U2 - Thinking about U2 (Live) (Bootleg)
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Label : Men At Work / Vox Populi
Cat.Nr.: WORK 5523*2
Style : Rock
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: LAME
Quality: VBR/44,1kHz
Reldate: 22.Apr.2010
Street : 00.00.1991
Songs : 11
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Release Notes:
Very good soundboard bootleg recorded at:
01, 05: Unknown.
02, 06, 07: June 5, 1983. Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, CO.
('Under A Blood Red Sky' live video versions.)
03, 04, 08, 09, 10, 11: 'Under A Blood Red Sky' live album versions.
Review:
The packaging says, "Recorded live in Sydney 10th October 1984".
Don't believe it. In truth, most of you will already be very familiar
with this boot, because six of the Tracks (3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11)
are the same as on the 'Under A Blood Red Sky' album, and "Seconds",
"New Year's Day", and "October" are the same as on the 'Under A Blood
Red Sky' video. (What clued me in, by the way, was: Bono introducing
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" with "There's been a lot of talk..."; a
hauntingly familiar insert of "Send In the Clowns" during "Electric
Co."; Edge making the same mistake during "Party Girl" and Bono
calling him "Guitar hero!" here again; and Bono yelling, "This is
Red Rocks!" during "Gloria".) These versions of the songs are unedited,
however, so they weren't taken directly from 'Under A Blood Red Sky'.
There's more crowd noise, too, but it doesn't detract noticeably.
What's truly annoying isn't so much that this show isn't really from
Sydney, but that it's not even the real Red Rocks show. The recordings
from the other concerts on 'Under A Blood Red Sky' are on here too.
Anyway, buy this bootleg only if it's especially cheap or you have
plenty of money to burn. It's good, but most of it's available on the
commercial releases. The liner notes feature an essay by some Irish
journalist who went to Mount Temple High School with Bono and The Edge,
which is interesting, but it'd be nice if we knew who he was.
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Track List:
01. Two Hearts Beat As One (Live) 05:14
02. Seconds (Live) 03:26
03. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live) 05:53
04. Electric Co (Live) 06:11
05. I Fall Down (Live) 03:54
06. October (Live) 01:45
07. New Year's Day (Live) 04:40
08. Gloria (Live) 04:50
09. Party Girl (Live) 02:58
10. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Live) 05:01
11. I Will Follow (Live) 03:43
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Total
47:35 min