Major U2 Vinyl Radio Shows

U2 COLLECTORS' GUIDE

by Peter Longworth

I've attempted to list all the major U2 Radio Shows pressed on vinyl, (listed chronologically by broadcast date), but as with the CD list please feel free to e-mail me at pelo @ globalnet.co.uk with any errors or additions.

TWO SIDES LIVE WARNER BROS MUSIC SHOW NO.117 REF 1-117SIB15623638

Recorded live at Paradise Theatre Boston 6th. March 1981. Broadcast by College Radio Stations 10 - 12 April 1981. 1 LP in a black and red custom sleeve + 7 page information sheets.

Set List :- The Ocean/11 O'Clock tick tock/Touch/An cat dubh-Into the heart/Another time another place/Cry/Electric Co./Things to make and do/Stories for boys/Twilight/I will follow/Out of control/11 O'Clock tick tock.

KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR ABC RADIO NETWORK SHOW NO. 404

Recorded live at the Boston Orpheum 14th. November 1981. Broadcast 31st January 1982. 2 X LP set + Cue sheets. Show shared with Devo.

Set List:- I threw a brick/Rejoice/Stories for boys/I will follow/11 O'Clock tick tock.

IN CONCERT WESTWOOD ONE SHOW #82-9

2 LP set + Cue Sheet. Show shared with Bryan Adams. Recorded at Hollywood Palladium L.A. 28th November 1981. Broadcast 7th - 9th May 1982.

Set List :- Gloria/Another Time Another Place/I Threw a Brick/A Day without me/Rejoice/Cry-Electric Co/I Will Follow/Out of Control.

BBC ROCK HOUR LONDON WAVELENGTH SHOW #410

1 X LP + Cue Sheet. Broadcast 6th March 1983. Recorded live at Hammersmith Palais 6th December 1982.

Set List :- Surrender/I threw a brick/A day without me/An cat dubh/Sunday bloody Sunday/The electric co/October/New year's day/Gloria/I will follow/Fire

BBC COLLEGE CONCERT #27 LONDON WAVELENGTH

Recorded live at Hammersmith Palais 6th December 1982. Broadcast 27th March 1983. 1 LP + Cue Sheet. No advertising on this show.

Set List :- Surrender/I threw a brick through a window/A day without me/An cat dubh--Into the heart/Sunday Bloody Sunday/The electric Co/October/New Year's day/Gloria/I will follow/Fire.

IN CONCERT 295 BBC TRANSCRIPTION REF CN 4134/S Matrix 1518878-S

Recorded live at Hammersmith Palais 6th December 1982. Broadcast May 1983. 1 X LP + Cue Sheet in yellow and green custom die-cut BBC sleeve. This is U2's rarest and most collectable radio show. It has been heavily bootlegged and counterfeited. All original copies have a green and white centre label (see scan) whereas the fake label is black and white.

Set List:- Surrender/I threw a brick through a window/A day without me/An cat dubh/Sunday Bloody Sunday/I fall down/The Electric Co./October/New Year's day/Gloria/I will follow/Fire/Celebration.

IN CONCERT WESTWOOD ONE SHOW #83-08

2 x LP's with cue sheet. Show shared with Berlin. Broadcast 15th April 1983. Recorded at Hollywood Palladium L.A. 28th November 1981.

Track List:- Gloria/Another time another place/I threw a brick/Into the heart/Rejoice/Cry/Stories for boys/I will follow/I fall down/Twilight/Out of control

KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR ABC RADIO NETWORK SHOW NO. 473

Recorded live at Boston Orpheum Theatre 6th May 1983. Broadcast 29th May 1983. 2 X LP set + Cue sheet .

Set List:- Out of control/Two hearts beat as one/An cat dubh-Into the heart/Sunday bloody Sunday/The electric co/October /Gloria/I threw a brick/A day without me/11 O'Clock tick tock/I will follow.

ROLLING STONE GUEST DJ #62 REF RSG 83-62

3 X LP + Cue Sheet. Broadcast 30th May 1983. One and a half sides Bono & The Edge (backed with Show #61 - Jim Capaldi).

Tracks played: My Generation (The Who)/Paint it Black (The Rolling Stones)/Help (The Beatles)/Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys)/Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees)/Riders on a Storm (The Doors)/Suffragette City (David Bowie)/Love is the Drug (Roxy Music)/Pretty Vacant (The Sex Pistols)/Because the Night (Patti Smith Group)/Safe European Home (The Clash).

INNERVIEW SERIES No. 25 SHOW No.5

Broadcast 30th May 1983. 1 LP with cue sheet. Bono interviewed by Jim Ladd.

Track list:- I will follow/Surrender/Another Time another place/Rejoice/Sunday Bloody Sunday/New Year's day/Seconds/Two hearts beat as one.

THE SOURCE - NEW MUSIC PROFILE REF NBC 83-22

3 x LP + Cues. Broadcast 2-5 June 1983. U2 on one side only. Bono + Edge interviewed.

Track list: New Year's Day/Sunday Bloody Sunday/Two hearts beat as one.

WAR IS DECLARED - THE U2 CONCERT THE SOURCE REF #NBC 83-27

Boxset with picture labels. 2 x LP (half-speed mastered) + Cue Sheet/Affidavit. U2 recorded live at Red Rocks 5th June 1983. Broadcast July 8th - 10th 1983.

Set List: Out of control/Twilight/An cat dubh/Into the heart/Surrender/Two hearts beat as one/Seconds/Sunday Bloody Sunday/Cry/Electric Co/I fall down/October/New Year's day/Gloria/Party girl/11 O'Clock tick tock/I will follow/40.

SUPERGROUPS-IN CONCERT U2/JUDAS PRIEST DIR BROADCASTING SG 28

Recorded live at Philidelphia Tower Theatre 13th May 1983. Broadcast 6th August 1983. 3 X LP set (one and a half sides per group) + Cue sheets.

Set List:- Twilight/Two hearts beat as one/Sunday Bloody Sunday/An cat dubh-Into the heart/I threw a brick/A day without me/October/Gloria/11 O'Clock tick tock/I will follow.

OFF THE RECORD WESTWOOD ONE SHOW # 83-37

2 LP's with cue sheet in custom printed Off The Record sleeve. Broadcast week of 5th September 1983. Adam Clayton interviewed by Mary Turner.

Track List:- Electric Company/Twilight/I will follow/Rejoice/Out of control/Sunday bloody Sunday/Like a song/Seconds/New Year's day/Gloria/Two hearts beat as one/Into the heart.

THE INSIDE TRACK D.I.R. BROADCASTING DIR IT 22

3 LP's + cue sheet. U2 on 3 sides Billy Idol on 2. Bono interviewed by Lisa Robinson. Broadcast 21st November 1983.

Tracks:- Gloria/Stories for boys/The electric co/New years day/Party girl/I will followSunday bloody sunday/Two hearts beat as one

OFF THE RECORD WESTWOOD ONE SHOW # 84-01

2 LP's with cue sheet in custom printed Off The Record sleeve. Broadcast week of 26th December 1983. Adam Clayton interviewed by Mary Turner.

Track list:- The Electric Co/Twilight/I will follow/Gloria/Out of control/Sunday Bloody Sunday/Seconds/New Year's day/Rejoice/Two hearts beat as one/An cat dubh-Into the heart

BBC ROCK HOUR LONDON WAVELENGTH SHOW #511

Broadcast 11th March 1984. 1 LP + Cue. Recorded live at Hammersmith Palais 6th December 1982.

Track list:- Surrender/I threw a brick through a window/A day without me/An cat dubh/Sunday bloody Sunday/The electric co/October/New Year's day/Gloria/I will follow/Fire.

THE U2 CONCERT THE SOURCE REF #84-9

2 x LP (half-speed mastered) + Cue. U2 recorded live at Red Rocks 5th June 1983. Broadcast March 16th - 18th 1984. Same material as in War is Declared but with different ads.

BEST OF THE BISCUIT BOB 526

Broadcast 3rd June 1984. 2 LP's + Cue Sheets. Recorded live at Boston Orpheum 31st January 1982.

Track list:- Out of control/Two hearts beat as one/An cat dubh/Sunday bloody Sunday/Cry/Electric co/October/Gloria/I threw a brick/A day without me/11 O'Clock tick tock (not on cue sheet)/I will follow.

BEST OF THE NEW TOURS THE SOURCE SHOW # NBC 84-38

Broadcast 28th September 1984. 3 X LP + Cue. U2 on one side only.

U2 Tracks:- Pride (In the name of love)/Two hearts beat as one/October/New Year's day. The last 3 tracks are live from Red Rocks (not on album).

THE INSIDE TRACK D.I.R. BROADCASTING DIR IT 43

Broadcast 19th November 1984. 3 LP's (one 1/sided) + Cue sheets. Bono interviewed by Lisa Robinson about the making of The Unforgettable Fire. Shared with David Byrne.

U2 tracks:- Pride (In the name of love)/I will follow/Gloria/New Year's day/Sunday bloody Sunday/Two hearts beat as one/Surrender.

OFF THE RECORD WESTWOOD ONE SHOW # 85-05

2 LP's with cue sheet in custom printed Off The Record sleeve. Broadcast week of 28th January 1985. Adam Clayton + Edge interviewed by Mary Clayton.

Track list:- 11 O'Clock tick tock/Unforgettable fire/MLK/Pride/Wire/Gloria/Out of control/An cat dubh-Into the heart/Two hearts beat as one/Sunday Bloody Sunday/Bad

THE INSIDE TRACK D.I.R. BROADCASTING REF DIR IT 38

Lisa Robinson interviews Bono and Adam. 3 LP's (one 1/sided) no cues. One side is Bryan Adams. Broadcast 25th March 1985.

Track List:- Pride (In the name of love)/The unforgettable fire/Sunday,Bloody Sunday/New Year's day/I will follow/Surrender/Bad/Gloria/Two hearts beat as one.

INNERVIEW SERIES # 32 SHOW # 11

Broadcast 1985. 1 LP + Cue. Bono interviewed by Jim Ladd about the making of The Unforgettable Fire.

Track list:- The three sunrises/Bad/Sunday bloody Sunday/Drowning man/Gloria/Indian Summer sky/I will follow/Boomerang II/MLK/Pride (In the name of love)/The unforgettable fire/A sort of homecoming.

SUPERSTAR CONCERT SERIES WESTWOOD ONE REF SS85-C

U2 live from Hammersmith Palais 6th December 1982. 3 X LP Boxset with cue sheet. Broadcast 21st September 1985.

Set List:- Surrender/I threw a brick/A day without me/An Cat Dubh-Into the heart/Electric Co./Sunday,Bloody Sunday/I fall down/Party girl/11 O'Clock tick tock/Ocean/40/October/New Year's day/I will follow/Gloria/Fire/A Celebration.

PIONEERS IN MUSIC D.I.R. BROADCASTING REF P.I.M.52

2 x LP + Cue sheet. Broadcast 14th July 1986. Show is shared with The Rolling Stones and The Clash.

U2 tracks are: Out of Control/Sunday Bloody Sunday/I will follow. (Live from Boston 1983.)

PIONEERS IN MUSIC DIR BROADCASTING REF PIM 62

Irish Rock Rebels. Shared show. Broadcast week of September 22nd 1986.

Live Tracks:- Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Electric Co. & Gloria.

KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR SHOW #652

Recorded live at Boston Orpheum Theatre 6th May 1983. Broadcast 2nd November 1986. 2 X LP + Cue.

Set list: Out of control/Two hearts beat as one/An cat dubh/Sunday Bloody Sunday/Cry/Electric co/October/Gloria/I threw a brick/A day without you/11 O' Clock tick tock/I will follow.

PIONEERS IN MUSIC DIR BROADCASTING REF PIM 83

Rock and Roll singers series. Shared show. Broadcast week of February 16th 1987.

2 live U2 tracks:- Two hearts beat as one & Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

ROCK STARS RADIO TODAY ENTERTAINMENT REF RS 003

2 LP's with cue sheets. Broadcast 18th - 25th May 1987. Bono interviewed by Timothy White.

Track list:- I still haven't found what I'm lookingfor/New Year's day/Sunday Bloody Sunday/In God's country/A Celebration/With or without you/Gloria/Pride/Out of control (demo + album version)/I will follow/Bullet the blue sky/Where the streets have no name/40

ROCK CLOCK #6 D.I.R. BROADCASTING REF RCK 006

Broadcast 6th July 1987. 2 X LP's with cue sheet. Shared with Foreigner and Roxy Music.

U2 tracks are Two Hearts beat as one, Sunday Bloody Sunday & Gloria - Live from The Orpheum 6/5/83.

ROCK ON THE ROAD D.I.R. BROADCASTING REF ROTR.U2

1 LP No Cues. Recorded live on Amnesty tour 1986 and JT tour Autumn 1987. Broadcast 11th December 1987. This show was only broadcast in cities which U2 visited on the second leg of the "Joshua Tree Tour" in the autumn of 1987.

Interviews and live tracks:- I Will Follow/Bullet the Blue Sky/Help/Silver and Gold/New Year's Day.

THE RISE AND RISE OF U2 WESTWOOD ONE RADIO NETWORKS REF R-R U2 mdc kin

Broadcast the week of August 8th 1988. 3 X LP set (I one-sided). With cue sheets. This show was originally produced by the BBC in England and was aired on Radio 1 on December 28th 1987.

Track List:- Out of control/Boy-Girl/Another day/11 O'Clock tick tock/A day without me/Twilight/I will follow/Fire/Tomorrow/Gloria/A celebration/New Year's day/Sunday bloody Sunday/Two hearts beat as one/40/The unforgettable fire/A sort of homecoming/Pride/Do they know it's Christmas/Maggie's farm/With or without you/I still haven't found what I'm looking for/Where the streets have no name/In God's country

THE U2 STORY UNITED STATIONS PROGRAMMING NETWORK

Broadcast 21st January 1989. 2 LP (one 1/sided) + Cue Sheets and Picture Sleeve. Bono and Edge and Phil Joanou interviewed.

Track list:-Stories for boys/Gloria/New Year's day/Sunday bloody Sunday/Two hearts beat as one/I will follow/Pride (In the name of love)/With or without you/Bullet the blue sky/I still haven't found what I'm looking for/Where the streets have no name/In God's country/Desire/When love comes to town/Angel of Harlem

LEGENDS OF ROCK PARTS 1 & 2 NBC RADIO ENTERTAINMENT

Broadcast 17th July 1989 (Part 1) and 24th July (Part 2). 4 x LP's (including two 1-sided) + Cues. Studio recordings interspersed with briek interview material.

Track list: Desire/Where the streets have no name/With or without you/Pride/All along the watchtower/Helter Skelter/I will follow/A sort of homecoming/All I want is you/Angel of Harlem/In God's country/God part II/Two hearts beat as one/Surrender/Sunday bloody Sunday/New Year's day/Gloria/Bad/When love comes to town.

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