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Old 12-21-2013, 12:36 PM
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The Wembley shows were outstanding, but the band (and Jon's voice) especially peaked on the upcoming American leg in 1995. There is e.g. a version of "Always" that blows the Wembley one out of the water (but we only have an aged video of it):

There is the recording from Tampa the same year (should also be on YT) which shows the band at their absolute best with the songs having an intensity that is truly spine-chilling! In 1996 Jon's voice already thinned out quite a bit, but the setlists got better. Many people praise the Yokohama bootleg, but I always had the feeling that the band sounded rather "off" that night (at least on some songs like "My Guitar"). There I'd rather recommend the audience recording of night 3 which also features songs like "The Boys Are Back In Town", "Dry County" and "Wild Is The Wind". Those Japanese bootlegs from that era are amazing sound wise - sometimes you think they smuggled an entire sound studio into the stadium by the sound of it.
The rather sad thing is that there isn't another broadcast circulating from Yokohama onwards - the only thing I can recommend you there are the audience recordings of the 2nd night in Cologne and the final show in Helsinki (both have a nice balance between great setlist and decent sound).

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