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  1. Ok... I've been slowly building my collection (thanks U2 Start!), and my first goal was to have as much songs as I can from every tour in no more than 3 shows per tour...

    ...I think I already have it, but, that's not the point of this thread
    so why did I mentioned that?
    Well, because based on that, then I thought:

    What's the minimum number of shows I'd have to download to have at least 1 version of each and every one of the songs U2 has played live (no covers).

    So, if you want to start your own collection, or if you'd be interested in find it out, keep on reading.

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    Some ground rules:
    *I only looked for complete concerts. I'm not interested in shows with a missing track or even a track cut.
    *I only looked for shows with at least 3 stars. Preferably 5 or 4, but there's a couple of 3 star shows.
    *I hate IEMs, useless for me.

    In the end, the results I got were:

    They've played 153 songs so far.
    There's no (complete) show available for 8 of those 153 songs (Street Mission, The Fool, Concentration Cramp, In Your Hand, What's Going On -Hype-, Alone in the Light, The TV Show and finally, Boy Falls From The Sky -only available in IEM, which doesn't count for me-).

    For the other 145 songs:
    You need at least 28 shows to have all of them at least once.

    Which shows you might ask?
  2. EARLY DAYS

    CORK OPERA HOUSE
    10 MAY 1979

    You need it in order to get:
    These are the songs you'll only get once at the end of this thread)
    1. Inside Out
    2. King's New Clothes

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    (in brackets is the number of times you'll have this song if you get the shows I'm suggesting)
    3. The Speed of Life (2)
    4. Cartoon World (2)
    5. Boy-Girl (3)
    6. Stories For Boys (5)
    7. Another Time, Another Place (5)
    8. Out of Control (7)

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    DUBLIN NATIONAL STADIUM
    26 FEB 1980

    You need it in order to get:
    9. Another Day
    10. Life On a Distant Planet
    11. The Dream Is Over
    12. Silver Lining
    13. Trevor
    14. Pete The Chop
    15. Jack In a Box
    16. Shadows And Tall Trees

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    17. A Day Without Me (4)
    18. Twilight (5)
    19. The Electric Co. (8)

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    BOY TOUR

    CANTERBURY
    11 Nov 1980

    You need it in order to get:
    20. Touch
    21. Father Is An Elephant

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    22. Things To Make And Do (2)
    23. An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart (do we really need to count them separately?) (3)
    24. The Ocean (4)
    25. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (6)
    26. The Cry (6)
    27. I Will Follow (18)

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    HAMMERSMITH PALAIS
    9 Jun 1981

    You need it in order to get:
    28. Carry Me Home

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    29. Fire (3)
    30. I Fall Down (4)
  3. OCTOBER TOUR

    SAN FRANCISCO
    29 Nov 1981

    You need it in order to get:
    31. Rejoice
    32. With a Shout

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    33. I Threw a Brick Through a Window (3)
    34. October (6)
    35. Gloria (8)

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    WAR TOUR

    DUNDEE CAIRD HALL
    26 Feb 1983

    You need it in order to get:
    36. Like a Song
    37. Surrender
    38. Two Hearts Beat As One

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    39. Tomorrow (2)
    40. Seconds (3)
    41. Party Girl (4)
    42. Forty (8)
    43. New Year's Day (13)
    44. Sunday Bloody Sunday (17)

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    NEWCASTLE
    1 Mar 1983

    You need it in order to get:
    45. A Celebration

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing... actually you'll only need this one for A Celebration...

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    THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE TOUR

    MILANO
    4 Feb 1985

    You need it in order to get:
    46. A Sort of Homecoming
    47. Wire
    48. Indian Summer Sky

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    49. The Unforgettable Fire (4)
    50. MLK (4)
    51. Bad (11)
    52. Pride (18)
  4. THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR

    DENVER McNICHOL'S ARENA
    8 Nov 1987

    You need it in order to get:
    53. Silver And Gold

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    54. Exit (2)
    55. In God's Country (2)
    56. Trip Through Your Wires (2)
    57. Spanish Eyes (2)
    58. Running To Stand Still (7)
    59. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (15)
    60. Bullet The Blue Sky (15)
    61. With Or Without You (16)
    62. Where The Streets Have No Name (19)

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    AUSTIN
    22 Nov 1987

    You need it in order to get:
    63. One Tree Hill

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing... just get One Tree Hill (and in the process the best Joshua Tree show, imho).

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    LOVETOWN TOUR

    SYDNEY
    18 Nov 1989

    You need it in order to get:
    64. Love Rescue Me
    65. God Part II
    66. Van Diemen's Land
    67. Hawkmoon 269

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    68. All I Want Is You (2)
    69. When Love Comes To Town (2)
    70. Angel Of Harlem (6)
    71. Desire (9)
  5. ZOO TV TOUR (ACHTUNG BABY)

    TACOMA
    21 Apr 1992

    You need it in order to get:
    72. Slow Dancing

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    73. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World (3)
    74. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (3)
    75. Zoo Station (4)
    76. Love Is Blindness (4)
    77. Ultra Violet (4)
    78. Even Better Than The Real Thing (7)
    79. The Fly (9)
    80. Until The End Of The World (12)
    81. Mysterious Ways (13)
    82. One (17)

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    FOXBORO
    22 Ago 1992

    You need it in order to get:
    83. So Cruel
    84. She's a Mystery To Me (ok... they wrote it, but it can be considered a cover anyway... besides, in this show it's listed just as a snippet, but I'm gonna count it anyway, since it's even longer than some other songs that often appear listed as "complete" -imho it would be a good idea if we started to rework all this snippet labels in a more reliable way)

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing... it's just your only chance to get So Cruel.

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    ZOO TV TOUR (ZOOROPA)

    WEMBLEY
    12 Ago 1993

    You need it in order to get:
    85. Babyface

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    86. Numb (2)
    87. Zooropa (2)
    88. Stay (4)
    (Also, you need it in order to get Bad ft J Shankar )

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    SYDNEY
    27 Nov 1993

    89. Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
    90. Dirty Day
    91. Lemon

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing really...
  6. POPMART TOUR

    LAS VEGAS
    25 Apr 1997

    You need it in order to get:
    92. Do You Feel Loved?
    93. If God Will Send His Angels
    94. Miami

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    95. Last Night On Earth (2)
    96. Mofo (2)
    97. If You Wear That Velvet Dress (2)
    98. Staring At The Sun (3)
    99. Discothèque (3)
    100. Gone (3)
    101. Please (3)
    102. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (3)

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    TOKYO
    5 Mar 1998

    You need it in order to get:
    103. Wake Up Dead Man

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing really...

    Alternatively, you can get Mexico City, 3 Dec 1997.
    Mexico has better sound -as it was an official release- BUT you can't get it from here (also, Tokyo has Bad, so...)

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    ELEVATION TOUR

    PORTLAND
    15 Apr 2001

    You need it in order to get:
    104. Sweetest Thing

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    105. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (2)
    106. Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of (3)
    107. New York (3)
    108. In A Little While (4)
    109. Walk On (8)
    110. Elevation (10)
    111. Beautiful Day (11)

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    EAST RUTHERFORD
    22 Jun 2001

    You need it in order to get:
    112. Wild Honey

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    113. Kite (2)

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    KANSAS CITY
    27 Nov 2001

    You need it in order to get:
    114. Peace On Earth
    115. When I Look At The World (I know, I know... it's a snippet... but this snippet is more than half of the song, so it counts for me) (and THIS is the only one available, so...)

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing else...
  7. VERTIGO TOUR

    BOSTON
    12 May 2005

    You need it in order to get:
    116. Crumbs From Your Table

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    117. Yahweh (2)
    118. Original Of The Species (2)
    119. Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own (3)
    120. Love And Peace Or Else (3)
    121. Miss Sarajevo (6)
    122. Vertigo (8)
    123. City Of Blinding Lights (8)

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    CHICAGO
    21 Sep 2005

    You need it in order to get:
    124. All Because Of You
    125. Miracle Drug
    126. Fast Cars

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing else...

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    HONOLULU
    9 Dec 2006

    You need it in order to get:
    127. The First Time
    128. Window In The Skies

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing to see in here....

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    360° TOUR (NO LINE ON THE HORIZON)

    BARCELONA
    2 Jul 2009

    You need it in order to get:
    129. Electrical Storm
    130. Crazy Tonight -Album Version- (I wasn't unsure if I had to count it as a different song, but I think it deserves to be separated from the remix version played throughout the tour).

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    131. Breathe (2)
    132. Unknown Caller (2)
    133. No Line On The Horizon (3)
    134. Crazy Tonight -Remix- (5)
    135. Get On Your Boots (5)
    136. Magnificent (5)
    137. Moment Of Surrender (5)

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    CHICAGO
    13 Sep 2009

    You need it in order to get:
    138. Your Blue Room

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    Nothing else here...

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    360° TOUR (GREATEST HITS )

    HELSINKI
    21 Ago 2010

    You need it in order to get:
    139. Glastonbury
    140. Every Breaking Wave

    Additionally, this is the first time you'll get:
    141. Return of the Stingray Guitar (2)

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    ZURICH
    12 Sep 2010

    You need it in order to get:
    142. Mothers Of The Disappeared
    143. North Star
    144. Mercy

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    MEXICO CITY 14 May 2011, or MONTREAL 9 Jul 2011

    b]You need it in order to get:
    145. Scarlet
  8. So there you have it.

    145 different songs played in 28 shows.

    I'll guess that there's a different way to do this... any suggestions? comments?

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    PRO TIP
    Get rid of Zurich and replace it with Joshua Tree Rosemont (29 Apr 1987) and with 360 Torino (6 Aug 2010).
    That's what I'd do, even if that means 29 instead of 28 shows...

    Why?
    Because because because BECAUSE
  9. A few points:
    a) Way, way TMTOYH. Maybe you can spend it downloading even more bootlegs here?
    b) If you need a show just for A Celebration, 1982-12-06 London is a much, much better show
    c) I think you mean Vertigo Boston December 5 (US has inverse date format)
    d) This feels like the Zelda Ocarina of Time uber challenge: to finish it with the bare minimum.
    e) A way more entertaining game to me is to look for the truly best performances of each song in our collection.
    f) There's a complete audience recording by bedoc of the Coimbra show with Boy Falls From The Sky. I'll try to get it and put it here.

  10. THAT's the thing that took me more time to do this once I had the shows it was just a matter of sorting the shows in excel.
    Also... I've been working in another couple of TMTOMH already, and this one was the less time consuming, so... )


    After reading your comment, I was about to download it... then I saw the reviews:
    "A few songs are missing", "It's a pity that missed 4 songs"
    Nah... totally kills it for me


    You're absolutely right! (I remember this show because I also liked it because it has Norwegian Wood and Instant Karma!)


    oh, I love Zelda!... The Harmonica of Time... Macphisto's Mask... Twilight Boy...


    Not much for me... I'm more interested in the whole concerts than in individual songs (now if those amazing individual songs are wrapped up nicely in a wonderful -complete- show, then please let me know! ...Wembley 12-Aug-93 is one of those... Bad and Bullet are my favourite versions and the whole show is great!)
    (Also, I'm not much of listening to "many" shows... I'd rather listen to the same show 100 times than listen to 100 shows 1 time)


    please!
  11. I still think the War London show is fantastic, but ok, if you want A Celebration from a complete show, 1983-02-28 Edinbugh is a better choice.
  12. And I get why you chose Mexico 360 for Scarlet, but the audience recording is not that great. 360 Montreal 2011-07-09 has sound quality as good as any official recording.