R.E.M.
i & i
Athens, GA
Oct. 21, 1982
soundboard recording (low-generation tape source of unknown lineage)
01 Moral Kiosk (fades in)
02 Catapult
03 After Hours - 1,000,000
04 West of the Fields
05 Radio Free Europe
06 White Tornado
07 Ages of You
08 We Walk
09 Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
10 So You Want to Be a Rock'n'Roll Star
11 Stumble - Skank
12 Neverland* (fades out after a minute)
Bill Berry - drums & backing vocals
Peter Buck - guitar
Mike Mills - bass & backing vocals
Michael Stipe - lead vocals
*Peter Holsapple - lead vocal on Neverland (track 12)
Notes on 2025 revision:
This is my digital revision of a recording I acquired in 2011 -- probably through an online share, but I cannot now recall the exact source. As received, I thought the recording sounded like a low-generation soundboard source that, unfortunately, had been subjected to a low tech, blunt force filter of some kind. Whatever had been done to it left it sounding like it had been wrapped in a sonic muffler. I was pleased to discover it responded well to a digital revision.
Here's what I did using Audacity 3.7 for Mac:
- normalized volume & DC offset
- reduced speed & tempo by 1.0%
- amplified the left channel by 2% on average
- made 1 pass of noise reduction to address tape hiss
- made 2 passes of graphic eq to adjust frequencies across the spectrum
- added or extended fades for tracks 1, 7 & 12
I believe the end result is a better listen: clearer, smoother and crisper, with better instrumental separation than the original files as I received them. It also sounds better running at the correct speed and tempo! Your ears will be the final judge.
Rob-in-Brevard
Dec. 2025
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Please see original info file for additional details
(ORIGINAL TEXT BELOW)
REM 21 Oct 82 I&I Club Athens GA
Moral Kiosk (beginning cut)
Catapult
After Hours - 1,000,000
West Of The Fields
Radio Free Europe
White Tornado
Ages Of You
We Walk
Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star
Stumble-Skank
Neverland
Notes: Peter Holsapple joined the band on stage for Neverland
Support: Blackwater, Peter Holsapple
Above info from www.remtimeline.com
The first of two soundboard recordings from consecutive nights at the I&I Club.
No-one knows if these were the complete sets but the quality is really good.
These recordings originally came from "a respected author and journalist" who made a cassette copy
for another a respected author and journalist" around ten years ago. The recordings were cleaned
up in Cool Edit Pro sorting out a couple of tracks which were split, had gaps etc. They were I think orignally seeded on the now defunct dedicated REM tracker.
The CDR on which I received them a couple of years ago was extracted using EAC then everything else was done on TLH