Shark Tank; San Jose 18th May 2015

Taper : Daspyknows

Rig : Schoeps MK41 w/NBox Tascam DR-2D 24 Bit 48K

Sound Quality : Sample Below

Length : 134.32

01. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
02. Out of Control
03. Vertigo (with 'Do You Remember Rock n'… more )
04. I Will Follow
05. Iris (Hold Me Close) (with 'Mofo' snippet)
06. Cedarwood Road
07. Song for Someone
08. Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic; without final verse)
09. Raised by Wolves
10. Until the End of the World

Set 2:
11. Invisible
12. Even Better Than the Real Thing
13. Mysterious Ways (with 'Burning Down The House'… more )
14. When Love Comes to Town
15. Angel of Harlem
16. Every Breaking Wave (acoustic)
17. Bullet the Blue Sky (with '19' snippet)
18. Pride (In the Name of Love) (with 'The Hands That Built America' intro)
19. Beautiful Day (with 'I Remember You' snippet)
20. With or Without You
21. Crowd
Encore:
22. City of Blinding Lights
23. Where the Streets Have No Name (with 'Mother and Child… more )
24.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Sample :
U2 - Cedarwood Road - San Jose 18th May 2015 [Daspyknows]
http://www.filedropper.com/u22015-05-18audmk41sjflac1606

Note: 'The Troubles' was initially on the setlist between 'Beautiful Day' and 'With or Without You' but was dropped

I scored GA tickets for the first night of U2 in San Jose figuring the usual sound configuration. Unfortunately U2 likes to run around so they build a new stage and sound configuration. The stacks are mounted on the ceiling pointed towards the sides. This meant pointing the mics straight up underneath one of the stacks which is far from ideal. Seems best taping seats are front row upper deck. The result of this wacky configuration is a muddy echoey sound. The one upside of this was the area I stood was basically empty except for people going past me likes the tides as Bono or the rest of the band played one end of the stage or the other. This means minimal close crowd noise. The other issue was trying to stanf looking straight forward without looking too obvious staring straight at a security guard with lots of security walking past. I was not expecting a good recording but pleasantly surprised with the listen on my drive home. Sound nothing like my Joshua Tree recordings but will more than suffice as a reproduction of the show and the sound. The show was a good mix of old and new and the band was having fun. They seem well rehearsed and ready for a solid tour. Nice tribute to BB King. Looking forward to night 2 where I have hopefully better taping seats. .