17 October 1983
Drumlins,
Syracuse, NY
support: Let's Active

Disc One 46:22
01. Moral Kiosk
02. Catapult
03. Letter Never Sent
04. Pilgrimage
05. 7 Chinese Bros.
06. Talk About The Passion
07. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
08. Sitting Still
09. Harborcoat
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. West Of The Fields
12. Just A Touch
13. Gardening At Night (cut)

Disc Two 38:51
01. Windout
02. Second Guessing
03. Radio Free Europe
encore:
04. White Tornado
05. Wolves, Lower
06. Camera
07. Pale Blue Eyes
08. 20th Century Boy
09. 1,000,000
10. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)

Timeline notes: The gig took place, literally, in the basement hall of a country club. There were maybe a hundred people (possibly more, but it was definitely a small crowd) gathered in front of the stage when Let's Active kicked off a great opening set. R.E.M. hit the stage quite late, with Stipe again wearing the eye patch he had on the previous night, explaining and complaining that hospital personnel balked at giving him some medication for his injury because his appearance led them to conclude that he might abuse it. His hair was quite long and he was in camouflage jacket.
The show got under way, and by mid-point, the band was absolutely on fire. The audience gathered in a tight scrum in front of the stage and moved and rocked and swayed and pogoed as one! I remember Stipe leaning into the crowd wailing away on one tune.
After the show, I was standing in line for the rest room behind Peter Buck and remember telling him "That was the finest example of rock and roll as physical pleasure that I have ever experienced."
I still remember the show as absolutely powerful and astounding and beautiful. - Daniel Murray

Notes:
-Before So Central BB(?) "Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum".  MS "later on we're going to do our Doctor Hook cover.  Starting with Rolling Stone".  Both of these statements probably referring to MS's eye patch.
-Before Gardening MS jokes that they have a record coming out this week with a purple Hippopotamus on the cover.

Grade: C