London 12-06-1987 Soundboard

Wembley Stadium

London, U.K.

12 - June - 1987.

Attendance: 72.000 (sellout) - Support: World Party, Spear of Destiny, The Pretenders

Disc 1 (44:56)

01. Where the Streets Have No Name

02. I Will Follow

03. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

04. MLK

05. The Unforgettable Fire

06. Bullet the Blue Sky

07. Running to Stand Still

08. Sunday Bloody Sunday

09. Exit

10. In God's Country

Disc 2 (45:29)

01. Trip Through Your Wires

02. People Get Ready

03. Bad

04. October

05. New Year's Day

06. Pride (In the Name of Love)

07. Party Girl

08. Gloria

09. With or Without You

10. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Maxell UDI90 - Sony Micro HiFi - SoundBlaster Live Platnium - PC - WAVfile 

* WAV file edited to chop off non relevant parts at start & end 
* Volume brought up 
* Hiss Reduction gently applied - Its still a bit hissy, but I didn't want to apply too much noise reduction as it would have destroyed too much top end. 
* No Eq was applied to the recording, no frequencies were enhanced - just some mild hiss filteing 
* Wav file split into individual tracks for 2 CDs etc..
* Fades added to relevant tracks at start & end of them so they'd suit 2 CDs
* Wav converted to FLAC (Level6)

Transfer and processing: bonoman66

Additional comments (by bonoman66, firstly posted on u2torrents & txt file): 
Like my last torrent (The Montreal Forum Soundboard Upgrade), I received this tape on Feb 27th 1988. I hadn't thought about it much at the time as I wasn't very familiar with U2 & this tape, along with the Montreal one, were the ones that gave me my initiaion to the band & their music. I was given the tape by a close friend at college, told it was a 'special' tape & asked to keep it to myself, which I've done for approx 19 years.

I recently came across this tape again during the midst of a 'clear out' of my attic at home. On listening to it again, it brought a smile to my face & I thought the very generous people on this site (U2Torrents) in particular might like to have it. I verified with my friend that it was ok for me to share this now & was told it would be ok, so my conscience is clear.

I hope you all enjoy this recording. Please bear in mind it's far from perfect, it's an old analogue recording that was thrown in an attic & is approx 19 years old etc.etc etc Saying that, I've spent some time trying to digitally clean it up as much as I could without emphasizing any frequencies, adding any digital artifacts or masking out what's left of the higher frequencies. I've used some 'gentle' hiss reduction to try ensure as much of the music takes prominence but I chose not to over do it. Its still a little hissy as you might expect but I think people might like it. 

There is a small amount of vocal repetition on Bono's mic for the first 3 songs - approx 12mins total duration. I guess its some effects processig or delay to the PA towers being adjusted as the concert starts. The tape was almost complete, the last track "40" is only approx 60secs long. There are also some very small edits on the tape that I did not make myself - it was that way when given to me. This is a live soundboard so you might hear some imbalances in the soundmix, Bono's vocal effects switching on or being changed & since its not heavily compressed - watch out for Larry on occasion (some parts of Bad!).

Comments

Thanks to bonoman66 for sharing the with the collectors this great recording. Finally, we got a true soundboard recording of one of the amazing Wembley 1987 shows. These shows are among the best of the band's career, in my opinion.

As he mentioned, a good soundboard but not without inconveniences. It's not flat, as it sounds quite solid, but some problems are present. The major inconvenience is the echoed voice that lasts a pair of songs. There's a repetition in vocals that is very distracting. By MLK this problem is solved. Some hiccups are audible here and there, but nothing really too detracting. Crowd noise is almost non-existent, relegated to the very background. Low-end is really prominent in the mix, so the overall sound is not well balanced. "40" fades out early at 01:00.

All in all, this tape is far from being flat, and sound quality is still quite good. This seems to come from a true soundboard recording, and not from a pro-shot VHS.