Brussels 08-July-1987

Vorst Nationaal

Brussels, Belgium.

08 - July - 1987.

Attendance: 8.000 (sellout) - Support: In Tua Nua

Disc 1 (49:16)

01. Where the Streets Have No Name

02. I Will Follow

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

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

11. The Electric Co. 

Disc 2 (34:30)

01. Help

02. Bad

03. October / New Year's Day

04. Pride (In the Name of Love)

05. Party Girl

06. With or Without You

Recording Equipment - History

Analog 1st > Nakamichi CR-7A transfer > Peak 5.2 > FLAC

Taper: GS

Transfer: JEMS - Recording equipment unconfirmed but cassette deck likely 'Sony D5'. "Unfortunately 40 didn't fit on this tape. I'll record it next time, allright?" So wrote GS when he sent us this first gen copy of his master sometime around 1993. We never did get that missing song and
when I transferred this tape almost two years ago, I also realized that no only was "40" cut but that a few other between-song trims had been made to fit as much of the show as possible onto one 90 min cassette, though no music is lost save for the aforementioned "40".  GS wasn't a U2 guy at all. In fact this may have been the only time he ever recorded them. In listening to the recording again today, I was impressed by how good it is.

Comments

This is a second source of the Brussels concert. This 'JEMS' source also offers excellent sound quality with a very crisp and solid sound. As occurs with the other source, crowd noise is audible but not really detracting, as sound is powerful with music and vocals well upfront. This 'JEMS source' sounds to me crisper and more full than my other recording of this concert (the so-called 'You Can't Be All From Dublin').

As mentioned by JEMS above, there are a few noticeable edits at the end of a bunch of tracks, it seems to 'save' space and fit the entire show on a sole 90-minute cassette. All these edits only affect to crowd noise and are placed at the end of The Unforgettable Fire, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, The Electric Co and Party Girl. Note this recording is incomplete as it's missing "40".