East Rutherford 13-08-1992

Giants Stadium

East Rutherford (New Jersey), USA.

13 - August - 1992.

Attendance: 54.500 (sellout) - Support: Primus, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Disc 1 (62:23)

01. George Bush Rap (PA)

02. Zoo Station

03. The Fly

04. - Surfing Channels -

05. Even Better than the Real Thing

06. Mysterious Ways

07. One / She's a Mystery to Me

08. Until the End of the World

09. New Year's Day

10. - Larry's speech -

11. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World

12. Angel of Harlem

13. When Love Comes to Town

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

15. All I Want is You

Disc 2 (44:56)

01. Sunday Bloody Sunday

02. Bullet the Blue Sky

03. Running to Stand Still

04. Where the Streets Have No Name

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Desire

07. With or Without You

08. Love is Blindness

Recording Equipment - History

Audio Technica 831b + Sony TCD-D3 > DAT Master

Taper: Steve Hendrix

Location: third row dead center in the rain in front of a monitor

Lineage: DAT Master > Sony 600 > Pioneer stand-alone CDR burner > CDR-Master > EAC (secure) > WAV > Soundforge 8 (edits) > CDWave (tracking) > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC

Mastering: Jason Engel

Recording Info:
- Mics set to fla response instead of bass roll-off.
- DAT set to minus 20dbs in SP mode

Mastering Info:
- Three tracks total across two discs, used EAC in secure mode to pull WAV files off the CDs.
- Joined the three WAV files into one (first splice is clean, but the start of the encore is an obvious break).
- Fade-in start, fade-out at end of Pride, fade-in at start of Desire, fade-out end.

Additional notes (by Steve Hendrix):

The only problem with the transfer is the encore DAT was destroyed or lost or something because I can't find it. Luckily I cloned it onto the part one master DAT. The only difference is the transfer of the main set was optical and the encore transfer was analog.

Additional notes (by Jason Engel):

Arguably the best overall sound quality of the five DAT masters I've posted for Steve, but not the best concert. Instruments sound about as perfect as you could ever want, but the vocals are weak, almost drowned out by everything else in some cases (Love is Blindness with the quieter instruments worked the best for me, but others were generally enjoyable at louder volumes). Of the five DATs, this one was the loudest, sounding good at low volumes and simply amazing at higher ones with no hiss or artifacts often evident when cranking up the volume. There's a break between the end of the first set and the encore (there was only one), so I faded out Pride and faded in Desire, mostly to eliminate irritating chatter. I do have one gripe with this recording: It does such an amazing job of capturing the sound of this concert, but that means it also does an amazing job of capturing the people around Steve. While it's generally just chatter limited to spots in between songs, there are several instances of one guy being a truly obnoxious screamer (just before end of Running be certain to turn your volume down) and at least one woman who is swearing a lot. Overall, a tremendous recording, easily an A-.

Comments

This is the second of four recordings I have of this show. The source is the same master DAT that the first recording I have. In other words: both come from Steve Hendrix's source. Moreover, this second recording comes directly from the master CDRs. But the output is a little weaker than my first recording, that comes from second gen CDRs. This first recording (second gen CDRs) sounds crisper and punchier, so it has been remastered in a step of its lineage for sure.

Sound quality is excellent with a clear and close capture of music and vocals. Crispness is fantastic although the output is a bit bass-dominated. Crowd noise is audible but nothing too detracting. The only minor to note is that vocals are somewhat lower in the mix.