CD 1 & 2 : Paris - December 11th, 1989

Note :
In 1990-91, JEMS did a few trades with a taper/collector called Frank Reilman in Gronigen, The Netherlands. (Perhaps he is a member of U2 Torrents today). From Frank we obtained copies of every European show on the Lovetown tour save for the Dublin shows. From us he got several of the Joshua Tree masters that have been posted here this year.

Many of the cassettes we received from Frank are marked "first generation" and we have never transfered them until now. Rooting around in the archive this past weekend I found some of Frank's original letters and lists. On the first list he has about half of the Euro Lovetown shows and he notes them as being anywhere from master to second generation. On a subsequent list he has every show and notes them all as masters--in his letter he wrote that they were all recorded by "me or friends of mine."

It is a fine recording but something of a strange one. The copy I got from Frank is on one 90 minute metal tape and one side of a 60 minute chrome tape but the cuts/flips on the master don't match that configuration at all. There are fade out and fade ins done on my tapes that clearly aren't on the master and more hiss than master transfer should have. Another curious detail: the pre-show music is recorded for several minutes.

Judging from the sound when the tape sides start, this is not off the master but a copy of something that had been edited already. I can't 100% guarantee it is a second gen. but I think there is aural and printed evidence to support that. Listen to the samples below.

Justin's website notes the following [about Soctt's version]: "I received this recording from Scott Zumsteg, webmaster of The Joshua Tree Tour Preservation Project web site. Those of you who have traded with Scott know that he only works with top notch recordings. Here are his comments regarding this one: "This is pressed from a 2nd generation D6 recording and this is a really nice show. Great inspired versions of the songs and clean sound throughout." The only major problem of note is that approximately the first two minutes of "40" are omitted and the song cuts off prematurely. Otherwise, this is a near perfect bootleg with outstanding sound quality and clarity."

"40" is complete on my tape so this is definitely not the tape he is referring to.