13.04.1992 USA, Los Angeles, Sports Arena The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Vol. 256 exc. Aud. 01. Zoo Station [5:40] 02. The Fly [5:29] 03. Even Better Than The Real Thing [3:46] 04. Mysterious Ways [6:45] 05. One [4:53] 06. Until the End of the World [4:45] 07. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses [6:05] 08. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World [4:38] 09. Angel of Harlem [3:25] 10. Dancing Queen [2:15] 11. Satellite Of Love [2:15] 12. Bad > All I Want Is You [6:43] 13. Bullet the Blue Sky [5:17] 14. Running To Stand Still [5:03] 15. Where the Streets Have No Name [5:45] 16. Pride (In the Name of Love) [4:41] 17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [8:41] 18. Desire [4:37] 19. Ultraviolet (Light My Way) [5:00] 20. With or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet) [6:01] 21. Love Is Blindness [5:56] Total Running Time: [1:47:50] Recording Gear: AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Panasonic SV-250 DAT Recorder JEMS Transfer: Mike Millard Master DAT > Tascam DA-302 DAT Recorder > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 3.1 capture > iZotope RX > iZotope RX8 Advanced and Ozone 10 > MBIT+ resample to 16/44.1 > xACT 2.50 > FLAC Introduction to the Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Series: Welcome to JEMS’ Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone series presenting recordings made by legendary taper Mike Millard, AKA Mike the MICrophone, best known for his masters of Led Zeppelin done in and around Los Angeles circa 1975-77. For the complete details on how tapes in this series came to be lost and found again, as well as JEMS' long history with Mike Millard, please refer to the notes in Vol. One. Until 2020, the Lost and Found series presented fresh transfers of previously unavailable first-generation copies made by Mike himself for friends like Stan Gutoski of JEMS, Jim R, Bill C. and Barry G. These sources were upgrades to circulating copies and in most instances marked the only time verified first generation Millard sources had been directly digitized in the torrent era. That all changed with the discovery of many of Mike Millard’s original master tapes. Yes, you read that correctly, Mike Millard’s master cassettes, long rumored to be destroyed or lost, have been found. Not all of them but many, and with them a much more complete picture has emerged of what Millard recorded between his first show in late 1973 and his last in early 1992. The reason the rediscovery of his master tapes is such a revelation is that we’ve been told for decades they were gone. Internet myths suggest Millard destroyed his master tapes before taking his own life, an imprudent detail likely concocted based on the assumption that because his master tapes never surfaced and Mike’s mental state was troubled he would do something rash WITH HIS LIFE’S WORK. There’s also a version of the story where Mike’s family dumps the tapes after he dies. Why would they do that? The truth is Mike’s masters remained in his bedroom for many years after his death in 1994. We know at least a few of Millard’s friends and acquaintances contacted his mother Lia inquiring about the tapes at the time to no avail. But in the early 2000s, longtime Millard friend Rob S was the one she knew and trusted enough to preserve Mike’s work. The full back story on how Mike’s master tapes were saved can be found in the notes for Vol. 18 Pink Floyd, which was the first release in our series transferred from Millard’s original master tapes and now officially released on the Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Box Set. U2, Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 1992 Hello, it's been awhile. When the Lost and Found series stopped in December 2024 we wrote "the search will continue and at such time as we acquire missing shows, the Lost and Found series will return." I'm happy to report that time has come and a quorum of previously unreleased Millard recordings has reached the point where it felt appropriate to restart. These new volumes were discovered in a variety of places, though it turned out the first one was hiding in plain sight. After recording on cassette and his legendary Nakamichi 550 cassette deck more than 15 years, Mike tried his hand taping on DAT for a few shows in 1992, notably U2's first night performance at the Sports Arena on the Zoo TV tour, released as Vol. 42 in our series. We thought we had transferred all the DATs in the collection given to us by Millard's friend Ed F, but somehow Millard's recording of April 13 got confused with a copy of the first night and it wasn't until I auditioned the tape a few weeks ago that I realized it was in fact the second show. This is a peak period of the Zoo TV tour and as good as the first LA show is, the band is arguably in even better spirits as evidenced by this exchange between Bono and The Edge after the second song of the night, "Zoo Station": Bono: Hello. It's great to be back in LA. Have we got a show lined up for you! Isn't that right The Edge? Edge: No shit, Bono! The excellent performance mirrors the setlist of the first night save for the debut acoustic performance of ABBA's "Dancing Queen." Millard's recording of LA 2 also sounds a lot like his LA 1 capture, suggesting similar seats. As we wrote in our notes for Vol 42, there's a sense of distance to the sound quality compared with Mike's finest work, but by Zoo TV indoor tour standards this is among the better pulls. Samples provided. It's worth noting that this is one of the shows that both JEMS and Millard attended and recorded, something that makes it even more special to present. ### JEMS is proud to partner with Rob, Jim R, Jim Rh, Ed F, Barry G and many others to release Millard's historic recordings and to help set the record straight about the man himself. We can’t thank Rob enough for reconnecting with Jim R and putting his trust in our Millard reissue campaign. Both remain amazing partners in our on-going efforts. Likewise, mjk5510 continues his invaluable work as JEMS' production and release supervisor. We couldn't do this without him. I also want honor two founding members of JEMS, Jared Houser, who recorded over 1000 shows himself, and Stan Gutoski, who knew Millard personally and traded tapes with him. In 1986, it was Stan who showed me a box of ten TDK SA-90 tapes labeled by Millard that not only began my fascination with his work, but is the literal box that then went missing for nearly 30 years, the rediscovery of which was the impetus for the entire Lost and Found series. It feels only fitting that this week we also re-release a new transfer of one of Stan's best recordings, Jethro Tull Seattle 1973. Over the next several weeks we'll post a handful of true, new volumes (sorry, Queen is not among them), followed by updated editions of a few old volumes where new sources have been acquired, e.g. upgrading from first-generation cassette transfers to master cassette or master-cassette-to-DAT sources. BK for JEMS Dimeadozen.org: Torrent 810585 (by mjk5510)