Spanish Eyes in Donosti

Velódromo de Anoeta

San Sebastian, Spain.

14 - May - 1992.

Attendance: 14.000 (sellout) - Support: Fatima Mansions

Disc 1 (55:58)

01. Intro / Zoo Station

02. The Fly

03. Even Better than the Real Thing

04. Mysterious Ways

05. One / Unchained Melody

06. Until the End of the World

07. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

08. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World

09. Angel of Harlem / Dancing Queen

10. Spanish Eyes

11. Satellite of Love

12. Bad

Comments

Good audience recording overall. It sounds somewhat distant but the capture of music and vocals is clear, with everything well upfront. There's minimal crowd interference, as people are audible when shouting between songs. However, the output sounds pretty harsh, probably due to the acoustics and taper's location. There are several ticks during Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses that kill a good portion of the song, so it only lasts 3:37. Bad fades out at 4:45. Of course, this recording doesn't feature the complete concert, as it is missing the second half.

The band did a messy rendition of Spanish Eyes in the acoustic set, perfectly explained by Justin Cook in his website (Justin's U2 CDR Trading):

"Of particular note is the inclusion of a VERY ragged version of "Spanish Eyes". Before the song Bono says "This is a song we played twice...ever.  You might find out why in a minute." He proceeds to unleash a rendition of the song that you almost have to laugh at. He obviously forgets almost all the words and, as a result, the song is comprised largely of Edge playing the guitar without Bono's vocals. When Bono does sing, the lyrics seem to be made up on the spot. Afterwards, Bono quips "You don't need moving statues to believe in miracles. Just take a look at this band. We got this far playing that kind of shit [he spits loudly]. I believe in a God!".

There are very small ticks between some of the tracks, and the volume level changes slightly from the end of one track to the beginning of the next. This leads me to believe that the tracks may have been normalized separately as opposed to normalizing the entire .wav file and then dividing it into tracks."