Posted to DIME by wwrywwry 

R.E.M. "T in the Park" Kinross (near Glasgow), SCOTLAND July 13th, 2008 DVD PAL


lineage: BBC interactive stream ---> Jepssen PVR S2 ---> hard disk ---> Mpeg Streamclip ---> DVD Studio Pro ---> DVD

video not re-encoded


time: 0:27:58
size: 1.25 GB
Bitrate: 6.37 Mbps

Video: MPEG-2 PAL, 720 × 576, 16:9, 25 fps, 8.00 Mbps, upper field first

Audio: PCM stereo, 48 kHz, 1.54 Mbps



Track list

1. Man-Sized Wreath
2. Bad Day
3. I'm Gonna DJ
4. Orange Crush
5. Supernatural Superserious
6. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
7. Man On The Moon

Posted to DIME By remfan72

R.E.M.
Waldbühne
Berlin
Germany
16th July 2008

Audience recording by Patrick (remfan72.net)

Lineage:
1-ISI-SEHM-1-Innovative Specialists Binaural Ear Mounted Microphones (TFB-2 Cardioid)
Deluxe Audio Technica Cardioid > 1-SP-SPSB-6-Battery Box with Bass Roll-Off (set at 107 Hz)
> Edirol R09 (WAV, 16 bit, 44,1 kHz) > USB transfer to PC > Magix Music Cleaning Lab Deluxe 2007
> flac frontend > MakeTorrent 2 > you

Setlist:

CD 1:

01 Living Well Is The Best Revenge
02 West Of The Fields
03 What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
04 Star 69
05 Man Sized Wreath
06 stage banter
07 Ignoreland
08 stage banter
09 Begin The Begin
10 Hollow Man
11 stage banter
12 Airliner
13 stage banter
14 Imitation Of Life
15 Houston
16 Electrolite
17 So. Central Rain
18 Auctioneer (Another Engine)

CD 2:

19 The Great Beyond
20 The One I Love
21 Pretty Persuasion
22 Fall On Me
23 Let Me In
24 Horse To Water
25 Bad Day
26 I'm Gonna DJ
27 Orange Crush
28 crowd

encore:

29 Supernatural Superserious
30 Losing My Religion
31 Driver 8
32 (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
33 band intro
34 Man On The Moon

Airliner was played when Michael changed his socks and shoes on stage.

A few times you might hear a brief noise due to either the wind blowing into
my mics or me moving as some people wanting to get out for a beer
hit my jacket making the mics move a bit.

Posted to Dime By i86time 

REM
21 July 1984
Beacon Theater
New York, NY

AUD
ANA(M)->wav(24/48, SF 9.0)->wav(16/44)->flac
Sony ECM-909->Sony WM-D6

01. Second Guessing
02. Harborcoat
03. Talk About the Passion
04. Driver 8
05. Sitting Still
06. Letter Never Sent
07. Seven Chinese Bros
08. South Central Rain
09. Time After Time
10. Hyena
11. Pretty Persuasion
12. Gardening At Night
13. 9-9
14. Wind-Out
15. Old Man Kensey
16. Radio Free Europe
17. Little America
18. Camera
19. Moral Kiosk
20. Chicken Train
21. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
22. Femme Fatale
23. California Dreamin
24. Carnival of Sorts
25. Taken Overseas

-notes from stonecutter: 1984 was a great year for REM. Everything was going their way and they played tons of great shows during this time. This is is one of them. A very nice recording of a great set. I was a huge fan and for the most part still am. I taped them many times and this is one of them. At some point I hope to make more available, in the meantime please enjoy this one!

Much thanks to Stonecutter (Rich B.) for entrusting me with his tapes. Other than azimuth adjustment, this is a raw transfer.

Taped by stonecutter (Rich B.), transferred by i86time. Seeded @ DaD July 2008.

Posted to DIME by Slipkid68

R.E.M.
7/20/85
Greek Theater
Berkeley, CA

1st generation copy

Recording hardware unknown

1st gen. cassette ---> WAV capture M-Audio
---> Adobe Audition ---> FLAC

This recording is special because it's of the first R.E.M. gig I attended --- 23 years ago today. P.J. and I went, and during the Three O'Clock set I spied a fellow with a microphone a row or two ahead. This, I remember thinking, is a very good omen.

The fellow was a lawyer named Mike G., and he sent cassettes shortly afterward. In return, he asked me for a lead on landing the Talking Heads set from Heatwave in Toronto, 1980, and any Martha and the Muffins. Well, I tried, but nothing materialized, and we were never in touch after that. R.E.M., however, went on to become a musical and cultural fixture in my life.

What stands out today is the enthusiasm and controlled chaos they displayed over a simple but rich sound. The third record, "Fables of the Reconstruction," may have been a muted affair, but on stage, the band really electrified the songs. The sound didn't have quite the heft the band would develop by decade's end (I'm still partial to the Green tour's superb revival of "Good Advices"), but it wasn't thin, either. How Peter Buck managed his arpeggiated picking while leaping about like a young Pete Townshend still mystifies me. Michael Stipe wore a long coat, if I recall correctly, and made for an intriguing presence, telling mini-stories but not being quite the "enigma" the press had made him out to be. Bill Berry and Mike Mills held the music together, as only they could.

Set list wise, it's nothing unusual for 1985: the bulk of "Fables,"and selections from the first two LPs (and one from "Chronic Town," too). Note the inclusion of "Hyena,"which they had begun performing the year before; and the spooky and cool "Theme From Two Steps Onward," which E rightfully calls for now. Sort of a lost number, that one (quite literally, right? Isn't that the one whose master recording had gone missing? The song does appear on one of their never-ending series of "Best of" compilations). Also, Stipe sings a bit of the Golden Palominos' "Boy (Go)" before a very nice version of "We Walk," which he reprises at song's end. But the five songs beginning with "Auctioneer" still sound particularly well-placed, and they formed the core of the show.

So here's another clean and clear first generation recording. We sat on Peter's side, maybe 10 or 12 rows back, fairly close to the P.A. The Greek Theater always gave tapers a sonic premium: if you had good equipment, sat in a reasonably good place, and knew what you were doing, you would leave with a very good recording. This one is no exception. Playback in Adobe Audition indicated that equalization would have yielded little improvement, so I just normalized to 95 percent. Samples attached.

Mike G., if you're reading, you know who you are. Hope you found the tapes you were seeking, and thank you for sharing your recording with no strings.

ADDENDUM: Not long after this torrent appeared, none other than Mike G. himself pinged me. I was able to verify his identity with a quick question, and wow... talk about blowing my mind. I have invited our most gracious taper to add whatever comments he wishes, and will post back here. And to think all this started exactly 23 years ago this very instant... btw, big up to all those who've written such nice things. I think really it's a testament to Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe. What a terrific ride! Thanks a million.


1) intro
2) Feeling Gravity's Pull
3) Moral Kiosk
4) Maps and Legends
5) Green Grow the Rushes
6) Hyena
7) Seven Chinese Brothers
8) Sitting Still
9) Driver 8
10) Good Advices
11) South Central Rain
12) Have You Ever Seen the Rain
13) Can't Get There From Here
14) Auctioneer
15) Old Man Kensey
16) Pretty Persuasion
17) Life and How to Live It
18) Little America
19) Radio Free Europe
20) Second Guessing
21) (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
22) Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)
23) Theme From Two Steps Onward
24) Harborcoat
25) Boy (Go)
26) We Walk
27) See No Evil