"Analogue Soundboard Recording"*
TAPE TRANSFER (see details below)#: bonoman66 (aka Trevor)
LINEAGE: [analogue master] > Maxell UDI90 [Unknown Analogue Generation]
> Sony Micro HiFi > SoundBlaster Live Platnium > [PC] > .wav > .flac
TRACK LISTING:
CD1
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Will Follow
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
MLK
The Unforgettable Fire
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Exit
In God's Country
CD2
Trip Through Your Wires
People Get Ready
Bad
October
New Year's Day
Pride (In The Name of Love)
Party Girl
Gloria
With Or Without You
"40" [cut]
*Almost Fully Complete (Last Track - "40" only approx 60 secs long)
#TAPE TRANSFER details:
- WAV file edited to chop off non relevant parts at start & end
- Volume brought up
- Hiss Reduction gently applied - Its still a bit hissy, but I didn't want to apply too much
noise reduction as it would have destroyed too much top end.
- No Eq was applied to the recording, no frequencies were enhanced - just some mild hiss filteing
- Wav file split into individual tracks for 2 CDs etc..
- Fades added to relevant tracks at start & end of them so they'd suit 2 CDs
- Wav converted to FLAC (Level6)
ORIGINAL NOTES:
"Thanks so much for your patience, support, kind comments & for giving me the time to work
on this without being pressured. Its finally here!! This may well be a WORLD PREMIERE for
U2Torents - The First Soundboard recording from a U2 Wembley Stadium Joshua Tree Tour
Concert ;-))
Like my last torrent (The Montreal Forum Soundboard Upgrade), I received this tape the on
Feb 27th 1988. I hadn't though about it much at the time as I wasn't very familiar with U2
& this tape , along with the Montreal one, were the ones that gave me my initiaion to the
band & their music. I was given the tape by a close friend at college, told it was a
'special' tape & asked to keep it to myself, which I've done for approx 19 years.
I recently came across this tape again during the midst of a 'clear out' of my attic at home.
On listening to it again, it brought a smile to my face & I thought the very generous people
on this site (U2 Torrents) in particular might like to have it. I verified with my friend that
it was ok for me to share this now & was told it would be ok - so my conscience is clear ;-)
I hope you all enjoy this recording. Please bear in mind its far from perfect, its an old
analogue recording that was thrown in an attic & is approx 19 years old etc.etc etc Saying
that, I've spent some time trying to digitally clean it up as much as I could without
emphasizing any frequencies, adding any digital artifacts or masking out what's left of the
higher frequencies. I've used some 'gentle' hiss reduction to try ensure as much of the music
takes prominence but I chose not to over do it. Its still a little hissy as you might expect
but I think people might like it.
There is a small amount of vocal repitition on Bono's mic for the first 3 songs - approx 12mins
total duration. I guess its some effects processig or delay to the PA towers being adjusted as
the concert starts. The tape was almost complete, the last track "40" is only approx 60secs long.
There are also some very small edits on the tape that I did not make myself - it was that way
when given to me. This is a live soundboard so you might hear some imbalances in the soundmix,
bonos vocal effects switching on or being changed & since its not heavily compressed - watch out
for Larry on occasion (some parts of Bad!)
[...]
Feel free to share this with others but don't attempt to charge anyone for it, don't ebay it etc..
Please only convert to MP3 if using for your own ipod, zen, personal device etc..
Please don't forget to rate it, so others will know if its worth downloading etc.. Thanks to all
the other seeders/uploaders for their generousity with some of the excellent material recently
posted on U2 Torrents.
Regds,
bonoman66
NB: possibly the soundboard was recorded by nickh97, but I have not been able to verify this,
nor do I know where the information came for (it was tagged at a previous U2Start entry).
BIGGIRL 2019