HELP Manufacturer: OSA/BONG Catalog: U86 Matrix: U86 Barcode: None Complete Show: No (see „Comments“) Format: 1CD Released: 1997 (1:13:15) 01. C'Mon Everybody [3:01] 02. Pride (In The Name Of Love) [5:34] 03. Sunday Bloody Sunday [4:26] 04. Maggie's Farm [7:07] 05. Bad [6:19] 06. Walk On The Wild Side [2:37] 07. MLK [1:10] 08. Pride (In The Name Of Love) [4:24] 09. Bad [5:54] 10. Sunday Bloody Sunday [4:53] 11. Maggie's Farm [5:04] 12. Help [2:13] 13. Sun City [3:35] 14. I Shall Be Released [7:34] 15. When Love Comes To Town [4:21] 16. Love Rescue Me [5:03] Source: (1-6): May 17, 1986. Dublin, Ireland. Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds. Self Aid Festival. (7-14): June 15, 1986. East Rutherford, NJ. Giants' Stadium. (15, 16): October 16, 1988. London, England. Dominion Theater. Sound Quality: (1-6): Good to very good broadcast. (7-14): Good broadcast. (15-16): Excellent broadcast. Comments: [Simon Wenmouth]: (Tracks 1-6) A great recording taken, I assume, from a television broadcast -- track one fades in to an excited commentator and screaming crowd "Are you having a good time? ... everybody in Ireland is watching you!". Assuming U2 are the headliners (as they should be) Bono's starting comments are quite puzzling: "I think we've only got 15 minutes so we'd better make this quick". They quickly start an energetic performance of "C'mon Everybody". Before an acoustic rendition of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Bono makes a patriotic speech on the unemployment situation (I assume was quite bad at the time). After "Sunday Bloody Sunday" the CD cuts to later in the performance and [Bob Dylans] "Maggies Farm". Bono gets a little over excited and at the end trails into "Old MacDonald had a Farm" (oh dear) before returning to the original song to Edges guitar distortions. This is where the performance would have ended but "the man back there says they can do one more". They play "Bad/Walk On The Wild Side". (Tracks 7-14) "Bad/Walk On The Wild Side" cuts (quite annoyingly) straight to the the second performance and a short (but nice) "MLK". The crowd sound close but don't overshadow the music so this was probably taken off the soundboard. A slight hiss is apparent on these tracks, but is almost unnoticable. Little Steven and then Lou Reed are guests on "Sun City". The set ends and then it cuts to [another Bob Dylan song] and "I shall be released" is played with Sting as guest. Whether this is a encore, which would explain the cut between tracks, I am not sure. (Bonus tracks 15-16) Keith Richards provides his guitar (and vocal) talent (?) on "When Love Comes Town". Bono introduces Ziggy Marley on vocals in "Love Comes To Town". The inside cover gives us a nice (but poor quality) colour picture of messers Bono, Edge and Richards. The front cover is a dark picture of Bono at the microphone, the back cover being individual colour pictures of the group (including one with Edge in a slighly muddy/rusty white shirt :O)). Also, strangely, behind the CD mount there's a picture of Bono being less than photogenic, (who, in my opinion, looks an odd Bill Murray). Unlike the inside cover the other photos are of good quality. [Steve]: This bootlegs combines three concerts that were simultaneously broadcast on radio and television: "Self Aid", "Conspiracy Of Hope finale" and "Smile Jamaica", all three of them charity gigs. The sound's good throughout, although The Edge's guitar seems to be a little off during some of the "Self Aid" tracks. Also, the audience is very loud during the "Conspiracy Of Hope" performance and some shrieking can be heard. The "Smile Jamaica" songs on the other hand are of excellent sound quality. The disc starts with Dave Fanning introducing the band to the Dublin audience. They open the show with "C'Mon Everybody", a song they've only covered a few times. Before "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Bono talks about being in a rock and roll band and now knowing what it's like to be out of work, unlike a lot of the people in the audience. There's a noticeable edit between "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Maggie's Farm". During the latter Bono sings about Ireland's unemployment, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and Dublin's drug problems, incorporating some lines from "Cold Turkey". The show ends with a short, but great version of "Bad", which includes snippets of "Walk On The Walk Side". "MLK" is very short, only lasting a little over a minute and "Bad" is played early in the set. Bono doesn't talk nearly as much as during "Self Aid". The crowd sing along fanatically to "Help". "Sun City" sounds fantastic with Little Steven, Nona Hendrix, Ruben Blades and Lou Reed all singing along with Bono. "I Shall Be Released" is the night's finale, with everyone who performed that night being onstage. U2 played four songs on "Smile Jamaica", but only "When Love Comes To Town" and "Love Rescue Me" are on this bootleg. The latter - with Ziggy Marley - can also be found on U2's "Angel Of Harlem" single. Keith Richards plays along on both tracks. This disc offers a great taste of U2's charity appearances in the 80s, with some rare performances of "C'Mon Everybody", "Maggie's Farm" and "Invisible Sun". The only downside is that most of the "Self Aid" and "Conspiracy Of Hope" songs are the same. This is the original pressing on this label.