U2unes - U2 bootlegs with an Apple flavor

Sunday, June 28th 2009

2005-11-08 Oakland06/28/2009 11:14 AM

U2 start their new tour in Barcelona in just a few days. Like just about every other bootleg-collecting fan, I'm on pins and needles with anticipation, hoping that we don't have to wait long for new material (and fingers crossed that the audio quality is good). While no doubt many of you reading this will grab these upcoming gems from the larger sites like U2Torrents or DIME, U2unes will return to share the best recording released each week. Of course, I say that, and the very first week of the tour will end up appearing here late because I will be taking the family on a much-needed vacation to visit distant relatives who have yet to see our adorable little 4-month-old, Kai. But rest assured that we will be back and this 2 month hiatus is at an end.

To celebrate this upcoming tour, I gladly share with all of you today an under-circulated recording from the Vertigo tour's stop in Oakland, California. Audio quality is generally very good. The audience is present but not too loud (occasional screamers and whistlers but that can't be helped and they remain obnoxious only between songs). Bass is good, and lyrics come through very clear along with highs but at a slight cost of sounding like the music is coming through a PA. I would recommend this one at high volume even though it doesn't need it. A flat EQ is fine, but I tweaked mine to bring the highs out of the mud.

Aside from the generally good sound quality of the recording and the strong performance characteristic of the third leg of the tour, I would not necessarily find this bootleg or concert to be noteworthy until you get close to the end: "One Tree Hill" gets played, and if I recall correctly, it is the first time during the entire Vertigo tour that it gets played and does not re-appear until the shows in New Zealand a year later. It's short, coming in at less than a minute of actual song, but that alone makes this a must-have for the serious collector.

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Comments :

1. HolyJoe2009-07-01 20:29:38

Hey Jason,
Just wanted to add my thanks to those expressed below for sharing all the great bootlegs over the past muffle-lum-lum-num years ("then,...the drinks are on you my friend..."). And, may I make this supplicant request. Please ("...a bit of a Pop song"). Keep you ear to the net and share with us the U2unes-esque quality bootlegs that arise from the U2360 tour as you see fit.
Many blessings,
All praises.
HJ

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