October Asbury Park

Hitsville South Nightclub

Asbury Park (New Jersey), USA.

25 - November - 1981.

Attendance: 700 (sellout)

Disc 1 (57:36)

01. Gloria

02. Another Time, Another Place

03. I Threw A Brick Through A Window

04. An Cat Dubh

05. Into the Heart

06. With a Shout

07. Rejoice

08. Cry / The Electric Co.

09. I Fall Down

10. October

11. Stories for Boys

12. I Will Follow

13. Twilight

14. Out of Control

15. Fire

Comments

Overall good recording with all instruments well captured and the only blemish of slightly distant vocals. It lacks some more clarity, so sound is somewhat flat, but my last impression is a good recording, better than expected when I received it. Music really comes through pretty well throughout the whole concert, but it certainly could have more crispness. Transitions between tracks are absolutely seamless.

I have detected a few minors. There's a tick at 03:59 in Gloria, 04:03 and 05:20 in The Electric Co., 0:02 and 0:07 in I Fall Down, and finally, 02:03 in Fire. The taper leaves the venue during Fire (you can hear him walking out), so the encore is missing (11 O'Clock Tick Tock, The Ocean, and I Will Follow).

The concert is quite interesting, and you can hear Bono playing some piano tunes during the guitar solo in The Electric Co. and Out of Control.