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R.E.M. 11/19/92
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
Set I
Drive, Monty Got a Raw Deal, Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon, Losing My Religion, Country Feedback, Begin the Begin, Fall On Me, Me In Honey, Finest Worksong, Drive, Love Is All Around, Funtime, Radio Free Europe
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User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
chris (0/4.9) cd / 1 A View   Liberated boot
Notes: *need to listen to* - from the liberated boot "automatically live."
kevin mand (0/0) / 1 View   unknown- liberated bootleg
Sabine (0/5) CD / 1 View  
Sabine (0/5) VCD / 1 View   AUD
Billy Williams (0/3) CDR / 1 View  
Mike Cole (0/4) CD / 1 View   SBD
Matt W (0/5) CD-R/1 SHN / 1 B+ View  
Notes: *"Automatically Live"
Robert Goetz (0/5) shn / 1 View   shn(1)
Notes: shn(1)
Andy Lai (0/0) / 1 A+ View   SBD
Notes: On November 19th, 1992, R.E.M. played a one-off full electric gig at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown of Athens, GA. The show was put on for the benefit of Greenpeace and was taped by a solar-powered mobile recording unit, the plan being to take one track from the recording and contribute it to an all-live compilation CD entitled 'Alternative NRG' (which would feature 15 more tracks by various artists). Before too long a DAT audience recording of the show was put out on bootleg-CD (remember, this was the heyday of CD-bootlegging). If I recall correctly, 'Automatically Live' on the legendary Kiss The Stone imprint (KTS 141) was the first to hit the streets. Countless other discs would follow, the best of which (and the most complete) being 'This Is It' (Red Phantom RPCD 1117). The popularity of the show is hardly surprising, given that the band gave a sterling performance that night and did no other gigging in support of 'Automatic for the People' (the then-current album). To boot, Buck & co were in great spirits, entertaining the homecrowd with amusing in-between banter, AND the available audience recording was remarkably clear. In due time, a soundboard recording of the first song played at the gig (a great funked-up version of Drive) appeared on the aforementioned Greenpeace CD (January 1994). The bulk of the show was later released in the form of bonus tracks on the four CD-singles released to promote the Monster album (three tracks apiece). However, while the songs themselves sound incredible (especially 'Country Feedback', which by late 1992 had not yet been turned into the pompous dirge it became during the 'Monster' tour), the end result did not add up to a complete presentation of the show: apart from the first take of 'Drive', one more song was left off (a not particularly strong version of 'Love Is All Around', the Troggs cover which the band had performed so well in acoustic guise during the promo-tour for 'Out Of Time'), as well as the major part of the great chats inbetween songs. What I'm posting today is my attempt to mix the missing parts & song, retrieved from bootleg (an original silver disc copy of 'This Is It'), into the officially released soundboard recordings (from the original silver CD-EPs & Greenpeace CD), in order to recreate the performance in its entirety in the best possible sound quality.
john (0/0) cd-r / 1 View  
K E V I N (0/4.8) CDR / 1 A View   liberated bootleg
Notes: "AutomaticallyLive"
Greg Valiquette (0/0) CDR / 1 A A View   "Automatically Live (KTS 141)"
Marc L (0/5) SHN / 1 View  
Notes: Greenpeace benefit
Keith (0/0) cdr / 1 View  
Cheryl (0/5) cd / 1 View  
Eddie Hampton (0/0) SHN / 2 View  
Dan MacNeill (0/5) shn / 1 View  
Notes: SBD. greenpeace benefit show liberated boot "U.S.A. 92"
Andrew Quinn (0/0) cd-r / 1 View  
Jesse (0/5) CDR / 1 A A View  
feralicious (0/5) shn / 1 View   CD > WAV > SHN
BuzzVine (0/0) CD / 1 A A View  
Notes: Automatically Live - Boot
Paula (0/5) CDR / 1 A- A- View  
Notes: Quite good quality, a few slight shifts in sound volume.
a (0/5) cdr / 1 A- View  
Eric (0/0) CDr / 1 View   DSBD
Theatrewhore (0/5) CDR / 1 A- View   Audience
Notes: (A-)
Clayton A. (0/5) CDR / 1 A- View  
Erik Jensen (0/0) shn / 1 View  
Mike (Zeb) Weber (0/5) CDR / 1 A+ A View   AUD
Notes: from bootleg CD "Automatically Live" - includes bonus track "Losing My Religion"
Spidey (0/4.6) CDR / 1 A View   SBD
Jen (0/0) CD / 1 A View   AUD