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Steve's Collection

U2   05/29/1981

The Palladium, New York, NY
Source conversion: Maxell XLII 90>Line In PowerBook> AIFF (Audio HiJack Pro) mastering:AIFF>Speed Correct (-6%), Normalize, & WAV conversion (Audacity) >WAV split (QTPro)>SHN (xACT)
Media SHN   1 disc
Notes (lost) 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, encore version (at the end of IWF, Bono calls out "We've got one more" and the recording ends, inexplicably

[there are 2 md5 files because I had an error the first time in track 16, reencoded to wav, no error, but a separate md5 for the separate SHN]

***brewdog's notes***
This is one of a series of shows I'm torrenting from what I'll call the Heath Street tapes. My buddy Tim has always been a huge tape trader, dating back to the early 1980's. I lived for a year in a house on Heath Street he used to live in, and before I moved, I rescued 60 shows he had left in the attic.

The tapes are all copies from about 1983-1987. They cover 27 U2 shows from 1980-1987, 23 REM shows from the same dates and 10 The Alarm 1983-85. The newest show is from 1987, which means all the tapes are at least 17 years old. I am playing them on a JVC TD-W205 cassette player through line-out straight line-in into my PowerBook. I am capturing the line-in audio using Audio HiJack set for 44.1 stereo AIFF. I'm using QTPro to edit into tracks and convert to WAV, with xACT handling the WAV>SHN duties. This may not be audiophile, but it produces a nice, listenable set.
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Heath St. Tape #4 is apparently a rare one, and after digitizing, I realized it ran way too fast, so I mastered it a bit. I have been listening to a lot of Boy-era shows, so I took those as my guide in what Bono's voice should sound like. I settled on slowing it down 6% and since I was in Audacity already, I applied normalization.

The performance is hot, the band in a groove, and you will enjoy it for sure. The title "Little White Rats" should evoke a chuckle for those who remember the other "Saint" from Live Aid fame... And to hear Bono belt out "New York, New York" reveals the depth of his Sinatra-worship.

This has to be from vinyl, since there's a pause after "Things to Make and Do" and my tape flips a couple songs later. Back in the day, LPs were a little closer to 35ish mins a side, so if there's a break before the 45min mark, it has to be a record flip. I can't tell if the end of "Boy Girl" that starts track 14 is a repeat of the part at the end of track 13, so I left it, especially since there is no break going into "Out of Control."

I've been getting a lot of comments about taper/source and I will reiterate- I don't know where these shows came from except my buddy Tim was in an exclusive tape-trading circle. None of the tapes that have cards list anything but track order, so you will have to accept "taper unknown."

Next up- Heath St. Tape #5= Hammersmith Palais 6/9/81

digitized & torrented to U2T by brewdog April 18, 2005

Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Steve · Last Updated May 23, 2023