| Identifier | 8404439 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | FLAC |
| J-Card Comment | R.E.M. Reconstruction tour northeast - 20th anniversary series, Volume 6. The Grand Finale. August 31, 1985 – Radio City Music Hall, NY Sony TCD-6M/Nacamichi CM-300 > Audience cassette master > Cassette > Cassette > CDR > dBpowerAMP > WAV > FLAC Frontend > Flac files Artwork included. OK, this is the one. I obviously like all of the August ’85 R.E.M. shows, but Radio City is my favorite. I attended this, and the night before in NJ as well, so maybe I’m demonstrating a little bias. But the combination of a great show and the superior recording makes this one the best of the bunch. David O. Thomas taped this from 10th row center, as indicated by hatnham, who was with him that night. The recording has a different quality to it, which might be due to the acoustics of Radio City. The mix is just right, with all of the instruments coming through very clearly. If I did not know the source, I would think this was a soundboard. I have to give this an A. One minor note – the last few songs are from a different source. There is actually one less analog generation, but the recording as not as good. A glance at the setlist does not indicate any real surprises. They mostly avoid the odd covers that highlighted the encores from some of the previous shows. The band was a bit overwhelmed by the size of the venue, and there are many funny comments acknowledging this throughout the night. Somehow I think this inspired them, because it is a very high energy performance. Due to the wonders of technology and the way it makes our world smaller, Dave recently became aware that I was posting his recordings all these years later, and he is now on Dime. Hopefully he can post his comments and share a bit about what it was like to tape all of these shows. So, this brings the August ’85 anniversary series to a close. I will probably return with a 20th anniversary post of a show or two from the fall ’85 southeast tour. For now, though, I’m going to turn my attention to a few different artists, and eventually some other R.E.M. stuff from my collection. Disc 1: Set 01. audience noise 02. Feeling Gravitys Pull 03. Harborcoat 04. Green Grow The Rushes 05. Skip A Rope 06. Hyena 07. Maps And Legends 08. Fall On Me 09. Driver 8 10. So. Central Rain 11. Have You Ever Seen The Rain 12. Pills 13. Can't Get There From Here 14. Seven Chinese Brothers 15. Auctioneer (Another Engine) 16. Old Man Kensey 17. Little America 18. Pretty Persuasion 19. Life And How To Live It Disc 2: Encores 01. Second Guessing 02. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville 03. Behind Closed Doors 04. See No Evil 05. Two Steps Onward 06. Sitting Still 07. Time After Time 08. Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars) 09. Moon River 10. Windout |
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| Taper Name | David O. Thomas |
Performance
| R.E.M. 1985-08-31 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY | |
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| Set 1 | Feeling Gravitys Pull
Harborcoat Green Grow The Rushes Skip A Rope Hyena Maps And Legends Fall On Me Driver 8 So. Central Rain Have You Ever Seen The Rain Pills Can't Get There From Here Seven Chinese Brothers Auctioneer (Another Engine) Old Man Kensey Little America Pretty Persuasion Life And How To Live It |
| Set 2 | Second Guessing
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville Behind Closed Doors See No Evil Two Steps Onward Sitting Still Time After Time Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars) Moon River Windout |
| Set 3 | |
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