Mannheim 31-07-1997 GvK

Maimarktgelaende

Mannheim, Germany.

31 - July - 1997.

Attendance: 25.000 (capacity: 80.000) - Support: Die Fantastischen Vier

Disc 1 (70:22)

01. Pop Muzik (PA)    -04:40-

02. Mofo    -04:36-

03. I Will Follow    -02:53-

04. Gone    -04:40-

05. Even Better than the Real Thing    -04:00-

06. Last Night on Earth    -06:16-

07. Until the End of the World    -05:23-

08. New Year's Day    -05:00-

09. Pride (In the Name of Love)    -03:56-

10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For    -04:58- 

11. All I Want is You    -03:01-

12. Staring at the Sun    -05:53-

13. - Singing in the Rain  (karaoke) -    -02:35-

14. Miami    -05:57-

15. Bullet the Blue Sky    -06:28-

Disc 2 (60:45)

01. Please    -07:25-

02. Where the Streets Have No Name    -09:10-

03. - Lemon Intermission (PA) -    -04:15-

04. Discothèque     -05:58-

05. Whole Lotta Love    -01:33-

06. If You Wear That Velvet Dress    -03:27-

07. With or Without You    -07:53-

08. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me / Children of the Revolution    -05:53-

09. Mysterious Ways    -06:01-

10. One    -05:25-

11. Rain    -03:42-

Recording Equipment - History

OKM IIr + Sony TCD-D7 > DAT Master > DAT Clone-1 > CDR-M > CDR-1 > EAC Secure > WAV > FLAC

Taper: Geraldo v. K.

Location: "Special Section" GA in front of stack

Comments

This is a second audience source of the Mannheim gig, taped with OKM II classic microphones and a D7 DAT recorder. Very good sound, although the low-end is somewhat prominent in the mix, and the recording brings a slight distortion on the kick-drum, as occurred with 'Werchter 25-07-1997' (also taped by Geraldo). Note both recordings offer the same kind of sound. Anyway, although clarity is quite good, this source sounds slightly distant. Crowd noise is virtually non-existent.

It was raining, but the show is pretty good, with lots of snippets here and there. An impromptu cover of Children of the Revolution pops up at the end of Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me. The Edge experienced some problems on a couple of songs. Quoting the book U2-Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra (and Caroline van Ossten de Boer) published by Omnibus Press (2003): "The Edge has problems with his guitar during Until the End of the World and Bono just starts yelling 'Guitar! Guitar!' and then 'Edge! Edge! Edge! Edge!' over and over again during the climax of the song. Edge gets a little angry, takes out his frustration on some spare microphone stands on the left of the stage, knocking them over with his fist. The guitar problems add grit to the tune and when the keyboards go funny at the start of New Year's Day even that distortion contributes to the vibe. 'One, two, three, fuck!' Bono says, getting a little frustrated when the band miss their cue [...]. The Edge struggles with his wet, faulty keyboards. 'Eins, zwei, drei, vier...' Bono continues. 'Shake-a, shake-a, shake-a' Bono goes, encouraging his lead guitarist."