U2 U2/Bosnia and Herzegovina 1997 Upgrade

The 1997 Sarajevo evening is remembered as the ultimate concert in the history of U2, just like DEEP PURPLE’s 1974 California Jam, QUEEN’s 1986 Wembley, and THE WHO’s 1970 Leeds. The soundboard album that tells the whole story has been upgraded to a different dimension with the latest technology! The latest work, which is the ultimate in the “REMASTER & REMIX” project, which has produced a series of shocking works, is now available. The most important symbolic concert in U2’s history The ultimate concert was the “September 23, 1997 Sarajevo performance.” This is a super-excellent stereo soundboard recording. There may be no show more worthy of being called “symbolic” than this concert. U2 is known as a politically conscious band, and the Sarajevo performance was the pinnacle of that. During the Bosnian conflict, the “ZOO TV Tour” also broadcast satellite broadcasts with Bosnians to the world, but the war ended in November 1995. While they released “Miss Sarajevo” in collaboration with Brian Eno, they also began to explore the possibility of holding a live concert there, and finally made it happen in the middle of the “PopMart Tour” one year and nine months later. Of course, they faced various difficulties before they could realize it, but they overcame them with extraordinary passion and effort. The process was released last year as a documentary film “Kiss the Future”, which attracted a lot of attention. And that passion was even present in the performance itself, resulting in a historic and passionate performance. Just like the aforementioned DEEP PURPLE’s 1974 California Jam performance, QUEEN’s 1986 Wembley performance, and THE WHO’s 1970 Leeds performance, it was the ultimate concert that symbolized even the band itself. A miraculous live album worthy of a miraculous show However, even though the concert itself was ultimate, the story was different when it came to a live album. The above three groups left official masterpieces, but U2’s Sarajevo performance was not made into an official work, and only a small part of it was shown in the aforementioned film “Kiss the Future”. There was no music work worthy of the miraculous masterpiece. 28 years have passed since that evening in Sarajevo. Finally, the frustrating history has come to an end. A full live album that everyone desires and must be engraved in music history. That is what this work is. Its true identity is the ultimate finished album, which has been remastered and remixed with the latest AI technology from various existing high-quality soundboard masters, and then meticulously polished and reassembled. Of course, even though it is AI technology, it is not a generated AI, but is assembled 100% with U2’s live performance. In the first place, the Sarajevo performance attracted attention from all over the world, so it was broadcast on BBC, Westwood One, etc. A large number of already-issued ultra-high-quality soundboards were circulated from that time. However, even though they were high-quality, they were not high quality. Not only was it unstable because it was a broadcast, but each record also had different defects. Some records had noises like sound distortion, while others had sound recesses. The legendary already released “DISCONNECT” was famous for being noiseless, but for some reason the first six songs had a cut at 10kHz and the sound did not extend… This work is a collection of the advantages of various soundboards with their own pros and cons, and then all the disadvantages are eliminated. The latest AI mastering that turns miracles into reality Please do not misunderstand that this work is not a patchwork Frankenstein. If you patch it up like traditional mastering, it will become a mess due to differences in tone and balance, but this work uses AI technology to break down each instrument into tracks (vocals + guitar + bass + drums x 4 tracks = 7 tracks in total). By remixing after arranging each instrument like an official work, a completely seamless and unified live album has been realized. This mix decomposition is also effective in noise processing. Just like instruments, noise components can be separated into tracks, so they can be removed cleanly without affecting the performance sound at all. Moreover, even when remixing, the official sense is properly referenced. The guide for the ensemble was the official video work “LIVE FROM MEXICO CITY”. The FM broadcast of the Sarajevo performance at the time had a somewhat rough mix with the drums recessed and the guitars overlaid with excessive reverb, but this work realizes the band’s original direct sound that eliminates these two shortcomings. That is exactly what recreated the legendary night in Sarajevo with the same feeling as “LIVE FROM MEXICO CITY”. Although the feeling is close, the show content is very different from “LIVE FROM MEXICO CITY”. Finally, let’s organize the set while comparing it. Pop (7 songs) Mofo (*) / Gone / Last Night On Earth (*) / Staring At The Sun / Please / Discothèque / If You Wear That Velvet Dress (*) Classics (15 songs) WAR: New Year’s Day / Sunday Bloody Sunday Joshua Tree: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Bullet The Blue Sky / Where the Streets Have No Name / With or Without You Acton Baby: Even Better Than The Real Thing / Until The End Of The World / Mysterious WaysOne Other: I Will Follow / Pride (In The Name Of Love) / All I Want Is You / Miss Sarajevo (★) / Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me *Note: ★ marks songs that were not seen on the official album “POPMART: LIVE FROM MEXICO CITY”. * marks songs exclusive to this tour. THE WHO had “LIVE AT LEEDS”, DEEP PURPLE had “CALIFORNIA JAM 1974”, and QUEEN had “LIVE AT WEMBLEY ’86”. The U2 edition of such a symbolic live album lineage… that is the essence of this work. A miraculous cultural heritage album that revives the most important concert in U2’s history to a level that can be officially released! A superb stereo soundboard recording of U2’s most important concert “September 23, 1997 Sarajevo performance” held in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the end of the conflict. The sound that brings together the advantages of various existing soundboards with the latest AI technology is completely official class, and just like THE WHO’s “LIVE AT LEEDS” and QUEEN’s “LIVE AT WEMBLEY ’86”, it is a miraculous live album that symbolizes the existence of U2 itself. Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 23rd September 1997 STERO SBD UPGRADE Disc:1 (61:23) 1. Mission Impossible Theme 2. Pop Muzik 3. Mofo 4. I Will Follow 5. Gone 6. Even Better Than The Real Thing 7. Last Night On Earth 8. Until The End Of The World 9. New Year’s Day 10. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 11. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 12. All I Want Is You 13. Staring At The Sun 14. Sunday Bloody Sunday Disc:2 (72:14) 1. Bullet The Blue Sky 2. Please 3. Where The Streets Have No Name 4. Lemon (Perfecto Mix) 5. Discothèque 6. If You Wear That Velvet Dress 7. With Or Without You 8. Miss Sarajevo 9. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 10. Mysterious Ways 11. One 12. Unchained Melody STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING