Boston 06-03-1981 - Set 2    source 2

 

Paradise Theater

Boston (Massachusetts), USA.

06 - March - 1981.

Attendance: 500 (sellout) - Set 2

 

 

Disc 1 (46:15)

 

01. Twilight

02. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

03. An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart

04. Cry / The Electric Co.

05. Things to Make and Do

06. Stories for Boys

07. Boy/Girl

08. Out of Control

09. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

10. I Will Follow

 

 

Recording Equipment - History

WBCN FM broadcast > Sansui 8 reciever with wire antenna > Cassette deck > Analog Master (Maxell UDXLI 90 min) > Nakamichi 300 > Realtek soundcard > Soundforge > WAV > FLAC (sb's aligned)

 

Taper: glasnostrd19

 

Additional notes (by the taper): one of two WBCN pre-recorded broadcasts of U2 at the Paradise in March 1981. They played 2 shows on March 5,
two more on March 6. According to the etree setlist of this, the broadcast omitted "Another Time, Another Place" and it says The Cry goes into
The Electric Co. Sounds here like Into the Heart is followed by Electric Co. This performance is a little more "ragged" or "looser" than the other broadcast, and appears to be an incomplete show. It sounds to be a completely different show than the other broadcast, even though most of the song sequence is the same (not all). The performances are very different, and between 2 sets, there are 4 performances of "11 O'Clock Tick Tock". Surprising, considering that U2 already knew enough songs at this early time to play a 2 hour concert of all different songs. But before one of them
Bono says "we played this one before, we'll play it again". They must have been in a real 11 O'Clock mood for these shows. That song was just getting big in Boston around this time, along with "Twilight" and "I Will Follow".

 

Comments

This is a second source of the second of two shows that U2 played on March 6th at Paradise Theater in Boston. Sound quality is excellent with a strong and clear capture of music and vocals, and a very nice balance. In terms of sound quality, this source nš2 is slightly better than the source nš1. But this source nš2 is missing two songs: the first take of I Will Follow (played right before An Cat Dubh), and Another Time, Another Place (played before The Electric Co.).