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1978-04-01 - Dublin, Ireland - Eamon Andrews Studios

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Date: 1978-04-01
City: Dublin
Country or state: Ireland
Venue: Eamon Andrews Studios
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Tour: Various Dates
Leg: 1976-1989
Previous show: 1978-03-22 - Dublin
Next show: 1978-04-11 - Dublin

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Performance notes: After winning the Harp Lager Talent Contest in March 1978 and receiving the chance to record a demo funded by CBS, U2 play a studio set on an unknown date in April 1978. The session lasted about half-an-hour and came to an end after Larry's father arrived. They play two cover songs at the end after running out of finished original material. "Concentration Cramp" and "Night Fright" are referred to on tape as "Concentration Camp" and "Night Flight" respectively.

Some short clips from this demo session were played by BP Fallon on his radio show in September 1982. Bootlegs containing recordings of Trevor and Jack in a Box are purported to be from this session, but the differing audio quality and live appearances of both lead us to believe they were from a session in February 1980.
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review by u2met86

4 months ago

Performance

They sound okay, but it's hard to hear anything besides Bono and Edge.

Sound

The recording sound quality is pretty rough. Which is totally understandable since it's from 1978 with probably minimal budget.
Recording: Audience microphone - 4 stars

Audience

Recording studio - no audience

Overall

The other reviews seem to be describing the recording now filed under 1980-02-01 at Windmill Lane Studios. This download (as of August 2025) is 2 songs - Tonight and Inside Out. I would skip it unless you're a completionist or very curious about what might be their earliest surviving demo recording.

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