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JESUS WAS A COOL GUY

1. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) [5:06]
2. One [4:47]
3. Happy Christmas [2:55]
4. Lost Highway [1:18]
5. Slow Dancing [1:55]
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [4:32]
7. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses [3:20]
8. She's Gonna Blow Your House Down [4:34]
9. Lucille [1:39]
10. Dirty Old Town [1:57]
11. Acrobat (Take 1) [3:07]
12. Redemption Song [2:00]
13. Norwegian Wood [1:01]
14. I Will Follow [2:32]
15. She's A Mystery To Me [2:42]
16. The Fly [1:27]
17. Whiskey In The Jar [1:57]
18. Party Girl [2:41]
19. Wild Irish Rover [1:30]
20. When Love Comes To Town [3:34]
21. Acrobat [3:41]
22. She's A Mystery To Me [1:41]
23. Stand By Me [2:25]
24. Springhill Mining Disaster [3:48]
25. All I Want Is You [2:59]
26. Can't Help Falling In Love [2:34]
27. Are You Lonesome Tonight [1:01]

Source:
(1): August 14, 1993. Leeds, England. Roundhay Park.
(2): January 31, 1993. Hamburg, Germany. Thalia Theater.
(3): December 16, 1988. Dublin, Ireland. RTE Studios.
(4, 9): April 8, 1987. Houston, TX.
(5): October 21, 1989. Sydney, Australia. MMM Studios.
(6): May 11, 1993. Rotterdam, Holland. Feyenoord Stadium.
(7): October 30, 1992. Los Angeles, CA. Dodger Stadium.
(8): 1987. Long Island, NY.
(10): May 9, 1993. Rotterdam, Holland. Feyenoord Stadium.
(11): August 6, 1992. Hershey, PA. Hershey Stadium.
(12): November 3, 1992. Vancouver, BC. B.C. Place Stadium.
(13): July 29, 1993. Oslo, Norway. Valle Hovin Stadium.
(14): August 27, 1993. Dublin, Ireland. Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds.
(15-16): August 6, 1992. Hershey, PA. Hershey Stadium.
(17): September 6, 1992. Toronto, CA. Canadian National Exhibition Stadium.
(18): May 29, 1993. Werchter, Belgium. Festival Grounds.
(19): May 11, 1993. Rotterdam, Holland. Feyenoord Stadium.
(20): October 27, 1988. Dublin, Ireland. O'Connel Street.
(21): August 6, 1992. Hershey, PA. Hershey Stadium.
(22): August 12, 1993. London, England. Wembley Stadium.
(23): October 27, 1988. Dublin, Ireland. O'Connel Street.
(24): March 16, 1987. Dublin, Ireland. RTE: 'The Late Late Show'.
(25): August 13, 1992. East Rutherford, NJ. Giants' Stadium.
(26): September 6, 1992. Toronto, CA. Canadian National Exhibition Stadium.
(27): May 10, 1993. Rotterdam, Holland. Feyenoord Stadium.

Sound Quality:
Varies from not-so-good audience to good soundboard.

Comments:
The pictures range from the 'The Joshua Tree' to the 'Zooropa' era. This disc claims to be "the follow up of the widely acclaimed Vol. 1: U2 ZOOCOUSTIC (OCTO 148)". Oxygen rates the sound as 3 stars (out of 4). It claims to be all soundboard (see above). The quality isn't as good as DUETS but still better than ZOOCOUSTIC. I'll have to listen to these discs more closely if you want comments on the sound. A good collection of tracks from over the years. Most of these tracks can be found on many different boots, but this is a good disc to own for all you completists out there, or if you are looking for some rare performances of some terrific tracks! 73 minutes of music is quite a lot for the money, a good choice. The CD is made in Czech republic. This has also been sold as a 2CD version with an untitled CD as Disc 2. The untitled CD is actually DUETS. Seem as if Oxygen might be trying to dump off some extra copies of it. This bootleg covers shows from Rotterdam to Los Angeles to Hamburg to Australia and almost everywhere in between, this CD is only of average quality because of the lack of bass and over-enthusiastic treble on most of the tracks. It is listed as a soundboard recording but, as one would expect, about 70% of it is from audience recordings. There is a bunch of audience screaming and "hooting" on a lot of the tracks on this CD. On some tracks, Edge's guitar is too loud and at times, and irritatingly screeches. I guess this comes from the bootlegger standing too close to the speakers. One of two tracks that does make this a good buy (if you find it cheap) is the first track - "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)." Recorded in Leeds on August 14, 1993, it is of excellent quality and I prefer it to the original version on 'Zooropa.' The second interesting tracks is a very good acoustic version of "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses." The CD sleeve also offers some good pictures of the band from the ZooTV Tour. Oxygen gives it 3/4 for quality but I beg to differ. I give it only 1.75/4. For being 73 (albeit poorly recorded) minutes of U2, it still make an interesting item for collectors and those who want to learn a couple of old Irish songs as sung by Larry and Bono.
This is the original pressing on this label.