Artist - U2
Date - 1981/04/21
Venue - The Decade, Pittsburgh (Oakland), PA
Setlist And Fingerprints -
Track 01 - The Ocean.flac:6224797175c69658a30b9fb93a08474f
Track 02 - 11 O Clock, Tick Tock.flac:c548d84f258eb422f3f2669542968529
Track 03 - I Will Follow.flac:4a6150015e90143d8e1c5b08f412a24f
Track 04 - I Fall Down.flac:d1e59b3a9cb324d5bc24af6d09dc2a95
Track 05 - An Cat Dubh.flac:fd5429ccddd61e79648d206bf3ec8323
Track 06 - Into The Heart.flac:52ed2234c9c4a148856e925f3c240ff9
Track 07 - Another Time, Another Place.flac:0490f5bbc5cd3c3a337963427ad1aef5
Track 08 - The Cry & The Electric Company.flac:87f7364d4b9d04f4f0f659db374f64de
Track 09 - Stories For Boys.flac:72bfead1b93a4e1feef3d0d1aff1b369
Track 10 - Boy-Girl.flac:f107a3ab79cb20e467931cd7ff9b577c
Track 11 - Out Of Control.flac:fcb51ff18d6094cda438c8cfd207b918
Track 12 - applause one.flac:e8d4d8a1f29df1899ad903b4b39e470b
Track 13 - A Day Without Me.flac:caae6ba5fc42cf36d3e7784df59f8c39
Track 14 - applause two.flac:fbbd59412d7d978212dff12279363ddb
Track 15 - I Will Follow (encore).flac:e19004e2d154fee871c6ca6a42781c89
Lineage -
Unknown mic > unknown analog tape recorder >
unknown master tape > Maxell UR60 normal bias tape (2nd gen.) >
Sony TC-WE805S stereo cassette deck >
Aiwa XC-RW700 CD/CD recorder > TDK Music CD-R 80 min. CD >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (giant wav file onto HD here) >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (split wav file into tracks here) >
Trader's Little Helper (encode wav to flac, level 8,
align on sector boundaries)
Quality - 8.5-9.0/10 very good plus to excellent minus audience recording
15 tracks or 13 tracks, one CD
15 tracks (with applause) TT: 49:01
13 tracks (minus applause) TT: 47:19
Tracks 12 and 14 DO contain small gaps where the
taper turned off the recording device to conserve
tape. Track 08 contains the song "Things To Make
And Do" at the end of the track (so I have been
informed.) There are 3 songs in track 08.
I am positive that this is the ENTIRE concert.
I was NOT present at this show, although I had been to the
Decade many, many times before and after this concert.
I was given this tape by a long-time Pittsburgh
resident/friend/tape trader about 19 years ago. He told me
that it was a 2nd gen tape and I have no reason to doubt that
statement. That's about all that I know. Here is a brief
synopsis of the recording, good points and bad...
Good points:
1) This should be a COMPLETE recording of the show.
2) There is almost no distortion or hiss in this recording.
3) There's not much talking at all around the taper.
There's no whistling or shrieking. There ARE comments
shouted out from the crowd but only after each musical
selection is finished.
4) All instruments and vocals are clearly heard. Bono
is very easily understood. Some woman is shooting Bono
with a squirt gun during the show.
Bad points:
1) There are speed problems in tracks 7 and 8. They're
not bad and are not a warble or a speed-up/slow down situation.
They speed up & then seem to return slowly to normal speed. I
have no explanation for this. If you download this show and
have the technology, feel free to fix these problems and reseed
the show with the speed problems fixed. I wish you luck.
2) It's not a bad point but I didn't quite know where to track
the start of the song The Electric Company, so I just left The
Cry and The Electric Company songs combined as one track. There
was a tape flip at ~ 4:03 of Track 8 and I fused the 2 pieces
of music together there. I hope that's OK with any purists
out there.
3) The drums and cymbals sound a little distorted to me when I
listen to this on headphones, but they don't sound that bad.
Remember that this recording is over 26 years old and the recording
technology back then wasn't what it is today...
Well, that's about all that I can think of to say, so let's wrap this
up. Finally, no buy, no sell, no mp3. Please seed this as long as you can.
Please trade this freely as it is probably rare. I believe this to be
the first time that U2 ever played in Pittsburgh, PA. This is a recording
of a new band playing in a small, intimate club some time before they
became rock superstars. U2 was touring in support of their album "Boy",
which I believe was their first album. Correct me if I'm wrong. The
Decade hosted some acts that went on to become very famous ; examples
include Springsteen, The Police, The Ramones, U2, The Pretenders, Albert
Collins as well as others. This show will be a welcome addition to any
U2 fan's collection. I will post a sample to help some of you decide
whether or not to get it, but trust me, it's a really good show. That's
about as accurate an assessment of the show as I can give. The setlist
should be 100% correct. If it's not, let me know. The 2 tracks listed as
applause are just that ; no music is present in them. You can delete them
& everything will sound great. So, as Mr. Natural is so fond of saying,
have fun, don't freak out and enjoy the concert !