2001-07-21 Torino "Violence Is Never Right" Silver CD04/11/2009 02:09:25 PM
When I put up that last bootleg from The Tour Which Shall Not Be Named, I was not surprised at all that it had been more than a year since the previous bootleg from that tour. This morning, however, as I looked for a decent Elevation tour bootleg to share, I was very surprised to discover it had been more than a year since any bootleg from that tour showed up here. I was shocked, actually. That's some good material, and in the past year I have acquired some good recordings from this tour. Now is definitely a good time to share! After much browsing, I found the perfect recording. This one is from Torino, Italy, and is yet another silver CD (yeah, I know, I've been sharing a lot of those here lately). What jumped out at me from the very start of this performance is it's clarity. For some reason, everything I was listening to this morning sounded muddy or distant, but then this one just jumped out at me. I would still recommend a Rock EQ preset or something similar to make it pop right out. The audience is present in about equal measure to the music. Sometimes the woman singing a long nearby is a little bit too prominent, but overall the audience adds good character. For example, at the end of "With Or Without You" they can be heard keeping the song alive long after U2 left the stage for an intermission. Interestingly, U2 did not end this show with "Walk On" or "One" as they frequently did during this tour, instead playing a few additional songs. For the history buffs out there like me, this concert was U2's first outdoor gig of the tour, where they played at Torino's Stadio Delle Alpi. that's surprising, because normally I wouldn't expect to hear such a good sound from a recording made in an open-air venue like this.
1. Jade2009-04-12 21:15:02
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Thankyou so much for sharing this! I am really looking forward to listening to it!
