| Identifier | 8389963 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | FLAC |
| Note | From master cassette |
| J-Card Comment | R.E.M. Maxwell’s, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA November 27, 1982 Audience cassette (master) >>> WAV via SoundForge >>> Flac >>> Dime Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe and Peter Holsapple Total Time 79:30 01. Ages of You 02. Moral Kiosk 03. Pilgrimage 04. 7 Chinese Brothers 05. Laughing 06. Wolves, Lower 07. Easy Come Easy Go 08. Sitting Still 09. Catapult 10. Gardening at Night 11. 9-9 12. 1,000,000 13. West of the Fields 14. Radio Free Europe 15. White Tornado 16. Yippeekiyay 17. We Walk 18. Sloop John B 19. Judy 20. Neverland 21. Carnival of Sorts REMiniscences: Another audience tape from my Maxwell’s days. I recorded this on my Nikko cassette deck with a pair of microphones of questionable pedigree duct-taped to a mic-stand behind the deejay booth. I know there’s no shortage of R.E.M. recordings out there so I’m not sure how much historic value this has for fans, but I love it. If this show has been seeded before it wouldn’t be from this tape, although I probably made copies for Maxwell’s owner Steve Fallon and a couple of other friends back in the day. When I talk to people about the years I hung out at Maxwell’s I invariably mention R.E.M. Being part of a music scene… there were so many bands that I was rooting for and expecting great things from, but R.E.M. were clearly in a different league. The buzz in the music underground was really strong from the get-go. I first heard their name from Vanessa of Pylon when I asked her what was going on in Athens and she said, “Well, there’s this really great new band called R.E.M…†The name was obviously a keeper. It’s hard to explain the anticipation I felt about a band I’d never heard a note from, but when the right people said the right things back then, you just “knew.†R.E.M. became friends with The Bongos and the two bands toured together. Bongo Rob Norris gave me a cassette with a rough mix of the sessions that made up the Hibtone single and ‘Chronic Town’ EP and I used to play songs from that tape at the club before the records were released. I believe R.E.M. played Maxwell’s just three times, not quite as “frequently†as Wikipedia suggests. They were doing the bigger venues in Manhattan, but they loved Maxwell’s so they kept coming back. I remember a few years later when they played at Radio City Music Hall, Mike Mills had flown his mother and father up to NYC for the concert. After headlining a sold out show at the landmark theater he brought them across the river to Hoboken to hang out and let them see where the band had played just a few short years before. I was acquainted with Mike and he introduced me to his folks. His Mom was absolutely beaming - having the time of her life - while his Dad looked a bit shell-shocked by it all (exhausted, probably). They were a very gracious couple. It’s a sweet memory and is as telling an anecdote as I can share about R.E.M.. They are such a decent and well-grounded group of guys and my lasting impression is of their generosity, their emotional generosity. If you ever read anything bad about them chalk it up to the media machinations of agent provocateurs. The place was packed for this show; the kind of night when nicotine-impregnated sweat would drip from the tin ceiling (don’t wear white). I think this was the last gig of a tour with The dB’s - Peter Holsapple joins the band towards the end of the set and sings three songs during the encore. That’s me teasing Patty Q about wanting to meet Michael after the show (and to think that I can get irritated at other people for their loud-mouthed BS) and I recognize a number of other voices in the crowd, dB’s drummer Will Rigby’s among them. The thing I remember most about R.E.M. in the club days is the incredible rush of energy from the band and Michael Stipe’s manic stage presence; he was like a Hopi Whirling Dervish. I believe he had an accident at a show not too long after this one – he sprained his knee or tore some ligaments or something. He had to tone it down after that and developed a more reserved charisma… but they certainly never stood still artistically. 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| Set 1 | Ages Of You Moral Kiosk Pilgrimage 7 Chinese Brothers Laughing Wolves, Lower Romance Sitting Still Catapult Gardening At Night 9-9 1,000,000 West Of The Fields Radio Free Europe White Tornado Ghost Riders In The Sky We Walk Sloop John B Judy Neverland Carnival Of Sorts |
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