IDES OF MARCH, THE

Manufacturer: Sea Monkey
Catalog: SM 1905-1
Matrix: 601000X SM1905-1 IFPI L602 MADEINTAIWAN960224-18
Barcode: None
(59:03)

1. The Ocean
2. Twilight
3. I Will Follow
4. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
5. An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart
6. Another Time, Another Place
7. Electric Co.
8. Things To Make and Do
9. Stories For Boys
10. Boy-Girl
11. Out of Control
12. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
13. The Ocean
14. I Will Follow
15. A Day Without Me

Source:
March 15, 1981. Reseda, CA. Country Club.

Sound Quality:
Very good audience.

Comments:
This CD contains the complete show. The quality isn't quite that of
the first Paradise Theater show of this tour (March 6, 1981, TWO SIDES
LIVE), but it's a pretty good audience recording. The industry seems
to have left Italy physically (this disc was manufactured in Taiwan, not
Italy or Luxembourg). The insert is blank, but the covers are all
correct for the time period. The sound quality gives a good feel of
what it must have been like to hear U2 in the audience, something that
soundboard recordings sometimes don't give. As you may know, it wasn't
unusual for a European band to play true encores, as U2 did for "I Will
Follow", "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" and "The Ocean". I think Carter Alan
mentions this in his book. Alan also mentions that it wasn't until later
that he found out that U2 had older songs they could have played (from
the demo period), but that they wanted to concentrate on the new, better
material. Anyway, as someone said when another show came about on disc
for the first time 13 years later, it is very unusual to have a show
of this quality come out on CD 15 years later.
This is the original pressing on this label.