Philadelphia 17-10-2005 OKM IIr version
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA.
17 - October - 2005.
Attendance: 19.652 (sellout) - Support: Damian Marley
Disc 1 (67:18)
01. Everyone (PA) / City of Blinding Lights
02. Vertigo
03. Elevation
04. I Will Follow
05. The Electric Co.
06. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / The Promised Land
07. Beautiful Day
08. Miracle Drug
09. Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own
10. Love and Peace or Else
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Bullet the Blue Sky
Disc 2 (67:01)
01. Miss Sarajevo
02. Pride (In the Name of Love)
03. Where the Streets Have No Name
04. One / Ol' Man River
05. Walk On
06. Fast Cars
07. People Get Ready
08. With or Without You
09. All Because of You
10. "40"
Recording Equipment - History
Soundman OKM IIr mics (in hat) > A3 Adapter (Bass Roll-Off OFF; No Linear Attenuation) > Sony PCM-M1 (Line-In; Manual Recording Level Set to 8; 44.1kHz)
Taper: Steve Vahey
Location: GA 15' in front of soundboard
Transfer: DAT Master (44.1kHz, 16 bit, stereo) > Sony PCM-M1 + Oade Digital Coax Cable + DataLink IDL-100 Hi-Res Digital Coax Monster Cable > Midiman Delta 410 (SPDIF-In Clock Sync) > CE 2k WAV Edit @32 bit resolution (balanced channels; added fades) > CD WAVE Editor Track Split > WAV > FLAC
Additional comments (Steve Vahey): Very little close crowd noise if any, nice strong tape. PA seemed maybe a little less clean than previous tours, or maybe it was the acoustics on the floor at Wachovia. Just seemed like the sound was on the verge of breaking up a little bit at times, particularly the vocal. Still a nice strong capture of a great show, the band's energy was insane. IWF and Electric Co set the place on fire. Bruce Springsteen makes a surprise appearance for People Get Ready.
Comments
Another superb recording of the second night in Philadelphia on the third leg of the tour. Again, sound quality is excellent, with a powerful capture of both music and vocals, and minimal audience noise.
The concert is outstanding, with the surprise of Bruce Springsteen and his wife (and guitarist) Patti Scialfa coming onstage to play a cover with U2 of Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready. As a little trick, Bono sings a pair of lines of Bruce's The Promised Land at the end of Still Haven't Found. Last time The Boss appeared at a U2 concert was also in Philadelphia, at John F. Kennedy Stadium, on September 25th 1987, during the third leg of The Joshua Tree Tour, where they played Stand by Me.
According to the french website u2achtung.com, Original of the Species and Bad were on the setlist instead of All Because of You and "40", but the band decided to play the latters.