| Identifier | 8404712 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | 2 CD |
| J-Card Comment | R.E.M. A.S.U. Activities Center Tempe, AZ March 18, 1989 Recorded by JEMS Nak 300 > Sony WM-D3 Master Cassette Transfer: Nak CR-7A > Gentle JEMS remaster via TC Finalizer > Marantz CDR-610 Remastered CD-R > FLAC Disc One 01 Pop Song '89 02 Exhuming McCarthy 03 Welcome to the Occupation 04 Turn You Inside-Out 05 Shaking Through (band loses its way) 06 Underneath the Bunker (atonement) 07 Orange Crush 08 Disturbance at the Heron House 09 Feeling Gravity's Pull 10 Flowers of Guatemala (tape flip) 11 Begin the Begin 12 World Leader Pretend 13 Tired of Singing Trouble 14 I Believe 15 Pretty Persuasion 16 Superman (Clique cover) 17 Get Up 18 Auctioneer 19 It's the End of the World As We Know It Disc Two 01 Stand 02 Boy (Go) (Golden Palominos song) 03 Fall On Me 04 You Are the Everything 05 Finest Worksong 06 King of Birds 07 Summertime (Gershwin cover) 08 These Days 09 See No Evil (Television cover) 10 Dark Globe (Syd Barrett cover) 11 Harpers (Hugo Largo cover) 12 Crazy (Pylon cover) 13 Perfect Circle 14 Academy Fight Song (Mission of Burma cover) 15 "trying to think of one loud song" 16 Radio Free Europe 17 After Hours (Velvet Underground cover) Saw a lot of great R.E.M. shows over the years but this one always stuck out. Friends had gone to the four previous shows in California at a time when the band's taste for the Golden State was, how shall we say it, yet to be acquired. Those shows were good, but leaving CA for AZ must have had a positive effect, as the show in Tempe was a stunner, boasting some unusual set-list inclusions among them "Boy (Go)," a song Stipe sang on the Golden Palominos album, several terrific covers (see above), a rare-for-this-tour audible of "Radio Free Europe" and the always rare "Underneath the Bunker." This is a mono recording, done with a single Nak 300 mic. I did circulate this show privately to some R.E.M. collectors several years ago, but it deserves, in my opinion, wider distribution. Hear for yourself in the MP3 sample below. Butterking |
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| R.E.M. 1989-03-18 A.S.U. Activities Center, Tempe, AZ | |
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| Set 1 | Pop Song '89
Exhuming McCarthy Welcome to the Occupation Turn You Inside-Out Shaking Through (band loses its way) Underneath the Bunker (atonement) Orange Crush Disturbance at the Heron House Feeling Gravity's Pull Flowers of Guatemala Begin the Begin World Leader Pretend Tired of Singing Trouble I Believe Pretty Persuasion Superman (Clique cover) Get Up Auctioneer It's the End of the World As We Know It |
| Set 2 | Stand
Boy (Go) (Golden Palominos song) Fall On Me You Are the Everything Finest Worksong King of Birds Summertime (Gershwin cover) These Days See No Evil (Television cover) Dark Globe (Syd Barrett cover) Harpers (Hugo Largo cover) Crazy (Pylon cover) Perfect Circle Academy Fight Song (Mission of Burma cover) Radio Free Europe After Hours (Velvet Underground cover) |
| Set 3 | |
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