Soundcheck Dublin 31-08-1997

Lansdowne Road

Dublin, Ireland.

31 - August - 1997.

Soundcheck

Disc 1 (08:05)

01. Gone

02. Mofo

Recording Equipment - History

OKM II Rock microphones + Sony TCD-D7 > DAT Master (@ 32khz) > Sony DTC-ZE700 (digital transfer) > optical cable Terratec EWX 2496 >
Soundforge 9.0 > CDWave Editor > WAV > FLAC

Taper: Stadtfelder

Additional notes (by the taper): Recorded inside the stadium; we were about 50 peopele at the "blue entrances" at Bath Street. The security let us all (all 50 people!) inside the stadium before the doors opened. The crowd was asked to wait near a toilet. Some fans includind went to the toilet. After I left the toilet the microphones and the recorder were ready for a recording and the opening bars of "Gone" started. This soundcheck is probably a "crew only" soundcheck. I don't think that a member of U2 took part. We didn't have a view on the stage though we were already inside the stadium. There are two flaws on the recording: Track 1: 1:50 - 1:52 // Track 2: 4:07.

Comments

This recording comes from the master DAT and documents the soundcheck of the second night in Dublin. As mentioned above by the taper, it was recorded inside the stadium, so sound quality is far better than the tape of the previous night, and the output is crisper and closer. It seems this soundcheck was done by the tech crew, though.