1981-11-28 Los Angeles "An Evening With U2"05/11/2009 12:44 PM
Oooo... I can't believe I haven't shared this early U2 bootleg before. Here's a soundboard/broadcast/vinyl bootleg from the second leg of the October tour, a performance in Los Angeles. Sound quality is excellent. I think it sounds great with a flat EQ setting, which is not often the case, and fiddling with it a bit (or just jumping to the Rock EQ preset in iTunes) doesn't do much more than fill out Bono's voice somewhat. Normally, I try to find a couple favorite songs to comment on, but this is solid entertainment from start to finish with very high energy. They don't give you much time to breath between songs. I am a bit confused because various sites say this bootleg is incomplete, but having listened to it straight through a few times now, I can't hear any breaks between songs to indicate something is missing, unless there were some songs performed after "Out Of Control" that did not make it onto the vinyl for some reason. The end of OoC sounds like the end of the show with all of the goodbyes and thank yous, but the very last sound you hear appears to be the start of another song, so who knows. Oddly, the usual sites that track U2's setlists don't seem to have info for this show. And speaking of vinyl, there is only one point in the whole recording where my ears hear any of the pops and cracks associated with a record, and that is - again - very close to the end of OoC.
1. scott eaton2009-06-16 23:29:30
How is you son and the rest of your family? I take it you've been somewhat busy of late. Thanks for all the great concerts these last two years (which is how long I've known about your website).
Scott
