Bell Centre
Montréal, Canada
June 13, 2015
"PUNK ROCK PARTY"
Recorded by mysteriousdays
Mixed & mastered by BIGGIRL
LINEAGE: [iPhone?] > mixlr > TotalRecorder
(FLAC@16/48kHz) > WAV (16/48) > Goldwave
(Stereo-processor) > PristineSounds (EQ &
Volume adjustment - all manually) > EDIT &
track split > Frontend (FLAC) > Foobar (tags)
> FRE:AC (mp3@256kb/s - still 16/48khz)
DOWNLOAD THERE (where you scroll down to the bottom of the page
)Track list:
01-[intro: People Have The Power]
02-The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
03-Out Of Control
04-Vertigo
05-I Will Follow
06-[dedication]
07-Iris (Hold Me Close)
08-Cedarwood Road
09-Song For Someone
10-Sunday Bloody Sunday
11-Raised By Wolves
12-Until The End Of The World
13-[intermission: The Wanderer]
14-Invisible
15-Even Better Than The Real Thing
16-Mysterious Ways
17-[meercat-thing]
18-Angel Of Harlem
19-Lucifer’s Hands
20-Every Breaking Wave
21-Bullet The Blue Sky
22-The Hands That Built America [excerpt]
23-Pride (In The Name Of Love)
24-Beautiful Day
25-Bad
26-With Or Without You
[fades]
27-[Stephen Hawking]
28-City Of Blinding Lights
29-[acknowledgements]
30-Mother And Child Reunion [excerpt]
31-Where The Streets Have No Name
32-One
NOTES&THOUGHTS:
Perhaps it is fair to note that with this third mixlr-broadcast
"bootleg"# a new dimension in audience recording has come about.
And because it is all so new, I would like to take a little more
time and say a little more than usual regarding what's at hand.
In short, the idea of "mixlr" is that someone attending the concert
has a smart phone with recording capacity and enough battery power
+ sufficient internet access to stream the audio in real-time to a
music player located on a website (i.e., mixlr). In effect creating
an internet radio station to which potentially (I think) the whole u2
fan community can tune in to. And just like in the days of radio and
tape recorders, people at home can simply record the stream and play
them back at their convenience.
The result is quite literally a "wall" of sound but with additional
equalization it is possible to restore some of the original dynamics
(e.g. "bass" by amplifying the lower frequency range)
The main problem of these particular recordings is the amount
of compression and additional gain that the smart phone recorders
seem to produce in order to get as much sound as possible in the
(still) limited amount of data that can be transmitted through
internet. The result is quite literally a "wall" of sound but with
additional equalization it is possible to restore some of the
original dynamics (e.g. "bass" by amplifying the lower frequency
range) and this, in brief, is just what I did.
But as I started to say, this is all very new and I didn't think
such things were even possible by the time the tour left Vancouver.
In fact I don't even know the people who actually held their
smart phones - or however they did how they did it! I don't even
know what type of smart phones they use, what kind of internet
connection they would use (4g? wifi?) or if they used some kind of
external microphones (if only their Apple earphones with some kind
of improvised nylon as a microphone windscreen...).
In this sense it is all very postmodern, but I believe we never-
theless all share the same intention of connection and togetherness.
For me personally this last point is what U2 has been all about from
day one: there is no "them," there is only us - and together we are
a world in which peace has a serious chance.
So, before I start to cry I would like to say a few more things about
this particular recording. It is not as "surprisingly" good as the
Chicago 1 pull from zooradio, mainly due to some more upclose (however
not too personal) conversation and screaming in comparison to the earlier
mentioned Chicago "mixlr" recording, including a heartfelt "Germany and
Brasil...what's up!" On the bright side this recording contains the first
ever performance of Lucifer's Hands which in effect makes this the perfect
punk-rock party. In addition, the Moment Of Surrender "excerpt" leading
"in and out" of Bad is also by no means to be sneezed at...
With some serious re-tuning of the full frequency band, also known as
"equalization" (e.g., I've boosted the lower frequencies quite severly
to make the bass more audible) and applying some stereo effect, I think
I've managed to make this recording as ZOO-able as possible.
DOUBLE PEACE to wherever you ARE and may the ZOO be with U
HATS OFF & CHAPPEAU 2 mysteriousdays for broadcasting this concert live and
uninterrupted. I just hope to help you shine...!
*IT-MUST-BE-ART*
BIGGIRL2015
#See, "The Joy Of Rock 'N Roll" (live at the Roxy) & "Things Don't Last Forever"
(live in Chigaco, 1st night), exclusively availlable @u2start.
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DISCLAIMER:
If you can sell this one in order to do some good in the world (e.g., feed
a child, donate to charity or an African well), you have my deepest sympathy!
DON'T CONVERT TO FLAC AND TRADE THIS OFF AS "LOSSLESS" FOR IT IS NOT...
