Bootleg Round Table

Originally posted by germcevoydid you not want to post this in the other topic? Great job as ever.

Note Correction : This was previously a soundboard from the satelite webcast that went out live on the night of the show but it was pretty crap. This new version is a pre-satelite feed.

Originally posted by djrlewisdone

Originally posted by iTimJust read back over my quote again in the summary for South Bend, Indiana. I think it was a bit of a silly comment now, becuase Bullet the Blue Sky/Gone might've been a bit insensitive considering what the nation had gone through. And that I've only just realised.

Still no denying it's a superb show. The choice of songs certainly make it a breath of fresh air.

Originally posted by iTimJust read back over my quote again in the summary for South Bend, Indiana. I think it was a bit of a silly comment now, becuase Bullet the Blue Sky/Gone might've been a bit insensitive considering what the nation had gone through. And that I've only just realised.

Still no denying it's a superb show. The choice of songs certainly make it a breath of fresh air.

Originally posted by LikeASongLove that summary, Dan. I love appearing at them

Originally posted by djrlewishttp://www.u2start.com/topic/2090///930/58/#70228[/url]]

Reviewed by Sergio, Drew, Patrick, Dan, Gerard, Casper and Tim

Notes

The Joshua Tree 2nd leg: Europe
Although U2 had extensively toured Europe in the past, this was their first Spanish gig. It appropriately featured the first ever performance of Spanish Eyes.

Originally posted by Sergio 125,000 people. Awesome. Biggest show until 1997. There were only 95.000 scheduled tickets to sale, but a ***** promoter sold 30.000 more. That could have been a massacre with all that people, but it was eventually fine. And how fine was it... Biggest concert so far in Spain, and 2nd biggest on U2's history...

Sound

Decent audience recording with an outstanding crowd make this a 3-star recording. Some bits are better than others but it's very listenable. Try not to turn the volume up too loud and remember it’s done from the audience 20 years ago.

Performance

This show was popular with all reviewers. We had one exceptionally biased reviewer (;) – humm, now let’s think who that could be…) but his review gave us lots of little extra snippets of information – check it out:-
http://www.u2start.com/topic/2090///870/56/#69521.

The crowd provide great energy, which is palpable from the recording, especially at the beginning and during the encore. The band, and Bono in particular, pick up on this and feed off it. This provides the little sparkle that adds something extra to some U2 shows.

A lot of the songs are average, decent Joshua Tree tour standard – i.e. very good. Several were picked out for special mention and we all seemed to agree on:-
The Unforgettable Fire
The Electric Co.
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

Originally posted by Drew"Este es un lugar GREANDE, pero U2 y vosotros somos MUCHO MAAS grandes!!" ("This is a huge place, but U2 and you, we are MUCH bigger!!")

Spanish Eyes – live debut and in front of a home crowd. Brilliant
“40” – widely regarded amongst reviewers as the best ever performance of this song

Overall
Very strong band (and audience, to be fair) performance and good enough sound make this an essential listen for anyone with even a passing interest in Joshua Tree Tour bootlegs (umm, that will surely be, like, everyone, yes……..)
A unique crowd size (at the time at least) and a live debut for Spanish Eyes are an extra bonus.
Not the best JT souvenir, but very good. Try it, you’ll not be disappointed.