09.04.1981
USA, Minneapolis, Uncle Sam's
4 Boy's in Minneapolis
exc. Aud.

01. The Ocean [1:38]
02. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock [4:59]
03. I Will Follow [3:40]
04. An Cat Dubh [4:27]
05. Into The Heart [3:07]
06. Another Time, Another Place [4:33]
07. The Electric Company [4:31]
08. Things To Make And Do [2:21]
09. Stories For Boys [3:05]
10. Boy/Girl [3:14]
11. Out Of Control [3:55]
12. A Day Without Me [3:14]
13. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock [5:33]
14. The Ocean [1:37]
15. I Will Follow [4:02]

Total Running Time: [53:59]

Taper: Minnesota Mike
Lineage: 2 Shure SM57 mics>Sony TC-D5 stereo recorder>Maxell UDXLII cassette>Yamaha KX330 tape deck>EAC WAV>FLAC

Notes:
This legendary tape has circulated widely, including as the bootleg "We're Called U2" (if that was a for-profit bootleg, Mike does not approve, nor do I). Some copies were  "remastered" by others, though I don't see why that would be necessary.

This is straight from the mastertape. I have not done any EQing, filtering, editing, or any kind of tampering with the sound.

The famous Minneapolis club now known as "First Avenue" was originally named "Uncle Sam's".

Minnesota Mike made audience recordings of shows in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area between 1978 to 1985. He used a stereo Sony TC-D5 tape recorder and two Shure mics. He recorded shows just for himself and never made copies. I met him years later and he allowed me to trade copies his tapes. At first I traded cassettes and then when the technology became available, on CDR. So some of the copies that are out there are second generation or more, and some are digital copies of the master. I wasn't a very active trader and, in fact, some of Mike's tapes have never circulated. On the other hand, some of them have circulated widely and caused a sensation among collectors, such as this one, and Husker Du: Longhorn 5/7/80. Mike's work is also the origin of some tapes uploaded by others here at Dime: "Iggy Pop - Minneapolis 20 Nov 79", "Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Longhorn Minneapolis - 31 July 1979". His tapes are often mistaken for Soundboard or FM sources -- but they are not, they are audience recordings.

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