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"Unkown Analogue Generation" aka "Ever Peaceful"

Origins: Audience microphone
Lineage: [UAG] > [unknown transfer] > mp3
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"UAG - Sony TCKE5000s transfer"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Danafletch (Recording transferer)
Lineage: [Unknown Analogue Generation] > Sony TCKE5000s 3 head deck > [...] > EAC > flac > fre:ac > mp3
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"JEMS fixed"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: JEMS (Recording transferer)
Lineage: Likely 2nd Gen > Nakamichi CR-7A > Peak 5.2 > DVD > Goldwave > FLAC
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Taper : ?
Equip : ?
Lineage : Likely 2nd Gen. Cassettes (From the JEMS archive) > Nakamichi CR-7A transfer (03/07)
> Peak 5.2 > DVD > Goldwave (delete silence and overlap, add fades, speed correction, file split) > FLAC

1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. I Will Follow
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/Exodus
4. MLK
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Bullet the Blue Sky/America
7. Running to Stand Still
8. A Sort of Homecoming
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Exit/Gloria
11. In God's Country
12. Trip Through Your Wires
13. C'mon Everybody
14. Bad/Candle in the Wind/Ruby Tuesday/Sympathy for the Devil
15. October
16. New Year's Day
17. Pride (In the Name of Love)
18. With or Without You
19. "40"

Notes (from Butterking of JEMS):

Here's the second night of the Worcester run, following up on the 5/4/87 I posted a few weeks back.
Same person recorded both and the sound is pretty much the same. I obtained these tapes in 1988.
I wish I could tell you who recorded or what gear; perhaps someone can shed some light.
Regardless, based on available information, this should be an upgrade for most folks.

As I wrote about 5/4, this version is likely second generation (notes are incomplete), and the sound quality
is very good though the incredibly boisterous audience does overwhelm in several spots.

Notes (from Mike):

First, I tried to see what other transfers are out there of this show. This one is pretty good and has the
benefit of known digital and (probably) known analog lineage. Ernesto Lara has a version with lower volume
but perhaps a little better balanced sound, but he nonetheless thinks it's the same source. Anyway, if anyone
has what you think is a better version of this, please consider putting it up especially if you know the
lineage.

That said, this is to me a good, but not great, recording. Not overly sharp or clear and a tad distant, but
the music comes through pretty nicely. I'd say Bono's voice comes through most loudly, more so than the music.
Audience noise could certainly be worse but gets loud at times with occasional loud screaming. Overall though
I'd say it's not quite as bad as the May 4 recording Erik refers to above.

This came to me as four WAV files from Butterking (he had received the tapes in a trade), corresponding to
two sides of two 60-minute tapes. The show, however, had additional breaks, suggesting that this was
originally on 90 minute cassettes. This resulted in the speed being different for each part. Part one
(through "Bullet the Blue Sky"), in my estimation, had non-linear speed issues, meaning that as the show goes
on, the speed gets slower. I read a remark that the speed of a walkman may have been changed as the batteries
ran out, which may be one explanation for this. In any case, I did not try to correct for this, so I tried to
kind of get it in the middle. As such I think "Streets" maybe is a tad fast while the end of that part
("Bullet the Blue Sky") is a bit slow. Anything more accurate would have required some kind of variable pitch
correction, and I don't even know if such a thing exists (another option would be to go through it song by song
but that is pretty arbitrary). So this won't sound perfect but as good as I can get, and I think the rest of the
show sounds pretty good. If anyone wants the original unaltered WAV files please let me know.
Thanks to Jeff Shrikey for helping with the speed/pitch correction. Hopefully some day a better source comes up.

Anyway, a decent show, but not the best. Some sloppy versions of a few songs, due mostly to Bono, but he still is
clearly having a good time. After "C'mon Everybody" Bono says "another classic trashed by U2." Not their best cover
(or worst, probably), but it's nice to know he had a sense of humor about it. He changes the lyrics a bit with a
reference to the Paradise Club that they played in 1981 (he has refernced this often over the years while in Massachusetts).
During "Pride," Bono apparently brings his cousin, A.J. onto the stage, and then mentions something about cameras.
I tried to look for a review of this show to explain what was going on, but the only one on U2tours.com clearly had
to be referring to a different show, as his description does not seem to match this one.

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"1st Gen Analog-Tape"

Origins: Audience microphone
Lineage: 1st Gen Analog-Tape > SoundTrax > Wav-Files > Flac-Frontend > Flac-Files (Level 6)

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review by 2UToo

19 days ago

Performance

This is what a U2 show in Worcester is all about! You have a fantastic audience, singing along with every song; you have a great setlist with some surprises (tonight we get the "Joshua Tree" debut of Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody" for example) and most importantly, you get a fantastic band! Bono is simply unstoppable tonight, giving long and personal speeches, singing like a true god and making for an incredible, unforgettable evening at the Centrum. "Bad" is an all-timer tonight, clocking in at nearly 12 minutes and featuring some unique line swaps by a very creative Bono.

For some reason unknown to me, the entire first minute and about 20 seconds of "Pride (In the Name of Love)" are instrumental; the audience can be heard cheering loudly just before Bono does start the first verse, so he was probably running around the stage or dancing with someone during the intro.

Sound

Not too bad but not great either, definitely listenable
Recording: "JEMS fixed" - 3 stars

Audience

Another night in Worcester with an absolutely electrifying audience

Overall

Highlights:
• I Will Follow
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Exodus
• Bullet the Blue Sky / America
• A Sort of Homecoming
• Exit / Gloria
• Trip Through Your Wires
• C'mon Everybody
• Bad / Candle in the Wind / Ruby Tuesday / Sympathy for the Devil
• New Year's Day
• Pride (In the Name of Love)
• With or Without You / Shine Like Stars

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1987-05-03 - Worcester, Massachusetts - The Centrum

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