R.E.M. 1987-11-13 Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA

 R.E.M.
13 November 1987
Alameda County Coliseum Arena,Oakland, CA

Taped by BW: D5 deck and Nak 300 mics
Conversion by Butterking for JEMS: Master cassette > DAT 32 bit for storage > Oct 2007 transfer to Wav at Peak 5.2

Prep for DIME by Clumsiloe: Wav > Audition 1.5 > Wav > Flac

This is an excellent recording from BW. This is offered as an alternative to the nice, more guitar heavy, recording from Persic which circulated here a couple of years ago. This has a smoother, warmer sound to it, though the kick drum is less distinct.

There’s no major surprises in this setlist, though it’s nice to hear the late great Warren Zevon doing a “Jools Holland” plinking away seemingly randomly in the background of otherwise guitar-led tracks. Dark Globe is usually done with guitar and vocals, so I assume Zevon guests on this piano/vox version as well.

Beginning, I believe, with this show Stipe incorporates a variation on the Shaker movement song, Simple Gifts, “tis a joy to be simple etc.” into the setlist at various points (sung three times and spoken once), I suppose this is intended as a reflection on the “Work” theme of the tour. The “Simple Gifts” motif remains part of the set right through to the close of the tour. Tune in tomorrow for the full Irvine show, direct from the master.

01. Finest Worksong
02. These Days
03. Welcome To The Occupation
04. Disturbance At The Heron House
05. Exhuming McCarthy
06. Orange Crush
07. Feeling Gravitys Pull
08. King Of Birds (30sec chunk missing from the middle)
09. Cuyahoga
10. Tired Of Singing Trouble-Simple Gifts
11. I Believe
12. Sitting Still
13. Simple Gifts
14. Driver 8
15. Pretty Persuasion
16. Superman
17. Oddfellows Local 151
18. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
19. Begin The Begin
<suggested disc break point>
encore 1:
20. The Flowers Of Guatemala
21. Wolves, Lower
22. See No Evil

encore 2:
23. Strange
24. Just A Touch
25. Dark Globe

encore 3:
26. Harpers
27. The One I Love
28. Pop Song 89
29. Crazy
30. Simple Gifts

notes: Warren Zevon plays piano on Strange, Just A Touch and Dark Globe

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