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Tulum's Collection

R.E.M.   09/03/1987

40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
Source soundboard recording (first-generation copy from Pat the Wiz's master reel)
Media FLAC   10 discs
Notes T. Patton Biddle's master reel, recorded at 15 IPS --> TPB's cassette safety copy --> TPB's digital transfer, using unknown equipment --> Audacity for tracking, fades, normalization, deleting dead spots, tempo adjustment, and 1 pass of eq to boost bass frequencies and lower treble --> FLAC

REM Timeline says:
Sept. 3, 1987: Smokin' Dave And The Premo Dopes show. R.E.M. perform unannounced as a supporting act, and according to Michael Stipe during the show, the unknown track was written at 9:20 pm that evening.

Additional note:
Here is yet more goodness from the tape archives of T. Patton Biddle (Pat the Wiz), who made some of the most historically significant recordings of R.E.M. in & around Athens in the 1980s. Pat was kind enough to share with me digital transfers from his safety tapes. This recording previously circulated in soundboard quality, but is not currently available through the usual channels. To my knowledge, this is the first time it's been placed into circulation with a known lineage, so this may be a new source even for those who already have another version. I don't know whether it's an upgrade, since I don't have access to another version.

Rob-in-Brevard
Dec. 2025
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Tulum · Last Updated Feb 24, 2026