R.E.M. - Paris Live

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20 April 1084 - Theatre De L' Dorado - Paris, France


Here’s another one from the request queue, this one from a while back in the short-lived forums and I can’t for the life of me remember who requested it. If you’re out there whoever you are, sorry for the wait! :-) REM for me falls into the same category as the Talking Heads: listened to and enjoyed but not central to my musical space. That being said, I have heard that the band from Athens, Georgia is one of the best live acts out there if you can get to see them, and this show from Paris in ’84 certainly has it goin’ on. Recorded for radio during their 1984 European tour in support of their second album, Reckoning, but never broadcast this tape is a bit of a legend in REM live trading circles and at least a couple of tracks—”9-9” and “Gardening At Night”—have been officially released (and so are not in this archive, though there is more than enough for a single disc!). The sound quality changes from the first encore, “Second Guessing” to the end with the high end being rolled way back and I’m not sure why as the track listings have the reel change happening during “20th Century Boy”. Perhaps the encores are from a different source? Still sounds good but caveat auditor and all that so I’ve included linked samples from early and late in the show.

1. Ghost Riders In The Sky
2. Moral Kiosk
3. Catapult
4. Pilgrimage
5. Letter Never Sent
6. So. Central Rain
7. Harborcoat
8. Sitting Still
9. Gardening At Night
10. 9-9
11. Windout
12. Time After Time (AnnElise)
13. Just A Touch
14. Little America
15. Pale Blue Eyes
16. Second Guessing
17. Radio Free Europe
18. We Walk
19. 20th Century Boy
20. 1,000,000
21. Walter's Theme
22. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
23. Talk About The Passion
24. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

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