Soundcheck Auckland 11-11-1989

Western Springs Stadium

Auckland, New Zealand.

11 - November - 1989.

Soundcheck

Disc 1 (17:13)

01. Slow Dancing

02. unknown song / jam

03. Going Down South

04. unknown song

Recording Equipment - History

Sony PC-62 + Sony WM-D3 > Analog 1st (tracks 1 and 2) + unknown analog generation (tracks 3 + 4) > Yamaha K-540 > Terratec EWX 2496 > Soundforge 9.0 > CDWave Editor > WAV > FLAC

Transfer: Stadtfelder

Additional notes (by Stadtfelder): The recording is incomplete. The last track cuts off. The full setlist of the soundcheck was:
Slow Dancing / Two Hearts Beat As One / unknown / unknown / Where the Streets Have No Name / Bad.

The most important songs of the soundcheck are available. I have never seen a complete copy of this soundcheck in circulation. I only got Slow Dancing as a first copy from the taper. I received the two unknown songs in a trade 20 years ago. Track 3 is "Going Down South" from the "Berlin demos" which is an early version of the bridge in "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World". I have no idea about track 4.

The quality is poor. It was a windy day in Auckland on November 11th in 1989 and this soundcheck was probably recorded from outside the venue. The taper did not record the show (I don't know the reason for it).

Additional notes (by Yauckt): I know one of the unknown songs contain a guitar part of Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World which Edge used in concert. It's also on the stolen AB takes. The last 'real instrumental song' before all the sampling stuff on Salomé and before the drum track.

Comments

Very interesting soundcheck. The band rehearsed a full band rendition of Slow Dancing, they also did a pair of unknown songs or jams, and an early rendition of Going Down South, a song that later appeared on the Achtung baby stolen recordings, the so-called 'Salome demos'. Sound quality is pretty bad, with a distant and muffled output, and lots of wind as it was taped outside the stadium.