Melbourne 07-10-1989

National Tennis Centre

Melbourne, Australia.

07 - October - 1989.

Attendance: 16.000 (sellout) - Support: Weddings Parties Anything, BB King

Disc 1 (45:12)

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. God Part II

07. Desire

08. All Along the Watchtower

09. All I Want is You

10. People Get Ready

Disc 2 (46:02)

01. Bad

02. October

03. New Year's Day

04. Pride (In the Name of Love)

05. Angel of Harlem

06. When Love Comes to Town

07. Love Rescue Me

08. Star Spangled Banner / Bullet the Blue Sky

09. Running to Stand Still 

10. With or Without You

Recording Equipment - History

Sony WM-D3 + PC-62 microphones > Analog Master > Analog 1st > Yamaha K-540 deck > Soundforge 9.0 > CDWave Editor > WAV > FLAC

Taping location: upper grandstand, section HH, seat 570

Transfer: Stadtfelder

Additional notes (by Stadtfelder): The recording is not complete. The taper went to the venue with two C-90 tapes in the afternoon and was able to record the soundcheck (without expecting this before). There was only one C-90 tape left after the soundcheck. To capture nearly all of the songs the tape flip was too late and People Get Ready is incomplete. There are cuts between Bad/October, New Year's Day/Pride, Pride/Angel of Harlem, When Love Comes to Town/Love Rescue Me, Love Rescue Me/Bullet the Blue Sky and Running to Stand Still/With or Without You to save some tape.

Comments

Good recording of the first of seven shows in Melbourne. Sound comes through quite clear and loud, but it lacks more cleanness, as it is somewhat flat and harsh. The major inconvenience on this recording is that audience is very noisy, being intrusive in some occasions (some girls really cheer loud near the taper), adding nice participation in others. A fantastic version of Running to Stand Still includes some lines from Waltzing Matilda.

About minors, People Get Ready is cut (fades out at 03:46) due to tape flip. October cuts in missing the very first seconds. There are little edits to save space on the mastertape, as mentioned above by 'Stadtfelder'. Finally, With or Without You cuts out at 02:31.