R.E.M.
UIC Pavilion
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
November 5, 1987

Taped by the brother of BGDuke1: Sony ECM-939 > Walkman D6-C
Transfer: First generation cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A cassette transfer (October 2007) > Peak 5.2 > FLAC

Disc One
01 Finest Worksong
02 These Days
03 Moral Kiosk
04 Welcome to the Occupation
05 Disturbance at the Heron House
06 Exhuming McCarthy
07 Orange Crush
08 Feeling Gravity's Pull
09 Flowers of Guatemala
10 I Believe
11 Sitting Still
12 Driver 8 (beginning ever so slightly clipped)

Disc Two
01 Superman
02 Pretty Persuasion
03 Oddfellows Local 151
04 It's the End of the World As We Know It
05 Begin the Begin

Encore 1
06 Strange
07 King of Birds
08 Pop Song '89
09 Auctioneer

Encore 2
10 Swan Swan H
11 The One I Love

Encore 3
12 Harpers
13 Midnight Blue
14 Ghost Rider
15 1,000,000

Though I didn't see it, this is my favorite show on the Work Tour and was a cherished cassette for many many years, though I only just found it in my storage unit after a long disappearance. A taper named David traded me this first generation copy (his last name is long forgotten; he also swapped me a U2 '87 first gen. and a Gregson & Collister tape).

I'm told this show has long been around in mediocre quality, but that's not the case here. This sounds terrific, and the performance is blazing throughout, though there is no doubt as to the set's pinnacle moment: the spot-on cover of Lou Gramm's then "hit" "Midnight Blue." If R.E.M. has ever made a more inspired cover choice (and I include "We Don't Need Another Hero" from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome on the short list), I don't know what it is. I absolutely love how they play "Midnight Blue" (sample provided).

If you care at all about this era of R.E.M., I strongly encourage you to grab this one.

BK for JEMS

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Notes:
-Earthqake story really long but not anything new

Grade: A+
-likely best aud from this tour