U2, le 1984-12-15 à San Francisco, CA (Civic Auditorium ), USA
EX AUD
ANA-M > FLAC
Aiwa CM-30 > Sony WM-D6 // JP
U2
Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1984

JP (in association with JEMS) Master
front row balcony
Aiwa CM-30 > Sony WM-D6 (CORRECTED: SEE COMMENT 33)
Master Cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A (1/07 transfer) > Peak 5.2 (normalize and index only) > FLAC

01 Intro
02 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (glitch removed)
03 I Will Follow
04 Seconds
05 MLK
06 The Unforgettable Fire
07 Wire
08 Sunday Bloody Sunday
09 The Cry/The Electric Co.
10 A Sort of Homecoming
11 Bad (tape flip)
12 October
13 New Year's Day
14 Pride
15 Party Girl
16 Gloria
17 40
note: Clocks in 81:20 on CD so you'll have to overburn or split

Take two.

About a year and a half ago, I torrented this show here from JP's master which he had transferred and converted to CD using Adobe Audition. But JP himself was never totally happy with the transfer and I remembered the tape being better than the resulting CD.

When JP recorded this he was using the identical rig that we'd eventually issue to Brother KM for his legendary (if I may) early '87 Tempe-LA run, powered by the shockingly good Aiwa CM-30 mic. I don't think there's ever been a mic that retailed for less than $50 and had this kind of low-end response. JP was positioned on the front row of the balcony at the Civic and pretty much nailed the show. There are a couple of very minor glitches and a brief gap to flip during "Bad," otherwise it's all here.

So last week JP gave me the master tape and suggested I give it a fresh spin on the azimuth-adjusting CR-7A. The results are here and I think we've got a significant upgrade. Sample provided and if I can find a sample of the old one I'll post that too but don't count on it. I, however, scan the ticket.

Sounding very nice indeed.

Butterking for JEMS