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R.E.M.
Tyrone's O.C.
Athens, GA 
1981-09-23 

soundboard recording (includes soundcheck)


LINEAGE: unknown source sbd > CDR > EAC > wav > TLH > flac -> Bert13 digital revision including phase correction, speed correction (-2.7%) & clip restoration -> FLAC

UPGRADE: Although this is not a substantial upgrade in sound quality compared to the older version in general circulation, this version features phase & speed correction. Overall, it's the best this performance has sounded. The performance is spectacular!

 
Set 1:
01 Just a Touch
02 Ages of You
03 1,000,000
04 Get On Their Way
05 There She Goes Again
06 Action
07 Wait*
08 Sitting Still
09 Permanent Vacation
10 Mystery to Me

Set 2: 
11 White Tornado
12 I Can't Control Myself
13 Burning Down
14 Shaking Through
15 Laughing
16 Romance
17 Pretty Persuasion
18 That Beat
19 Stumble
20 Radio Free Europe
21 Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)

Encore: 
22 The Lion Sleeps Tonight
23 Skank
24 Gardening at Night
25 Windout
26 9-9

Soundcheck:
27 unknown instrumental
28 Sitting Still 
29 1,000,000
30 The Lion Sleeps Tonight

     *On "Wait" (track 07), Lynda Stipe and Cyndy Stipe sing backing vocals


HUGE THANKS to Bert13 for the digital revision & permission to share.

Rob-in-Brevard
Jan. 2026




Notes:
-great sound, well balanced, PB's tone...

-MS seems to have been experimenting with vocal effects namely delay on this & 9/22

Grade: A


 

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