Opportunity Knocks

National Exhibition Centre

Birmingham, U.K.

04 - August - 1987.

Attendance: 11.000 (sellout) - Support: Hoodoo Gurus

Disc 1 (58:55)

01. Where the Streets Have No Name

02. I Will Follow

03. Trip Through Your Wires

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

05. Exodus

06. MLK

07. The Unforgettable Fire

08. Bullet the Blue Sky

09. Running to Stand Still

10. Exit

11. G.L.O.R.I.A.  (snippet over 'Exit')

12. In God's Country

13. Sunday Bloody Sunday

14. Guantanamera

15. People Get Ready

Disc 2 (38:34)

01. - Bono talking -

02. Bad

03. October

04. New Year's Day

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Party Girl

07. With or Without You

08. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sony ECM 909 + Sony WM-D6 > Analog Master > CDR-Master > EAC (Secure) > SHN

Comments

Second night in Birmingham. This tape comes from the same taper than the recording of the preivous night, using the same gear. Both recordings sound pretty similar. Sound quality is phenomenal and the concert is outstanding. The features excellent clarity and crispness, and music and vocals come through pretty solid and clean. Crowd noise is relegated to the background, adding very nice participation.

The performance is really strong, with two versions of Exit and In God's Country that I personally love. The crowd are really "into the show", adding nice participation and a great live feeling. Neither Sunday Bloody Sunday nor Bullet the Blue Sky contain the ticking/digital distortion that other websites mention. This is a 'edited' recording by 'Trevor', who fixed the diginoises manually using 'Adobe Audition 2.0'. Finally, note there is an edit before Party Girl that cuts off the guitar riff intro.