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"Hobbes444 Enhanced/Remastered"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Daftly (Remasterer), Hobbes4444 (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Adobe Audition (Sound Editor), Sony PCM-M10 (Audio recording device), CA-9100 (Power supply), Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (Sound Editor), AT943 (Microphone)
Lineage: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio CA-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1>WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8) => Adobe Audition 2014 => FLAC
Downloads: 473

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U2
TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
July 10, 2015

Source: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio CA-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1
Transfer: WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8) => Adobe Audition 2014 => FLAC
Location: Balcony section 316, row 1

Track listing:

Disc one (78:31):
(1) The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) (5:08)
(2) The Electric Co. (5:56)
(3) Vertigo (3:44)
(4) I Will Follow (5:05)
(5) Banter (2:30)
(6) Iris (Hold Me Close) (6:06)
(7) Cedarwood Road (4:46)
(8) Song For Someone (4:11)
(9) Sunday Bloody Sunday (5:40)
(10) Raised By Wolves (4:30)
(11) Until The End Of The World (5:38)
(12) Intermission (4:36)
(13) Invisible (4:23)
(14) Even Better Than The Real Thing (4:33)
(15) Mysterious Ways (4:30)
(16) Banter (2:16)
(17) Elevation (4:50)

Disc two (74:25):
(1) Ordinary Love (3:48)
(2) Every Breaking Wave (4:35)
(3) Bullet The Blue Sky (8:34)
(4) Pride (In The Name Of Love) (5:38)
(5) Beautiful Day (5:41)
(6) Bad (6:08)
(7) With or Without You (5:07)
(8) Encore break (3:26)
(9) Taped intro (1:06)
(10) City of Blinding Lights (5:58)
(11) Banter (3:44)
(12) Mother and Child Reunion (1:04)
(13) Where The Streets Have No Name (5:31)
(14) Banter (1:55)
(15) One (4:45)
(16) Banter (1:18)
(17) "40" (5:58)

Md5 signature file is included. Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some)

Comments:

This is a modified (and greatly improved) version of a file set I shared about a week ago, courtesy of DATFLY's hard work. As noted in the original torrent, Hobbes4444 made a good recording that was unfortunately marred by a neighbor who would periodically (and sometimes at inappropriate times) burst into furious clapping for 10 seconds at a time throughout the course of the show. DATFLY applied a "de-clapping" function to the recording and almost completely removed the claps -- the first two samples in the comments illustrate a before/after comparison of one of the clappiest section, and the results are amazing. Adobe was able to remove the bursts without compromising the sound. Magic.

While I was at it, I went back and raised the levels of tracks 8, 12, and 18-20 to bring the volume more into line with the rest of the recording. If you downloaded the original torrent and enjoyed it (or if you didn't because of the clapping), you should definitely consider grabbing this upgrade.

Note: This particular torrent is a 16/44.1 file set, which can be burned directly to CD. A 24-bit, higher-fidelity version has been posted separately. The recording is seamless; the disc breaks above are merely a suggestion.

Posting this at the request of the well-known Boston taper "Hobbes4444" -- though I prepped this file for upload, the thanks should really go to him for his generosity in sharing this recording and his speed in passing it along. This is a worthy addition to his body of work over the years, and I appreciate him making this one available to U2 fans around the world so quickly.

The first of four nights in Boston; featuring a strong setlist and a very vocal audience. The show featured several lesser-played songs that in prior residencies had only appeared in later sets -- for example, "Bad" and "40" both pop up in this setlist, making me wonder what's in store for the later shows. Great, passionate performance by a band who clearly loves playing in Boston. Bono calls out their former tour manager at the end of the show and closes with "40" -- which was not planned on the original setlist. As a result, I think this is one of the longer shows of the tour so far.

Recording quality is quite good -- great dynamics and prominent vocals, as well as an overall good mix. The clap-killing made this into a really good recording.

A note to tapers: If you can find a good club or front-balcony seat beside the stage, that is probably the best location for taping this show. The GA section has speakers that are almost directly overhead; on one hand, it's good because there are speakers all the way to the back of the arena as opposed to over the stage, but on the other, the sound is coming directly down on you as opposed to in front of you. It's a bit tricky to record. Stealth tapers with cards on the floor will need to orient their microphones almost directly upward to get a good line on the sound ... and even then, it's tough. Omnis might be the best bet from the floor. I had my best luck with my cards on the club level.

Many thanks, again, to Hobbes4444 for passing this one along, and to DATFLY for his post-production efforts. Mp3 samples are included in the comments.

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Bit rate: 192, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Danafletch (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Sony DAT D8 (Audio recording device), Cool Edit Pro (Audio interface), Sonic Studios DSM-6L (Microphone)
Lineage: SONY DAT D8 + Sonic Studios DSM-6L > EAC > Cool Edit pro > TLH > WAV > FLAC > [fre:ac > mp3@256kb/s]
Downloads: 99

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: ademotte (Uploader), Hobbes4444 (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Sony PCM-M10 (Audio recording device), Church Audio ST-9100 (Pre-amp), Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (Sound Editor), AT943 (Microphone)
Lineage: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio ST-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1 > WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8)
Downloads: 648

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U2
TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
July 10, 2015

Source: AT943 cardioid > Church Audio ST-9100 > Sony PCM-M10, 24/44.1
Transfer: WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8)
Location: Balcony section 316, row 1

Track listing:

Disc one (78:31):
(1) The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) (5:08)
(2) The Electric Co. (5:56)
(3) Vertigo (3:44)
(4) I Will Follow (5:05)
(5) Banter (2:30)
(6) Iris (Hold Me Close) (6:06)
(7) Cedarwood Road (4:46)
(8) Song For Someone (4:11)
(9) Sunday Bloody Sunday (5:40)
(10) Raised By Wolves (4:30)
(11) Until The End Of The World (5:38)
(12) Intermission (4:36)
(13) Invisible (4:23)
(14) Even Better Than The Real Thing (4:33)
(15) Mysterious Ways (4:30)
(16) Banter (2:16)
(17) Elevation (4:50)

Disc two (74:25):
(1) Ordinary Love (3:48)
(2) Every Breaking Wave (4:35)
(3) Bullet The Blue Sky (8:34)
(4) Pride (In The Name Of Love) (5:38)
(5) Beautiful Day (5:41)
(6) Bad (6:08)
(7) With or Without You (5:07)
(8) Encore break (3:26)
(9) Taped intro (1:06)
(10) City of Blinding Lights (5:58)
(11) Banter (3:44)
(12) Mother and Child Reunion (1:04)
(13) Where The Streets Have No Name (5:31)
(14) Banter (1:55)
(15) One (4:45)
(16) Banter (1:18)
(17) "40" (5:58)

Md5 signature file is included. Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some)

Comments:

Note: This is a 24/44.1 file set, which in most cases can't be burned directly to CD without downsampling to 16-bit. A 16-bit, CD-friendly version will be posted separately. The recording is seamless; the disc breaks above are merely a suggestion.

Posting this at the request of the well-known Boston taper "Hobbes4444" -- though I prepped this file for upload, the thanks should really go to him for his generosity in sharing this recording and his speed in passing it along. This is a worthy addition to his body of work over the years, and I appreciate him making this one available to U2 fans around the world so quickly.

The first of four nights in Boston; featuring a strong setlist and a very vocal audience. The show featured several lesser-played songs that in prior residencies had only appeared in later sets -- for example, "Bad" and "40" both pop up in this setlist, making me wonder what's in store for the later shows. Great, passionate performance by a band who clearly loves playing in Boston. Bono calls out their former tour manager at the end of the show and closes with "40" -- which was not planned on the original setlist. As a result, I think this is one of the longer shows of the tour so far.

Recording quality is quite good -- great dynamics and prominent vocals, as well as an overall good mix. The only noticeable flaw in this is the intermittent loud clapping of an audience member a couple seats to the right of the taper -- I didn't attempt to remove this from the recording; anyone who is competent with clap-killing software is welcome to remove them and repost (but please post in the info file how you modified the recording).

A note to tapers: If you can find a good club or front-balcony seat beside the stage, that is probably the best location for taping this show. The GA section has speakers that are almost directly overhead; on one hand, it's good because there are speakers all the way to the back of the arena as opposed to over the stage, but on the other, the sound is coming directly down on you as opposed to in front of you. It's a bit tricky to record. Stealth tapers with cards on the floor will need to orient their microphones almost directly upward to get a good line on the sound ... and even then, it's tough. Omnis might be the best bet from the floor. I had my best luck with my cards on the club level.

Many thanks, again, to Hobbes4444 for passing this one along. Mp3 samples are included in the comments.

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Bit rate: 192, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: MASSU2 (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Sony PCM-M10 (Audio recording device), OKM-IIr (Microphone)
Lineage: OKMIIr > PCM-M10

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: bostondave (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Edirol R-09HR (Audio recording device)

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review by AllBecauseOfU2

5 years ago

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Overall

Unbelievable show last night. I’m still recovering. I’ll remember last night for both the show itself and the atmosphere. Here’s some of the more interesting things I can remember:

The first few songs made me wish I had seen them when they were just starting out, or had seen them in an intimate club gig. I’ve never seen Electric Co. live until last night, and it was the one song I really hoped the played. I can see why Bono used to climb things during it – it just makes you want to jump or crowd surf or something.

I think it was in Electric Co., or maybe Vertigo, that Bono inserted the lyric “Put down your phones.” After that, the only other time I saw a ton of phone lights was With or Without You.

In my dreams I was drowning my sorrows, I want to stand by myself in an empty arena and have Edge play just the chorus to Cedarwood Road over and over again to me.

I fell asleep standing up during Snooze for Someone Song for Someone has…a nice little Edge solo.

Raised By Wolves → UTEOTW + amazing visuals = monster. My favorite part of the entire show.

EBTTRT remix is a stomper and so. Much. Fun.

Edge did this deep back bend while he played on the E stage at some point, I think during Elevation.

Ordinary Love is beautiful. Too bad they didn’t play Stuck.

My section went nuts for Bullet. There was a huge close up on the screen of just Edge’s guitar, all in black and white, while he did the solo.

Bad. Holy shit. Bono did the Moment of Surrender snippet and my heart stopped. Then the backing track started and I went nuts. I don’t care if it was the worst or best version of it – it’s so powerful live, more powerful than Streets for me last night.

We booed Bono when he thanked the big companies like Starbucks. They showed his reaction on the screen: he grinned and shrugged, and I think he said something like, “Well, you guys are honest.”

The One sing-a-long was nice – but 40 was the kicker. A huge part of the crowd kept singing “How long to sing this song” as we walked out of the Garden into the street. Unbelievable.

The visuals for the entire show, especially from Iris onward, are stunning – everyone always posts Twitter photos of Iris and Cedarwood Road, but Invisible, EBTTRT, Bullet, and COBL are just as amazing.

This was a hometown crowd for sure. From where I was sitting and from what I could see, once they got to Vertigo, it looked like every seat was filled in the lower area and the entire GA was packed. The entire crowd went nuts on I Will Follow, the beginning of Sunday Bloody Sunday (then everyone got confused because they were playing it so slow), Elevation, Mysterious Ways, Beautiful Day, Bad, and especially 40.

There were a lot of longtime fans – I saw a lot of vintage UF and JT Tour t-shirts. I sat next to a gentleman who told me his first shows were the Worcester UF shows, and he had seen the band a bunch of times after. We didn’t get to talk anymore because the show started, and he left before I could talk to him after the show.

Before we went inside, I waited with a small crowd outside a different entrance to the Garden that the band were supposedly going to enter through for soundcheck (they didn’t; they were already there). It’s right on a busy city street, so people walking by and people on the Boston Tour buses and trolleys who drove by kept asking us who we were waiting for. Every reaction I saw was positive (I’m sure there were some negative ones elsewhere) – there was one full bus of people that collectively cheered when we said U2. That was the atmosphere I experienced all day and even after the concert ended.

There were other little things that were great, but I can’t remember right now. It was just a really fun and energetic atmosphere all around – and an amazing show. I’m still having withdrawals.

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