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R.E.M. 10/19/1986

SHOWID 23837

Set I

These Days
Second Guessing
Sitting Still
Hyena
The One I Love
Shaking Through
Feeling Gravity's Pull
The Flowers of Guatemala
White Tornado
Driver 8
I Believe
Swan Swan H
Seven Chinese Brothers
Superman
Can't Get There From Here
Pretty Persuasion
Finest Worksong
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
Little America
Fall On Me, Cuyahoga
See No Evil
Oddfellows Local 151
Begin the Begin
Maps and Legends
1000000
Funtime
Just A Touch
Afterhours

Set II


Set III


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Collectors With This Show

User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
Slick2007 (5/5) FLAC / 2 A View  
Tulum (5/0) FLAC / 35 View   Lapel stereo mic (model unknown)/Sony Pro Walkman cassette recorder => Analog cassette master...
Notes: Sometimes you're lucky enough to catch a show that is magic -- where the vibe of the audience and band come together to make the performance something special which stands above the other dates on a tour. This was one of those nights -- R.E.M. was about six weeks into a national tour promoting "Life's Rich Pageant," an album that was on its way to being their biggest-selling album to date; the critics loved them, and they rolled into Chicago's UIC Pavilion to play before the largest paying audience they'd ever played in front of. The band was on fire, chugging through a great, eclectic mix of songs that ranged from a heavy dose of the two most recent albums to inspired covers to relatively unknown early tracks. Michael Stipe was all intensity, rarely making eye contact with the audience but thrashing around frantically and putting everything into his vocals. (I didn't see such vocal showmanship again until Pearl Jam hit their groove several years later.) During the encore, Stipe loosened up and launched into an uncharacteristic and highly entertaining personal story about the bar he was working in the night Elvis Presley died nine years later, and the Elvis impersonator who put on the performance of his life until the crowd swarmed him "like ants on a dead mouse -- like in Blue Velvet." Of the tens of thousands of shows in my collection, this one is easily among my top five favorites. Quality-wise, it's really good considering the era. My friend taped this using his trusty Sony Pro Walkman (the model that, weirdly enough, was a double-deck and allowed you to dub from one to the other -- I think it was the WM-D3) from the 11th row left -- perfect for catching both stage amps and overhead stack. The recording sounds a touch shrill, something that can be easily adjusted by someone with skills better than mine (I didn't want to risk degrading the sound in an effort to improve it, so left it untouched) but otherwise has excellent range and mix of vocals and instruments. The crowd is rowdy and excited, but rarely interferes with the music. I can't recommend this show highly enough -- it's one of the best performances on what many think was their best tour. If you can't tolerate audience recordings, you may wish to stay away, but otherwise even casual R.E.M. fans will really like this one.
Tulum (5/0) FLAC / 29 View   AIWA mic > Marantz recorder
Notes: Recording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive. No noise reduction done to transfer, in order to retain full range of sound. Recording 02668 from the Aadam Jacobs Collection Project Coordinated by the Live Music Archive at the Internet Archive Contact info: aadam.jacobs.project AT gmail DOT com
Mike Marteny (5/5) cdr / 2 A View   ANA(M)>CDR(1)
Notes: D1 51:04 D2 50:17
BLG (5/0) FLAC / 1 View   unknown mic > Sony deck > anaM > FLAC
Jack Warner (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   MAC>FLAC
adorup (5/0) FLAC / 0 View  
Andrzej (5/0) CD / 2 View  
Dave (5/0) CDR / 0 View  
Max Power (4/5) WAV / 1 A A View   Lapel stereo mic Pro Walkman cassette recorder
Notes: 101 min.
krastian (4/0) / 0 View  
stephen (4/0) cdr / 2 View  
Jeff (3/5) FLAC / 0 View  
Chris Larson (3/5) cdr / 2 A A- View   Lapel stereo mic (model unknown)/Sony Pro Walkman cassette recorder => Analog cassette master
Notes: kind of shrill, but great performance, probably a good candidate for remastering
RM's Giant Live Music Archive (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   audience source (QQ103)
Notes: Lineage: Lapel stereo mic (model unknown)/Sony Pro Walkman cassette recorder => Analog cassette master => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV > FLAC Frontend (Level 8) (Align on sector boundaries & Verify) Audio Cleaning Lab was used to split tracks only. No further processing has been done.
Thiago (2/3) CDR / 2 View   AUD ANA(M) > CDR(1)
Notes: I can make CDR(1) copies of this one
cut_here (2/5) flac / 1 View   Lapel stereo mic (model unknown)/Sony Pro Walkman cassette recorder => Analog...
KerouacAW (1/0) Flac / 2 View  
Stuart Ferguson (1/4.7) CDR / 2 View   Audience
Notes: DVD 925; lineage: Lapel stereo mic (model unknown)/Sony Pro Walkman cassette recorder => Analog cassette master => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV > FLAC Frontend (Level 8) (Align on sector boundaries & Verify). Audio Cleaning Lab was used to split tracks only. No further processing has been done.
Charlie (1/0) / 0 View  
David Backus (1/5) DVD+R/FLAC / 0 View   AUD
Chris Perkins (1/5) Flac / 2 View  
Notes: 2 CDRs
-SoG- (0/5) Flac / 1 A+ View   Source: Lapel stereo mic (model unknown)/Sony Pro Walkman cassette recorder => Analog cassette...
Notes: Audience Recording
Peter (0/5) CDR / 2 View  
Lanes (0/4.7) SHN / 2 View  
Scott Myers (0/0) CDR / 2 B- View   Unknown
Notes: Set list: These Days/Second Guessing/Sitting Still/Hyena/The One I Love/Shaking Through/Feeling Gravity's Pull/Flowers of Guatemala/White Tornado/Driver 8/I Believe/Swan Swan H/7 Chinese Bros/Superman/Can't Get There From Here/Pretty Persuasion/Auctoineer/Little America/Fall on Me/Cuyahoga/I See No Evil/Oddfellows Local 151/Begin the Begin