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Manufacturer: Empire
Catalog: EMP 2003/2004
Matrix: Disc 1: EMP 2003 93072203
Disc 2: EMP 2004 93072205
Barcode: Unknown
Disc 1: (70:26)
Disc 2: (72:42)

Disc 1:
1. Zoo Station
2. The Fly
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Until The End Of The World
6. New Year's Day
7. One / Unchained Melody
8. Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
9. Angel Of Harlem
10. When Love Comes To Town
11. Satellite Of Love
12. Redemption Song
13. Sunday Bloody Sunday
14. Bullet The Blue Sky
15. Running To Stand Still

Disc 2:
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
4. Stand By Me
5. Desire
6. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
7. With Or Without You
8. Love Is Blindness
9. Can't Help Falling In Love
10. Wild Rover
11. Party Girl
12. The Times They Are A Changing
13. Mothers Of The Disappeared
14. I Shall Be Released
15. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
16. Maggie's Farm (includes Cold Turkey)
17. Stand By Me

Sources:
Disc 1 (1-6), Disc 2 (10): September 9, 1992. Pontiac, MI. Pontiac Silverdome.
Disc 1 (7-15), Disc 2 (1-9): October 14, 1992. Houston, TX. Houston Astrodome.
Disc 2 (11, 12): December 31, 1989. Dublin, Ireland. The Point Depot.
Disc 2 (13): April 29, 1987. Chicago, IL. Rosemont Horizon.
Disc 2 (14, 15): April 20, 1987. Los Angeles, CA. Sports Arena.
Disc 2 (16): June 15, 1986. East Rutherford, NJ. Giants' Stadium.
Disc 2 (17): September 25, 1987. Philadelphia, PA. JFK Stadium.

Sound Quality:
Disc 1 (1-6), Disc 2 (10): Excellent soundboard.
Disc 1 (7-15), Disc 2 (1-9): Very good audience.
Disc 2 (11, 12): Excellent soundboard.
Disc 2 (13): Excellent audience.
Disc 2 (14, 15): Good audience.
Disc 2 (16): Excellent soundboard.
Disc 2 (17): Good audience.
The sound of this 2 CD set is distant, there is too much treble, and you can't hear bass too well, just a mass of low sound. You can hear Bono's voice and The Edge's guitar very well. I don't know if I described the sound quality very well (it isn't so bad) but I don't find it interesting at all. It is the type of sound you can't amplify too much because then it becomes very loud mass of sound that you can't listen to. On Disc 2, Tracks 14, 15, and 17, there is crowd noise everywhere (sometimes you can barely hear the band). "Stand By Me", with Bruce Springsteen, is the poorest-quality track on this double CD.

Comments:
These CDs are both very nice picture discs. On each disc, all four members of U2 are pictured from the 'Achtung Baby' era. Concerning the songs, all can be found on other CDs. "Even Better Than The Real Thing" contains drums with Garth from the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards. Before "Trying To Thow Your Arms Around The World", Bono exclaims, "(that it is a)...traditional Irish drinking song the Beatles had stolen from us and we're stealing it back". "Angel Of Harlem" is an acoustic version beginning with a portion of "Hello Good-bye". Before "Redemption Song", Bono says that it is the first time that they have ever played the song live, and then he pleads for the return of his stolen notebook. The Mirrorball Man's phone call is to George Bush, then President Of The United States, who is "unavailable". Deluxe color cover.
This is the original pressing on this label.




© Bob Reck