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Lya's U2 Trading Page 3
Updated: May 7, 2005
UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
(first date of tour 8/29/84)
First Leg
8/29/84 - Christchurch, NZ - 1 disc - F/D+ (starts out really bad, gets a little better and less muffled, set is incomplete and ends with I will follow, which i believe is from a different source. cd has gloria thru elec co. from this show)
8/31/84 - U2 Treats U, Wellington, Australia - 2 discs - B+ (Elec. co is missing)
9/1/84 - Auckland, New Zealand - 2 discs - B (light tick at end of 1st disc)
9/2/84 - Auckland, New Zealand - 2 discs - B
9/6/84 - Sydney, Australia - 2 discs - B- (recorded a bit high so there is some breakup, also has some fades, incomplete show)
9/8/84 - Sydney, Australia - 2 discs - B-
9/9/84 - Sydney, Australia - 2 discs - C+/B- (another show traded as something else, but everything fits the description of this show)
9/15/84 - Melbourne, Australia - 2 discs - B (1 tick on disc 2, missing 40 - a lot of confusion with this show, but since larry screws up at the beginning, i am fairly certain this is the correct show for this date)
9/17/84 - Melbourne, Australia - 2 discs - B (quick skip in sunday bloody sunday, few other edits)
9/18/84 - Melbourne, Australia - 2 discs - B- (both discs have a good amount of ticks)
10/18/84 - Lyon, France - 2 discs - B
10/19/84 - Marseille, France - 1 disc - C
10/20/84 - Toulouse, France - 1 disc - B-
10/22/84 - Bordeaux, France - 2 discs - A
10/23/84 - Nantes, France - 1 disc - A (missing some songs, burns as one track)
10/23/84 - Nantes, France (full show) - 2 discs - B+/A (about 30 sec. of Elec. Co are missing, from master)
10/25/84 - Paris, France - 2 discs - B/A (slight pops between tracks)
10/27/84 - Brussels, Belgium - 2 discs - B (slight pops between tracks)
10/28/84 - Brussels, Belgium - 2 discs - B
10/30/84 - When We Were Young, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 2 discs - A (few very minor skips, two in 40 are mentioned on FLOM)
10/31/84 Rotterdam - 2 discs - B- (some spots of static on first disc, muffled)
11/2/84 - London, England - 2 discs - B (has a couple light ticks)
11/3/84 - London, England - 2 discs - (has some pops, you can tell it is a vinyl source)
11/5/84 - Unforgettable Scots, Edinburgh, Scotland - 2 discs - A
11/6/84 - Glasgow, Scotland - 2 discs - B+ (first song has some nasty hiss)
11/7/84 - Glasgow - 2 discs - B+
11/9/84 - Manchester - 2 discs - B (slightly muffled, note, the book says a guy was thrown out during sunday in the 2nd show, it was actually the 1st show, because of what bono says during the 2nd)
11/10/84 - Manchester - 2 discs - B- (muffled, Bono dedicates 1st song to a man from manchester, later mentions the arena is too small, where the night before it was too big)
11/12/84 - Birmingham, England - 2 discs - B - (last bit of Bad cut off, October begins in progress, slight pops between tracks)
11/14/84 - London, England - 1 disc - B-
11/15/84 - Autumn Fire, London, England - 2 discs - A
11/21/84 - Unforgettable Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany- 1 disc - A+ (not full show)
Second Leg
12/1/84 - Philadelphia - 1 disc - D/C- (breaks up)
12/2/84 Worcester - 1 discs - B (has some ticks)
12/3/84 - New York, NY - 2 discs - B-/B (bono clashes w/ security several times, making for rowdy show)
12/5/84 - Washington, D.C. - 1 disc - D+ (1 or 2 ticks)
12/7/84 - Toronto - 1 disc - B
12/8/84 - Detroit, Mich. - 1 disc - B (some pops between tracks)
12/11/84 - Chicago, Ill. - 2 discs - B- (some edits, sound is a bit distant)
12/15/84 - Second to Say Goodbye, San Francisco, Calif. - 2 discs - B (some slight thumping on first disc, maybe on mic?)
12/16/84 - Long Beach, Calif. - 2 discs - B+ (slight pops between tracks, skip in bad from master)
Third Leg
1/23/85 - Drammen, Norway - 1 disc - B (missing sunday and elec co., few other songs faded in)
1/25/85 - Stockholm, Sweden - 2 discs - B+/A (vocals not always crisp)
1/26/85 - Gothenburg - 2 discs - A (2-sec. dropout in seconds, some light pops and ticks in wire and sunday)
1/28/85 - Hamburg - 2 discs - B- (quick bit of static in party and gloria)
1/29/85 Offenbach - 2 discs - B (pop in Bad)
1/31/85 - Cologne - 2 discs - B+ (bit of distortion at beginning of show)
2/1/85 - Camouflage Heart, Mannheim, West Germany - 2 discs - B (couple soft pops in MLK, tick in Sunday Bloody Sunday, and one in Southern Man, some edits/jumps between tracks)
2/2/85 - Munich, Germany - 2 discs - B+
2/4/85 - Thank U Too For the Fire, Milan, Italy - 2 discs - B+
2/5/85 - Bologna, Italy - 2 discs - A+
2/6/85 - Bologna is a Music City, Bologna - 2 discs - B+ (some thumping on the mic, but it's minor, and the show is a great one)
2/8/85 - Zurich - 2 discs - B+
2/10/85 - Paris, France - 2 discs - B+ (dropout in Bad, on master)
Fourth Leg
2/25/85 Dallas, Texas - 2 discs - B- (some break up, like it was recorded too high)
*2/27/85 - Unforgettable Show, Houston, Texas - 1 disc, B (guy yelling into the microphone at times, sound jumps in Bad)
3/1/85 - Phoenix, Ariz. - 2 discs - B (but 1st disc has lots of ticks, few on the second)
3/2/85 - Los Angeles, Calif. - 2 discs - C (ends in gloria and 40, which aren't mentioned in book. there is nothing that identifies this as this show, but i am fairly certain this is the correct one because of the setlist)
3/4/85 - Los Angeles, Calif. - 2 discs - 2 discs - B+ (Follow has numerous ticks but the rest is clean, Elec. Co and 40 are both cut off, maybe from running out of tape?, quick skip in bad)
3/5/85 - Los Angeles, Calif. - 2 discs - B- (skip in bad, mentioned by j.cook as well, this also includes gloria and 40, not mentioned in the book)
3/7/85 - Daly City, Calif. 2 discs - B (great elec. co)
3/8/85 - Daly City, Daly City, Calif. - 2 discs - B (bit of static at beginning of both discs, tick in Bad)
3/17/85 - Denver - 2 discs - C (jumps between tracks, tick in Gloria)
3/19/85 - Minneapolis, Minn. - 2 discs - C- (heavy bass, parts of some songs missing)
*3/21/85 - 579/Flame and Fire - Chicago, Ill. - 1 disc - A-
3/22/85 - Chicago, Ill. - 2 discs - B (this concert ends with gloria and 40, which aren't in the book, but i am 99.9 percent certain this is the right show, since bono thanks the fans for the last 2 nights, and the chicago peace museum, 1st gen. from master cd)
3/23/85 - Detroit, Mich. - 2 discs - C+ (some tape wear, especially on first disc)
3/25/85 - Cleveland - 2 discs - C/B- (jumps between tracks, but i think it's because the taper stopped recording between songs)
3/27/85 - Montreal - 2 discs - C
3/27/85 - Montreal - 1 disc - B+ (incomplete)
3/28/85 Toronto - 2 discs - C+/B- (40 missing)
3/30/85 - Ottowa - 1 disc - B-/B (missing 11 o'clock, mlk, some edits, some hiss, 1st gen. from master cd)
4/1/85 - Fire at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2 discs - A (few edits of crowd during encores)
4/2/85 Providence, RI - 2 discs - B- (some crowd, end of sort of homecoming is cut off)
4/3/85 - Long Island on Fire, Uniondale, NY - 2 discs - B-/C (some crowd noise, lyrics break up some, some light ticks and pops, 2 quick dropouts in elec. co.)
4/8/85 - Landover, MD - 2 discs - B
4/9/85 - Pittsburgh, PA - 2 discs - B
4/10/85 Hampton, Va. - 2 discs - B- (bono thanks security guards after homecoming, not before like book says, 40 missing)
4/12/85 - East Rutherford, NJ - 2 discs - B (couple quick dropouts, could be from the master)
4/14/85 East Rutherford - 2 discs - A
4/15/85 - Unforgettably Rare, East Rutherford, N.J. - 2 discs - B+
4/16/85 - Worcester, Mass. - 2 discs - B (some pops between tracks, 40 cut off)
4/18/85 - Worcester, Mass. - 2 discs - B+ (has some pops between songs and a stray tick here and there, but a great energetic show)
4/19/85 - Worcester, Mass. - 2 discs - C-/D (rough sound, several dropouts on second disc)
4/20/85 Hartford, Conn. - 2 discs - B+
4/22/85 - Philadelphia, Penn. - 2 discs - B- (just a bit distant, bad is 15 minutes long, 1st gen. from master cd)
4/23/85 - Hartford, Conn. - 1 disc - A (volume goes down for a few seconds in 11 o'clock, couple ticks in bad, Knocking on Heaven'S Door, Gloria, 40 are missing)
4/24/85 Philadelphia - 2 discs - B-
4/29/85 - Atlanta, Ga. - 2 discs - B (sort of homecoming, and part of elec. co and bad are missing, pop in 11 o'clock, tick at end of new year's)
4/30/85 - Jacksonville, Fla. - 2 discs - B
5/2/85 Tampa, Fl. - 2 discs - B/B+ (slight pops between tracks, couple ticks in Bad)
Fifth Leg
5/25/85 - Koblenz, Germany - 2 discs - B
5/26/85 - Stuttgart - 1 disc - B/B- (audience, skip in bad)
5/27/85 - Munster - 1 disc - B/B+ (everything on 2 tracks, missing oct., ny day, pride, 40)
6/1/85 - Basel - 2 discs - B (some light ticks in bad, which is cut off near the end, skip in 40, for whatever reason, end of disc 1 has 4th july and 11 again)
6/22/85 - Close to the Edge, Milton Keyes, UK - 2 discs - A+
6/29/85 - My Hometown, Dublin - 1 disc - A - (fades out in Gloria, so 40 is missing)
7/6/85 - Torhout - 2 discs - B/B+
7/7/85 - Werchter - 2 discs - B-
links to other pages below
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Zoo
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