In late 1984, U2 released the album "The Unforgettable Fire." They were still on tour to support it when this concert took place in early 1985. The previous album in this series was a concert before the release of the album "War" in 1983. So this concert is quite different, with lots of songs from "War" and "The Unforgettable Fire."
The sound quality is excellent overall, as you'd expect from the BBC. However, there were big problems with three songs. A big chunk was missing from the first song, last song, and the song "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl." But since there are lots of U2 bootlegs out there, I was able to find versions from other concerts and fill in the missing chunks. That's why "[Edit]" is in the titles for those three.
It was particularly tricky to find the missing part for the last song, "'40,'" because the last two minutes or so were missing, when lead singer Bono was doing some ad-libbing, singing bits of different songs. In particular, the songs to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia had recently been released, "Do You Know It's Christmas" and "We Are the World," and he sang parts of the choruses from each. But I found a matching version that fit so perfectly that it may have come from the exact same concert, I'm not sure (the sourcing only said the year). Anyway, the transition between versions is so smooth that I'll bet you won't notice.
This album is an hour and 35 minutes long.
01 11 O'Clock Tick Tock [Edit] (U2)
02 I Will Follow (U2)
03 Seconds (U2)
04 MLK (U2)
05 The Unforgettable Fire (U2)
06 talk (U2)
07 Wire (U2)
08 talk (U2)
09 Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2)
10 Cry - The Electric Co. - Amazing Grace - The Electric Co. (U2)
11 A Sort of Homecoming (U2)
12 talk (U2)
13 Bad (U2)
14 October - New Year's Day (U2)
15 talk (U2)
16 Pride [In the Name of Love] (U2)
17 Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl [Edit] (U2)
18 Gloria (U2)
19 '40' [Edit] (U2)
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The photo I used for the cover is the only decent photo I could find that definitely comes from this concert and not some other one. I would have preferred one with the whole band, but all I could find is this one with lead singer Bono.
Not sure this is soundboard. Are you sure its BBC?
ReplyDeleteI checked with a big U2 database. Sometimes, the BBC just broadcasts concerts from elsewhere and probably recorded by others. I have a bunch from different artists that took place in the US and other countries. So it's only technically a BBC show, I guess.
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