R.E.M. - 1981-04-24 B & L Warehouse, Athens, GA - SOUNDBOARD RECORDING

Opening for XTC

Source: soundboard M1

Track List:

01 Radio Free Europe (fades in)
02 Burning Down
03 Dangerous Times
04 All the Right Friends
05 Shaking Through
06 Body Count
07 Pretty Persuasion
08 (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
09 Hey Hey Nadine
10 That Beat
11 Sitting Still
12 9-9
13 Windout
14 Gardening at Night (fades out)

Bill Berry - drums, backing vocals
Peter Buck - guitar
Mike Mills - bass, backing vocals
Michael Stipe - lead vocals

LINEAGE: soundboard analog master -> analog safety cassette -> analog recording digitized by T. Patton Biddle using unknown equipment -> track splitting & fades in Audacity-> FLAC

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R.E.M.
April 24, 1981
The B&L Warehouse
Athens, GA

Taper: Unknown
Location: Soundboard
Transfer By: Brian Emerick
Source: Cass (?) > Yamaha KX-230 > MAudio Microtrack II > WAV
Conversion: WAV > Audacity > 24-bit 48K > Mp3tag (for tagging) > xACT > FLAC (8)

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Setlist:

01: Radio Free Europe (partial)
02: Burning Down
03: Dangerous Times
04: All The Right Friends
05: Shaking Through
06: Body Count
07: Pretty Persuasion
08: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville *
09: Hey Hey Nadine
10: That Beat
11: Sitting Still
12: 9-9
13: Windout
14: Gardening At Night (partial)

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* fast version

Notes:  opened for XTC.  Earliest known tape of 'That Beat' at this time.

Tape generously loaned from Aadam Jacobs.

compiled 2/07/26 by Brian Emerick (brian dot emerick at gmail dot com)

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​Timeline notes: This was thought to be the 13 March 1981 show, but after unearthing a tape by Paul Butchart in 2011, it is now thought to be this venue & date.

Grade: A.  

Both are A but TPB is better