U2
Hollywood Sportatorium
Hollywood, FL
May 4, 1985
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 211)

Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C

Transfer: Two Of Us Master Tapes > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC 

01 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
02 I Will Follow
03 Seconds
04 I Fall Down
05 MLK
06 The Unforgettable Fire
07 Wire
08 Sunday Bloody Sunday
08 The Cry > Electric Co. w/Amazing Grace (snippet)
10 A Sort Of Homecoming
11 Bad w/Candle In The Wind (snippet), Ruby Tuesday (snippet), Sympathy For The Devil (snippet)
12 October
13 New Year’s Day
14 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
15 Party Girl
16 Gloria

Known Faults:
-New Year's Day: splice
-Gloria: end cut
-40: not recorded

Between 1983 and 2002 there were not any tapers more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of two decades they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times. 

If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton 

What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped. 

They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. 

If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, 
tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired. 

The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. 

The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and 
have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition. 

Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them. 

This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio, enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride. 

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U2 @ The Hollywood Sportatorium - Hollywood, FL May 4, 1985

The Two Of Us series has produced an embarrassment of riches when it comes to uncirculated performances, they seemed to be everywhere at once. 

This show falls firmly in that category of riches, 39 years after the performance, the last night of U2's final North American leg of "The Unforgettable Fire" tour surfaces.

There have been unconfirmed reports for decades they played "I Fall Down" and/or "The Ocean" at this show and in the case of "I Fall Down" this release confirms it was played as Bono tells the audience "it's a song that was played here on the radio in Florida before it was played a lot of other places so it's for you. A song, it's not about standing up with you know a fist clenched, it's called I Fall Down...it's the opposite".

Some reports indicate this was played as an encoure with Bono popping bottles of champagne but in fact it was the fourth song of the set.

Quality is very good to excellent with all stage dialogue and instruments are very clean and clear. We've additionally cleaned up any external audience noises making this an excellent listen.

The only real issue with the show is "40" was not recorded.

As always cover art included and a lot of newspaper clippings with reviews of the previous May 3rd show, no "I Fall Down" at that one, and general information/publicity on U2 run in the area newspapers at the time. 

A big thanks as always to "Two Of Us", their dedication to capturing all these legendary performers and shows many heard hear for the first time, the HOURS and HOURS spent waiting in line, traveling, money on tickets as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their life's work, our little community is indebted to you both. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in all these great releases...we've barely scratched the surface. The amount of completely uncirculated shows they taped and continue to get into my hands for release is staggering. 

And as always thanks to Goody for his continuing support of this and all our other historic releases ensuring we are running in the correct pitch. 

mjk5510 & Two Of Us