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
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