Give Me a Guitar

Civic Center

Providence (Rhode Island), USA.

02 - April - 1985.

Attendance: 13.349 (sellout) - Support: Lone Justice

Disc 1 (45:31)

01. 4th of July (PA)

02. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

03. I Will Follow

04. Seconds

05. MLK

06. The Unforgettable Fire

07. Wire

08. Sunday Bloody Sunday

09. Cry / The Electric Co.

10. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

11. A Sort of Homecoming

Disc 2 (43:03)

01. Bad

02. October

03. New Year's Day

04. Pride (In the Name of Love) 

05. Gloria

06. "40"

Comments

Good recording that documents the stop of 'The Unforgettable Fire Tour' in Rhode Island. I got this one in trade some years ago, unknown digital gen CDRs. The only info I got it was remastered and hiss removed, and slowed down too, as it originally ran too fast (all in all, a pair of songs such as Wire or Sunday Bloody Sunday still sound somewhat fast to my ears). The output is slightly distant and boomy, but very clear. Crowd noise is certainly audible but not too distracting. A Sort of Homecoming fades out at 3:35.

The odd moment occurs when Bono introduces A Sort of Homecoming, but static happens when Edge tries to start the song. A roadie then comes onstage with a guitar for Bono, and the band start instead Knockin' on Heaven's Door.