Autumn Fire     fixed & remastered version

Wembley Arena

London, U.K.

15 - November - 1984.

Attendance: 10.000 (sellout) - Support: The Waterboys

Disc 1 (66:29)

01. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

02. I Will Follow

03. Seconds

04. Sunday Bloody Sunday

05. Cry / The Electric Co.

06. A Sort of Homecoming

07. MLK

08. The Unforgettable Fire

09. Wire

10. Bad

11. October

12. New Year's Day

13. Pride (In the Name of Love)

14. Gloria

Disc 2 (55:51)

01. Party Girl

02. Two Hearts Beat As One

03. "40"

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04. 4th of July / 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

05. I Threw A Brick Through A Window

06. A Day Without Me

07. An Cat Dubh

08. Into the Heart

09. The Unforgettable Fire

10. A Sort of Homecoming

11. Pride (In the Name of Love)

12. Out of Control

Comments

Stunning recording overall of a great concert. This is a remastered version of the commercial bootleg Autumn Fire. The job was done by Sean Spindler. He slowed down the recording and equalized it out. The sound is quite clear now, with fantastic crispness. Audience noise is located between songs, so it is not very distracting. Sound comes through pretty strong, with a good capture of all instruments, and a great mix between all them and the voice, as well. Now, this recording is the topping one of all 15-11-1985 bootlegs. Moreover, the transition between Wire and Bad is now seamless. The recording still keeps the edit between Two Hearts and "40", with no loss of music (it's just a fading process between both songs). Tracks 4 to 12 CD2 are bonus (from Melbourne on September 17th, 1984).

I have to admit that I think this recording is superior to In the Country of the Enemy, although they both come just from the same source. They contain the same minors. The main difference in terms of quality between both bootlegs is that In the Country of the Enemy contains lots of pops throughout the recording (some of them very audible and distracting), and it does not sound as strong as the remastered version of Autumn Fire. Another difference is that In the Country of the Enemy has a known lineage (Analog 1st > CDR), but we don't know the lineage of Autumn Fire (maybe it is from the master, or a very low gen). In my opinion, sound is cleaner and a little clearer in Autumn Fire (it does not contain the hiss and pops that In the Country of the Enemy has in the background). The edit between Wire and Bad is seamless in the remastered version of Autumn Fire, but still noticeable in the title In the Country of the Enemy. Both contain different bonus tracks.