| Identifier | 8404454 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | FLAC |
| J-Card Comment | R.E.M. 20th Anniversary Series Volume 10 29 October 1985 Le Palais, Hammersmith, London About a year ago this new recording taken from the original master which the taper used to make the “These Days” CD appeared - it featured more tracks than originally appeared on “These Days”, the taper included two more of the other missing tracks from this show as filler on another CD he’d mailed out. Assembling the complete show from the various parts has been a labour of love for me. This is the third time I’ve re-cut this show, and now only Gravity’s pull, and some bits of between-song crowd noise were not supplied directly by the taper. This is the end of my contribution to the 20th Anniversary Series, and DL442000 will pick up the thread again with some shows from the Reconstruction III tour in November, so stand by for some more classic performances. In the meantime, put that old copy of “These Days” out of reach and enjoy the whole show. CD1+CD2+Audio Tape*>Audition 1.0>wav>flac Disc 1: 01.Feeling Gravity’s Pull* 02.Moral Kiosk 03.Letter Never Sent 04.Laughing 05.Maps And Legends 06.Hyena 07.Driver 8 08.Fall On Me 09.So. Central Rain 10.Talk About The Passion 11.Can't Get There From Here 12.Seven Chinese Brothers 13.West Of The Fields 14.Auctioneer (Another Engine) 15.Old Man Kensey 16.Gardening At Night 17.Little America Disc 2: Encore 1: 01.Theme From Two Steps Onward 02.Radio Free Europe Encore 2: 03.We Walk - etc. 04.Pretty Persuasion 05.See No Evil Encore 3: 06.Toys In The Attic A note on the show itself: Something seems to go wrong right after Gravity, and there is an extended pause before Moral Kiosk is played, it sounds like what happens next is that setlist is forgotten and at various points in the show you can hear the band discussing what song to perform next (eg. before Hyena). This is the last show of R.E.M.’s 1985 European tour, the tour on the whole was not a success, generally in Europe they found themselves playing to US servicemen which was more than a little frustrating. In the UK the crowd was mostly British, but many of these venues were miniscule especially compared with the likes of the Radio City Music Hall. Certainly the tour was not repeating the exponential effect on record sales that the US tours has achieved. R.E.M. left the UK in October ’85 feeling that they were wasting their time in Europe. In the US, however, the ball was well and truly rolling on towards bigger, and arguably, better things. They would not tour Europe properly again until 1989 (save for four token shows in 1987). Artwork included. Pictures of Le Palais taken in April 2004. |
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| Set 1 | Feeling Gravity's Pull Moral Kiosk Letter Never Sent Laughing Maps and Legends Hyena Driver 8 Fall On Me So. Central Rain Talk About the Passion Can't Get There From Here Seven Chinese Brothers West of the Fields Auctioneer (Another Engine) Old Man Kensey Gardening At Night Little America Theme From Two Steps Onward Radio Free Europe We Walk Falling In Love Again Pretty Persuasion See No Evil Toys in the Attic |
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