26 September 1984
Page Auditorium,
Duke University,
Durham, NC
01. Seven Chinese Brothers
02. Catapult
03. Radio Free Europe
04. 9-9
05. Gardening At Night
06. Windout
07. Letter Never Sent
08. Kohoutek
09. So. Central Rain
missing: Driver 8
10. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
11. 1,000,000
12. Hyena
13. West Of The Fields [end cut]
14. Old Man Kensey
15. Second Guessing
missing rest of show:
encore 1: Moon River [twice] / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) / Little America
encore 2: Moral Kiosk / Talk About The Passion / Sitting Still / Pretty Persuasion
(Timeline) notes: Moon River is done twice. At the end of the first time (with one word left in the song) someone screams out "Fuck you!" to which Stipe yells back "If you don't like it, you can leave!". He and Mike immediately start over from the beginning. The same guy yells the same remark at the start of the second encore which Stipe replies curtly, "Fuck you, too!". There is another story that the fan was actually shouting, 'Fuck, YEAH!' in appreciation. Apparently the fan actually wrote a letter to the editor of one of the local papers hoping to clarify the incident.
The main set of this show can be found on the CD bootleg "Unreleased Live LP" and "We Are Having A Heavenly Time"
Notes:
-Before the first song is played, MS announces that he has a head cold and not to expect too much from him. He also asks anyone who taped the previous night's show to come find him afterwards.
-snippet of Frogmore before Windout
Grade: A
Obviuosly the LP version. While incomplete, it boasts great sound.
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R.E.M.
26 September 1984
Page Auditorium, Duke University,
Durham, NC
Unknown cassette>Nakamichi DR1>Tascam DA3000@ 24/96
Downsampled to 48k with R8brain
**contrast clause**
The source of this material is an unknown source & gen cassette of an audience recording from the collection of Jeff Ferro. According to the R.E.M. Timeline, it is complete including all encores. It differs from the well worn soundboard sourced boots "Unreleased Live LP" http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=536199 which ends after the main set, and the vinyl "We Are Having A Heavenly Time" http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=519215 which also ends after the main set but omits a few additional tracks.
Notes:
-The first two tracks of this recording appear to have been taken from one of the soundboard sources.
-What makes this recording notable is not the sound quality, which rates as average for 1984, perhaps a little above average depending on your tolerance for mid-80's R.E.M. aud recordings, but completeness. As was often the case in this era of shows, someone in the audience had something to say and it didn't go unanswered from the stage. From the Timeline http://remtimeline.com/1984.html:
'Moon River' is done twice. At the end of the first time (with one word left in the song) someone screams out "Fuck you!" to which Stipe yells back "If you don't like it, you can leave!". He and Mike immediately start over from the beginning. The same guy yells the same remark at the start of the second encore which Stipe replies curtly, "Fuck you, too!". There is another story that the fan was actually shouting, 'Fuck, YEAH!' in appreciation. Apparently the fan actually wrote a letter to the editor of one of the local papers hoping to clarify the incident.
01. 7 Chinese Bros.
02. Catapult
03. Radio Free Europe
04. 9-9
05. Gardening At Night
06. Frogmore - Windout
07. Letter Never Sent
08. Kohoutek
09. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
10. Driver 8
11. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
12. 1,000,000
13. Hyena
14. West Of The Fields
15. Old Man Kensey
16. Second Guessing
encore 1:
17. Moon River (aborted)
18. Moon River
19. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)
20. Little America
encore 2:
21. Moral Kiosk
22. Talk About The Passion
23. Sitting Still
24. Pretty Persuasion