Bootleg Round Table

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

Maybe a good idea to open a list here of shows being re-uploaded with new lineage.

Originally posted by SalvationTambourine[..]

yeh i agree. great to see al these new upgrades. good work and much appreciated.im a bit lost though.any chance of a summary?

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

i'll get on it

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

i'll get on it

Originally posted by ReclinerManFor Dan,

Page 106 of "Bootleg Round Table"

Scroll down and you will find it, my man.

Originally posted by ReclinerManI'll post mine, but it will be a while. Don't worry about me, okay.

Originally posted by ReclinerMan
First of all, I'm sorry for my absence on this round table. I became really burnt out and it became more of a job to me. Even during my own choice for the Reggio PopMart show. I hope this makes up for it.

Moderator’s Notes:

1997-09-20 - Reggio Emilia, Italy - Festival Site

General Jots:

--Mofo was fine... although lacking in the drums!
--Even Better and Until the End of the World sound a bit forced.
--New Year's Day was forced.
--Staring at the Sun was half-hearted.
--Volare was fun and Miami was the best song of the night.
--What is up with Discothèque? It was just garbled.
--Bass mistake in Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.
--Guitar mistake in One... and WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO LARRY?!?!?

Final Thoughts:

Listening to this show makes me think of why I have problems with the Pop era. It was impersonal, even to the band. The performance reminded me of '66 era Beatles where they could barely hear themselves, so they provided only the minimum of care to the show. It makes me sad and I plan to forget.

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So for my greater good, I won't be around for the round table unless I feel up for it. So... Gerard, Nate, and Dan... look on the front page. I left something for you.

Originally posted by germcevoyi'll do a summary topic tonight. Note though that not all the shows listed will be upgrades so unless your a bootleg nerd (like me) then you might not give a crap but it's an issue I care about. Maybe one day i'll have all 1000 bootlegs sourced

Originally posted by djrlewisSummary for:-

1997-09-20 - Reggio Emilia, Italy - Festival Site

Info

Popmart 2nd leg: Europe
150,000+ fans attend this concert. It currently holds the world record for the largest paying crowd to a single act without support.
Next show was Sarajevo (!)
Rated 3.5/5 stars (Audience) on this site.
Available from Rapidshare

Setlist

Mofo
I Will Follow
Gone
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Last Night On Earth
Until The End Of The World
New Year's Day
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
All I Want Is You
Staring At The Sun
Volare (Edge Karaoke)
Miami / My Mammy (snippet) / Cuba (snippet)
Bullet The Blue Sky
Please
Where The Streets Have No Name

encore(s):
Discothèque / Love To Love You Baby (snippet) / Black Betty (snippet) / Take Your Partner By The Hand (snippet)
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
With Or Without You
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Into The Groove (snippet) / Mysterious Ways
One
MLK

Reviewed by Jeremy, Remy, Dan, Patrick, Sergio, Nate

A late review was also submitted by Reclinerman but does not contribute to the overall summary presented here.

Sound

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This wasn't a 5 star recording as it was originally listed by any means, and was changed to 3.5 after all the reviews were in. No bass, poor drums and fuzzy occasionally. It was very difficult to perceive the crowd also, probably due to the size of the arena, but it was a shame not to be able to hear 150000 screaming Italians very much

Performance

This was a popular show with reviewers. Everyone found something to enjoy, and it is a solid concert performance all round. Certainly shows the Popmart naysayers how wrong they are.
Highlights:-

EBTTRT - "Ciao Reggio. Viva Italia...., viva Popmart, ... viva..... Bono!" B-Man on top form
Mofo - very good:-
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"Discotheque", "WOWY", "HMTMKMKM" - excellent performances; great encore really, especially:-
"One" - very good performance. None of the extended guitar from early ZooTV, but everything else. And a special 'A Capella' bit where all but Bono and the huge crowd drop away. Fantastic
"Please/Streets" - as normal this was amazing.
Rare Popmart outing for "MLK"
Bono's voice was generally very good, especially compared to the next show (Sarajevo)

Poor bits:-

LNOE dragged and generally didn't meet with favour.
I didn't like the karoake, but others seemed to think it was a bit of fun.
Otherwise, nothing.

Overall

Good listen. Just listen to it in the right circumstances - decent headphones preferably.
There are better (Leeds, Santiago, Mexico, Sarajevo), but this is a solid, recommended 3.5 star listen