Hampton 12-12-1987

Hampton Coliseum

Hampton (Virginia), USA.

12 - December - 1987.

Attendance: 10.544 (sellout) - Support: The BoDeans

Disc 1 (56:27)

01. - Stand by Me (PA intro) -

02. Where the Streets Have No Name

03. I Will Follow

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

05. MLK

06. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

07. Sunday Bloody Sunday

08. Exit

09. In God's Country

10. Tequila Sunrise

11. Out of Control

12. Bad

Disc 2 (45:57)

01. The Star Spangled Banner / Bullet the Blue Sky

02. Running to Stand Still

03. New Year's Day

04. Pride (In the Name of Love)

05. Mothers of the Disappeared

06. With or Without You

07. Lucille

08. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Realistic Stereo Recorder > Analog Master (Maxell UR 120 minutes tape) > Cool Edit Pro (EQ for simple bass boost) > CDWave > FLAC FrontEnd > FLAC

Transfer: Bakerstuff Archives

Comments

Bright recording of an outstanding concert. This tape documents the second night in Hampton (VA, USA). Sound quality is pretty good, just somewhat flat due to the output being slightly distant, but sharpness still is quite nice. The setlist brings a bunch of surprises that make this gig really interesting to listen to. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock makes its début in the Joshua Tree Tour, being the first and only time it was played during the current tour. After In God's Country, Bono jokes about Larry's record collection when a youngster, being too bad, and particularly liking The Eagles. Then, the band launch into Tequila Sunrise, with Larry on vocals. Setlist also includes renditions of Out of Control, Lucille or Mothers of the Disappeared. Before Lucille, some roadies and techs, including Dallas Schoo, come onstage dressed as the Dalton Brothers.

Note that crowd noise is well audible during and after speeches, or between songs, but generally calm down when the band are playing. Some tiny skips occur a couple of times throughout the show. The most noticeable occurs around 03:11 in New Year's Day. All in all, sometimes the recording places in the borderline between "VG" and "Exc" rating.