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Stuart Ferguson's Collection

U2   10/22/1987

Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL
Source Audience
Media CDR   2 discs
Notes DVD 2369; lineage: Audience recording/WM-D3 (analog) => 1st gen. => CDR => EAC => Audigy Audio Cleaning Lab* => WAV => FLAC Frontend. Transferred by: ademotte. Audigy was used to split tracks and slightly adjust high and low end upward. Furthermore, the +1 kHz band was lowered to reduce echo.
J-Card Comment Notes: I got this in trade back in 1988 from a Chicago-area trader.
He was a freshman at U of I and *not* a regular taper; he used a Sony
D-3 Walkman recorder with clip-on stereo mikes. I was really impressed
by the quality at the time; I'm not as impressed today in the era
of ALD, IEM, and professional-quality stealth mikes, but it's still a
pretty good, clear recording nonetheless. The limitations of the microphones are
apparent in the limited dynamics and somewhat shrill higher ranges; EQ'ing
this tape was a choice of either tolerating some shrillness or having
the vocals buried in the heavy bass. I chose the former, but you may wish
to play with the settings somewhat before you burn this.

I don't want to set anyone's expectations too high -- this is not a
fabulous recording, but it's definitely enjoyable and captures the band
at their peak. I wanted to get this one out there before the cassette
decomposes; it's a good document from a show in a college town, but won't
win any awards in terms of sound quality.

The "Star Spangled Banner" is mostly missing; I think this was the first show
this guy ever taped, so he was not yet quite up to the challenge of switching tapes
in the dark.

Enjoy the show!
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 2369
Owned by Stuart Ferguson · Last Updated May 23, 2023