U2
Kˆln, Germany, Butzweiler Hof
July, 27, 1997
(soundcheck)
Source: Sony TCD D7 (@ 32khz) > OKM II Rock microphones > digital transfer with Sony DTC-ZE700 > optical cable Terratec EWX 2496 >
Soundforge 9.0 > CD Wave Editor > .wav > FLAC
(14:45)
01 checking the sound (0:52)
02 Gone (4:24)
03 checking the sound (1:57)
04 Gone (4:55)
05 Even Better Than The Real Thing - faded out - (2:32)
Recorded outside the venue (an old airport). The distance was very far and for this reason the sound is poor. There is some crowd noise on the recording.
This soundcheck includes Bono on vocals. Mostly he is not present at soundchecks. I guess the reason for this "full band soundcheck" was the radio broadcast.
This show was (partially) recorded and the songs
Gone,
Even Better Than The Real Thing,
Last Night On Earth,
Until The End Of The World,
New Year's Day,
Pride (radio speaker overdubs)
were broadcasted a few weeks later. Maybe U2 wanted to make sure perfect recording levels.
I have never traded this soundcheck before (maybe did one or two copies). I uploaded it because some collectors might be "completists". If you
are not a completist then you should skip this torrent.
First transfer and upload in March 2010.