U2start.com | U2 - 1980-12-04 - Pavillon Baltard Master Transfer

Okay, so its the 4th. Lets hope u2gigs adds this show so that we can add a bootleg for it. (Our show dates are synchronised with u2gigs)

Thanks for all the info Julien!

clover68

12 years

neither u2tours says anything about the 4th .. but they don't even tell about their last show at my home on the new year's day so ...

Risto

12 years

Just notified u2gigs to look at this

TheHim

12 years

I have a U2 Live:A Concert Documentary book and there isn't a December 4th gig. December 3rd was at the Baltard Pavilion and December 6th is the opening night of the Boy Tour Leg 2: North America at The Ritz in NYC. They played 3 support concerts for the Talking Heads. Two in London on Dec. 1/2 and one in Paris, Dec. 3rd. That's my two cents....

LikeASong

12 years

Originally posted by TheHimI have a U2 Live:A Concert Documentary book and there isn't a December 4th gig. December 3rd was at the Baltard Pavilion and December 6th is the opening night of the Boy Tour Leg 2: North America at The Ritz in NYC. They played 3 support concerts for the Talking Heads. Two in London on Dec. 1/2 and one in Paris, Dec. 3rd. That's my two cents....

Yeah, I also thought the De La Parra's book was the ultimate source, but it can be wrong/incomplete at times. Look at what was posted a month ago:

Originally posted by JulienLossless:this isn't mislabeled
- the taper only attended one show of the talking heads that year there
- the taper has his ticket for the show dated december 4th ( http://bit.ly/uLbpPT )
- he specifically wrote december 4th on the tape
- there were several dates (two actually) at the Pavillon Baltard that year ( http://amzn.to/tw13NR )

it's not because something is written on a book that it is automatically true.
that show IS from december 4th, there's no doubt about it.

I tend to consider the ticket stub as the definitive proof

discohype

12 years

I also think it is REALLY on december 4th, here is what wrote the taper of this night

"Talking Heads with Adrian Belew, Nogent sur Marne, Pavillon Baltard, 1980 December 4th, SM aud master [Open Torrent site]
I had requests for this show under my U2 torrent from same night (they opened for TH).
I had problems with the security / TH crew during the U2 set but not during the main act.
The sound is a little "dry" but really OK after the first song (sample).

Recorded from the floor, facing left PA using a Sony TCD5 M and a couple of Phonia powered mics.
Cassette played on a Marantz SD 4051 deck (pitch adjusted), to Zoom H4, SD card to PC, Audacity editions, FLAC (TLH).

As usually, i can certify this is the first upload from my master but i also have to say i'm discovering every day on the net that boots were made with my long time traded recordings ...
I don't know a boot from this one but i'm not a Talking Heads specialist.

01 Psycho killer
02
03
04
05 Band intro
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14 Crowd
15 Take me to the river
16 Crowd
17

Fade in on 11 due to tape flip; the other songs are uncut."

you can see THERE...

and a great thanks to him

and another writing about the concert
"tof
04-04-07, 03:34 AM
Saw Talking Head twice round 97/80. First time they were supported by Dire Straits who were touring their first record, the second time by Pere Ubu in their Mayo Thompson incarnation and a band fronted by someone who seemed to model his act on Rod Stewart. They were called U2.

kevin

I attended the 80 Talking heads tour, on 4th December 1980 in Paris ("pavillon Baltard").
U2 were opening for them. I was unable to pick up the name band, I read it in the news afterwards. By the way, they got an "encore", which is not so frequent for an opening band.
However, The TH performance was in a completely different league

Jean-Christophe
PS. Bono & myself were 20 at the time :-)"
THERE

poster was made by french 1980's artsit "kiki picasso"

Talking Heads played both nights, 3rd and 4th, i dunno about U2...

the place at the time... it was ancient market place which was inside paris city, les halles, which was moved in nogent sur marne in 1976...