U2 - Bono Works McGonagals (VAR/FLAC)

(Various FLAC)

1979-06-??

'Bono Works McGonagals June 1979'

Dublin IE

Believed sources (see below for detail):

1-8: June, 1979. Dublin, Ireland. McGonagals Pub.

9-10: October 3, 1981. Salford, England. Salford University.

11-12: October 3, 1980. Retford, England. Porterhouse.

13-15: March 15, 1981. Reseda, CA. Country Club.

16-18: December 13, 1981. Lido Beach, NY. Malibu Beach Night Club.

19: November 22, 1981. New York, NY. The Ritz. 

Lineage: Unknown cassette tape -> unknown transfer(s) -> CD-R by mail trade -> FLAC via xACT

01. Trevor

02. Cartoon World

03. Jack In the Box

04. Speed of Light

05. Shadows and Tall Trees

06. Stories For Boys

07. The Magic Carpet

08. Boy/Girl

09. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

10. I Will Follow

11. An Cat Dubh

12. Into the Heart

13. Stories For Boys

14. Boy/Girl

15. Out of Control

16. The Electric Co.

17. I Fall Down

18. October

19. With a Shout

This is one of the earliest shows I have, though it is not clear exactly which show(s) are involved.  Per La Parra's book, the band did play a series of Christmas-in-June shows at McGonagal's in Dublin on June 7, 14, 21, and 28th, which were dubbed "The Jingle Balls".  I believe that is correct and the source for tracks 1 through 8 (one or more of those shows), with the full list of sources as follows:

1-8: June, 1979. Dublin, Ireland. McGonagals Pub.

9-10: October 3, 1981. Salford, England. Salford University.

11-12: October 3, 1980. Retford, England. Porterhouse.

13-15: March 15, 1981. Reseda, CA. Country Club.

16-18: December 13, 1981. Lido Beach, NY. Malibu Beach Night Club.

19: November 22, 1981. New York, NY. The Ritz. 

FULL DISCLOSURE: There is confusion arising from a silver CD that Polar Bear put out later entitled 'Bono Works At McGonagals (catalog number PB-049, barcode 5 987325 549187).  According to AchtungBootlegs, and despite the title, none of those tracks come from any of the 1979 McGonagals shows at all.  Rather the sources are listed as:

(1- : Dublin, 26 Février 1980 

(9-10) : Salford, 3 Octobre 1981 

(11-12) :Retford, 3 Octobre 1980 

(13-15) : Reseda, CA, 15 mars 1981 

(16-1 : Lido Beach, NY, 13 décembre 1981 

(19-20) : New York, NY, 22 November 1981

There are several reasons this is not the Polar Bear source.  First, the Dublin show on February 28 1980 was the big one at Dublin Stadium with Island Records in attendance, and following which the band signed there initial record deal.  I have a full recording of that Dublin show and the recordings are clearly not the same (Bono's intro to Cartoon World, for example, is different).  This recording obviously sounds like a club and nothing like a 2800+ audience, there are no comments from Bono as to the label/signing, etc which he made aplenty at that February 26, 1980 show.  There is also a difference in track time b/w the two of around 10 minutes and the fact that this came to me clearly as 'Bono Works McGonagals - June 1979'.