Amsterdam 1980 - The Milky Way Tapes

Melkweg

Amsterdam, Holland.

15 - October - 1980.

Attendance: 500

Disc 1 (50:27)

01. The Ocean

02. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

03. I Will Follow

04. Touch

05. An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart

06. A Day Without Me

07. Twilight

08. The Electric Co.

09. Things to Make and Do

10. Stories for Boys

11. Boy/Girl

12. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock 

Recording Equipment - History

low generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck AD-WX828 > Audigy Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CDWave > FLAC Frontend > FLAC (level-6)

Transfer: ldb - I had this show from the first tour outside UK. I gave it a listen and then I realised that it was cut in the last track. So I downloaded the full version that was here (U2Torrents) and again the comparison shows that my version has a clearer sound. Not a huge improvement, but it definetely sounds better to my ears. So I took my version and patched the missing part of 11 O'Clock from the version seeded here.

The title of this one obviously comes from the presentation Bono did in Den Haag a few months later, not remembering the name of the venue and stating that that place was "very, very strange". The Melkweeg still exists today and it's a very nice place for concerts, along with the Paradiso.

Comments

Stunning quality for such an old audience recording. Clarity is surprisingly good, and the tape offers a very powerful, solid and close sound. Audience noise is just audible between songs, creating a good live feeling. A real gem of an early gig.