Denver 11-05-1981 analog master    repaired version

Rainbow Music Hall

Denver (Colorado), USA.

11 - May - 1981.

Attendance: 1.400 (sellout) 

Disc 1 (44:52)

01. The Ocean

02. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

03. I Will Follow

04. I Fall Down

05. An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart

06. Touch

07. Another Time, Another Place

08. Cry / The Electric Co.

09. Things to Make and Do

10. Stories for Boys

11. Boy/Girl

12. Out of Control

Recording Equipment - History

FM Broadcast KAZY-FM > Analog Master > CDR-M > FLAC (level-8)

Taper: yogilou

Additional comments (by yogilou): I attended this show and recorded the concert when it was broadcast a couple of days later. This was the second time in less than two months that U2 played this venue (the previous date was 3/28/1981). Barry Fey, the local concert promoter, convinced the band to come back one more time before the end of their tour, as a result of the positive response to the first show. The band also played the Rainbow Music Hall one more time on February 27, 1982. It was during these trips to Denver that Barry Fey and Chuck Morris took the band to Red Rocks, and planted the seed that would become "Under a Blood Red Sky", and finally the DVD (a show I also attended, and froze my a** off), and the rest is history. If you can't tell, I am very proud of the role Denver, and Feyline Concerts, played in the early career of U2 (which was confirmed by Bono in March 1982, when I met him while I was on Spring Break, in Phoenix, and was the only one at Wave World who knew who they were. They were the opening act for a J.Geils Band concert.

This is a first generation tape of this show, although I know other versions of this show exist out there. Unfortunately, I didn't realize this was
going to air until it was on. This resulted in me having to find a tape, and I missed most of "The Ocean". There is also a tape flip gap at the very beginning of "Out of Control", but not too bad. The only songs I believe are missing from the set are "Twilight" and the encore of "I Will Follow" (played for the second time!). Also, between "An Cat Dubh" and "Into the Heart" is a station ID for KAZY. This is my favorite concert that I have recorded, and it and the band hold a very special place for me.

**This version removes the gap between songs, as I was able to repair my master tape and re-transfer this to digital.**

Comments

Bright tape straight off the master cassette. Sound is very clear and strong. However, it has its minors, such as a persistent background noise and static, more audible in the quieter parts of the show. The Ocean cuts in, missing a good portion of the song. Note this is the complete broadcast, but not the complete concert, as it is missing the whole encore (the last three songs, that can be found in one of the other sources I have of this show, the so-called 'Denver 11-05-1981 master reel'). Moreover, note this is the repaired version, with the cassette master retransferred to digital mode, and gaps removed. This one sounds excellent, but the persistent hiss in the background slightly detracts sound quality.