Hear Their Heartbeat

Estadio River Plate

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

07 - February - 1998.

Attendance: 53.495 (sellout) - Support: Babasónicos, Illa Kuriaki, The Balderramas

Disc 1 (68:43)

01. Pop Muzik (PA)

02. Mofo

03. I Will Follow

04. Gone

05. Even Better than the Real Thing

06. Last Night on Earth

07. Until the End of the World

08. New Year's Day

09. Pride (In the Name of Love)

10. Dirty Old Town

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

12. Bad

13. Walk on the Wild Side   (bits during Bad)

14. All I Want is You          (bits during Bad)

15. Slow Dancing

16. Staring at the Sun

17. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc 2 (68:54)

01. Bullet the Blue Sky

02. Please

03. Where the Streets Have No Name

04. Lemon Intermission (PA)

05. Discothèque  (includes bits of The Fly)

06. If You Wear That Velvet Dress

07. With or Without You

08. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

09. Mysterious Ways

10. One

11. Mothers of the Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencerá

Recording Equipment - History

DAT master > DAT(3) > CDR(2)

Comments

Nice quality for this hard-to-find recording. Sound is a bit harsh, but still quite clear. Anyway, this item lacks a bit of overall crispness and clarity. It also lacks a more punch in the bass. Music and vocals are a little distant but highly audible and listeneable. There is a slight background noise, more audible in the quieter parts of the concert. Finally, there are tiny marks (rough transitions) between the tracks. To sum up, nice and very good audience recording considering its rarity. I know some may consider this one as "VG audience recording", as some parts of the show really border with this rating.

About minors, two skips can be heard in Still Haven't Found, first one at 02:33, and again at 02:54. A noticeable dropout occurs at 2:16 during the Lemon Intermission played over the PA. A last dropout can be found at 01:27 in One.

The show is outstanding. Some verses of Dirty Old Town are sung by Bono after Pride. Slow Dancing makes a rare appearance in the setlist, nicely played from the mini-stage. Bad includes some bits of Lou Reed's Wak on the Wild Side. Discothèque includes some verses of The Fly. However, the most amazing part of the show is the full-band rendition of Mothers of the Disappeared, which includes some lines of El Pueblo Vencerá.