Calling The White House

Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Washington (District of Columbia), USA.

16 - August - 1992.

Attendance: 48.519 (sellout) - Support: Primus, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Disc 1 (56:50)

01. TV: The Drug of the Nation (PA) / George Bush Rap (PA)

02. Zoo Station

03. The Fly

04. Even Better than the Real Thing

05. Mysterious Ways

06. One

07. Unchained Melody

08. Until the End of the World

09. New Year's Day

10. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World

11. Angel of Harlem

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

13. Satellite of Love 

Disc 2 (60:24)

01. Bad

02. Sunday Bloody Sunday

03. Bullet the Blue Sky

04. Running to Stand Still

05. Where the Streets Have No Name

06. Pride (In the Name of Love)

07. - Intermission / ZooTV Videoconfessionals -

08. Desire

09. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

10. With or Without You

11. Love is Blindness

Recording Equipment - History

Soundboard > pro-shot VHS (unknown gen) > Download from FTP as 2 big files > WAV > Soundforge for editing (by Boguspomp) > FLAC with SBA Level 8 > WAV > Remastering (by dreamoutloud) > FLAC with SBA Level 8

Comments

A major upgrade to the famous bootleg "And Now... A Word from Our Sponsor" (which also was an upgrade to "D.C.", as it was a remastered version of the latter). The current tape, "Calling The White House", brings an awesome sound, so the quality of "A Word from Our Sponsor" has been really improved. This one now sounds much cleaner, really sharp and crisp, very strong. "A Word from Our Sponsor" sounded pretty good too, but still had some flat-feeling to it. Note that this recording (surely) comes from a pro-shot VHS source, so crowd noise is virtually non-existent, as it is not mixed. However, slight saturation is noticeable on some spots, and a few soft pops and little skips are audible here and there. To sum up, this seems to be the best version of the gig available, with a very crisp sound that overcomes the flat feeling that the others brought. 

The beginning of New Year's Day is a complete mess, so Bono has to remark the rhythm, shouting "one, two, three, four" at one point.