Los Angeles 04-03-1985

L.A. Sports Arena

Los Angeles (California), USA.

04 - March - 1985.

Attendance: 15.024 (sellout) - Support: Red Rockers

Disc 1 (45:02)

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

02. I Will Follow

03. Seconds

04. Surrender

05. Two Hearts Beat As One

06. MLK

07. The Unforgettable Fire

08. Wire

09. Sunday Bloody Sunday

10. Cry / The Electric Co.

Disc 2 (44:20)

01. A Sort of Homecoming

02. Bad

03. October

04. New Year's Day

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Party Girl

07. Gloria

08. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sony ECM939 Mics / D6 Master > DAT > CDR(u)

Comments

Great audience recording, with a fantastic capture of music and vocals. Everything sound pretty well balanced, maybe with the only blemish that vocals are slightly distant, but still quite powerful. Overall sound is very clear. Audience noise is located between songs, being audible, but not disturbing.

The recording is not flawless. For example, The Electric Co. cuts out at 06:06, ending the CD1, so the song is missing around 30 seconds or so. "40" fades out, lasting 05:52. I received this recording from Kris de Groot (aka Soulrock), who warned me about a standard flaw in this recording: A Sort of Homecoming has a long fade in that lasts 01:36 (in other words: the first 01:36 of the song has been recorded at a much lower level than the rest, so it contains loud hiss).