R.E.M. 11/27/1982

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Date: 11/27/82
Year: 1982
Venue: Maxwell's
City: Hoboken
State: NJ

Set I

Ages of You
Moral Kiosk
Pilgrimage
7 Chinese Brothers
Laughing
Wolves, Lower
Easy Come Easy Go
Sitting Still
Catapult
Gardening at Night
9-9
1,000,000
West of the Fields
Radio Free Europe
White Tornado
Yippeekiyay
We Walk
Sloop John B
Judy
Neverland
Carnival of Sorts

Set II

Set III

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User (active/rating)	Media / #	Show	Sound	Details	User Source
Tulum (5/0)	FLAC / 21			View	Audience cassette (master) >>> WAV via SoundForge >>> Flac >>> Dime
Notes:	This was recorded by (no longer active) Dime member Guy_R_E and uploaded to Dime in August 2007. Once it fell off the tracker, it was reseeded by Matlin (big thanks to them for sending me this after I lost it in a hard drive crash) in May 2009 after Guy_R_E uploaded his 28 April 1983 recording the day prior. Since it departed the tracker it hasn't been seen since. The tape of the show ran too slow, so I increased the speed by 3% in Audacity, normalized all tracks, and now it sounds great, this is a really great recording. If you downloaded this either time in 2007 or 2009, this will be an upgrade. I've also added a newspaper ad of the show I found in the Facebook group dedicated to Maxwell's. I'll leave Guy to have the final say on this show below. While he is no longer active on Dime, a huge thanks to him for sharing his recording with the wider community all those years ago. Your recordings will continue to live on. Original note information by Guy_R_E in August 2007: REMiniscences: Another audience tape from my Maxwells days. I recorded this on my Nikko cassette deck with a pair of microphones of questionable pedigree duct-taped to a mic-stand behind the deejay booth. I know theres no shortage of R.E.M. recordings out there so Im not sure how much historic value this has for fans, but I love it. If this show has been seeded before it wouldnt be from this tape, although I probably made copies for Maxwells owner Steve Fallon and a couple of other friends back in the day. When I talk to people about the years I hung out at Maxwells I invariably mention R.E.M. Being part of a music scene there were so many bands that I was rooting for and expecting great things from, but R.E.M. were clearly in a different league. The buzz in the music underground was really strong from the get-go. I first heard their name from Vanessa of Pylon when I asked her what was going on in Athens and she said, Well, theres this really great new band called R.E.M The name was obviously a keeper. Its hard to explain the anticipation I felt about a band Id never heard a note from, but when the right people said the right things back then, you just knew. R.E.M. became friends with The Bongos and the two bands toured together. Bongo Rob Norris gave me a cassette with a rough mix of the sessions that made up the Hibtone single and Chronic Town EP and I used to play songs from that tape at the club before the records were released. I believe R.E.M. played Maxwells just three times, not quite as frequently as Wikipedia suggests. They were doing the bigger venues in Manhattan, but they loved Maxwells so they kept coming back. I remember a few years later when they played at Radio City Music Hall, Mike Mills had flown his mother and father up to NYC for the concert. After headlining a sold out show at the landmark theater he brought them across the river to Hoboken to hang out and let them see where the band had played just a few short years before. I was acquainted with Mike and he introduced me to his folks. His Mom was absolutely beaming - having the time of her life - while his Dad looked a bit shell-shocked by it all (exhausted, probably). They were a very gracious couple. Its a sweet memory and is as telling an anecdote as I can share about R.E.M.. They are such a decent and well-grounded group of guys and my lasting impression is of their generosity, their emotional generosity. If you ever read anything bad about them chalk it up to the media machinations of agent provocateurs. The place was packed for this show; the kind of night when nicotine-impregnated sweat would drip from the tin ceiling (dont wear white). I think this was the last gig of a tour with The dBs - Peter Holsapple joins the band towards the end of the set and sings three songs during the encore. Thats me teasing Patty Q about wanting to meet Michael after the show (and to think that I can get irritated at other people for their loud-mouthed BS) and I recognize a number of other voices in the crowd, dBs drummer Will Rigbys among them. The thing I remember most about R.E.M. in the club days is the incredible rush of energy from the band and Michael Stipes manic stage presence; he was like a Hopi Whirling Dervish. I believe he had an accident at a show not too long after this one he sprained his knee or tore some ligaments or something. He had to tone it down after that and developed a more reserved charisma but they certainly never stood still artistically.
Jeff S (5/5)	cd-r / 1		A-	View	aud
adorup (4/0)	FLAC / 0			View
Notes:	From master cassette
Chris Larson (3/5)	flac / 1	A	A	View	Audience cassette (master) >>> WAV via SoundForge >>> Flac
Notes:	541mb/79min
Rick Maxwell (3/5)	FLAC / 1			View	Aud
Bluesthinker (2/4.9)	FLAC / 1			View	Nikko cassette deck with a pair of microphones of questionable pedigree duct-taped to a mic-stand...
cut_here (2/5)	flac / 1			View	Audience cassette (master) >>> WAV via SoundForge >>> Flac
HD (1/5)	FLAC / 1			View	unknown mics (taped to mic stand) > Nikko cassette deck > anaM > FLAC
David Backus (1/5)	DVD+R/FLAC / 0			View	AUD
Cheryl (1/0)	flac / 1			View	AUD: microphones of questionable pedigree x2 > Nikko cassette deck
-SoG- (0/5)	Flac / 1		A+	View	Source: Nikko cassette deck with a pair of microphones of questionable pedigree duct-taped to a...
Notes:	Audience Recording

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Tulum (5/0)

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Audience cassette (master) >>> WAV via SoundForge >>> Flac >>> Dime

Notes:

This was recorded by (no longer active) Dime member Guy_R_E and uploaded to Dime in August 2007. Once it fell off the tracker, it was reseeded by Matlin (big thanks to them for sending me this after I lost it in a hard drive crash) in May 2009 after Guy_R_E uploaded his 28 April 1983 recording the day prior. Since it departed the tracker it hasn't been seen since. The tape of the show ran too slow, so I increased the speed by 3% in Audacity, normalized all tracks, and now it sounds great, this is a really great recording. If you downloaded this either time in 2007 or 2009, this will be an upgrade. I've also added a newspaper ad of the show I found in the Facebook group dedicated to Maxwell's. I'll leave Guy to have the final say on this show below. While he is no longer active on Dime, a huge thanks to him for sharing his recording with the wider community all those years ago. Your recordings will continue to live on. Original note information by Guy_R_E in August 2007: REMiniscences: Another audience tape from my Maxwells days. I recorded this on my Nikko cassette deck with a pair of microphones of questionable pedigree duct-taped to a mic-stand behind the deejay booth. I know theres no shortage of R.E.M. recordings out there so Im not sure how much historic value this has for fans, but I love it. If this show has been seeded before it wouldnt be from this tape, although I probably made copies for Maxwells owner Steve Fallon and a couple of other friends back in the day. When I talk to people about the years I hung out at Maxwells I invariably mention R.E.M. Being part of a music scene there were so many bands that I was rooting for and expecting great things from, but R.E.M. were clearly in a different league. The buzz in the music underground was really strong from the get-go. I first heard their name from Vanessa of Pylon when I asked her what was going on in Athens and she said, Well, theres this really great new band called R.E.M The name was obviously a keeper. Its hard to explain the anticipation I felt about a band Id never heard a note from, but when the right people said the right things back then, you just knew. R.E.M. became friends with The Bongos and the two bands toured together. Bongo Rob Norris gave me a cassette with a rough mix of the sessions that made up the Hibtone single and Chronic Town EP and I used to play songs from that tape at the club before the records were released. I believe R.E.M. played Maxwells just three times, not quite as frequently as Wikipedia suggests. They were doing the bigger venues in Manhattan, but they loved Maxwells so they kept coming back. I remember a few years later when they played at Radio City Music Hall, Mike Mills had flown his mother and father up to NYC for the concert. After headlining a sold out show at the landmark theater he brought them across the river to Hoboken to hang out and let them see where the band had played just a few short years before. I was acquainted with Mike and he introduced me to his folks. His Mom was absolutely beaming - having the time of her life - while his Dad looked a bit shell-shocked by it all (exhausted, probably). They were a very gracious couple. Its a sweet memory and is as telling an anecdote as I can share about R.E.M.. They are such a decent and well-grounded group of guys and my lasting impression is of their generosity, their emotional generosity. If you ever read anything bad about them chalk it up to the media machinations of agent provocateurs. The place was packed for this show; the kind of night when nicotine-impregnated sweat would drip from the tin ceiling (dont wear white). I think this was the last gig of a tour with The dBs - Peter Holsapple joins the band towards the end of the set and sings three songs during the encore. Thats me teasing Patty Q about wanting to meet Michael after the show (and to think that I can get irritated at other people for their loud-mouthed BS) and I recognize a number of other voices in the crowd, dBs drummer Will Rigbys among them. The thing I remember most about R.E.M. in the club days is the incredible rush of energy from the band and Michael Stipes manic stage presence; he was like a Hopi Whirling Dervish. I believe he had an accident at a show not too long after this one he sprained his knee or tore some ligaments or something. He had to tone it down after that and developed a more reserved charisma but they certainly never stood still artistically.

Jeff S (5/5)

cd-r / 1

A-

View

aud

adorup (4/0)

FLAC / 0

View

Notes:

From master cassette

Chris Larson (3/5)

flac / 1