Los Angeles 05-04-2005

Staples Center

Los Angeles (California), USA.

05 - April - 2005.

Attendance: 17.264 (sellout) - Support: Kings of Leon

Disc 1 (60:54)

01. Everyone (PA)

02. Love and Peace or Else

03. Vertigo / Stories for Boys

04. Elevation

05. Cry / The Electric Co.

06. An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart

07. City of Blinding Lights

08. Beautiful Day

09. Miracle Drug

10. Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own

11. New Year's Day

12. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc 2 (59:09)

01. Bullet the Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America / Johnny Comes Marching Home

02. Running to Stand Still

03. Zoo Station

04. The Fly

05. Mysterious Ways

06. Pride (In the Name of Love)

07. Where the Streets Have No Name

08. - 'One Campaign' speech -

09. One

10. All Because of You

11. Yahweh

12. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

MarcSound mics + Sony PCM-M1 > DAT Master

Taper: JEMS

Transfer: DAT Master > Wavelab > CDR-Master > xACT verified extraction to .wav > FLAC

Additional comments (by JEMS): I realize this show exists in at least two other good versions, but the performance and my recording have always been favorites. This was the first show JEMS saw and recorded on the Vertigo tour and the impact was considerable. I hadn't felt this thrilled by a U2 show (despite seeing some good ones in 2001) in I don't know how long. Recording location was almost directly even with the front of the stage, with a PA speaker aimed squarely at me and as close as was possible given the configuration. The only distraction at all was a persistent clapper next to me which we painstakingly attempted to reduce in Wavelab (he's still there but it is nowhere near as annoying as it on the master).
 

Comments

Awesome recording of a great show. Sound is very crisp and full, and music and vocals come through pretty powerful and close. Moreover, crowd noise is minimal and relegated to the background, so people only add live feeling. For sure, a top notch recording of the first leg of the tour.