R.E.M. 1986-10-17 Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, WI

 TORRENT TITLE

R.E.M. - 1986-10-17 Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, WI

ARTIST NAME

R.E.M.

BOOTLEG TITLE

N/A

VENUE, CITY, COUNTRY, DATE

Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, WI 1986-10-17

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1 (54:25)

101 WARM-UP.................................(0:32)
102 These Days..............................(3:35)
103 Sitting Still...........................(3:31)
104 Driver 8................................(3:54)
105 Hyena...................................(3:02)
106 Cuyahoga................................(4:33)
107 The One I Love..........................(3:25)
108 Shaking Through.........................(4:54)
109 Feeling Gravitys Pull...................(5:01)
110 Rotary Ten..............................(3:20)
111 The Flowers Of Guatemala................(5:04)
112 I Believe...............................(5:08)
113 Superman................................(3:16)
114 Cushy Tush..............................(1:22)
115 Can't Get There From Here...............(3:39)

DISC 2 (54:49)

201 7 Chinese Brothers......................(4:27)
202 Pretty Persuasion.......................(4:04)
203 IMPROV - My Plane Won't Start / Auctioneer
         (Another Engine)...................(4:34)
204 Little America..........................(2:46)
205 CHEERING B4 ENCORE1.....................(1:58)
ENCORE 1
206 Fall On Me..............................(3:07)
207 We Walk.................................(2:53)
208 Toys In The Attic.......................(2:37)
209 CHEERING B4 ENCORE2.....................(2:35)
ENCORE 2
210 Oddfellows Local 151....................(4:17)
211 Strange.................................(2:55)
212 I Can Only Give You Everything..........(3:24)
213 CHEERING B4 ENCORE3.....................(0:48)
ENCORE 3
214 King Of Birds...........................(1:13)
215 Sloop John B............................(4:34)
216 Begin The Begin.........................(3:25)
217 Just A Touch............................(2:57)
218 After Hours.............................(2:04)

LINE UP

Bill Berry - drums
Peter Buck - guitar
Mike Mills - bass
Michael Stipe - vocals

FLAC FINGERPRINTS or MD5 checksum for the musical content only (*)

101 WARM-UP-032.flac:1ca62089b633893cacdda38891b75a76
102 These Days-335.flac:9f3cf77a4193b0a2a95883a99b918efd
103 Sitting Still-331.flac:73835ca3a9ecb73f0c30b8237607535b
104 Driver 8-354.flac:0cc2d1ad77e78500a1547924b988e26d
105 Hyena-302.flac:c715a43aad19c7d2d41a914b71ed9e65
106 Cuyahoga-433.flac:43f2a809520e78a943676bdd9003047d
107 The One I Love-325.flac:5a16610f92450ef89dd5f8c3e864d72f
108 Shaking Through-454.flac:e50b4201611c3583f320b3568b75a3aa
109 Feeling Gravitys Pull-501.flac:92b1b45e48d9906e7e64c6b404b9c0eb
110 Rotary Ten-320.flac:42e0955afb6235606737ab9574fddc02
111 The Flowers Of Guatemala-504.flac:5d7f668c1ee2296a181e32bd604f72b8
112 I Believe-508.flac:ee7246af1abdd1d3636e2da49912ba5d
113 Superman-316.flac:5301c51042b546609db9b58c36a93a77
114 Cushy Tush-122.flac:d9f2e3af8ff6da2a42c90b512fbb4ba9
115 Can't Get There From Here-339.flac:933afb31aaa397deda238564735c63ac
201 7 Chinese Brothers-427.flac:b70f99695e667c75623e2dd175f1f236
202 Pretty Persuasion-404.flac:f04854a1870ccdab916ddf8c8f44f382
203 IMPROV - My Plane Won't Start Auctioneer (Another Engine)-434.flac:a27d541b907fae7c7768ce26dca61286
204 Little America-246.flac:1d87f9862be14b311620382a2892c797
205 CHEERING B4 ENCORE1-158.flac:12f156a074c76977c152d65cdd4b80c8
206 Fall On Me-307.flac:3ed60b8f30fed7f74882f2fd3d47a394
207 We Walk-253.flac:1dd4d332164c419cc5189c3dddeaa486
208 Toys In The Attic-237.flac:cd220a388d4e8a71d07a6af66291aec0
209 CHEERING B4 ENCORE2-235.flac:4916503e07c2666c8a1450931e026d42
210 Oddfellows Local 151-417.flac:5785509b36dc175dc86f68ec07b2e189
211 Strange-255.flac:2455b9e4bdb1c4489f4d75f3ca615ec9
212 I Can Only Give You Everything-324.flac:78b8bc290ad33e37023f54f2dd9dca0a
213 CHEERING B4 ENCORE3-048.flac:db3f55133fe9be5f50a6cf3103282278
214 King Of Birds-113.flac:dcbacd9d672f285d08056bc6fbda96ef
215 Sloop John B-434.flac:049da5a7a65b513a4f48257bcaf18628
216 Begin The Begin-325.flac:f659b08ee8af7e9abef730e1bda42190
217 Just A Touch-257.flac:f6f6a0d1f5d17967f184f779e985118f
218 After Hours-204.flac:7fb18f72487c8270ee5ddb75fa870b5c

ARTWORK

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SOURCE / LINEAGE

Stereo AUD master to Maxell METAL tapes

Borrowed mics > Borrowed Sony WM-D6 > Master METAL tape > Computer WAV > Cool Edit 2000 > TLH v2.4.1 > FLAC 8 > DIME > you
I don't have the specific model for the mics, but the buddy from which I borrowed the gear (thanks K!) said they cost approx. US$500.
Mics were physically separate left / right channel lines which fed back to a single stereo line into the deck.
The left / right lines were either pinned over each shoulder facing stage, or pinned to left/right sides under an open-holed baseball cap.
I originally mastered this 2003-01-07 & retained the original WAV fileset.
I did a little normalization on the computer to offset for high volume at the start.
Beyond that, I think the only thing I did was place track marks before each piece.
This FLAC fileset comes directly from those final WAVs's, which only needed SBE corrections in TLH; no CD-Rs or EACs.

NOTES

As this is an original master & isn't too bad to start with, please DON'T remaster and repost it.

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Camper Van Beethoven opened up the show, and you can find my recording of that set out here on DIME too.
(I misspelled the venue name on that one, it's Theatre not Theater; as I've found the ticketstub, I'll attach it here.)

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Peter Buck did a local in-store appearance earlier in the day (Record Head).
I got my Hibtone 45 signed by him that day; he pointed out to me that it was a second pressing.

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Yes, the day has come to finally let this cat out of the bag.  Merry Christmas!

A very fine show in my opinion:
* a nice version of The One I Love (remember this was new at this time, not played a zillion times to death)
* same for the version of Can't Get There (the second half of each verse sung up high, I always liked that), and a fierce run thru Auctioneer
* a good batch of covers thrown in (Strange / Toys In The Attic / After Hours among them)
* plus Michael does a little improv riff before Auctioneer
Fine stuff all.

Peter's guitar jumps up in volume at the beginning of Gravitys, that was from the PA and not from me messing with volume.
Cushy Tush was filler while someone's instrument was being repaired.  (thx to rem live show website guy for setting me straight about the title)
King Of Birds is just a teaser verse sung by Michael.

There's some pinheads yelling gay slurs a few times.
Putting that aside, the band was ON & the rest of the crowd seemed quite into the set.

There was a beer sign on the side of the stage ("Miller Music"), implying they had some link to that night's performance.
After I Believe, Michael noted they do NOT believe in corporate sponsorship & neither they nor CVB condoned the sign.
He then ripped it down & tossed it into the crowd.

Hearing this again... don't get me wrong, I love the modern R.E.M., but man, I miss Bill Berry.

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I had this in my trade list for years, but I dunno if anyone ever picked it.
Beyond that, it's only been heard by a few friends, and so this is likely its debut to most folks.
Crank it up and ENJOY! it as I have, and share it so others can hear it.

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This tape turned out really, really good.
It's a bit off in the beginning as I got the levels figured out - too high at first; despite that, the beginning isn't distorted.
After that, it was smooth sailing - here & there I hear muting from people walking past my seat to get to theirs, a couple of mic bumps & that's about it.

Like the CVB set, this is a good one to crank up loud.
If you already downloaded that set, you'll know the sound here & will start this DL immediately.
If you haven't, check out the attached samples.

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The first interruption is for a tape flip after Flowers; I edited the clapping on both sides of the flip together.
The split point between Disc 1 and Disc 2 introduces another breakpoint after Can't Get There, but I left a couple sec. of overlap on purpose, so nothing's really missing.
The second interruption is for a tape swap after Little America; again the clapping was edited together.
The third interruption is for another tape flip after I Can Only, & again the clapping was edited together.
Through it all, all that's missing is a bit of clapping.

Speaking of...  I clap.  Sorry.  At least there's no talking from me or the people I was there with (you do hear someone very near me yell something at one point.)
And I leave everything in, warts and all - tuning, the band talking between songs, the claps before the encore & at the end.
When I mastered this, I broke out that clapping to separate tracks, and you could lop some of that out if you were so inclined.

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Filenames have numbers on the end that are the TIMES (ex. - "...-359" is 3min59sec long).

I mark the start of tracks when the music or count-in begins, not the talking about it before it starts.

 

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