Athens, GA
May 20, 1988
Athens, GA
July 8, 1988
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Children by the millions scream for him. |
A Classic Albums Revisited project
Document, Reconsidered
Live & studio recordings, none officially releasedAn all-soundboard, all-lossless reassessment of album no. 5 with alternative versions
soundboard recording (digital transfer from analog copy of the master reel)
PH solo show, with help from Peter Buck & Ilene Markell
02 Storm Warning
03 Taken
04 If Only ("new song," written in Athens)
05 Soul Kiss
06 You Don't Miss Your Water (Wm. Bell cover)*
07 Lonely Is (As Lonely Does) *
08 Next to Last Waltz *
09 Second Time Around *
10 Changed the Locks (Lucinda Wms. cover) * +
11 Judy * +12 Drip Drop (Dion cover) * +
13 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Aretha Franklin cover) * +
14 Neverland (brief jump edit) * +
15 Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye cover) *
16 Darby Hall17 She Got Soul
NOTES:
My source for this recording is Pat the Wiz, the legendary sound tech whose superb recordings are revered in and around Athens, GA. This recording has been digitally transferred from Pat's first-generation analog copy of the master reel. This version is as close to perfect as you can get, absent a transfer from Pat's master. THANK YOU KINDLY, PAT! When I received the source files, I applied tracking, fading, and one pass of eq.
GO BUY PETER'S NEW SOLO ALBUM THE FACE OF 68 on Label 51 Recordings, out now. CD and high-quality digital download available at Bandcamp. Look around for vinyl copies from Record Store Day 2025.
STAY TUNED. There's more where this came from...
soundboard & audience recordings (M1 soundboard source for R. E. M. set)
R. E. M. - opening set
soundboard (first-generation copy from master reel)
Dream Remaster (thanks, Colin)
A joint venture of this blog and Colin's Dream Remaster site
Well, this is a nice way to return, I think.
My source for this recording is Pat the Wiz, the legendary sound tech whose superb recordings are revered in and around Athens, GA. This recording has been digitally transferred from Pat's first-generation analog copy of the master reel. This version is as close to perfect as you can get, absent a new transfer from Pat's master. THANK YOU, PAT! Colin's excellent remaster brings out the full dynamics of the performance. He received from me a couple of unedited files and created this lovely musical artifact. Kudos to him as well.
According to Remtimeline, the only other source for this performance is the bootleg "That Beat In Time," first released on CD in 1991. The bootleg is mis-dated, claiming that it came from a performance earlier in 1981, one that did not actually take place on the purported date. Not only is the lineage for the bootleg unknown, it also substitutes a different version of the song "That Beat" (from the band's performance at Tyrone's on 23 Sept. 1981) for the blistering, longer one featured here. This version of "That Beat" segues directly into "Ska"—also missing from the bootleg. This set represents the first time the 23 July versions of "That Beat" and "Ska" have been placed into general circulation. Will leave the final judgment up to your ears, but to mine, this sounds like a nice upgrade compared to the bootleg version.
Although Remtimeline notes several other songs played on 23 July 1981, our source recording suggests the songs absent here were not recorded from the board that night.
Remaster notes from Colin:
HUGE thanks to Rob for sending this to me, much appreciated. This needed some restoration then gentle remastering. Apparently, this particular recording has NEVER CIRCULATED, at least not beyond an inner circle of R.E.M. fans in & around Athens. My basic artwork included. Enjoy...
"Look To The Days, How Long Can This Last" Dream Remastered March 2025.
Thank you, Pat the Wiz!
Stay tuned. There's more where this came from...
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Daniel Romano's Outfit: in Minneapolis, 2022 below: Daniel at the mic in Berlin, 2022 |
04 Another Year Again
05 Cut Corners
06 Rat Creek
07 Leave Me Alone
08 Tell Her What I Said
09 God Bless the Infidels
10 Uncle Larry's Breakdown
11 Riverview Fog
12 Through Strange Eyes
13 The Story's Often Told
14 Ten More Songs
15 Anna Leigh
16 Sunset to Dawn
17 The Introduction + Wearin'
That Loved On Look (E. Presley)
18 band intros + Pretty Polly (trad.)
19 Another Season Again
20 Story 19
21 Ridge Runner Reel
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Watch the entire pro-shot concert HERE |
23 pre-encore applause, banter
24 Lay Down Your Arms26 instrumental [title unknown]
27 The Trial
28 Strange Birds
29 Sixteen Mile Creek
30 A House Is Not a Motel
(Arthur Lee & Love cover)
31 Tell Her Lies & Feed Her Candy
(Charlie Walker cover)
32 pre-encore applause
33 Wasn't Born to Follow (The Byrds cover)
34 Old Moss Back (Jim Oertling cover)
ROB SEZ: BIG-TIME THANKS to WFMU for arranging the show, recording, and sharing. Check out The Sadies most recent long-player: Colder Streams (AllMusic rating = 4.5 stars out of 5; cover art above). And: what a shame about Dallas Good. He's gone WAY too soon...
FLAC lossy source, lossless capture