10-01-2003 - Philadelphia PA USA Liacouras Center
This is not the version that was posted in October 2003 by GreatJojita. Recording quality is a very good audience. I would rate it as excellent except the venue was boomy.
The photos on the cover were taken at the Philly show. The track listing on the cover is from the official REM site.
Thanks to GJordan for the digital transfer.
Let me know how you like the recording and cover. Also post if you think this recording is better/same/worse than the other version that was posted earlier.
Floor seats 15th row -> Sound Pro Cardioids -> -> battery box -> Sony MZR37 minidisc -> digital transfer to CD -> EAC -> CD-R -> SHN
659MB
Disc 1
01 Applause Intro
02 Finest Worksong
03 So Fast So Numb
04 Driver 8
05 Drive
06 Animal
07 Sitting Still
08 Daysleeper
09 Bad Day
10 The One I Love
11 All the Way to Reno (You're gonna be a star)
12 Everybody Hurts
13 The Great Beyond
Disc 2
01 At My Most Beautiful
02 Losing My Religion
03 Find the River
04 She Just Wants to Be
05 Walk Unafraid
06 Man on the Moon
07 Encore Aplause
08 Life and How to Live It
09 Nightswimming
10 Final Straw
11 Imitation of Life
12 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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R.E.M.
October 1, 2003
Philadelphia, PA - Liacouras Center
Support: Pete Yorn
Source/conversion:
Custom Made Stereo Binaural Microphones -> 9V Battery Box -> Sharp MD-SR60 (Line-In) -> Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (Hard Drive Line-In; record, boost left mic level) -> .wav -> Sound Forge 6.0 (Normalize) -> .flac
(Boring Specs on Microphones at Bottom)
*********DO NOT ENCODE INTO .MP3 OR OTHER LOSSY FORMATS*********
Track Listing:
Disc 1 (67:49):
01 Finest Worksong (4:16)
02 So Fast, So Numb (4:46)
03 Driver 8 (3:50)
04 Drive (6:00)
05 Animal (4:20)
06 Sitting Still (3:49)
07 Daysleeper (4:11)
08 Bad Day (4:55)
09 The One I Love (Electric) (5:33)
10 All The Way To Reno (5:12)
11 Everybody Hurts (7:12)
12 The Great Beyond (4:52)
13 At My Most Beautiful (4:27)
14 Losing My Religion (4:24)
Disc 2 (49:45):
01 Find The River (4:33)
02 She Just Wants To Be (6:38)
03 Walk Unafraid (5:18)
04 Man On The Moon (7:28)
Encore:
05 Life And How To Live It (4:17)
06 Nightswimming (5:18)
07 Final Straw (5:25)
08 Imitation Of Life (4:05)
09 It's The End Of The World (6:43)
As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
This is basically a perfect recording of a show in a venue without good acoustics.
Michael Stipe .. vocals
Peter Buck .. guitars
Mike Mills .. bass/piano
Bill Rieflin .. drums
Ken Stringfellow .. guitars/keyboards (featured on select songs)
Scott McCaughey .. guitars (featured on select songs)
Notes: One second dropout during Losing My Religion; eight second drop out in between Losing My Religion and Find The River (fades in/out).
Location: Rear of arena, dead center, even with rear stacks, in an empty bank of seats.
Taped By: Dean Burbage
Microphone/Battery Box Specs:
* 20 - 20,000 Hz flat frequency response
* Sensitivity rated at -44 decibels +3 decibels
* Low sound to noise ratio > 58 dB
* Handcrafted brass mic element casings with solid steel clips
* Cast aluminum battery box protects circuitry from Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
* Nickel plated brass cord grip to protect cables from kinking
* Gold plated 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) mini stereo microphone plug
* Microphone / clip units consists of electret condenser microphone cartridges. These have a high degree of reliability under adverse shock, vibration and environmental tests. The capsules specifications being -44 dB +1dbB sensitive and have a 20 to 20,000 hz frequency range.
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Notes:
-Dropout at 2:18 of SFSN (SP version)
-Standard here & now statement before Animal
-Before Bad Day MS informs the crowd that T is for Texas, not Temple
-Before ATWTR MS jokes that he has perfect pitch and that he is 6'2", noting that it's difficult to hit the 'star' note.
-Before FTR MS sings a line from We Three (thanks Timeline) ans MS notes it was written by someone from Philadelphia.
-Before Final Straw MS enquires "Isn't this the place where they wrote the Constitution?"
-Scott promotes Yuengling when introduced "It's beer".
Grades:
-Sound Pro: B albeit a touch boomy
-Custom mics: D