| J-Card Comment | R.E.M. Reconstruction tour northeast - 20th anniversary series, Volume 2.
August 17, 1985 – Barrymore’s, Ottawa
Sony TCD-6M/Nacamichi CM-300 > Audience cassette master > Cassette > Cassette > CDR > dBpowerAMP > WAV > FLAC Frontend > Flac files
This was also taped by David O. Thomas, although I did not get my copy directly from him. However, it is only one additional generation from his master. The quality is not quite as good as the Toronto show, although this one is also very clear and heavy on the low end. It is slightly more distant sounding, but it is a solid VG+/B+, possibly EX-/A-.
The show itself is extraordinary. It could easily be argued that it is the most noteworthy show the band ever played, and although it might not be the best, it is probably the most interesting. Barrymore’s is a club, and just about all of the other shows on this tour were in larger theaters, which certainly provided some inspiration on this particular night. But what sets this show apart is an incident that occurs at the beginning of the encores. During the a cappella “Moon River”, and audience member yells something inappropriate, which causes Stipe and Mills to stop the song and reprimand the heckler. They eventually resume, and much like the night before, they play an extended and spirited series of unique covers.
DISC 1 - SET
1.Feeling Gravitys Pull
2.Radio Free Europe
3.Letter Never Sent
4.Pills
5.Can't Get There From Here
6.Seven Chinese Brothers
7.Laughing
8.Driver 8
9.Maps And Legends
10.Fall On Me
11.Have You Ever Seen The Rain
12.West Of The Fields
13.Auctioneer (Another Engine)
14.Old Man Kensey
15.Pretty Persuasion
16.Moral Kiosk
17.Life And How To Live It
DISC 2 - ENCORES
1.Moon River
2.I Can't Control Myself
3.1,000,000
4.I Can Only Give You Everything
5.Heavy Load-Boy (Go)
6.Paint It Black
7.In The Year 2525
8.Smokin' In The Boys Room
9.Sweet Home Alabama
10.(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
11.Secret Agent Man
12.The Lion Sleeps Tonight
13.God Save The Queen
14.Roadrunner
15.20th Century Boy
16.Skank
17.Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
I’ll keep going with these as long as the demand is there.
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