1982.12.01 - Glasgow
As someone said before, an unique bootleg. The live debuts of Surrender (did someone mentioned it?!?), Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day make it VERY worth acquiring and listening, since that great songs (that later became classics for the fans) were in their fledgling stages. The overall performance is very good and inspired (as the whole Pre-War tour was!).
Sound:
Not perfect, and this is the kind of soundboards I specially dislike (no audience sound, etc)... But it's worth its 4 stars rating
A lack of bass makes the overall sound weak, as well as the echo of Bono's mic on some songs. Anyway, as said before, it's worth its 4 star rating. Performance:
Of course, as the whole 82-83 era, this concert has an incredible energy, both from the band and te audience. The show begins a bit cold, although they open with a hard song (Out Of Control), but as the show advances the performance and the audience get considerably better. The only weak point on the performance is that Into The Heart (a song that I love!) and Fire (a song that I hate!) are both very very uninspired. The other 18 songs are performed strongly and receive an incredible amount of energy from the band, which seems actually playing for a live recording or so...
The most remarkable point on the performance is clearly New Year's Day, which is performed greatly, with energy and passion, and features a great piano from The Edge and the final part of the song, that verse that I love!!
Ups:
New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Surrender (read below), An Cat Dubh (one of the best perfs ever), I Fall Down, I Threw A Brick/A Day Without Me (both greatly performed), I Will Follow (is this the only song that the audience knew? They went mad!), 11 O'Clock Tick Tock and The Ocean.
Downs
Into The Heart, Fire and Surrender (Surrender is between the Ups and the Downs...). The sound?
Overall
Awesome. Together with London 1982-12-06 and Groningen (3 days later), the 3 best Pre War shows
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