An REM thread for r.e.m. stuff

[megatroptimus]

Have you noticed the new mix for Radio Song on the album? Sounds very different from the original with the female back vocals added in. I think there are subtle differences to some of the other songs too, I'll have to compare more closely. I thought Endgame sounded a bit different too, but it could just be me.

About the new unreleased song: sounds similar to the 4 untitled Green instrumentals to me, as if it was a 5th one from the same sessions.

 

[gargumma]

Tbh, I didn't notice anything different there, mega. Maybe it was always there, but with the new mastering it got clearer and more noticeable? Could be the case, I don't know.

 

[megatroptimus]

You're right, they were there, just more buried in the mix. Cool nonetheless!

 

[gargumma]

I'll have to listen to a FLAC version to be sure, but so far the remastering, in MP3 form, sounds incredible! It seems to have been properly conducted, undistorted, unlike everything that has been done so far with the anniversary albums. I'm really glad to have been proven wrong in my pessimistic initial approach. But I'll wait for a better-quality rip than the one I've just heard.

Yeah, I knew I said that too soon. Whoever ripped the MP3 version was careful about the levels. But the remastered album is still heavily compressed. Check out the end of Texarkana (just one of many examples). f***ing brickwalled all the same.

 

[cjr67]

Have to say that I'm very pleased with this set, even given that things may be "loud."

It's great that the band apparently really made an effort to include demos that hadn't been circulated previously. By my count, 11 of the 19 demos are presented here for the first time.

Also, I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying the Mountain Stage show. I wasn't necessarily all that impressed by the tracks from the show that the band released as b-sides at the time and the Borderline recording has always been my "go-to" show from this era. However, hearing the entire Mountain Stage performance presented here I love the performances, particularly with the addition of the violin on Radio Song and harmonica on Pop Song 89. And I'm glad to see that, with the inclusion of Dallas, apparently the covers (and in-between song banter) that have always made R.E.M. shows so special are no longer off-limits for inclusion in the reissue campaign.

I hope that this sets the template for future anniversary releases.

 

[macavity]

- a brand new song! A legitimate one. Great news! I honestly have no idea if it became something else or was ever heard in any other form, but it sounds grunge-influenced to me, like something that could have been repurposed as a Monster b-side later on.

good point, about the Monster vibe. to me it sounds a bit like WTFK intro.

 

[Buckhead]

I was really hoping untitled demo 2 was mandolin strum vocal version or here I am again better quality than bootlegs. However a never heard instrumental outtake is also fun. Stipe never really gave us too many complete outtakes during green - automatic save the famous three. free world baby. fretless. photograph. Hoping automatic with deliver us a pure vocal outtake or demo.

But thats not the reason Im writting. Found a CD with a REM live track I have never heard of. It prob the version from Roadmovie but ...........
http://www.ebay.com/itm/99X-PROJECT...2-REM-Kravitz-Sister-Hazel-Bush-/111908422480

Finally, did anyone get a MP3 RIP of Wordl Leader Pretend from 30 Days Site?

Thanks You; fellow REMheads

 

[fanofrem]

...But thats not the reason Im writting. Found a CD with a REM live track I have never heard of. It prob the version from Roadmovie but ...........
http://www.ebay.com/itm/99X-PROJECT...2-REM-Kravitz-Sister-Hazel-Bush-/111908422480 ...

And Orange Crush was only played at November 18 show, not on November 21 show as the artwork says.

 

[charky]

I was really hoping untitled demo 2 was mandolin strum vocal version or here I am again better quality than bootlegs. However a never heard instrumental outtake is also fun. Stipe never really gave us too many complete outtakes during green - automatic save the famous three. free world baby. fretless. photograph. Hoping automatic with deliver us a pure vocal outtake or demo.

I was thrilled when I found out that the untitled one was entirely new. here's a quote from Peter, from the latest Rolling Stone :"There were probably another 10 or 15 pieces of music that we could have included, but it's pointless to fill up the bonus stuff with just instrumentals of things that no one ever really hear" - as far as I'm concerned he couldn't be more wrong. it is indeed pretty cool to discover demos of beloved songs but I'm dying to hear some new(old) stuff, even if if they're just instrumentals.
all in all the OoT reissue is satisfying but for future reissues - I'm hoping that, on the 2nd disc, the focus will be on tunes we never heard before.

 

[fanofrem]

I was thrilled when I found out that the untitled one was entirely new. here's a quote from Peter, from the latest Rolling Stone :"There were probably another 10 or 15 pieces of music that we could have included, but it's pointless to fill up the bonus stuff with just instrumentals of things that no one ever really hear" - as far as I'm concerned he couldn't be more wrong. it is indeed pretty cool to discover demos of beloved songs but I'm dying to hear some new(old) stuff, even if if they're just instrumentals.
all in all the OoT reissue is satisfying but for future reissues - I'm hoping that, on the 2nd disc, the focus will be on tunes we never heard before.

I would love to hear or have the instrumental songs. Was also hoping they included the Nightswim (not Nightswimming) demo in the Out of Time demo disc.
But next year will be amazing, Automatic turns 25, hopefully they release a lot of demos, and the complete show from 40 Watt Club from November 1992.

 

[megatroptimus]

The 25th anniversary editions of AFTP, Monster and NAIHF should be epic.

 

[megatroptimus]

AFTP:


30 March - 24 April 1992 - Studio A, Bearsville Sound Studios, Bearsville, NY
30 March - Wake Her Up (The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite)
31 March - Wake Her Up (The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite)
1 April - Howler Monkey (Ignoreland) / Batman (Winged Mammal Theme)
2 April - Eastern / Batman (Winged Mammal Theme)
3 April - Batman / Peter's New Song / Howler Monkey (Ignoreland)
4 April - Michael's Organ (Everybody Hurts)
6 April - Big Talk
7 April - Photograph / Big Talk
8 April - Photograph / Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe)
9 April - Photograph / Big Talk
10 April - Drive / Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe) / Peter's New Song / Photograph
13 April - Howler Monkey (Ignoreland) / Mike's Organ Song
14 April - Michael's Organ (Everybody Hurts) / Wake Her Up (The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite)
15 April - Michael's Organ (Everybody Hurts) / C To D Slide (Man On The Moon) / 6/8 Sailor
16 April - Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe) / Big Talk
17 April - Howler Monkey (Ignoreland) / Hey Love (Star Me Kitten) / Bill's Acoustic Song / Big Talk / 6/8 Sailor
18 April - Bill's Acoustic Song / Michael's Organ (Everybody Hurts) / Howler Monkey (Ignoreland)
20 April - Everybody Hurts
21 April - C To D Slide (Man On The Moon)
22 April - Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe) / C To D Slide (Man On The Moon) / Everybody Hurts
23 April - Sisters and Brothers (Sweetness Follows) / 10K Minimal (Find The River) / Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe)
24 April - Rough Mixing
notes: Recording Sessions for Automatic For The People

4-22 May 1992 - Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL
tracks recorded included: Everybody Hurts / The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite / Try Not To Breathe / Nightswimming
notes: Recording Sessions for Automatic For The People

28-29 May 1992 - Bosstown Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA
tracks recorded: Drive / Everybody Hurts / The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite / Nightswimming (with Oboe) / Nightswimming (without Oboe)
notes: Strings Recording Session for Automatic For The People, John Paul Jones arranging strings played by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

June - July 1992 - Bad Animals, Seattle, WA
tracks recorded included:
10 June - C To D Slide (Man On The Moon)
13 June - Drive
17 June - Passion (Monty Got A Raw Deal)
notes: Mixing Sessions for Automatic For The People. Contrary to popular belief, the mixed version created on 10 June 1992 for 'Man On The Moon' had complete lyrics refuting the legend that it wasn't all written and sung until the last day of mixing

MONSTER:

14-25 February 1994 - R.E.M.'s West Clayton Street Studio, Athens, GA
tracks recorded included: Big Fuzz Bass / Compulsion / Cranky / Sex Bomb / Christmas In Tunisia
notes: Rehearsal & Recording Sessions for Monster

28 February - March 1994 - Crossover Soundstage, Atlanta, GA
tracks recorded included: What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Strange Currencies / Bang And Blame / Circus Envy / I Don't Sleep, I Dream / Star 69 / Revolution / Lucky Piece / Pattern Shirt (Bittersweet Me) / Experiment In Terror / E-Bow The Letter (Instrumental) / Low Desert (Instrumental)
notes: Recording Sessions for Monster, Scott Litt joins the band midway through recording

April - May 1994 - Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL
tracks recorded included: Let Me In / Bang And Blame (w/ backup singers)
notes: Recording sessions for Monster, 'Let Me In' is written following Kurt Cobains suicide

June - 22 July 1994 - Studio A, Oceanway Recording & Louies Clubhouse, Hollywood, CA
tracks recorded included:
4 June - Crush With Eyeliner (Thurston Moore vocals)
other tracks recorded included: King Of Comedy / You
notes: Recording & Mixing Sessions for Monster. During final mixing for Monster, Michael rewrites 'Yes, I Am f***ing With You' to 'Make Your Money' (which becomes 'King Of Comedy')

NAIHF:

6 March - 19 April 1996 - Bad Animals, Seattle, WA
tracks recorded included:
6 April - Dancing Barefoot / We're An American Band
19 April - New Test Leper (Acoustic)
other tracks recorded included: Hail Grant (How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us) / The Wake-Up Bomb / New Test Leper / Undertow / E-Bow The Letter / Leave / Leave (Alternate Version) / Departure / Bittersweet Me / Be Mine / Binky The Doormat / Zither / So Fast, So Numb / Low Desert / Candle Man / Away / Louis / Monkeyshines / Open Up / Infected / Can Opener / I Will Survive / Daysleeper (Instrumental)
notes: Recording Sessions for New Adventures In Hi-Fi, with Scott Litt

 

[macavity]

don't know if it was already posted, but dancing barefoot is briefly featured here and

 

[Presley1]

Hi

I hope some of you can help. you can rip an acapella from a song of you have a digital instrumental and vocal version and is quite like to try this with Bang and blame. I've ripped the audio from the cassette single but it hasnt quite worked and I'm told it has to be digital. The 2 track CD from back in the day is impossible to find so I wondered if anyone has a copy of it as wav?
Forget this post- I've ripped and compared them, all completely different takes and not the same take with the vocal removed

 

[fanofrem]

It's not R.E.M., but does anyone have this one from Drive-By Truckers https://www.discogs.com/Drive-By-Truckers-Live-Title-Goes-Here/release/9149003 ?

 

[fanofrem]

I don't know if this has been posted here before, the correct dates for the songs on the Miami/Orlando 1989 bootleg, and the dates for Live at the Olympia.
01. Pop Song 89 - Miami
02. Exhuming McCarthy - Miami
03. Welcome To The Occupation - Miami
04. Disturbance At The Heron House - Orlando
05. Turn You Inside Out - Miami
06. Orange Crush - Orlando
07. Feeling Gravity's Pull - Miami
08. Swan Swan H - Miami
09. Begin The Begin - Miami
10. Pretty Persuasion - Orlando
11. I Believe - Miami
12. King Of Birds - Miami
13. Crazy - Miami
14. Finest Worksong - Miami
15. You Are The Everything - Miami
16. Academy Fight Song - Miami
17. Stand - Orlando
18. Perfect Circle - Miami
19. Get Up - Miami
20. It's The End Of The World - Orlando

Live at the Olympia
01 Living Well is the Best Revenge (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
02 Second Guessing (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
03 Letter Never Sent (2007.06.30 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
04 Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
05 Disturbance at the Heron House (2007.07.01 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
06 Mr. Richards (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
07 Houston (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
08 New Test Leper (2007.06.30 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
09 Cuyahoga (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
10 Electrolite (2007.06.30 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
11 Man-Sized Wreath (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
12 So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) (2007.07.03 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
13 On the Fly (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
14 Maps and Legends (2007.06.30 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
15 Sitting Still (2007.07.01 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
16 Driver 8 (2007.07.03 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
17 Horse to Water (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin
18 I'm Gonna DJ (2007.07.01 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
19 Circus Envy (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
20 These Days (2007.07.01 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
21 Drive (2007.07.01 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
22 Feeling Gravity’s Pull (2007.07.03 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
23 Until the Day is Done (2007.07.01 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
24 Accelerate (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
25 Auctioneer (Another Engine) (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
26 Little America (2007.06.30 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
27 1,000,000 (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
28 Disguised (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
29 The Worst Joke Ever (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
30 Welcome to the Occupation (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
31 Carnival of Sorts (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
32 Harborcoat (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
33 Wolves, Lower (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
34 I've Been High (2007.07.01 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
35 Kohoutek (2007.07.03 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
36 West of the Fields (2007.07.04 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
37 Pretty Persuasion (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
38 Romance (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
39 Gardening at Night (2007.07.05 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin)

 

[fanofrem]

Not long time ago I had a HD crash, and I lost a lot of shows. So I was wondering if you might can help to get most of the shows back? All is audience recordings.
Here is a list of shows I remember from my collection.
*= shows I didn't had in my collection, but looking for.
1986
5 September 1986 - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham, AL
6 September 1986 - Indiana University Auditorium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
10 September 1986 - Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, TN
20 September 1986 - Fair Park Bandshell, Fair Park, Dallas, TX
24 September 1986 - Pacific Amphitheatre, Orange County Fairgounds, Costa Mesa, CA
27 September 1986 - County Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
28 September 1986 - Main Gymnasium, University Of California At San Diego, San Diego, CA
30 September 1986 - Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA
24 October 1986 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
24 November 1986 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
25 November 1986 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
26 November 1986 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
1987
16 September 1987 - La Cigale, Paris, France
18 September 1987 - Tor 3, Dusseldorf, West Germany
3 October 1987 - Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC *
10 October 1987 - Patriot Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
27 October 1987 - Edward C. Elliott Hall Of Music, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
4 November 1987 - UIC Pavilion, University Of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago, IL
5 November 1987 - UIC Pavilion, University Of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago, IL
15 November 1987 - Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA
24 November 1987 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
25 November 1987 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
27 November 1987 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
24 November 1987 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
1989
15 March 1989 - Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA
18 March 1989 - Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
4 June 1989 - Mainland Stage, Provinssirock 1989, Törnävä Festival Park, Törnävä Island, Seinäjoki, Finland *
15 June 1989 - Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy
16 June 1989 - Palasport, Bologna, Italy
17 June 1989 - Rockin' Umbria, Palasport, Perugia, Italy
1 July 1989 - Rock Torhout, Festivalpark, Torhout, Belgium
2 July 1989 - Rock Werchter, Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium
12 September 1989 - Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY *
30 September 1989 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
20 October 1989 - Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA
21 October 1989 - Shoreline Amphitheatre At Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
1995
14 January 1995 - Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia *
16 May 1995 - Shoreline Amphitheatre At Mountain View, Mountain View, CA *
3 June 1995 - Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL*
4 June 1995 - Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL
2 July 1995 - Main Stage, Rock Werchter, Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium*
18, 19, 21 November 1995 - The Omni, Atlanta, GA (Soundchecks)*
2003
24 June 2003 - Carling Academy Brixton, London, England *
25 June 2003 - Carling Academy Brixton, London, England *
22 July 2003 - Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy
23 July 2003 - Stadio Del Conero, Ancona, Italy
24 July 2003 - Main Stage, Neapolis Festival, Area Italsider, Naples, Italy
29 August 2003 - Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, Canada
1 September 2003 - Comcast Mainstage, Bumbershoot 2003, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA*
27 September 2003 - Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
4 October 2003 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
10 October 2003 - Alltel Pavilion At Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC *
2004
1 November 2004 - DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. *
4 November 2004 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
17 November 2004 - Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Canada
20 November 2004 - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA*
2005
19 February 2005 - Carling Apollo Hammersmith, London, England
26 February 2005 - Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
27 February 2005 - Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
26 March 2005 - TSB Bowl Of Brooklands, New Plymouth, New Zealand *
15 June 2005 - Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, England
19 June 2005 - Ardgillan Castle, Balbriggan, Ireland
28 June 2005 - Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany *
2007
30 June 2007 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
1 July 2007 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
3 July 2007 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
4 July 2007 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
5 July 2007 - The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
2008
23 May 2008 - Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, Canada*
14 June 2008 - Nikon At Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, NY
19 June 2008 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
21 July 2008 - Arena di Verona, Piazza Bra, Verona, Italy
7 September 2008 - Globen, Stockholm, Sweden
17 September 2008 - König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
24 September 2008 - Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
1 October 2008 - Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain

 

[gargumma]

So, Michael Stipe was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last Thursday (Dec 15th 2016). Here's the cold opening involving him, and also his interview promoting the 25th anniversary edition of Out of Time:

Intro: https://www.sendspace.com/file/lksjeg
Interview: https://www.sendspace.com/file/ozjzdm

 

[eddiemonsoon]

Atlanta 14 may 1982

http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/ORyjFmDU/file.html

Manchester 17 july 1999

http://www94.zippyshare.com/v/JnRv07G0/file.html

Luxembourg 20 September 2008

http://www105.zippyshare.com/v/fe4OUfyu/file.html

 

[Anonymous]

Can i get a reupload of Perfect Square in FLAC WAV or MP3?