21.04.1981
USA, Pittsburgh, The Decade
Piece of History
vg / exc. Aud. 

Total: [48:59]
01. The Ocean [1:26]
02. 11 O'clock Tick Tock [4:44]
03. I Will Follow [3:24]
04. I Fall Down [3:05]
05. An Cat Dubh [4:18]
06. Into The Heart [3:06]
07. Another Time, Another Place [4:09]
08. The Cry / The Electric Co. [5:26]
09. Stories For Boys [2:56]
10. Boy-Girl [3:31]
11. Out Of Control [3:45]
12. Applause One [0:45]
13. A Day Without Me [3:11]
14. Applause Two [0:56]
15. I Will Follow [3:37]

Lineage: Unknown mic > unknown analog tape recorder > unknown master tape > Maxell UR60 normal bias tape (2nd gen.) > Sony TC-WE805S stereo cassette deck > Aiwa XC-RW700 CD/CD recorder > TDK Music CD-R 80 min. CD > Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (giant wav file onto HD here) > 
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (split wav file into tracks here) > Trader's Little Helper (encode wav to flac, level 8, align on sector boundaries)  

Quality:  8.5-9.0/10 minus audience recording

Notes: I am positive that this is the ENTIRE concert.
I was NOT present at this show, although I had been to the Decade many, many times before and after this concert. I was given this tape by a long-time Pittsburgh resident/friend/tape trader about 19 years ago. He told me that it was a 2nd gen tape and I have no reason to doubt that statement. That's about all that I know. Here is a brief synopsis of the recording, good points and bad...

Good points:
1) This should be a COMPLETE recording of the show.
2) There is almost no distortion or hiss in this recording. 
3) There's not much talking at all around the taper. There's no whistling or shrieking. There ARE comments shouted out from the crowd but only after each musical selection is finished.
4) All instruments and vocals are clearly heard. Bono is very easily understood. Some woman is shooting Bono with a squirt gun during the show. 

Bad points:
1) There are speed problems in tracks 7 and 8. They're not bad and are not a warble or a speed-up/slow down situation. They speed up & then seem to return slowly to normal speed. I
have no explanation for this. If you download this show and have the technology, feel free to fix these problems and reseed the show with the speed problems fixed. I wish you luck.  
2) It's not a bad point but I didn't quite know where to track the start of the song The Electric Company, so I just left The Cry and The Electric Company songs combined as one track. There was a tape flip at ~ 4:03 of Track 8 and I fused the 2 pieces of music together there. I hope that's OK with any purists out there.
3) The drums and cymbals sound a little distorted to me when I listen to this on headphones, but they don't sound that bad. Remember that this recording is over 26 years old and the recording technology back then wasn't what it is today... 

Well, that's about all that I can think of to say, so let's wrap this up. Finally, no buy, no sell, no mp3. Please seed this as long as you can. Please trade this freely as it is probably rare. I believe this to be the first time that U2 ever played in Pittsburgh, PA. This is a recording
of a new band playing in a small, intimate club some time before they became rock superstars. U2 was touring in support of their album "Boy", which I believe was their first album. Correct me if I'm wrong. The Decade hosted some acts that went on to become very famous ; examples include Springsteen, The Police, The Ramones, U2, The Pretenders, Albert Collins as well as others. This show will be a welcome addition to any U2 fan's collection. I will post a sample to help some of you decide whether or not to get it, but trust me, it's a really good show. That's about as accurate an assessment of the show as I can give. The setlist should be 100% correct. If it's not, let me know. The 2 tracks listed as applause are just that ; no music is present in them. You can delete them & everything will sound great. So, as Mr. Natural is so fond of saying, have fun, don't freak out and enjoy the concert ! 

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