Nantes 26-05-1993

Stade de la Beaujoire

Nantes, France.

26 - May - 1993.

Attendance: 30.000 aprox. (near-sellout) - Support: Urban Dance Squad, Utah Saints

Disc 1 (71:40)

01. Intro (PA)

02. Zoo Station

03. The Fly

04. Even Better than the Real Thing

05. Mysterious Ways

06. One / Unchained Melody

07. Until the End of the World

08. New Year's Day

09. Dirty Old Town

10. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World

11. Angel of Harlem

12. When Love Comes to Town

13. Satellite of Love

14. Bad / All I Want is You

15. Bullet the Blue Sky

Disc 2 (51:07)

01. Running to Stand Still

02. Where the Streets Have No Name

03. Pride (In the Name of Love)

04. - ZooTV Videoconfessionals -

05. Desire

06. - MacPhisto's speech and phone call -

07. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

08. With or Without You

09. Love is Blindness

10. Can't Help Falling in Love / - Can't Help Falling in Love (PA outro) -

Recording Equipment - History

Sony PC-62 + Aiwa J202MKII6 > Analog Master > Pioneer PDR-509 > CDR-M > WAV > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC (level-8)

Taper: PLG

Additional comments (by bedoc): I have made some corrections from the 'Master CDRs' - NO MUSIC WAS LOST:

- On the original CDs, the Intro and Zoo Station made one track. I have divided it in two tracks.
- There was a fade out after "New Year's Day". I have mix the end of the song with the beginning of "Dirty Old Town" to have a smoother transition.
- There was also a cut between "Dirty Old Town" and "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" with 1-sec of blank. Same thing than above, I have mixed the end of the first song into the begining of the second to have a smoother transition.
- Tryin' to Throw Your Arms had a problem on its 18 first seconds. Only the right channel worked. I have copy/past the right channel on the left channel for better sound. We can heard a small difference when the left channel comes back.
- There was a fade between "Satellite of Love" and "Bad" without reason. I have edited a bit the two songs to have a perfect transition.
- There was a fade between "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "Pride" while there was not tape side change. I have edited the two songs a bit to have a perfect transition.
- "Pride" is not complete. The song cuts out just before the 'MLK speech', and cuts in, when the songs ends (with drums).
- There was a fade between "Ultraviolet" and "With or Without You" while there was not tape side change. I have edited the two songs a bit to have a perfect transition.

I have read on some website reviews that their versions contain some small dropouts during the all show. Please not that this one is from the master tape with a new transfer specialy for the trade I made with the taper of this show. So the recording is very clean, without any dropout!
The sound is still a bit distant, with voice lost in the mix. The audience noise is not a problem, but the sound is lacking clarity and crispness.

Comments

As stated above by 'bedoc', this tape comes from the master cassettes, and it represents a major upgrade to the other set in circulation (the so-called 'Zooropa Nantes', which of course, comes from the same source). However, music and vocals come through quite thin and distant. Overall sound is very muddy, lacking clarity and sharpness. Finally, there's a bit of saturation here and there. Anyway, a great work by bedoc repairing from the master CDRs all the minors it had (fades and cuts). The big skip on Pride occurs at 3:13.