Chicago 21-03-1985

University of Illinois Pavilion

Chicago (Illinois), USA.

21 - March - 1985.

Attendance: 10.628 (sellout) - Support: Red Rockers

Disc 1 (45:03)

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

02. I Will Follow

03. Seconds

04. MLK / The Unforgettable Fire

05. Wire

06. Sunday Bloody Sunday

07. Cry / The Electric Co.

08. A Sort of Homecoming

Disc 2 (45:44)

01. Bad

02. October / New Year's Day

03. Pride (In the Name of Love)

04. - encore break -

05. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

06. Gloria

07. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sony ECM 33-F + Sony TCD-5M > Analog Master (Maxell XL-I C90 Dolby On) > Chord Co. Cables > Pre-Amp Naim 52 > Marantz CDR-600 (Philips CDR-101) > CDR-Master (Taiyo Yuden Gold 74-ZY) > UltraPlex40max SCSI > EAC > WAV > flac

Transfer: Rick B.

Taping location: sec 1 - row G - seat 5 (7th row left side main floor)

Additional comments (Rick B.): One of the few I did not record. But good friend with the same gear I use, and I made this CDR master right from his master.

Comments

This tape comes from the master cassettes, and sound quality is tremendous. Clarity and crispness are awesome, with the result of an absolutely clean recording with minimal crowd noise. Both music and vocals sound very powerful and close, while audience noise sounds on the background. Indexing is somewhat odd, but this is a minor. The singer of the support band Red Rockers, joined U2 onstage during "40" to sing along. This one seems to be the source which the famous commercial bootleg 'Four at Four' comes from.