Showing posts with label U2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U2. Show all posts

Thursday, April 13, 2017

U2 4-13-11 Sao Paulo, Brazil


U2
4-13-11 (April 13, 2011 / 2011-04-13)
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi Stadium)
São Paulo, Brasil

Intro
Space Oddity
Even Better Than The Real Thing
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Elevation
Until The End Of The World / Anthem (snippet) / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (snippet)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Das Model [#]
Beautiful Day / Gracias A La Vida (snippet)
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) (snippet)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Relax (snippet) / Two Tribes (snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)

- encore(s) -

One
All I Want Is You (snippet)
Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender

[#] Kraftwerk song; with Brazilian musician Seu Jorge; only time ever played by U2

Original Lineage:
FM Broadcast> Wav (44.1k/16bit) > Audition 3.0 > FLAC

New Lineage:
FM Broadcast> Wav (44.1k/16bit) > Audition 3.0 > FLAC> Wav > Sound Forge Pro 10 > Gold Wave > CD Wave Editor > TLH

Audio clean up process includes:
Pop/Click removal 
Hiss removal 
Channel delay for stereo simulation
applied fade in and out
Normalize

> 320 kbps mp3 by Boot Hill Bootlegs
(***whoops, track 18 is mistitled***)

Definitely right channel heavy.  It's too bad whoever remastered this did not equalize the channels.  If you can get over that it sounds pretty good.  There are still innumerable clicks/pops but they're quite faint, noticeable but not loud.  Seems like most of 'em are within the first several songs and they lessen from then out but are usually there in each track.  I am still very much enjoying this recording.  Great show with one little not-so-normal part, the Kraftwerk song with a guest singer.  They steamroll right up to that point then after that odd moment in the show they roll right on through to the end without missing a beat.  It's not an A+, some might even say A- but I'm goin' with about a 9.3 out of 10 for an A.  I do love this show and will definitely play it again!

DOWNLOAD: Part 1 ~~ Part 2 ~~ ENJOY!!


Sunday, April 9, 2017

U2 4-9-05 San Jose, California


U2
4-9-05 (April 9, 2005 / 2005-04-09)
HP Pavilion
San Jose, California

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

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo / Stories For Boys (snippet)
Elevation
The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet)
The Ocean
New Year's Day
Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet)
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet)
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Hands That Built America (snippets)
Running To Stand Still
Zoo Station
The Fly
Mysterious Ways / Young Americans (snippet)

- encore(s) -

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
All Because Of You
Yahweh
"40"

+ the soundcheck as a bonus!

A Matrix featuring Wireless recordings + Audience

Audience sources:
1. Taper: Mahntoh
Gear: DPA 4061s > PZMOD CS BBOX > PCM-M1 @ 48 kHz
Transfer: DAT Master > Sony DTC59-ES > Monster Optical Cable
> Terratec 24/96 > Soundforge > CDWAV > TLH (FLAC) @ 44.1 kHz
2. Taper: wilso66
Source: Neumann KM140s (fob,hat) > Sound Devices MP2 > Sony SBM1 48k > Sony D8
Transfer: Dat master > HHb CDR-830 > CDR > EAC > WaveLab > FLAC

Wireless Sources by Sharebear/Hoserama
1. Edge (Stereo)
2. Bono (Mono)
Both recorded with Nomad JB3 @ 16/44.1
--
Mixed, Produced, and Mastered by Hoserama
Time Aligned in Adobe Audition 3.0
Mixed in Neundo 3, using extra waves, ozone, harbal plug-ins
Show Mix Version 13
Soundcheck Mix Version 3

IEM recordings (Inner Ear Monitor) if you do not know, are funky little creatures similar to a soundboard but they include count-offs and metronome-like ticking to help the band keep the beat.  When expertly combined with a fantastic audience recording you get an A+ outcome like this one.  It's not perfect as there are a few very brief moments of static but overall it's a great listen, methinks.  Yes, the count-offs are weird to hear and they're not there on an aud or sbd or fm recording, but the IEM recording adds so much that your average audience recording doesn't pick up -- like the music and vocals coming in loud and clear. 

Download: Part 1 ~~ Part 2 ~~ Soundcheck

ENJOY!


*** 3 shows now that I've posted have been in San Jose?  Of all the cities in the U.S. and the world, 3 out of 16 -- 18.75% -- from there?  Total coincidence.  "There's no such thing as coincidence."  Yes, there totally is and this is a prime example.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

U2 4-6-81 Kansas City, Missouri


U2
4-6-81 (April 5, 1981 / 1981-04-05)
Uptown Theater
Kansas City, Missouri

Bono (Paul Hewson) -- Vocals
The Edge (Dave Evans) -- Guitar
Adam Clayton -- Bass
Larry Mullen, Jr. -- Drums

The Ocean
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
I Will Follow
An Cat Dubh ->
Into The Heart
Another Time, Another Place
Cry / The Electric Co.
Things To Make And Do
Stories For Boys
Boy/Girl
Out Of Control
A Day Without Me
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
The Ocean
I Will Follow

SOURCE: Commercial bootleg - "Too Young To Drink" - Soundboard
MANUFACTURER: Vintage Recordings
CATALOG: U2VR 01
LINEAGE: Original silver CD > EAC (Secure mode) > WAV > Adobe Audition 2.0 (see comments) > WAV > CD Wave Editor (track splitting) > FLAC Frontend > FLAC (level 6)
COMMENTS: Adobe Audition 2.0 has been used to:
1) fix all the numerous crackles and other flaws present on the original recording;
2) fix the speed which was too fast;
3) normalize some tracks at the same level.
Note that there is an edit before track 15 which cut out about 20 seconds of music.
********** EAC, FIXING, FLAC & SCANS by Trevor - 2007-04-21

This is a decent recording, easy to enjoy every single second of it.  It's a soundboard but not A+, feels a little degraded over time.  Still it rocks and I have essentially no complaint about it whatsoever!  I give it about a 9.3 out of 10 for a low A.

Download

Enjoy!