Will Follow
4. Wire
5. MLK
6. The Unforgettable Fire
7. Surrender
8. Two Hearts Beat As One
9. Seconds
10. A Sort Of Homecoming
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc 2:
1. Electric Co.
2. Bad
3. October
4. New Year's Day
5. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
6. Party Girl
7. Gloria
8. "40"

Source:
October 30, 1984. Rotterdam, Holland. Sport Paleis Ahoy.

Sound Quality:
Good audience. This recording is very good for an audience recording from 1984. All the frequencies are quite audible, as well as the bass and the high sounds. The audience reactions are well heard but it's not irritating. The music tops the audience.

Comments:
This is a very "rare" bootleg. To my knowledge only 25 were printed. The discs are gold colored, which could indicate that they are made on private CD-Rs. The disc printing is very plain; only black letters giving the name of the bootleg and the source. The back of the bootleg says it is made in Milano (Italy) but when I bought it the shop owner said that the distribution was only in the Netherlands. This bootleg came together with the Amsterdam 1989 show (also 25 copies). The cover is nice but single-sheeted. The back has the same background. Two pictures shot by Anton Corbijn during the The Unforgettable Fire photo session make the artwork worthwhile. The show is strong and solid. The audience sing along very well. With only 90 minutes of disc space used, the bootleg could have been filled with another recording, but this is not done.
This is the original pressing on this label.

© 1999 "For Love Or Money ? - A Guide To U2 Bootleg CDs" and Sascha Kremer

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U2 1984-11-03 Brixton Academy London, UK

 LDB Special Series #77

Hello! Here is a new series from my collection. After the Master Series, here is the Special Series.
Out of my 6,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

U2
London, Brixton Academy
November 3, 1984

01.11 O'Clock Tick Tock
02.I Will Follow
03.Wire
04.MLK
05.The Unforgettable Fire
06.Surrender
07.Two Hearts Beat As One
08.Seconds
09.A Sort Of Homecoming
10.Sunday Bloody Sunday
11.The Cry, The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet)
12.Bad
13.Indian Summer Sky
14.October
15.New Year's Day
16.Pride (In The Name Of Love)
17.Party Girl
18.Gloria
19.40

Lineage: Unknown recording device > 1st generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck AD-WX828 > Audigy Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0
> CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Bono - vocals, guitar
The Edge - guitar, piano, backing vocals
Adam Clayton - bass
Larry Mullen Jr. - drums

I was only once at the Brixton Academy to see a show and was surprised how could U2 play such a small venue for their status
in 1984/1985. This is the second night in the same venue but clearly not enough for public demand, so at the end of the tour
they played once more in the Wembley arena. But this is nice one, quite 'intimate' gig and especially with a terrific sound.
I traded this tape in the early 90's directly from the taper, so this one is sourced from a 1st generation. The band really
rocks! I preferred the 1984 part of the Unforgettable Fire tour, although my first time with the band was in Milano the
year after. I would rate this recording a solid 9+, you won't be disappointed. Wanna some U2? Here we go!!!!

ldb

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U2 1984-11-02 Brixton Academy London, Eng.

Main Set:

• "11 O'Clock Tick Tock"
• "I Will Follow"
• "Wire"
• "MLK"
• "The Unforgettable Fire"
• "Surrender"
• "Two Hearts Beat as One"
• "Seconds"
• "A Sort of Homecoming"
• "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
• "The Electric Co."
• "Bad"
• "Indian Summer Sky"
• "October"
• "New Year's Day"
• "Pride (In the Name of Love)"

Encore:

• "Party Girl"
• "Gloria"
• "40"

 

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