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"JEMS Archives"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: JEMS (Recording transferer)
Equipment: Nakamichi CR-7A (Audio interface)
Lineage: [unknown taper & equipment] > 1stGEN > JEMS Archieve > Nakamichi CR-7A > Peak 5.2 > .flac [ > fre:ac > mp3]
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[F]rom the JEMS Archives

currently lost to history: taper's name, taper's gear
lineage: First Gen. Cassette traded for in 1987
> Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted transfer > Peak 5.2 > FLAC

Disc One
01 Where The Streets Have No Name
02 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
03 I Will Follow
04 Bullet The Blue Sky
05 Running To Stand Still
06 MLK
07 The Unforgettable Fire
08 Sunday Bloody Sunday
09 Exit

Disc Two
10 In God's Country
11 Gloria
12 Bad / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet)
13 October
14 With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet) / Love Will Tear Us Apart (snippet)
15 New Year's Day
16 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
17 Trip Through Your Wires
18 People Get Ready
19 40

With time off last week I traveled north and had the chance to spend an afternoon in the full JEMS archive (not just the piece of the collection I have with me in LA). Inside one of the U2 drawers were two Maxell XL-II cassettes with handwritten notes that read "Las Vegas 4/12/87." J and I were sampling various tapes and when we hit play on this one we were pleasantly surprised by the quality.

Jared did not recognize the handwriting and could not remember where the tapes had come from, but he did recall that it might have come from someone in LA who drove to the show (the other source for the LA '87s that Brother KM did not record?). Back in those days, Jared traded with tapers, not traders, and he was confident he had gotten this from the source.

Checking here at U2 Torrents and at Achtung Bootlegs, it appears the common source for this show is MV's master, which, based on the info oliverbayerl included in his torrent (http://www.u2torrents.com/torrents-details.php?id=1896), has some issues and glitches that are not present here, leading me to believe this is an uncirculated source. The quality is quite good, perhaps one step below KM's Tempe tape. It has power and punch, maybe even pushing the levels to the breaking point in a couple of spots. Samples below.

Before everyone gets myopic about recordings from the new Australia shows, I thought I would post it here. If you can shed any light on the tape, please let me know.

Butterking for JEMS

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Bit rate: 256, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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"Minerva Velasquez 1stGEN"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Minerva Velasquez (Audio Taper)
Lineage: Sony WMD3 or "Regular Walkman" + external mic > 1stgen (MAXELL XLII) > wt2496 > CEPRO > CDWAV > FLAC > fre:ac > mp3
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Bit rate: 224, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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"I Will Follow [incomplete]"

Origins: CD Silver
Credits: Pozzoli CD (Silver Manufacturer)
Lineage: [Viva CD 7507] > .cda > dbpowerAmp > .flacf (normal compression) > fre:ac > mp3
Downloads: 25

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"Yep! It's U2"

Origins: Vinyl
Credits: Screaming Oiseau (Manufacturer)
Lineage: Screaming Oiseau – 7503 (2LP) > unknown transfer > mp3
Downloads: 26

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

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review by 2UToo

2 months ago

Performance

After a solid start, Bono asks "Is this all we can do?" to rupturous applause, setting off what is a great show, again leaning more and more towards his usual strong self. The second song features some gutsy but flat adlibs during the outro while Bono skips over 'Exodus' for some reason. 'I Will Follow' is a great rendition but the show picks up even more afterwards, featuring excellent performances of the new tracks as well as 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. 'Gloria' is a strong performance but 'Bad' is unfortunately strangely weak on the choruses and ranks low for the tour. Unfortunately, this leads to a complete vocal blow-out for the next few minutes and Bono keeps struggling for the rest of the main set.

The encore begins with a solid 'Trip Through Your Wires' but features some strange ASMR singing at one point- 'People Get Ready' gets INSANE at one point when Bono invites a singer and guitarist and the song suddenly changes tempo and everything. A picture gets taken afterwards, according to Bono, used for the Time Magazine.

Sound

The sound is a bit harsh but pretty clear and well balanced.
Recording: "JEMS Archives" - 4 stars

Audience

Despite being the only show on this leg to be not sold out, the audience at this show sounds very excited and enthusiastic.

Overall

Highlights:
• I Will Follow
• Bullet the Blue Sky
• Running to Stand Still
• People Get Ready

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Bullet_Blue
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1987-04-12 - Las Vegas, Nevada - Thomas And Mack Arena

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