Artist: Bon Jovi
Date: June 20th, 1987
Venue: Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Location: Irvine, CA, USA
Transfer notes:
Unknown (probably very low) cassette generation --> Nakamichi DR-3 --> Audacity (FLAC export w/ compression level 8 )
02 - Raise Your Hands
03 - I'd Die For You
04 - Tokyo Road
05 - Jon talking #1
06 - You Give Love A Bad Name
07 - Wild In The Streets
08 - Jon talking #2
09 - Twist & Shout
10 - Never Say Goodbye
11 - Livin' On A Prayer
NOTE:
I had never heard about this show until a friend of mine found the tape on ebay and another one bought it and was kind it enough to send it over. This one comes from the Soundboard, I honestly have no further information as to whether it was a FM broadcast or if it leaked some other way. The quality is very good and actually improves to (almost) excellent after "Raise Your Hands". When transferring the tape the sound level was quite high which lead to me recording it at some lower level to avoid clipping. Afterwards I grabbed a noise sample, reduced some hiss, used some slight EQ for more clarity and expanded the stereo width and dynamics a bit more. What I personally really like about this recording is how nicely the bass comes through.
There was some confusion about the date of the recording. The tape was labelled as "Irvine Meadows Amp., July 12th 1987" which can't be correct since that date was already after the Canadian shows and the band was playing the East Coast again at that point. Someone pointed me to the bootleg "Where's The Tape Man?" which is supposed to be this but is listed as being from the Long Beach Arena show in January. This couldn't be true since "I'd Die For You" had already taken the spot of "Breakout" and "Never Say Goodbye" the one of "Silent Night" - those changes were made in early March, respectively late May/early June. Furthermore Jon greets the audience as "Good Evening Irvine Meadows!" He talks about not having been there for about 2 years which leads me to the conclusion that it was the first show of their three-night stint. Alright, enough with the theories, just blast the show through your stereo!
