The UF Nantes Soundboard / ANA-3    (complete)

St. Herblain Hospatlier

Nantes, France.

23 - October - 1984.

Attendance: 8.000 - Support: Big Audio Dynamite

Disc 1 (46:32)

01. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

02. I Will Follow

03. Wire

04. MLK

05. The Unforgettable Fire

06. Surrender

07. Two Hearts Beat As One

08. Seconds

09. A Sort of Homecoming

10. Sunday Bloody Sunday

11. Cry / The Electric Co.

Disc 2 (37:38)

01. Bad

02. Indian Summer Sky

03. October

04. New Year's Day

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Party Girl

07. Gloria

08. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Analog 3rd > CDR

Comments

I've seen out there that this recording was made with a 1st gen analog source. I was told by the guy who passed me this one that it was right from a 3rd gen, not a 1st. Curiously, a few days later, I had the chance to listen to a little sample of the real 1st gen, and trust me, sounded superb and better than this one. So I strongly believe now that the common complete soundboard recording of this concert was made with a 3rd gen.

However, this item sounds brilliant, quite powerful, very crisp and clear. But it sounds to me a little slow in the pitch. Tape degradation is audible from time to time, but it really occurs in a few occasions, so it is not very disturbing. Music and vocals are pretty clean, and audience noise is virtually non-existent. Note that a slight hiss stays in the background, being more audible in the quieter parts of the concert.

11 O'Clock Tick Tock fades in, joined in progress. The Electric Co fades out at 04:46, missing a good portion of the song. Bad, which is the first track of CD2, fades in, so maybe the taper did a tape flip between both songs. An edit can be found between Party Girl and Gloria, that only affects to crowd noise.