Toronto 07.December.1984

Massey Hall

Toronto, Canada.

07 - December - 1984.

Attendance: 2.800 (sellout) - Support: The Waterboys

Disc 1 (79:56)

01. 4th of July (PA intro) / 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

02. I Will Follow

03. Seconds

04. MLK

05. The Unforgettable Fire

06. Wire

07. Sunday Bloody Sunday

08. Cry / The Electric Co.

09. A Sort of Homecoming

10. Bad

11. October

12. New Year's Day

13. Pride (In the Name of Love)

14. Gloria

15. - encore break -

16. Party Girl

17. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sony WA-55 stereo cassette-corder + 2x Sony ECM-16T clip-on mics > Analog Master

Taper: Chris (aka searcher2cr)

Location: 1st balcony, Row 11, Seat 93

Transfer: Cassette Master > Sony TC-RX410 cassette player > MacBook Pro > CD Spin Doctor 3.0.2t > xAct 1.5 (for FLAC conversion / sector boundary check / md5 checksums & flac fingerprint) > FLAC

Comments

Great sound quality in this recording, straight off the master cassette. This is the first of three Toronto masters by  'searcher2cr', as he also taped the Maple Leaf Gardens gig in 1985, and the 1987 show at the Canadian National Exhibition Stadium. Sound is very clear and sharp, pretty close, and crowd noise only adds a nice live feeling. Note bass is somewhat prominent in the mix, and this tape brings the complete concert (nothing is missing here) and runs at the proper speed to my ears. There's a little edit right after The Electric Co. with no loss of music.

The show is excellent with the band in top form. A Sort of Homecoming was stopped due to the hysteria in the crowd (Bono says: "Could you stop screaming, this is not The Beatles or The Bay City Rollers").