Bedoc

U2
Stadio San Siro
Milan, Italy
2009-07-08

[GP013dm]

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source: AUD (see location below) > Church Audio CA-ST11 Cardioids > SP-SPSB-6 >
> Edirol R-09 (24-bit/48.0 kHz, LINE-IN, rec. level 25/30) > SDHC Panasonic RP-SDM04G
location: left side of the stage, 25 m from the stage, centered between left side stacks
glasses-mounted mic 1.65 m above the floor
transfer: SDHC Panasonic RP-SDM04G > HD (via USB) > Audacity 1.2.6 (cut/amplified[+4.0 dB]/faded-out) >
> CD Wave 1.97 (track splitting) > TLH 2.4.1.160 (level 8 compression) > FLAC
generation: master (no optical media extraction)
taper: Giuseppe Pastorelli [G.P.] (doublec)

"Thanks to MLK that gave me his backup mics on loan for this show"

Mainset:

01 [02:00] - *** intro ***
02 [05:29] - Breathe
03 [04:19] - No Line On The Horizon
04 [04:08] - Get On Your Boots
05 [05:36] - Magnificent
06 [08:42] - Beautiful Day/Here Comes The Sun (snippet)/[Bono speech]
07 [05:20] - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/Movin' On Up (snippet)
08 [04:19] - Desire/Billie Jean (snippet)/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (snippet)
09 [05:16] - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
10 [05:48] - Electrical Storm
11 [06:38] - Unknown Caller
12 [04:58] - The Unforgettable Fire
13 [05:19] - City Of Blinding Lights
14 [03:51] - Vertigo
15 [06:33] - Let's Dance (snippet)/I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
16 [04:43] - Sunday Bloody Sunday/Get Up Stand Up (snippet)
17 [03:55] - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
18 [01:59] - MLK
19 [06:17] - Walk On/You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
20 [01:49] - *** encore break 1 [Desmond Tutu speech] ***

First encore (E1):

21 [05:47] - Where The Streets Have No Name
22 [08:33] - [Bono speech]/One
23 [02:08] - *** encore break 2 ***

Second encore (E2):

24 [05:49] - Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
25 [05:38] - With Or Without You
26 [09:06] - Moment Of Surrender

Total running time [2:14:15]
WAV 24-bit 2.16 GB
FLAC 24-bit 1.42 MB

Tape story:
Thanks to MLK for his suggestion (and for loaning his backup mics and battery box), I have located myself in a central position on the left side of the stage about 25 m from it with the mic mounted on glasses
I think it was a good choice because I always had a minimum 1-2 m distance from other fans and this had a positive effect on the quality of the recording
The quality of the sound is very good and I am very proud of this recording

What about the show?
It was my sixth U2 concert in 24 years (Milan 1985 the first one, and the first U2 show in Italy!) and the first in 12 years (Reggio Emilia 1997 the last one)
Extremely good performance
Personal highlights (a very difficult choice): Breathe, Magnificent, Desire, Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, Walk On

Technical notes:
- The total running time of the recording was 2:14:57; I have cut the last 40 useless seconds reducing the master to 2:14:15
- I have amplified the whole recording (+4.0 dB) and faded-out the last 10 secs
- A possible microgap could have been generated by the recorder since Edirol R-09 do not support track longer than 2 GB.
For this reason I have manually split the recording at the beginning of IGCIIDGCT (I have used the very same point to split tracks 14 and 15)

Please do not sell nor convert to mp3 for distribution (mp3 only for personal use!)
Feel free to share in the way you prefer, but please share this fileset as originally torrented (so preserve file integrity!)

First seeded by doublec @ u2torrents.com and DIME on 2009-07-13