R.E.M.
Great Western Forum
Inglewood, CA
Wednesday 1 November 1995

source: nakamichi cm300 > sony d3 dat > cdr(1) > EAC > flac
taper: persic

Originally seeded to Easytree by votefornader on 18 January 2005
Reseeded to Dime by raya 8 August 2008
Reseeded again to Dime by eckythump 3 March 2020 (addition of tags to files, no other changes)

01 I Took Your Name (cuts in)
02 What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
03 Crush With Eyeliner
04 Drive
05 Try Not To Breathe
06 Binky The Doormat
07 The Wake-Up Bomb
08 Losing My Religion
09 Bang And Blame
10 Undertow
11 Strange Currencies (diginoise on master)
12 Revolution
13 Tongue
14 Man On The Moon
15 Country Feedback
16 The One I Love
17 Pop Song 89
18 Get Up
19 Star 69

Encore:
20 Let Me In
21 Everybody Hurts (w/ Lindsey Buckingham)
22 So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
23 Departure
24 Drift Away > It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)


Michael Stipe - Vocals
Peter Buck - Guitar, mandolin
Mike Mills - Bass Guitar, backing vocals
Bill Berry - Drums, backing vocals
Scott McCaughey - Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Nathan December - Guitar

Show notes: With the Monster tour entering its final month after many illnesses (only Peter escaped a visit to the hospital during the year), R.E.M. had 4 new songs that would appear on New Adventures in Hi-Fi in the set at the expense of some of the Monster tunes like Circus Envy and I Don't Sleep, I Dream being dropped from the set. While history hasn't treated the Monster tour as kindly as some of their other tours, there's some great songs and performances here, and Lindsey Buckingham of (ex) Fleetwood Mac fame plays guitar on Everybody Hurts (but no Tusk unfortunately!). A great show promoting an album that has (in my opinion) gotten better with age.

Recording notes: Whenever you see the name persic attached to a recording you know it's going to be worth your time. A great recording for fans of the Monster tour.

Torrent notes: This first appeared on Dime's predecessor Easytree by user votefornader (who is still around under a different pseudonym), then reseeded by raya in August 2008, and hasn't been seen since, so with a request for it I thought it'd be worth giving this one another spin on Dime. I have made no alteration to the files other than tagging them, and adding a new ffp. Enjoy!

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Notes:
-Back row intro to Strange Currencies
-Country Feedback solo 1:17
-MS recites This Little Piggy before TOIL, and seems to make an adjustment to his in ear monitor.  He suggests everyone take off their clothes after the song.

Grade: B