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1984-11-15 London "Autumn Fire" Silver CD06/01/2008 10:14:53 AM

A couple days ago, I received an email from a reader with a fun question: Which concerts did the live tracks on the EP Wide Awake In America come from? Yes, it's true - I have an immensely vast wealth of knowledge about all things U2. It's called Google. ; ) But I was actually surprised to find an excellent answer to that question at Wikipedia of all places. I would have figured some U2 fan site would have been at the top of the list but that was not the case. I know Wikipedia covers a lot of topics, but this was still a neat treat. So the live version of "Bad" came from a performance in Birmingham (1984-11-12) and "A Sort Of Homecoming" was taken from the London show a few nights later (1984-11-15). Naturally curious, I went to my archive to see if I have those dates, and sure enough I do. Indeed, the London show ended up as the silver CD I am sharing with you today.

This silver CD might not be a soundboard-sourced recording, but if it's merely an audience recording it's a darn good one. There is no audience interference though the crowd is present when it needs to be. The sound is clear overall. A bit high, there's not much bass, but I found it improved when using iTunes Rock EQ preset. Bono gets chatty between songs, and is obviously very excited to be on stage this evening, which translates into a lot of enthusiasm during the songs. Regular readers will know how much I like a good rendition of "Bad", and like-minded people will be happy to hear an 8 minute version. The actual concert would fit just perfectly on a regular 80-minute CD, which might be handy for you folks who like to burn discs and listen in the car on the way to work. However, the silver CD included 9 bonus tracks from a performance in Australia a few months earlier. The bonus tracks are muffled and the lyrics are almost inaudible. I include them for completeness, but they really are only of value to the hardcore collectors who don't like their silvers split up.

You can grab the torrent from the usual spot there in the upper right-hand corner, but I am finding people seem to have better luck with the download working if you grab it from TPB directly.

Enjoy!

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Comments

1. Scott Eaton06/01/2008 10:56:20 PM

Thanks. This should be a fun listen!

2. Gary06/02/2008 01:56:10 AM

I always thought A Sort Of Homecoming was from the soundcheck and not an actual show,with the audience put on top of it.

3. Gerard06/02/2008 08:28:07 AM

I'm with Gary on this one. I've read that about ASOH from many sources. Thanks for a hopefully great gig though

4. Jason06/02/2008 08:43:36 AM

I'm going to have to agree with you so far about ASOH coming from the soundcheck. I didn't do a comparative listen of the two tracks until this morning and there are differences. Looks like the wikipedia page could use a little tweak.

5. laura06/02/2008 10:53:32 AM

thanks for this one!!

6. Ron06/03/2008 12:11:45 PM

Great bootleg. It will replace some of the other UF concerts in my library. Thank you!

7. Jim06/06/2008 05:06:39 PM

I never thought my innocent question would prompt a response like this on such a great fansite!!! Thank you Jason for your personal response!! Wikipedia does have some awesome/interesting stuff about our favorite band. Maybe in the future you can put the other show with "Bad" on the tracker? Thanks again!!!!!

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