Detroit 23-03-1985

Joe Louis Arena

Detroit (Michigan), USA.

23 - March - 1985.

Attendance: 17.000 (sellout) - Support: Lone Justice

Disc 1 (40:55)

01. 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

Disc 2 (43:49)

01. - Bono's intro to 'Bad' -

02. Bad

03. October

04. New Year's Day

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

07. Gloria

08. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sony ECM-939 + Sony WM-D6C > Analog Master > Nakamichi CR-7A > PreSonus FireStudio Project > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave Editor > FLAC FrontEnd 1.7.1 > FLAC (level-8)

Taper: JEMS

Lineage: ANA(M) > WAV (96 kHz / 24 bit) > WAV (44.1 kHz / 16 bit) > FLAC (level-8)

Transfer: Mike Ziegler

Additional notes (by JEMS): Another one of JEMS' analog-era U2 masters that has not been torrented directly from the master tapes. This was the second time JEMS recorded the band in Detroit in the span of slightly more than three months. But in that time the band's popularity grew enormously, as they jumped from the 5,000 seat Fox Theater they played in December to 17,000 seat Joe Louis Arena. Another fine audience recording by J in a much bigger venue. It takes a minute into the first song to get the mic and levels right but after he does it is pretty much smooth sailing.

Mastering note: the first about 40 seconds of the recording were completely removed from this due to the levels being set so hot the distortion makes it unlistenable. Initial volume adjustments afterwards were mastered to make it sound as even as possible.

Comments

Another fantastic recording from the Unforgettable Fire Tour. It comes from the master cassettes and offers a powerful and clean sound. Music and vocals come through pretty crisp and well balanced, and crowd noise is minimal. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock cuts in missing a minute or so of the song, and it lasts 3:57.