New Haven 27-06-1983

New Haven Coliseum

New Haven (Connecticut), USA.

27 - June - 1983.

Attendance: 5.695 (capacity: 9.000) - Support: Marshall Crenshaw, The Alarm

Disc 1 (76:12)

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

14. Party Girl

15. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

16. I Will Follow

17. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Technics RS-686 + Nakamichi CM-300 > Analog Master (Loran 90 min cassette)

Taper: S.H.

Conversion: Sony TC-WE825S Cassette Deck > Sony PCM-R300 (Super Bit Mapper) > Optical (Tosslink) > Audiophile Delta DiO 2496 sound card > Cool Edit Pro > Wav > Flac (Level 8 W/Verify)
The 'Sony PCM-R300' is used only for the A/D conversion and is a pass-through. No eq, no noise reduction, no speed adjustment.

Comments

Excellent recording from the War Tour. Sound is quite strong, with music and vocals coming through pretty clear and close. Audience noise is somewhat rowdy, as some conversations are perfectly audible, and some people arguing about their seats during Out of Control and Twilight as well. Some may consider that this detracts the listening pleasure, but this recording should be rated as "VG to Exc" audience as the very minimum. Very energetic performance by the band and a great response by the audience.

About minors, the first track is incomplete, as the taper began to record about 2/3 into the song (note it only lasts 1:12). There's a little edit right before October that makes the song to cut in. Another edit happens after I Will Follow, but only affects to crowd noise.

Perhaps this recording is not as crisp as some other SH 1983 masters (such as New Haven 10-05-1983 or New York 11-05-1983), but it also offers excellent sound quality for sure.