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limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:24 PM Feb 2013

R.E.M. at Atlanta’s 688 Club, February 1981 -rare 40-minute set




00:00 (cuts in) Rave On
01:37 Burning Down
05:43 Dangerous Times
08:17 All the Right Friends
13:00 Get on Their Way
15:54 Different Girl
19:25 Permanent Vacation
21:44 White Tornado
23:53 Narrator
27:00 Wind Out
28:45 Gardening at Night
32:36 Mystery to Me
34:36 Radio Free Europe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=RiZW_Wlj8Kw

In February 1981, a full 18 months before releasing their debut Chronic Town EP, R.E.M. played three known concerts, including a pair in Atlanta opening for Joe “King” Carrasco at the 688 Club. Little of this period has been seen on video all these years later, but Slicing Up Eyeballs is thrilled to be able to premiere — courtesy of Wuxtry Records in Athens, Ga. — this 40-minute set filmed at one of those Atlanta dates.
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2012/11/30/rem-688-club-atlanta-1981-rare-video/
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R.E.M. at Atlanta’s 688 Club, February 1981 -rare 40-minute set (Original Post) limpyhobbler Feb 2013 OP
i just want to d_r Feb 2013 #1
Bookmarked for when I break out the catnip! TexasTowelie Feb 2013 #2

TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
2. Bookmarked for when I break out the catnip!
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:08 PM
Feb 2013

Videos like these are priceless and I'll have to let a few of my friends know about this video since they followed REM even more than I did. Thanks!

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