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R.E.M.
Graham Chapel, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
6 October 1984

support: The dB's

Unknown source/gen tape > Nakamichi DR1 > Tascam DA3000 @ 24/96
Downsampled to 48k with r8brain
Tracked with CD Wave


Missing: Radio Free Europe 

01. Harborcoat 
02. West Of The Fields 
03. Kohoutek 
04. Pilgrimage 
05. 7 Chinese Bros. 
06. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) 
07. Hyena 
08. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville 
09. Barney Miller Theme 
10. Chicken Train 
11. Sitting Still 
12. Letter Never Sent 
13. Gardening At Night (cuts in) 
14. 9-9 
15. Frogmore 
16. Windout 
17. Old Man Kensey 
18. Pretty Persuasion 
19. Little America


encore 1:
20. Second Guessing 
21. Paint It, Black 
22. In The Year 2525 
23. We Walk - Behind Closed Doors 
24. Femme Fatale 
25. 1,000,000


encore 2:
26. Moon River 

Missing: Wendell Gee / I Can Only Give You Everything / Sloop John B / Born On The Bayou / Gloria

GAN beginning cut
tape stops/starts after Gardening At Night (beginning cut), Little America, 2525, 1,000,000

Notes:
-After West Of The Fields MS notes their interlude music was Tibetan Monks chanting.  "Along the same lines, everybody be real careful not to hurt the pews or mark up the walls or anything" before introducing Kohoutek as a song about "a girl went wrong".
-MS tells a brief story of Kensey kidnapping dogs for ransom before his namesake song.
-Before Paint It Black PB states that they don't know how to play the song but thay will try.  MS chimes in that they've played it a hundred thousand times, to which PB replies "wait 'till you hear him sing it".
-Before In The Year 2525 there is some confusion how to start the song and while that is discussed, PB says "This is my party trick".  MS asks for a round of applause after a moment,  "the man can drink".  I would whole-heartedly encourage the listener to chug a beer at this point in solidarity with Peter.

Always looking for upgrades in sound quality and completeness.  Feel free to drop me a line if you've got some tapes you think ought to be heard.

03/2022 Nakeddave

Additional note: this turned out to be the same recording as was posted as mp3 (not an upgrade) on The McKenzie Tapes website:

https://www.themckenzietapes.com/tapes/2021/10/7/rem-at-graham-chapel-in-st-louis-more-including-peter-buck-interview-on-wlir-10-06-1984?rq=r.e.m

With thanks to ontheweekend for spotting that.

Revised with Adobe Audition 3.0.1:

- normalized/balanced audio
- speed corrected 103 stretch
- phase corrected

Revised by Bert13
August 20, 2022

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