Hampton 10-04-1985

Hampton Coliseum

Hampton (Virginia), USA.

10 - April - 1985.

Attendance: 10.000 (sellout) - Support: Lone Justice

Disc 1 (39:53)

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.' intro)

09. The Electric Co.

10. A Sort of Homecoming

Disc 2 (50:56)

01. Bad

02. October

03. New Year's Day

04. Pride (In the Name of Love)

05. - Bono introduces 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' -

06. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

07. - edit / dead air / 'encore' -

08. Gloria

09. "40"

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10. Pride (In the Name of Love)

11. Wire

Comments

Fair audience recording, with a somewhat distant and harsh sound as if recording levels were set a bit high. There's a bit of wavering background noise here and there, more noticeable when the band aren't playing. This is perfectly described by Justin Cook (webmaster of Justin's CDR Trading Page): "The source tape obviously suffered some degradation during the first few seconds of the first song on each disc. After the first verse of "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" and by the beginning of "Bad" the recording is at normal levels. Between songs on the first disc, a slight wavering can be heard if you listen closely to the cheering crowd. There is noticeable edits between several songs, but no music is lost. "October" features an extended keyboard intro by Edge." Moreover, it seems some parts run slightly fast, and "40" cuts out at 05:59. Note the last two tracks of CD2 are an unknown soundcheck.

Well, to me, one of the poorest tapes of the fifth leg of The Unforgettable Fire Tour. But it seems to be the best in circulation of this show.