1. I am late as usual Sorry, Tim.


    Performance ★★★★
    The title "3rd leg Joshua Tree Tour" should give you a hint about the performance quality. This is a band who's clearly enjoying what they do. Bono delivers excellent vocals from the first "Whoa!" in Streets to his last "Hoooww long" in 40 and the band is tight and precise, no particular mistakes, nothing to blame them for. Edge is on fire and the particular bass-y nature of this recording allows Adam to come by surprisingly strong. There is no song that stands out among the rest in my opinion, although Streets, I Will Follow, Trip Through Your Wires (great speech&presentation), Help, Exit and Running To Stand Still come out as highlights. Out Of Control was fantastic (what an interlude!), although it's not the best option for a lead up for 40. Anyway, I like its symbolic meaning. The changes in the setlist work pretty good in my opinion, and TTYW after I Will Follow works much better than I Still Haven't Found (although that's the classic JT beggining). Well, I might agree with previous reviewers in one point: WOWY following October was awkward!!!

    Audience ★★★★½
    Excellent. They go crazy when a crowd is supposed to go crazy (mainly at Streets, I Will Follow and Sunday Bloody Sunday, and surprisingly during Gloria too) and they're more than OK during the rest of the show. Their singalong during Help was a very positive surprise, I loved it, as well the Running To Stand Stilll one. The guy speaking (with the taper? Maybe) over the intro of Exit was despicable. Apart from that, impeccable behaviour from the crowd. Participative, respectful and passionate. Fantastic. Hearing them actually improved the listening experience.

    Sound ★★★½
    The taper should have adjusted his mic and gear BEFORE the show, not during Streets. Nevertheless, let's not be ungrateful pricks, and reckon that a 2-minutes muffled recording is miles better than no recording at all Moreover, the adjustments during Streets allowed us to notice how different can be a recording just by placing the mic in one spot or another... Amazing improvement, from a less-than-2-stars recording to a Very Good > Excellent audience. There are spots when the sound quality decreases a little (there's two cuts during the end of Exit too, and the transitions from song to song seem to be very rough, although that might be a fault of the mp3 encoding and probably the lossless versoin should solve it), but they're rare spots, barely noticeable and they don't ruin the bootleg at all.

    Overall ★★★★
    All the other positive points make up for the ocassional unstability of the recording. A very good show which I already recommended some weeks ago to a friend, and I still do for whoever's reading me. If you have 2 spare hours, give this a listen. You won't regret one single minute (well, maybe the 3 first minutes of Streets, hahaha!) and you can find some gems in here. Enjoy.
  2. This week's bootleg is:

    1983-02-26 - Dundee, Scotland - Caird Hall

    Audio: ★★★½ Audience Recording
    Downloads: 580
    Chosen by: LikeASong


    Gloria
    I Threw A Brick Through A Window
    A Day Without Me
    New Year's Day
    Out Of Control
    Sunday Bloody Sunday
    The Cry
    The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet)
    I Fall Down
    October
    Tomorrow
    Two Hearts Beat As One
    Seconds
    Fire
    11 O'Clock Tick Tock
    I Will Follow / Christmas Is Coming (snippet)

    encore(s):
    Party Girl
    Surrender
    Like A Song
    40


    Mediafire links:
    Part I
    Part II

    Rapidshare links:
    Part I
    Part II



    So, as usual, this week (Dec 5th to Dec 11th) is just for you to download the show and let us know you're taking part on the reviewing proccess. When you do that, a PM will be sent to you with all the details.


  3. *Slaps*

    Round three may well be our last official one before Christmas/New Year. If people want to participate over the Christmas period, then maybe we should all decide on a particularly festive bootleg for a Christmas special round.

    In the meantime, we have a War tour bootleg to tickle the ears. It's been a while for me.
  4. 8 reviews ....not bad !!
    Dont let it go down !!
  5. I wasn't sure why Sergio selected this bootleg, then I looked at the encore.
  6. I'm in The only show with Sergio live.

    Maybe some Point Depot show for a christmas special?
  7. just downloaded it ....
  8. I have downloaded and will be reviewing.
  9. Of course i m in ....
  10. Great! I'm going write up the summary for round two tomorrow so keep your eyes peeled.
  11. I already have this bootleg so I definitely will be reviewing.