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"Hobbes444 Enhanced/Remastered"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Daftly (Remasterer), Hobbes4444 (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Adobe Audition (Sound Editor), Sony PCM-M10 (Audio recording device), CA-9100 (Power supply), Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (Sound Editor), AT943 (Microphone)
Lineage: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio CA-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1>WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8) => Adobe Audition 2014 => FLAC
Downloads: 473

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U2
TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
July 10, 2015

Source: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio CA-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1
Transfer: WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8) => Adobe Audition 2014 => FLAC
Location: Balcony section 316, row 1

Track listing:

Disc one (78:31):
(1) The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) (5:08)
(2) The Electric Co. (5:56)
(3) Vertigo (3:44)
(4) I Will Follow (5:05)
(5) Banter (2:30)
(6) Iris (Hold Me Close) (6:06)
(7) Cedarwood Road (4:46)
(8) Song For Someone (4:11)
(9) Sunday Bloody Sunday (5:40)
(10) Raised By Wolves (4:30)
(11) Until The End Of The World (5:38)
(12) Intermission (4:36)
(13) Invisible (4:23)
(14) Even Better Than The Real Thing (4:33)
(15) Mysterious Ways (4:30)
(16) Banter (2:16)
(17) Elevation (4:50)

Disc two (74:25):
(1) Ordinary Love (3:48)
(2) Every Breaking Wave (4:35)
(3) Bullet The Blue Sky (8:34)
(4) Pride (In The Name Of Love) (5:38)
(5) Beautiful Day (5:41)
(6) Bad (6:08)
(7) With or Without You (5:07)
(8) Encore break (3:26)
(9) Taped intro (1:06)
(10) City of Blinding Lights (5:58)
(11) Banter (3:44)
(12) Mother and Child Reunion (1:04)
(13) Where The Streets Have No Name (5:31)
(14) Banter (1:55)
(15) One (4:45)
(16) Banter (1:18)
(17) "40" (5:58)

Md5 signature file is included. Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some)

Comments:

This is a modified (and greatly improved) version of a file set I shared about a week ago, courtesy of DATFLY's hard work. As noted in the original torrent, Hobbes4444 made a good recording that was unfortunately marred by a neighbor who would periodically (and sometimes at inappropriate times) burst into furious clapping for 10 seconds at a time throughout the course of the show. DATFLY applied a "de-clapping" function to the recording and almost completely removed the claps -- the first two samples in the comments illustrate a before/after comparison of one of the clappiest section, and the results are amazing. Adobe was able to remove the bursts without compromising the sound. Magic.

While I was at it, I went back and raised the levels of tracks 8, 12, and 18-20 to bring the volume more into line with the rest of the recording. If you downloaded the original torrent and enjoyed it (or if you didn't because of the clapping), you should definitely consider grabbing this upgrade.

Note: This particular torrent is a 16/44.1 file set, which can be burned directly to CD. A 24-bit, higher-fidelity version has been posted separately. The recording is seamless; the disc breaks above are merely a suggestion.

Posting this at the request of the well-known Boston taper "Hobbes4444" -- though I prepped this file for upload, the thanks should really go to him for his generosity in sharing this recording and his speed in passing it along. This is a worthy addition to his body of work over the years, and I appreciate him making this one available to U2 fans around the world so quickly.

The first of four nights in Boston; featuring a strong setlist and a very vocal audience. The show featured several lesser-played songs that in prior residencies had only appeared in later sets -- for example, "Bad" and "40" both pop up in this setlist, making me wonder what's in store for the later shows. Great, passionate performance by a band who clearly loves playing in Boston. Bono calls out their former tour manager at the end of the show and closes with "40" -- which was not planned on the original setlist. As a result, I think this is one of the longer shows of the tour so far.

Recording quality is quite good -- great dynamics and prominent vocals, as well as an overall good mix. The clap-killing made this into a really good recording.

A note to tapers: If you can find a good club or front-balcony seat beside the stage, that is probably the best location for taping this show. The GA section has speakers that are almost directly overhead; on one hand, it's good because there are speakers all the way to the back of the arena as opposed to over the stage, but on the other, the sound is coming directly down on you as opposed to in front of you. It's a bit tricky to record. Stealth tapers with cards on the floor will need to orient their microphones almost directly upward to get a good line on the sound ... and even then, it's tough. Omnis might be the best bet from the floor. I had my best luck with my cards on the club level.

Many thanks, again, to Hobbes4444 for passing this one along, and to DATFLY for his post-production efforts. Mp3 samples are included in the comments.

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Bit rate: 192, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Danafletch (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Sony DAT D8 (Audio recording device), Cool Edit Pro (Audio interface), Sonic Studios DSM-6L (Microphone)
Lineage: SONY DAT D8 + Sonic Studios DSM-6L > EAC > Cool Edit pro > TLH > WAV > FLAC > [fre:ac > mp3@256kb/s]
Downloads: 99

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Bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: ademotte (Uploader), Hobbes4444 (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Sony PCM-M10 (Audio recording device), Church Audio ST-9100 (Pre-amp), Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (Sound Editor), AT943 (Microphone)
Lineage: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio ST-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1 > WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8)
Downloads: 648

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U2
TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
July 10, 2015

Source: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio ST-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1
Transfer: WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8)
Location: Balcony section 316, row 1

Track listing:

Disc one (78:31):
(1) The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) (5:08)
(2) The Electric Co. (5:56)
(3) Vertigo (3:44)
(4) I Will Follow (5:05)
(5) Banter (2:30)
(6) Iris (Hold Me Close) (6:06)
(7) Cedarwood Road (4:46)
(8) Song For Someone (4:11)
(9) Sunday Bloody Sunday (5:40)
(10) Raised By Wolves (4:30)
(11) Until The End Of The World (5:38)
(12) Intermission (4:36)
(13) Invisible (4:23)
(14) Even Better Than The Real Thing (4:33)
(15) Mysterious Ways (4:30)
(16) Banter (2:16)
(17) Elevation (4:50)

Disc two (74:25):
(1) Ordinary Love (3:48)
(2) Every Breaking Wave (4:35)
(3) Bullet The Blue Sky (8:34)
(4) Pride (In The Name Of Love) (5:38)
(5) Beautiful Day (5:41)
(6) Bad (6:08)
(7) With or Without You (5:07)
(8) Encore break (3:26)
(9) Taped intro (1:06)
(10) City of Blinding Lights (5:58)
(11) Banter (3:44)
(12) Mother and Child Reunion (1:04)
(13) Where The Streets Have No Name (5:31)
(14) Banter (1:55)
(15) One (4:45)
(16) Banter (1:18)
(17) "40" (5:58)

Md5 signature file is included. Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some)

Comments:

Note: This is a 24/44.1 file set, which in most cases can't be burned directly to CD without downsampling to 16-bit. A 16-bit, CD-friendly version will be posted separately. The recording is seamless; the disc breaks above are merely a suggestion.

Posting this at the request of the well-known Boston taper "Hobbes4444" -- though I prepped this file for upload, the thanks should really go to him for his generosity in sharing this recording and his speed in passing it along. This is a worthy addition to his body of work over the years, and I appreciate him making this one available to U2 fans around the world so quickly.

The first of four nights in Boston; featuring a strong setlist and a very vocal audience. The show featured several lesser-played songs that in prior residencies had only appeared in later sets -- for example, "Bad" and "40" both pop up in this setlist, making me wonder what's in store for the later shows. Great, passionate performance by a band who clearly loves playing in Boston. Bono calls out their former tour manager at the end of the show and closes with "40" -- which was not planned on the original setlist. As a result, I think this is one of the longer shows of the tour so far.

Recording quality is quite good -- great dynamics and prominent vocals, as well as an overall good mix. The only noticeable flaw in this is the intermittent loud clapping of an audience member a couple seats to the right of the taper -- I didn't attempt to remove this from the recording; anyone who is competent with clap-killing software is welcome to remove them and repost (but please post in the info file how you modified the recording).

A note to tapers: If you can find a good club or front-balcony seat beside the stage, that is probably the best location for taping this show. The GA section has speakers that are almost directly overhead; on one hand, it's good because there are speakers all the way to the back of the arena as opposed to over the stage, but on the other, the sound is coming directly down on you as opposed to in front of you. It's a bit tricky to record. Stealth tapers with cards on the floor will need to orient their microphones almost directly upward to get a good line on the sound ... and even then, it's tough. Omnis might be the best bet from the floor. I had my best luck with my cards on the club level.

Many thanks, again, to Hobbes4444 for passing this one along. Mp3 samples are included in the comments.

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Bit rate: 192, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: MASSU2 (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Sony PCM-M10 (Audio recording device), OKM-IIr (Microphone)
Lineage: OKMIIr > PCM-M10

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: bostondave (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Edirol R-09HR (Audio recording device)

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review by pkunde66

8 years ago

Performance

Days later I can still not find the words to adequately describe this show. I've seen U2 on tour since The Unforgettable Fire and each experience has been unique and amazing. This show however left me speechless, from the moment they started the first 4 songs brought the roof off the building and drove the crowd to frenzy, then transitioned into making the show personal with the new songs from SOI. They sounded phenomenal live and they gave me chills in parts, but the most vivid thing was the tone of the band from SBS, Wolves, UTEOTW, and Bullet they were so passionate and even angry. The energy and emotion was raw and palatable. The personal note continued as Bono beautifully wove snippets of Moment of Surrender on consecutive songs and continuing on to the surprise end paying tribute to their recently fallen friend Dennis Sheehan.
All in all the show blew me away, the homecoming feel, energy, passion, emotion and joy. They clearly were on this evening and their connection to Boston made that all the more evident. U2 has always been one of the greatest bands to see live and this show did not fail to live up to that.

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Simply amazing! My thoughts are conveyed in the band performance block and I cannot elaborate further.

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