Unforgettable Fire Drammen

 

Drammen, Norway

01/23/84

 

1. 4th Of July

2. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

3. I Will Follow

4. Seconds

5. MLK

6. The Unforgettable Fire

7. Wire

8. A Sort Of Homecoming

9. Bad

10. October

11. New Year's Day

12. Pride

13. Gloria

14. Party Girl

15. Two Heart's Beat As One

16. 40

 

This recording is hard to listen to! It begins with the fact that crispness and to some extent clarity are absent. It sounds flat, dull and as if it was recorded from the bathroom of the venue. Also the audience (if not the taper himself) is very audible and some guys can be heard very clearly singing along on some songs (unfortunately they are miserable singers). To make things worse the tape speed is not even. It sounds as if someone shakes the tape player. And to complete the list of complaints: There are numerous edits which kill songs or part of songs (between "Wire" and "A Sort Of..." costing "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "The Cry/Electric Co.", between "October" and "New Year's Day", before "Pride costing almost one half of the song, before "Party Girl" coming in during the last verse).