| Identifier | 8404638 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | FLAC |
| J-Card Comment | R.E.M. 18 Oct 1987 The Centrum Worcester, MA Taper: Mike Leblanc Source: Sony ECM 976>Sony D3 Lineage: Master>CDR (received in trade)>Audition 1.5 rebalance L-R channels>wav>flacfrontend 1.7.1 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 09. Maps And Legends 10. I Believe 11. Title 12. White Tornado 13. Driver 8 14. Cuyahoga 15. Superman 16. Auctioneer (Another Engine) 17. Oddfellows Local 151 18. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 19. Begin The Begin Encore 1 20. Strange 21. Fall On Me 22. See No Evil Encore 2 23. Harpers - The One I Love 24. Crazy 25. Just A Touch Here’s a pretty decent B grade recording from the 1987 to add to those already shared as part of this 20th anniversary series. The bigger venues, and the all-seated policy on the 87 tour seemed to present a problem to many tapers. Often the sound in these big 7000-10,000 seater basketball arenas and fieldhouses was pretty poor, downright sludgy in some cases. The tapers we’re not able to position themselves more strategically. Against the odds, this experienced taper made a pretty good recording here. I’ve played it back on a couple of systems and it sounds treble-heavy on some, like my iPod, particularly as you increase the volume - so I’ll leave up to the individual to adjust the eq settings to match their audio equipment. I received this in a trade in 2003 from someone (I failed to make a note of who) who traded with the taper for a copy from his master. For a long time this was the best audience recording I had from 1987. But thanks to the help of various individuals searching in their closets, attics and beyond for tapes there are a couple of much better recordings which we will be bringing you in due course. This show features a good example of Stipe’s Earthquake/Parrot “Bob†story, but no massive surprises aside from that. Fireplace is already gone from the setlist after less than 10 performances, never to be performed again. The unreleased song Title remains in the set and lasts another 12 days after this before being permanently shelved. Natalie Merchant stays locked in her singing cage and Stipe resists the urge to sing Ain’t No Sunshine. Next up… 22 October 1987, Rutgers U as recorded by Dave Thomas. I will also revisit 6th October 1987 as I have found a different source to share with y’all. |
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| R.E.M. 1987-10-18 The Centrum, Worcester, MA | |
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| Set 1 | Finest Worksong These Days Welcome to the Occupation Disturbance at the Heron House Exhuming McCarthy Orange Crush Feeling Gravitys Pull King of Birds Maps and Legends I Believe Title White Tornado Driver 8 Cuyahoga Superman Auctioneer (Another Engine) Oddfellows Local 151 It's the End of the World As We Know It Begin The Begin Encore 1: Strange Fall On Me See No Evil Encore 2: The One I Love Crazy Just A Touch |
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