East Rutherford 14-04-1985

Meadowlands Arena

East Rutherford (New Jersey), USA.

14 - April - 1985.

Attendance: 20.572 (sellout) - Support: Lone Justice

Disc 1 (71:52)

01. Gloria

02. I Threw A Brick Through A Window

03. A Day Without Me / Dear Prudence

04. MLK

05. The Unforgettable Fire

06. Two Hearts Beat As One

07. Seconds

08. Sunday Bloody Sunday

09. Cry / The Electric Co.

10. A Sort of Homecoming

11. Bad

12. October

13. New Year's Day

14. Pride (In the Name of Love)

Disc 2 (19:58)

01. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

02. I Will Follow

03. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sony ECM 929 + Sony WM-D6 > Analog Master > CDR > EAC > WAV > MKW 0.96 > SHN

Taper: T.D.

Conversion to FLAC: Archived SHN files > HDD > checksums verified > WAV > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC (sector boundaries aligned)

Comments

Very good audience recording that documents the second of three nights in East Rutherford (NJ, USA). The output is clear and strong, with music and vocals well audible and crowd noise relegated to the background or placed between songs. The inconvenience here is that the tape sounds pretty boomy and slightly distant.

The band played a reminiscent set of the War Tour, with lots of changes from the basic Unforgettable Fire Tour set. Highlights for me are an extraordinary rendition of Bad, and The Edge playing the extended version of October.