U2, le 2005-04-05 à Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center), USA
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Marcsound mics > Sony PCM-M1 // JEMS
U2
Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA
April 5, 2005
JEMS Master

gear: Marcsound mics > Sony M-1 DAT
DAT master > Wavelab > CD-R master > xACT verified extraction to .wav > FLAC

Disc One
01 Intro
02 Love And Peace Or Else
03 Vertigo
04 Elevation
05 The Electric Co
06 An Cat Dubh > Into The Heart
07 City Of Blinding Lights
08 Beautiful Day
09 Miracle Drug
10 Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
11 New Year's Day
12 Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc Two
01 Bullet The Blue Sky
02 Running To Stand Still
03 Zoo Station
04 The Fly
05 Mysterious Ways
06 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
07 Where The Streets Have No Name
08 One intro
09 One
10 All Because Of You
11 Yahweh
12 "40"

I realize this show exists in at least two other good versions, but the performance and my recording have always been favorites. This was the first show JEMS saw and recorded on the Vertigo tour and the impact was considerable. I hadn't felt this thrilled by a U2 show (despite seeing some good ones in 2001) in I don't know how long.

Recording location was almost directly even with the front of the stage, with a PA speaker aimed squarely at me and as close as was possible given the configuration. The only distraction at all was a persistent clapper next to me which we painstakingly attempted to reduce in Wavelab (he's still there but it is nowhere near as annoying as it on the master).

Have you heard this tape before? You have if you own this DVD:
http://u2depot.com/u2/dvd/dvd050405.html

Chrisedge had asked to use my master when he authored this single camera DVD, but other than that appearance, it has never circulated as far as I know. Perhaps this is a vanity release but hopefully some of you will enjoy this alternate source. Samples provided.

Butterking for JEMS