A few things are clear:
1) There is this official Island promo Zoo Radio Transmit (PRCD 6753-2) - this has the Slow Dancing live version and is not to be mistaken for the Outside Broadcast bootleg (see above).
2) By the end of 1992 a ZOO TV special called "Philips DCC Presents: ZOO TV" was broadcasted to 37 countries:
Press Release, PRNewswire (1992-11-05)
To support the introduction of its new Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) music system, Philips, the inventor of the compact disc and the music cassette, is the exclusive sponsor of ZOO TV, a multimedia television event featuring one of the world’s greatest rock bands, U2. The program will be broadcast on the FOX network on November 29, and on MTV on December 16.
Philips DCC Presents: ZOO TV is an hour-long television special featuring performance highlights from U2’s two-year, worldwide “Outside Broadcast” stadium tour. The television special will incorporate songs from many of U2’s recordings, including their current multi-million selling album, Achtung Baby, which will be released on DCC this month as the DCC music system is being introduced in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
The program will air on November 28 in countries throughout Europe on major broadcast networks including: Channel 4 in the United Kingdom; RAI UNO in Italy; RTVE in Spain; France 2; Veronica in the Netherlands; Premiere in Germany and TV 1000 in Scandinavia.
- I have an audio recording of this broadcast and it is different than the Outside Broadcast bootleg. I haven't yet located elsewhere on u2start - and at this point I don't know where to put it either, but you can download it here: PHILIPS DCC presents: ZOO TV.
Note: this was a TV broadcast, but it mat have been simul-casted (or what did they call it?) on radio - still quite common in the early 90-ies.
This PHILIPS DCC special should be the same as on the Achtung Baby "Uber Deluxe" as Anam says it matches the Channel 4 broadcast, but this I can not check.
What I also don't know is whether the Outside Broadcast bootleg was, at some point, actually been radio broadcasted, but, to be honest, I don't think this was the case.
We know that it was designed as a radio show but then this idea was dismissed. However, the master tape was passed on to someone at the BBC and so it ended up on a bootleg...
So now to Anan's question:
Originally posted by Anam:[...] The bootleg then is of what was broadcast on 2FM, Radio One etc? My Italian silver boot is identical to the 2FM broadcast, Fanning wittering away aside. This broadcast version is what has been updated to Houston (thanks BigGirl!) I think. It was never an official promo.
b) I don't think your Italian bootleg is the same as the "2FM, Radio One broadcast," but then what info is there exactly on the these radio broadcasts? In fact I don't have any info on radio broadcasts. Perhaps someone can shed a light on this.
I personally have an audio cassette (tape) recording from the Dutch "Radio Veronica" that is dated "November 27, 1992 - 24:00 - 02:00" and that says "Zoo Radio." Unfortunately I don't have a working cassette player anymore, but I suspect that is a (stereo) simulcast of the "PHILIPS DCC presents: ZOO TV" broadcast. TV broadcasts were still mostly in mono, so often radio stations broadcasted simultaneously in stereo on the radio.
In sum: there are (at least) three different versions that might be confused with one another,
1- The official Island promo (with Slow Dancing - live)
2- The bootleg Outside Broadcast with recordings from 1992-10-14 Houston
3 -The PHILIPS DCC presents: ZOO TV (broadcasted to 37 different countries)
A possible 4th may be the RTÈ version which had When Love Comes to Town
PS: My mistake is that I tagged the 1992-10-14 Houston Outside Broadcast "bootleg" with the term "Radio show" (although it was designed as a radio show, I don't think it was actually been broadcasted as such).