Melbourne 17-09-1984

Sports and Entertainment Centre

Melbourne, Australia.

17 - September - 1984.

Attendance: 3.500 (sellout)

Disc 1 (48:25)

01. 4th of July Intro (PA)

02. Wire

03. Gloria

04. I Threw A Brick Through A Window

05. A Day Without Me

06. An Cat Dubh

07. Into the Heart

08. The Unforgettable Fire

09. Surrender

10. Two Hearts Beat As One

11. Seconds

12. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc 2 (46:15)

01. Cry / The Electric Co.

02. A Sort of Homecoming

03. October

04. New Year's Day

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Out of Control

07. Party Girl

08. I Will Follow

09. "40"

10. - Harry's Game (PA outro) -

Recording Equipment - History

Sony analog recorder with built-in mics > Analog Master (2x Maxell XLII90 tapes)

Taper: Michael Squier

Transfer (by Javi Dieguez on 25/oct/02): Sony K870-ES tape deck (3 head/3 motor) > Sony DTC-ZE700 A/D @ 44.1Khz w/SBM (optical out) > Zefiro ZA2 (optical in) > Cooledit Pro v1.2a > WAV > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Additional Comments (by Javi Dieguez): Raw transfer w/hiss footprints. Same bits as outputted by A/D converter, no editing at all. A bit of "Seconds" was lost during the tapeflip.

Comments

This recording features a nice upgrade to what it is on circulation. Sound is very clear with music and vocals well upfront as they sound pretty close. It may sound slightly raw, but sound quality places in the borderline 'very good' / 'excellent' rating. Crowd noise is audible but not disturbing. The setlist is amazing, in my opinion. Two songs were premièred that night: Wire and A Sort of Homecoming.

Note there is no DAE, so we have flac files straight off the master cassettes. As mentioned above, Seconds contains an edit at 01:43 due to a tape flip, missing a few seconds of the song.