R.E.M.
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Providence, RI
October 16, 1984
(TapeTyrant Master Series Volume 1)
Recording: Nak 300's > Sony TC-D5
Transfer: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC
01 Radio Free Europe
02 Harborcoat
03 Pilgrimage
04 7 Chinese Bros.
05 Driver 8
06 Talk About The Passion
07 Hyena
08 Sitting Still
09 Kohoutek
10 Just A Touch
11 Gardening At Night
12 9-9 > Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Improv
13 Windout
14 Old Man Kensey
15 So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
16 Pretty Persuasion
17 Little America
18 Camera
19 Time After Time (Annelise)
20 1,000,000
21 Moon River
22 White Tornado
23 Moon River (Reprise)
24 Second Guessing
25 (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
26 We Walk (inc. Falling In Love Again > Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) > Behind
Closed Doors)
27 Carnival Of Sorts
Known Faults:
-Radio Free Europe: joined in progress
Welcome to Volume 1 of an exciting new master series featuring the master recordings of dime member "tapetyrant". The series will predominately feature captures in the Northeast and Southern California areas. We will touch on multiple genres with a strong focus on Jazz Fusion, New Wave and Rock.
Tapetyrant was an active taper in the 1980's and much of the 1990's before, like many of us, hanging up the mics. What he captured during that time is uniformly excellent quality and his master tapes have been safely stored, the first batch are in pristine condition. Some shows may circulate from lower generation copies but most have remained uncirculated until now and have not ever circulated directly from the masters.
Prior to DAT, the heavy lifting was entirely done by a Sony D5 with NAK 300's and taping was serious business, acquiring the best seats possible and working to keep neighbors in check.
Our debut release is a fine capture of R.E.M. supporting "Reckoning" in Providence, RI at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Tapetyrant's memory of this one is hazy due to the passage of time but as he recalls he had very good seats around the 20th row off center.
During the mastering process I seamlessly removed all extreme whistles and the most severe external audience noises.
Though I could not find this show on the bot_archive there is a known live recording of this night, however, all setlists I could find are missing the last song "Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)" found here apparently for the first time (shout out here to "mjcrossuk" for the exhaustive work keeping the bot_archive up to date every month and posting the link, as many tapes as run through the JEMS/mjk5510 audio labs we'd be dead in the water without his on going hard work).
Thanks to "goody" for his continued critical work pitch adjusting and tuning our releases.
The biggest thank you to "tapetyrant" for doing such a great job capturing these important shows, for reaching out and entrusting me to present his excellent work for all to enjoy decades to come (tapers don't let those tapes and your hard work get lost to the ages, there are plenty of folks to get in touch with here to help get them out, we're all working to leave no tape behind).
The first batch of masters is a helluva line up of artists / shoes with most never before circulated, we know you will enjoy the journey!
Artwork and samples included...
mjk5510 and tapetyrant
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Notes:
-Moon River is started, audience is kind of rowdy. MS halts abruptly, mic noise, then White Tornado is played. After White Tornado, Moon River is played through & audience behaves quite well.
Grade: B
-vocals low in the mix
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R.E.M.
Michael Stipe: vocals
Peter Buck: guitar
Mike Mills: bass, backing vocals
Bill Berry: drums, backing vocals
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (the Cutting Edge)
Providence, R.I. USA
October 16, 1984
the dB's opened
harwilmer audience recording with
sony WMD-6C and Aiwa CM-70 mic.
maxell XLII cassettes (1st gen. copy)
the harwilmer collection volume 70
runtime: 93:04 (minutes/ seconds)
930 MB wav
498 MB flac
setlist:
1: radio free Europe 3:51 (very low levels adjusted, weak vocals in 1st minute)
2: harborcoat 3:46
3: pilgrimage 4:06
4: 7 Chinese brothers 4:16
5: driver 8 3:18
6: talk about the passion 3:11
7: hyena 3:03
8: sitting still 3:28
9: Kohoutek 3:31
10: just a touch 2:32
11: gardening at night 3:15
12: 9-9 > 2:54
13: windout 3:18 (end applause spliced)
14: Old Man Kensey 3:45 (fades in)
15: south central rain 3:50
16: pretty persuasion 3:31
17: little America 2:43 (abrupt ending spliced)
encores:
18: camera 5:22
19: time after time 3:17
20: 1,000,000 3:01
21: moon river 1:01
22: white tornado 1:55
23: moon river 1:49
24: second guessing 2:57
25: (don't go back to) Rockville 4:09 (some level variation)
26: we walk > falling in love again >
whispering grass > behind closed doors 5:34 (abrupt end spliced)
27: carnival of sorts (boxcars) 4:38
ineage:
Aiwa CR-70 stereo mic >
Sony WMD-6 cassette deck (dolby off) >
Maxell XLII 90 minute master cassettes (no longer exist) >
harwilmner's 1st gen. copy (Maxell XLII 90 min. cassettes)
tascam 112 > soundforge (16/44 wav) >
tracking level balancing and some loud clap reduction >
flac 8 (sb's aligned w/TLH)
recorded by harwilmer
transferred, prepped and flac'ed by glasnostrd19
Do not sell this recording.
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thanks and enjoy
harwilmer and glasnostrd19
this is from a different recording source than the tape tyrant recording.
it is also a very good quality audience recording.
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Grade: C