03.07.1983
Belgium, Werchter, Festival Grounds
Werchter Festival [FM Broadcast completed with SBD/AUD matrix]
exc. Broadcast

01. Out Of Control [4:24]
02. Twilight [4:54]
03. An Cat Dubh [4:31]
04. Into The Heart [2:33]
05. Two Hearts Beat As One [5:18]
06. New Year's Day [4:38]
07. Sunday Bloody Sunday [6:59]
08. Gloria [5:23]
09. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock [6:24]
10. I Will Follow [4:19]
11. Surrender (matrixed version) [4:53]
12. Forty (matrixed version) [6:32]
13. A Celebration (Bonus - London 1982 matrixed version) [2:39]

Total Running Time: [1:03:32]

Quality :
- Tracks 01-10 : EX+ SBD
- Tracks 11 & 12 : VG/EX MTX
- Track 13 : EX+ SBD

Sources :
- Tracks 01-10 : 2007 rebroadcast Radio 2 (dutch FM radio) captured and shared by Ricku2
Digital Cable Receiver -> Connected with scart to Soundcard -> wav (recorded with Audacity) -> cd-wave (to split the big wav file) -> flac
- Tracks 11 & 12 : "Somewhere In Summertime (Werchter '83)" - (Original "KRO Rocktempel" broadcasts, repaired again - 2018 - BigGIRL / E. Naulaerts)
+ AUD source - master AIWA by Minimax
- Track 13 : u21982-12-06.flacf - London (Westwood One, no commercials)
+ AUD source u21982-12-06.shnf - London (D6, Audience) by Michael Beaton

Mix : SBD (80%) + AUD (20%)
Complete concert : Yes
Total running time : 63:32

[ Additional track (#13) : SBD / AUD mix - Live in London 1982 ]
Quality : EX+ SBD (80%) + EX+ AUD (20%)
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Audio process:
FLAC > Audacity in 32-bit float
> 2007 FM capture : DJ intro/outro left out + fade-in/out
> Other sources : tempo adjustment, time-aligning, little EQ, normalization
> Fades-in/out
> Export to 16-bits-FLAC

What's new in this bootleg ? Nothing much except a complete version of a classic U2 1983 festival concert.

This bootleg is based on Ricku2's 2007 capture on dutch radio (Radio 2 re-Broadcast). Ricku2's capture is an excellent FM recording but misses 2 songs : Surrender and 40. Then, I worked on a matrixed version of the 2 missing tracks to complete the performance in its entirely (a full-hour set). As the songs were quite out of step with the rest in terms of sound quality (sound nice but really not on the same level as the rest), Surrender and Forty were incorporated as bonus tracks.

As for the mix, I've chosen to set the AUD source quite low (20%). It gives SBD recording some space. Sources are good quality but still, nothing compared to the 2007 FM broadcast recording.

A bonus track is offered for free ! It is there to honour the good old tradition when pressed audio bootleggers used to put (luckily... or not) additional songs...! This bonus track is also a matrix recording (London 1982) to keep the whole project coherent. But don't expect a full SBD / AUD matrix for that concert (just a simple test, isn't worth going further IMO cause SBD recording alone is close to be perfect).
sept 10th 2025, portissol83 (aka billcarter)

U2Torrents.com: Torrent 11092 (by portissol83)