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Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

I've heard the show before anyways so i'm safe. It is one of thee essential bootlegs. I just listened to it there myself. Good shpw.

I've heard it as well. But I still need to give it a fresh listen. Very good show.

djrlewis

17 years

Riiiight then. Back in with it.

1981-02-01 - London, England - Lyceum Ballroom

In the end there were only 2 full reviews of this show, by iTim and Casper (MWSAH). Nate (easports43) seemed to agree with iTim (who incidentally should be congratulated on an excellent in-depth first review)

I listened to the show whilst on holiday so will add any bits below:-

Summary

Sound

I know this show is 27 years old nearly, but there is no excuse for the deeply sucky sound that this boot offers. All reviewers agree that this is at absolute best a 2-star recording. I personally found it unlistenable. Whatever you may think of the performance, the sound is a serious drag here.

Performance

Impossible to assess Adam as the bass is so washed out and fuzzy. Larry excels (does he ever not?). Edge is Edge (although it's not one of his best). Bono sucked rotten eggs. Seemingly couldn't be bothered.
Electric Co. is ok, I Will Follow is rarely bad. Early All Along The Watchtower but it got done much better later on.
Ignore the rest.

Overall
Even if the sound had been better there would be little to commend this show. As it is there is nothing to commend it. Deleted off my iPod and iTunes already.

Far better Boy boots are available. Just one example would be 1981-03-06 - Boston, Massachusetts - The Paradise (2). Don't try this one.

djrlewis

17 years

1992-05-22 - Milan, Italy - Forum Di Assago

Reviewed by Gerard, Patrick (U2Starter) and iTim. I've had a listen in my absence too so my thoughts will percolate through here.

Summary

Sound

A rare thing. Excellent audience where they augment the recording rather than irritate the listener, although some may find the clapping slightly irksome after a while. Laughable 3-star rating here should go up to 3.5 or even 4 stars. As good as it gets without soundboard etc really. Only slightly muffled in places.
My copy skipped slightly during Bad, but that may just be me.

Performance

Well, Gerard summed it up very well I think:-

"Every song was nailed. That simple. Full stop"

11. Yes, ELEVEN of the tracks from Achtung Baby played. Only Acrobat (what a real shame

) missing. Apart from snippets the first eight songs are from the album they were touring. That's confidence in your new material, and it showed. Stunning.

All the songs are great (as you may have guessed!), but the following were mentioned by all reviewers:-

EBTTRT. Full vocal on 'take me higher', not falsetto. Wow.
The Fly. Band outsung by audience. To be heard to be believed.
Bad. Variation within the main song then So Cruel as a snippet. OMG.

Overall

Get this bootleg. Now. Stop reading, click on the link above and listen. Then come back here and dare to disagree.
For some the best Zoo tour bootleg (yes, that includes you RDS Dublin and Sydney). Definitely the best overall '92 ZooTV bootleg. Others have individually stronger songs, but not the whole package like this.

Essential

MWSAH

17 years

Nice additions Dan!

djrlewis

17 years

Ok then, I'm all caught up. Now the last thing, summary for this week (although Sergio's a bit ahead of the game due to nasty computer restricting folks...)

{ *Shamelessly copies Drew's excellent post* }

2001-10-10 - South Bend, Indiana - Joyce Center

Info

Elevation Tour 3rd Leg
1st show back in USA and first after September 11 terror attacks
Rated 5/5 here for sound

Set List

1. Beautiful Day
2. Until The End Of The World / Two Tribes (snippet)
3. New Year's Day
4. When Will I See You Again (snippet) / Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
5. What's Going On
6. New York
7. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. Kite
10. Angel Of Harlem
11. Staring At The Sun
12. Bad / Molly Malone (snippet)
13. Where The Streets Have No Name
14. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
15. With Or Without You

encore(s):

16. Elevation / Creep (snippet)
17. Mysterious Ways / Sexual Healing (snippet)
18. One / Peace On Earth (snippet)
19. Walk On

Active Members this week due to post:-

Dan (djrlewis)
Gerard (germcevoy)
Ali (Ali709)
Jeremy (haytrain)
Nate (easports43)
Casper (MWSAH)
Drew (drewhiggins)
Patrick (U2Starter)

Active Members who've posted this week already:-

Sergio (LikeASong)

Members yet to confirm this week

Reclinerman
Chris (fenderman)
Chris (jean_pasquerel)
iTim

Rules

Quick recap - relay your opinions on this show here on Sunday.

If you're new and want to be included leave a post here or send me, Nate or Gerard a PM before end of the week. You need to leave enough time to download the show, listen and write a review.

Our choosing order (updated) is:-

->Nate - Jeremy - Chris (Fenderman) - Chris (jean_pasquerel) - U2Starter - Drew - Sergio - Casper - iTim - (anyone else new) - ReclinerMan - Gerard - Dan - Ali ->

We're with Sergio next week.

Don't forget each summary of previous shows is given HERE

djrlewis

17 years