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  1. Originally posted by LikeASong[..]I did Thanks


    I had a feeling you did.
  2. Here's mine, earlier than usuall...

    1987-07-15 - Madrid, Spain - Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

    Sound:
    It wasn't bad, but sometimes I had a feeling that it was speeded up, or the band was just playing so fast?.A bit raw recording with strong presence of crowd gave an idea of how amazing atmosphere must had been there.That's what I like on these 3-3 and half star audience recordings. Only thing with which I wasn't content was skip at the beggining of October.

    Performance:

    The Best performance of Unforgettable Fire I've ever heard, really. This night Bono nailed it, those falsettos were fine! One of the best renditions of Exit, BTBS, The Electric Co and In God's Country.And above all - Spanish Eyes, that rocked. And I Mustn't forget 40 usually when this song comes I stop the listening already, but this time I didn't do it, this version was really worth a listen
    I was also surprised by SBS with slow intro, I didn't know it was played this way on 2nd leg...

    Overall:
    This show had so much Energy! amazing. Whole band at their best. I enjoyed every song. Top Notch performance. Great choice Sergio
  3. Originally posted by U2starterI was also surprised by SBS with slow intro, I didn't know it was played this way on 2nd leg...



    They did it quite a few times on that leg. The version from the first Croke show is the best
  4. I just came to say...I'm a bit busy, and to tell you the truth, I totally forgot about this week's round table...I'm not gonna make it.
  5. Originally posted by Ali709I just came to say...I'm a bit busy, and to tell you the truth, I totally forgot about this week's round table...I'm not gonna make it.


    I might not either. I was starting to listen to the show when our power went out about 2 hours ago....
  6. 1987-07-15 - Madrid

    Sound

    Extremely raw recording and a lot higher in quality than I remember from previous listens. All instruments could be heard well enough and this recording did a decent job in capturing the enthusiasm of the crowd which is always welcome from me. Just don't turn the volume up too loud or else things go tits up. Maybe some audiophile could clean this one up slightly in the future, who knows. 5 stars is a little bit generous I think, 2.75 for me.

    Performance

    I have listened to this show many times before as I say and bar a few standout moments it doesn't differ an awful lot from other JT shows. Streets was a little better than its awesome usual self in 1987 and that was definitely down to the crowd and Bono feeding off their energy. The end of Still Haven't Found was nice with those 'Oh way Ohs'. Everything else up until Spanish Eye's was Joshua Tree normality I felt. Spanish Eye's has to be the hilight, how they nailed that song on it's debut performance and how the audience reacted to a b-side a lot of them probably hadn't heard was awesome. '40' was thee best version i've ever heard. Simple as that.

    Overall

    Mostly standard Joshua Tree performance with the 115,000 strong crowd, first visit to Spain and Spanish Eye's giving it the edge over most. The sound is very listenable though not brilliant. If you have quite a few JT European boots already then try this one out for size, you won't be dissapointed. For further listening I recommend 1987-07-08 - Brussels and 1987-08-01 - Edinburgh. Both sound massively better and match this for performance I reckon.

    Bring on the next show.
  7. 1987-07-15 - Madrid, Spain - Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

    Not a lot to add over previous posters really. Just a couple of points

    Sound

    Decent audience recording with an outstanding crowd make this a 3-star in my book. Some bits are better than others but it's very listenable, especially given the performance...

    Performance

    Very good. It's JT tour, so you know this and some songs go on to be done better (Bullet for me was not so good on this tour), some not so well ever again.

    I picked out Streets, Electric Co. The UF, Spanish Eyes and "40" as standout performances. Not that the other songs were bad; they're all top-drawer, but these were especially good.

    The band all feed off the energy of the huge crowd that others have mentioned. Bono especially, and he's in fine voice.

    Overall

    A worthy addition to any bootleg collection, there are better JT boots that combine better sound quality with equal performance (see Gerard's review for ones from this leg; there's the Denver's of this world too also), but it was the biggest crowd ever for U2 at the time and that gives a little something to it.
    It will stay on my iTunes and, for a while, my iPod too.

    4/5

    Over to you for next week Casper...
  8. I haven't forgotten about the South Bend summary btw. Just reading your posts to make sure I'm fully representative.

    Maybe later. Depends on the rugby later and the beers to go with it....
  9. Originally posted by djrlewisI haven't forgotten about the South Bend summary btw. Just reading your posts to make sure I'm fully representative.

    Maybe later. Depends on the rugby later and the beers to go with it....


    hoping for an English defeat then?
  10. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    hoping for an English defeat then?


    Actually no. I'm an unusual Welshman in that I have some English heritage (and was born in England) so I cheer them on at all times unless they're playing Wales. So I'm actually hoping for (not necessarily expecting ) an improvement on last week...
  11. I'll post mine later this, I'm busy for school right now. The new bootleg for this week will be announced later, too.
  12. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

    Actually no. I'm an unusual Welshman in that I have some English heritage (and was born in England) so I cheer them on at all times unless they're playing Wales. So I'm actually hoping for (not necessarily expecting ) an improvement on last week...


    I only have Irish heritage so you know who's getting my vote . Fair play Wales though
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