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R.E.M. 10/18/1983

SHOWID 733902

Set I

Moral Kiosk
Catapult
Letter Never Sent
Pilgrimage
7 Chinese Brothers
Talk About The Passion
South Central Rain
Sitting Still
Harborcoat
Pretty Persuasion
West Of The Fields
Just A Touch
Gardening At Night
9-9
Windout
Second Guessing
Wolves, Lower (and Tuning)
White Tornado
Million
Camera
Pale Blue Eyes
Radio Free Europe

Set II


Set III


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LordFlapjack (5/0) FLAC / 1 View   unknown equipment audience recording > ? > harwilmer's unknown/low gen. maxell 90 minute trade...
Notes: New show, surfaced October 2024!
Tulum (5/0) FLAC / 22 View   low-gen. VG stereo audience recording trade tape copy from the harwilmer collection
Notes: some variation in sound quality and a few problems in a couple of tracks. not the greatest sound mix, esopecially the drums and vocals are not very clear, typical of concerts in "athletic centers" which are not called "music centers" for a reason. (and few bands played in more of those than this one did, espec. from 1985 and earlier) overall a fairly nice listen and a good performance. some clap reduction was done. spme parts sound a little muffled (not in all of it, just a few of the songs) possibly due to mic obstruction. The following recount of the show by Robert Wiggin: "My friends and I got put on the guest list for the show at Colby by the road crew 'cause they had worked helping them set up at the University Of Maine the night before, and kinda hinted that they'd help out afterward the next night too. ;) The show at Colby began with Michael wearing a huge patch of gauze over his left eye, as he had somehow gotten injured after the previous night's show, i believe at some after show party. I believe he made mention that he had scratched his cornea. Anyway, the crowd was much smaller than the night before, maybe 300 people at most, and not completely receptive to their music. There was one particular obnoxious drunk kid down front with a bottle of jack daniels, constantly yelling for them to "play some rock and rooooll", generally heckling and being disruptive. Mike Mills gestured for him to approach the stage, i guess asked the guy for his bottle, and took a huge pull from it. There were some conferences around the drum riser, and a song or two later, (during 'Wolves, Lower') Michael took a running start from the back of the stage, and launched himself into the sparse crowd gathered down front. You know, being real rock and roll. They of course instantly parted, and Michael slammed into the floor hard, was probably a bit dazed, and i think was helped back up, and then backstage by some of the roadies. At this point after finishing the song, the band just said screw it, and left the stage. Peter was down back to the left of the stage right afterward, looking for the drunk guy, and i heard him say, 'you just don't do that where we come from'. The band did come back & played 5 more songs as described a week later in a review in The Colby Echo student newspaper & confirmed by an audience recording of the show. Peter Buck also joined Let's Active on guitar on a song during their opening set.
Bluesthinker (2/4.9) Flac / 1 View