U2 - Koblenz 25-05-1985 Rock Am Ring

Nürburgring Racecourse

Koblenz, Germany.

25 - May - 1985.

Attendance: 70.000 - Rock Am Ring Festival

Disc 1 (43:47)

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. A Sort of Homecoming

Disc 2 (46:54)

01. Bad

02. October

03. New Year's Day

04. Pride (In the Name of Love)

05. Gloria

06. "40"

07. "40"   (cont.)

08. - Harry's Game (PA outro) -

Recording Equipment - History

Aiwa walkman + stereo microphone > Analog Master (TDK SA C-90) > WAV > FLAC

Taper: minimax

Location: left side about 15 meters from the stage.

Comments

This is a second source of U2's set at the 'Rock Am Ring Festival'. It's a very solid recording with a clear capture of music and vocals. It comes straight off the master cassette. There is some crowd interference, with cheering, clapping and chatting near the taper, not too distracting but well audible. Other than that, the tape sounds pretty good. There is a dropout at 1:04 in 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, as if other source was used to complete the song, starting minimax's source from that point (in other words, as if minimax's source was missing the first 1:04 of the song and he took it from another source). "40" is splitted into two different tracks, as the taper made a quick tape flip, with some seconds missing.