REM
Auditorium Theater
Chicago, Illinois
October 26, 2004
Taped & Transferred by: ademotte
Lineage: Sonic Studios DSM-6 => Sony M-1 DAT => CDR => EAC => Magic Audio Cleaning Lab (for splitting tracks) => WAV => FLAC (level 8)
Size: 825 mb (FLAC compressed)
1.28 GB (uncompressed)
Fingerprints: In separate text file
Setlist:
Disc 1:
(1) Begin The Begin (3:51)
(2) These Days (3:36)
(3) Welcome To The Occupation (2:51)
(4) Animal (4:25)
(5) The Boy In The Well (5:34)
(6) Drive (5:25)
(7) World Leader Pretend (4:35)
(8) High Speed Train (5:30)
(9) Cuyahoga (5:06)
(10) Make It All Okay (4:13)
(11) Electrolite (4:22)
(12) Bad Day (4:52)
(13) John Peel Tribute (1:30)
(14) I Wanted To Be Wrong (5:18)
(15) She Just Wants To Be (7:56)
(16) Final Straw (5:11)
Disc length: 74:25
Disc 2:
(1) Losing My Religion (4:46)
(2) Walk Unafraid (5:09)
(3) Life and How To Live It (4:32)
(4) Encore Break (3:48)
(5) What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (4:04)
(6) Star 69 (3:33)
(7) Aftermath (4:38)
(8) Leaving New York (5:34)
(9) The One I Love (3:27)
(10) Band intros/Political talk (4:05)
(11) Permanent Vacation (2:41)
(12) I'm Gonna DJ (2:36)
(13) Man on the Moon (7:17)
Disc length: 56:16
Notes: Fairly good recording, not as good as I had hoped for. (I was expecting spectacular sound from the Auditorium, and from where I was, I thought it was average.) Quality is similar to the Cleveland 10/2/04 audience recording, although somewhat boomier. I was in a lower-level box about 10 feet above the floor, so crowd noise is very minimal. I'm sure this can be improved with an EQ; as it is it's okay -- I would rate the quality at a 7 or maybe 8 on a 10 scale. Worth having if you're anxious to hear what the new tour sounds like; I'm sure there will be better sources of this show eventually.
No artwork, sorry -- please make some!
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R.E.M.
Auditorium Theater
Chicago, Illinois
October 26, 2004
Lineage: SP-BMC-6 >SP-SPSB-6 (bass roll-of set at 195Hz)>MZ-R700>download through MovieStar to Vaio laptop>CD Wave Editor 1.93.3>FLAC
Location: Orchestra Center, Row I
Taper: jwhitneyil
Disc 1:
(1) Begin The Begin
(2) These Days
(3) Welcome To The Occupation
(4) Animal
(5) The Boy In The Well
(6) Drive
(7) World Leader Pretend
(8) High Speed Train
(9) Cuyahoga
(10) Make It All Okay
(11) Electrolite
(12) Bad Day
(13) I Wanted To Be Wrong
(14) She Just Wants To Be
(15) Final Straw
Disc 2:
(1) Losing My Religion
(2) Walk Unafraid
(3) Life and How To Live It
-encore-
(4) What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
(5) Star 69
(6) Aftermath
(7) Leaving New York
(8) The One I Love
(9) Permanent Vacation
(10) I'm Gonna DJ
(11) Man on the Moon
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R.E.M.
October 26th, 2004
Auditorium Theater
Chicago, IL
SOURCE: SP-CMC-2 > SP-SPSB-1 > Sony PCM-M1 (@44.1khz)
TRANSFER: PCM-M1 > Audiophile 2496 > Cool Edit Pro > CD WAVE > FLAC
DISC ONE
01. Begin the Begin
02. These Days
03. Welcome to the Occupation
04. Animal
05. Boy in the Well
06. Drive
07. World Leader Pretend
08. High Speed Train
09. Cuyahoga
10. Make It All OK
11. Electrolite
12. Bad Day
13. I Wanted to Be Wrong
14. She Just Wants to Be
DISC TWO
01. Final Straw
02. Losing My Religion
03. Walk Unafraid
04. Life and How to Live It
05. -encore cheering-
06. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
07. Star 69
08. Aftermath
09. Leaving New York
10. The One I Love
11. -thank you's and political talk-
12. Permanent Vacation
13. I'm Gonna DJ
14. Man on the Moon
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Notes:
-Drive is introduced as "vaguely topical".
-WLP is introduced as "sadly topical'. After the song MS notes even as a World Leader Pretend it feels nice to be able to say 'this is my mistake'".
-HST is introduced as being from a long tradition of R.E.M. songs about trains.
-MIAOK is introduced as "a tragic little love song".
-MS addresses a request for Wendel Gee before Electrolite "We haven't played that song since 1985".
-Standzrd intro to IWTBW
-PB closes out SJWTB with a 2:42 solo
-Mostly standrd political talk this night but MS is goaded into telling someone they'll play when he's done talking and to go wait in the fucking lobby if he doesn't like it. He questions hy he can't have an opinion on the matter and dras a comparison from what he's doing to political yard signs.
Ademotte Grade: B
SP-BMC-6 Grade: C (Similar to 10/25)
SP-CMC-2 Grade: B
Ademotte or SP-CMC-2 are the better sources here.