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Stuart Ferguson's Collection

U2   05/08/1981

Ol' Man River's, New Orleans, LA
Source Audience
Media CDR   1 disc
Notes DVD 2377; lineage: Audience recording. Unknown taper -> Unknown CD-R -> FLAC via xACT (Macfistofly collection)
J-Card Comment Another rarity from early on. Not record setting quality by any means but overall a really decent audience recording for the time. Certainly clear enough to hear some of the drama noted in in De la Jarra's book (pretty amazing actually).

As seen with some of these other really early recordings, the gear used was not likely capable of capturing the high end frequency. You can see from the FA attached it is not a loosely compression but the high end does gradually fall way off. Just the nature of the beast with some of the really old cassette based recordings I guess.

Might be the same source as 'Boy New Orleans' listed on Achtungbootlegs, though they list as "Poor" quality. I'm not sure I'd be quite that harsh. Their info:
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 2377
Owned by Stuart Ferguson · Last Updated May 23, 2023