Notes

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R.E.M.
27 May 1985
Meredith College
Raleigh, NC
NC African Relief Concert

Pro-Shot video
NTSC DVD

Lineage:
Pro-Shot videotape > VHS (2nd generation) > Dazzle DV bridge: analog to digital conversion >
Final Cut Express editing > iDVD (NTSC) with menus

01. 7 Chinese Bros. (4:36)
02. Hyena (3:02)
03. Good Advices (3:32)
04. Talk About The Passion (3:22)
05. Driver 8 (3:40)
06. Can't Get There From Here (3:39)
07. Maps And Legends (3:19)
08. So. Central Rain (3:52)
09. Auctioneer (Another Engine) (2:43)
10. Old Man Kinsey (4:02)
11. Pretty Persuasion (3:47)
12. Life And How To Live It (4:01)
13. Little America (3:26)
14. Ghost Riders In The Sky (2:11)
15. Second Guessing (3:06)
16. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville (4:31)
17. Wild Thing [with Don Dixon] (3:30)
18. Theme From Two Steps Onward (4:50)
19. 9-9/Wind Out (4:46)
20. Gardening At Night (3:54)

Total = 74:00

(Opening songs not captured: Feeling Gravity's Pull,
Harborcoat & Green Grow The Rushes)

Bonus Tracks
01. Me & Dixon: Buddha Buddha (3:27)
02. The Pressure Boys: Combination (3:16)
03. The Connells: Unspoken Words (3:23)


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Television had permission to film the event, which was the NC African Relief Concert. It was held on May 27, 1985 at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. The video is Pro-Shot, but of medium quality - a bit grainy.

The tape included the majority of the performance starting at 7 Chinese Bros. & continuing to the show's conclusion. Three opening songs were not captured: Feeling Gravity's Pull, Harborcoat & Green Grow The Rushes. Many songs were performed from their third full length LP, Fables Of The Reconstruction, 2 weeks before its June 11, 1985 US release. Early R.E.M. producer Don Dixon appears for Wild Thing. The band also plays Theme From Two Steps Onward, which was rarely performed.

Cleaned up audio with Final Cut Express from what was a very muddy C- recording to B/B+ acceptable sound quality. At that point in time the show made its rounds amongst REM collectors.

A crowd of likely less than 1000. This is a cool snapshot of a fine band still in its infancy.