Out of Control In L.A.

L.A. Sports Arena

Los Angeles (California), USA.

17 - June - 1983.

Attendance: 9.633 (capacity: 12.000) - Support: The Alarm

Disc 1 (62:50)

01. Out of Control

02. Twilight

03. An Cat Dubh

04. Into The Heart

05. Surrender

06. Two Hearts Beat As One

07. Seconds

08. Sunday Bloody Sunday

09. Cry / The Electric Co.

10. I Fall Down

11. October

12. New Year's Day

13. Gloria

Disc 2 (18:21)

01. Party Girl

02. 11 O'clock Tick Tock

03. I Will Follow

04. "40"

Comments

As Justin Cook mentions in his website (http://www.justinscdrtrading.com), this recording was transferred from a low generation cassette to CDR by Jeff Roy. Sound is a bit distant, but quite clear. Bass level is really prominent, very high (see Seconds, where the bass level "eats" the rest of instruments), so it needs to be adjusted. Moreover, it derives in a couple of staticy ticks here and there, but nothing to worry about. Finally, there's an edit between The Electric Co. and I Fall Down, that cuts out a few seconds of crowd noise.

The show features the first headlining arena show played by the band, which states the increasing of popularity U2 had during the War tour in the United States. Sunday Bloody Sunday is interrupted at 01:41, when Bono asks the audience to calm down and not to be rowdy. The Electric Co. features the famous incident where Bono climbs onto the balcony, in a way to unify band and audience. Wherever he goes, people try to grab and touch him, not allowing him to breathe. The band then begins with I Fall Down, and Bono in a state of shock and confussion when trying to come back onstage, jumps 20 feet down from the balcony to the ground, falling into the audience, and beginning to push, and almost starting a fight.