R.E.M. 1985-10-28 Hammersmith Palais Ballroom London, England

R.E.M.
Hammersmith Palais
London, U.K.
Oct. 28, 1985

Excellent AUD recording


**mp3 samples provided (as always) in the Comments section**


Here's a really nice-sounding R.E.M. show that I've had for over 20 years.  A friend back at the time copied his vinyl version onto a cassette for me...some recent research on my part tells me that this is apparently taken from the "Can't Get There From Here" boot.  I suspect this is an audience recording, but upon inspection of the WAV files in a wave editor, I wouldn't be surprised if it were really sourced from an FM broadcast using ambient audience mics since the vocals are pretty clear and the audience sounds somewhat distant as in many FM broadcasts.

Anyway, as you can see below, it's a really nice mid-1980s R.E.M. setlist which includes some songs that weren't played very often ("Green Grow The Rushes", "Good Advices"), some choice covers ("Have You Ever Seen The Rain?", "Toys In The Attic", "Radar Love") and some setlist rarities ("What's New Pussycat?", "Burning Hell", "John The Revelator").  Good times...    

Setlist:
101. Feeling Gravity's Pull
102. Harborcoat
103. Green Grow The Rushes
104. Maps And Legends
105. Pilgrimage
106. Driver 8
107. Sitting Still
108. Good Advices
109. John The Revelator
110. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
111. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
112. Can't Get There From Here

201. Seven Chinese Brothers  (slight fade-in)
202. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
203. Old Man Kensey
204. Pretty Persuasion
205. Life And How To Live It
206. Second Guessing
207. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
208. Tired Of Singing Trouble
209. Toys In The Attic
210. What's New Pussycat?
211. Radar Love
212. Burning Hell
213. Talk About The Passion
214. Little America

Approx running time: 87 minutes

Lineage:
Vinyl LP > Cassette > JVC CD recorder > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC FrontEnd (sb-aligned) > FLAC



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May 2010

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