Rotterdam 05-01-1990

Sport Paleis Ahoy

Rotterdam, Holland.

05 - January - 1990.

Attendance: 9.500 (sellout) - Support: BB King

Disc 1 (55:48)

01. - Intro music (over the PA): I Saw Her Standing / Twist and Shout / Satisfaction / Sympathy for the Devil -

02. God Part II

03. Desire

04. All Along the Watchtower

05. All I Want is You / Sexual Healing

06. Where the Streets Have No Name

07. I Will Follow

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

09. People Get Ready

10. Bad

Disc 2 (51:18)

01. Van Diemen's Land

02. The Star Spangled Banner / Bullet the Blue Sky

03. Running to Stand Still / Dirty Old Town

04. New Year's Day

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Angel of Harlem

07. When Love Comes to Town

08. Love Rescue Me

09. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

D6 Master > Analog 1st > CDR > EAC > FLAC > Goldwave (speed fix) > FLAC

Speed-fix: Mike Duchek - I downloaded this from U2Torrents and noticed it played too slow, so I fixed that. I did nothing else to this recording, although there are portions of the show where part of the show is repeated (between songs only), I assume this was because of the tape transfer.

The recording is extremely solid and clear. At a few times I heard what seemed like a tiny bit of crackling during some very loud parts, and some noise in "People Get Ready" which may have been the same thing. Also a short period of distortion during "Van Diemen's Land" very short and same during "New Year's Day."

A wonderful first show in Rotterdam. This show to me seemed a bit more mellow than other shows, with a tremendous vocal performance by Bono throughout.

Comments

Awesome sound overall. Clarity is fantastic in this impressive recording, with a powerful and close capture of music and vocals. Moreover, strong performance by the band. Audience participation is just perfect: people is noisy, they seem to be enjoying and having fun, they sing "40" loudly a couple of times during the show. Track-1 CD1 features a few tunes over the PA before the band take the stage. There is a very small edit after I Still Haven't Found, only crowd noise seems to be cut. Another edit occurs between New Year's Day and Pride, but only affects to crowd noise, too. Anyway, the sound on this item is outstanding, kick-ass quality.