Format
date * location @ venue * title or other info
length / CD or CD-R / quality
6-6-80 * Atlanta, GA @ Wuxtry * Tanzplagen
~8 min. / CD
Treason, Meeting
5-12-81 * Athens, GA @ Tyrone's * That Beat In Time
72 min. / CD / A
Hey! Hey! Nadine, Burning Down, Dangerous Times, There She Goes Again, Rockville, Body Count, Just A Touch, Sitting Still, Permanent Vacation, Get on Their Way, Shaking Through, Romance, Laughing, Pretty Persuasion, That Beat, Stumble, Radio Free Europe, Carnival of Sorts, Skank, Windout, Gardening at Night, White Tornado
4-24-82* Madison, WI @ Merlin's * Carnival of Sorts
70 min. / CD-R / A
Gardening at Night, 9-9, Ages of You, Shaking Through, Laughing, Romance, Sitting Still, Pretty Persuasion, That Beat, Catapult, Radio Free Europe, Wolves, Lower, Carnival of Sorts, White Tornado, West of the Fields, Stumble/Skank, There She Goes Again
5-14-82 * Atlanta, GA @ Piedmont Park * Radio Free Georgia
45 min. / CD-R / A
West of the Fields #1, West of the Fields #2, 1,000,000, Shaking Through, Pilgrimage, Laughing, Romance, Sitting Still, Pretty Persuasion, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Catapult, Radio Free Europe, White Tornado, Carnival of Sorts, Ages of You
9-25-84 * Durham, NC @ Page Auditorium * Unreleased Live
73 min. / CD / A
7 Chinese Bros., Catapult, Radio Free Europe, 9-9, Gardening at Night, Windout, Letter Never Sent, Kohoutek, So. Central Rain, Rockville, 1,000,000, Hyena, West of the Fields, Old Man Kensey, Second Guessing, ... Hyena, Letter Never Sent, Driver 8, Old Man Kensey, Pretty Persuasion, 1,000,000, Second Guessing
9-29-84 Vol. 3 LIVE USA
63 min. / CD / A
Ghostriders, Wolves Lower, Rockville, Gardening at Night, Letter Never Sent, 9-9, Talk About the Passion, We Walk, So. Cetnral Rain, Camera, There She Goes Again, Hyena, Windout, Little America, Ages of You, Second Guessing, Moon River, Shaking Through
Note: This show is better quality than the tape version, but it's missing a few songs and the set is out of order.
10-21-85 * Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
40 min. / CD-R / A
Talk About the Passion, Rockville, So. Central Rain, Old Man Kensey, Gardening at Night, 9-9, (interlude), Windout, Driver 8, Pretty Persuasion, Radio Free Europe
Note: Whole show is divided into only three tracks (divided by commercial breaks, which I edited out).
10-29-85 * London, UK @ Hammersmith * These Days
75 min. / CD-R / A+
Moral Kiosk, Letter Never Sent, Laughing, Maps and Legends, Driver 8, Fall On Me, Can't Get There from Here, 7 Chinese Bros., West of the Fields, Auctioneer, Old Man Kensey, Gardening at Night, Radio Free Europe, We Walk, Pretty Persuasion, See No Evil, Theme from Two Steps Onward, These Days, Bad Day, I Believe
4-30-89 * Orlando, FL @ Westwood One * Songs for a Green World
57 min. / CD / A
Pop Song, Exhuming McCarthy, Welcome to the Occupation, Heron House, I Could Turn You Inside Out, Orange Crush, Feeling Gravity's Pull, Swan Swan H, Begin the Begin, Pretty Persuasion, I Believe, King of Birds, Crazy, Finest Worksong, You Are the Everything, Academy Fight Song, Stand, Perfect Circle, Get Up
6-17-89 * Perugia, Italy @ Palasport * The Green World Tour
70 min. / CD / A-
Pop Song '89, These Days, Exhuming McCarthy, Turn You Inside Out, Orange Crush, Disturbance at the Heron House, King of Birds, Shaking Through, World Leader Pretend, Finest Worksong, Underneath the Bunker, Sitting Still, Get Up, Auctioneer, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Stand
3-19-91 * London, UK @ Borderline Club * From the Borderline
120 min. / CD / A
World Leader Pretend, Half A World Away, Fretless, The One I Love, Hello In There, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, Jackson, Dallas, Disturbance at the Heron House, Belong, Low, Love Is All Around, You Are the Everything, Swan Swan H, Radio Song, Perfect Circle, Endgame, Popsong '89, Losing My Religion, Fall On Me, Stipe's instrumental, Tom's Diner, You Ain't Going Nowhere, Get Up, Moon River
3-22-91 * Milan, Italy @ Shocking Club * From the Borderline
35 min. / CD / A
Half A World Away, Swan Swan H, Belong, Driver 8, Low (1 & 2), Fretless, Losing My Religion
4-10-91 etc. * New York, NY @ Chelsea Studios etc. * Hitting the Note
60 min. / CD / A
Half A World Away, Disturbance at the Heron House, Radio Song, Low, Perfect Circle, Fall On Me, Belong, Love Is All Around, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Losing My Religion, Pop Song '89, Summertime (all 4-10-91 MTV Unplugged show), Moon River, Dark Globe (3-19-91, Borderline Club in London), One (1-20-93 Inaugural Ball, Washington D.C.)
11-19-92 * Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club * Vol. 2 LIVE USA
61 min. / CD / A
Man on the Moon, Fun Time, Finest Worksong, Perfect Circle, Country Feedback, Radio Free Europe, Me In Honey, Everybody Hurts, Fall On Me, Drive, Losing My Relision, Get Up, Monty Got a Raw Deal, Love Is All Around, Begin the Begin, It's the End of the World As We Know It
7-30-95 * UK @ Milton Keynes * Monster Radio '95
150 min. / CD / A-
What's the Frequency Kenneth?, Crush with Eyeliner, Drive, Turn You Inside Out, Try Not to Breathe, I Took Your Name, Undertow, Bang and Blame, I Don't Sleep, I Dream, Strange Currencies, Revolution, Tongue, Man on the Moon, Country Feedback, Half a World Away, Losing My Religion, (second disc) Pop Song '89, Finest Worksong, Get Up, Star 69, Let Me In, Everybody Hurts, Fall On Me, Departure, It's the End of the World As We Know It, (bonus tracks) West of the Fields, Rockville, Auctioneer, So. Central Rain, Sitting Still, Driver 8, 9-9, Windout, Pretty Persuasion, Radio Free Europe
Note: This show has tiny 1/2-second skips in a few songs (from the LP source, I assume).
10-21-98 * New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom * MTV Uplink
40 min. / CD-R / A
Losing My Religion, Lotus, Daysleeper, E-bow the Letter, The Apologist, So. Central Rain, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon, Radio Free Europe
10-22-98, 10-23-98 * David Letterman
8 min. / CD-R / A
Daysleeper, Lotus
10-25-98 * London, UK @ BBC Studios
60 min. / CD-R / A
Losing My Religion, New Test Leper, Lotus, Parakeet, Electrolite, Perfect Circle, The Apologist, Daysleeper, Country Feedback, At My Most Beautiful, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon
10-27-98 * London, UK * Later with Jools Holland
59 min. / CD-R / A
Losing My Religion, Lotus, New Test Leper, Daysleeper, Electrolite, At My Most Beautiful, The Apologist, Country Feedback, Parakeet, So. Central Rain, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon, The Passenger
11-2-98 * Hamburg, Germany @ Delta-Radio / "Gruenspan"
90 min. / CD-R / A
Losing My Religion, Electrolite, Lotus, Parakeet, New Test Leper, Daysleeper, Sad Professor, Country Feedback, The Apologist, So. Central Rain, I'm Not Over You, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon, At My Most Beautiful, Spooky, Perfect Circle
11-6-98 * Vienna, Austria @ Orpheum
90 min. / CD-R / A
Losing My Religion, Lotus, New Test Leper, Fall On Me, Parakeet, Electrolite, At My Most Beautiful, The Apologist, So. Central Rain, Country Feedback, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon, I'm Not Over You, Perfect Circle, Daysleeper, Pretty Persuasion, Strange, The Passenger
11-9-98 * Stockholm, Sweden
90 min. / CD-R / A
Losing My Religion, Lotus, Lotus, New Test Leper, Daysleeper, Electrolite, At My Most Beautiful, The Apologist, So. Central Rain, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon, I'm Not Over You, Fall On Me, Parakeet, Perfect Circle, Country Feedback, Pretty Persuasion, Strange, Radio Free Europe, The Passenger
11-12-98 * MTV Europe * MTV Video Music Awards
4 min. / CD-R / A
Daysleeper
11-17-98 * Conan O'Brien
8 min. / CD-R / A
Daysleeper, Lotus
11-20-98 * Rosie O'Donnell
4 min. / CD-R / A
Daysleeper
12-6-98 * Storytellers on VH-1
~45 min. / CD-R / A
Electrolite, Daysleeper, Losing My Religion, Perfect Circle, Parakeet, Fall On Me, Man on the Moon, At My Most Beautiful
7-17-99 * Manchester, UK
130 min. / CD-R / B
Intro / Lotus, What's the Frequency Kenneth, So Fast So Numb, Suspicion, Daysleeper, Low Desert, E-bow the Letter, Everybody Hurts, The Apologist, Sweetness Follows, The Great Beyond, The One I Love, At My Most Beautiful, Find the River, [disc 2] Losing My Religion, Pop Song '89, Star 69, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon, Falls to Climb, Hope, Why Not Smile, Crush with Eyeliner, Tongue, Fall on Me, It's the End of the World As We Know It
8-10-99 * Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theater
130 min. / CD-R / B
Intro / Lotus, So Fast So Numb, Electrolite, Suspicion, Pilgrimage, The One I Love, New Test Leper, The Apologist, Daysleeper, E-bow the Letter, Sweetness Follows, The Great Beyond, [disc 2] Losing My Religion, Country Feedback, At My Most Beautiful, Life and How to Live It, Walk Unafraid, Man on the Moon, Hope, Why Not Smile, What's the Frequency Kenneth, Tongue, Half a World Away, It's the End of the World As We Know It
Compilations, Interviews and Demos
Format
title * date * description
length / CD or CD-R / quality
Essential Demos
67 min. / CD-R / A-
Radio Dub, Ages of You, Carnival of Sorts, Shaking Through, Wolves, Lower, Catapult, Laughing, Romance, That Beat, Burning Hell, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Theme from Two Steps Onward, Just A Touch, Mystery to Me, Wait, Begin the Begin, Cuyahoga, I Believe, These Days
Drive * '85 - '92 * various
70 min. / CD / A
Losing My Religion, Drive, Radio Song, World Leader Pretend, Half A World Away, Man on the Moon, Everybody Hurts, Stand, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Orange Crush, The One I Love, Driver 8, Red Rain/So. Central Rain, Monty Got A Raw Deal, Country Feedback, Pop Song '89, Endgame, Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Reality In Color * 4-28-91, 1-4-91, etc. * Charleston, WV @ Music Hall, Rockline, etc.
72 min. / CD / A
World Leader Pretend, Radio Song, Fall On Me, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Half a World Away, Belong, Love Is All Around, Losing My Religion (all from 4-28-91), Radio Song, Half A World Away, Love Is All Around (all from Rockline rehearsal 1-4-91), Half A World Away, Radio Song, Love Is All Around, Losing My Religion (from Rockline, 1-4-91), Shiny Happy People (SNL 4-13-91), Drive, Man on the Moon (both from 11-19-92)
Radio Song * 3-22-91, 4-30-91 * Milan, Italy & Orlando, FL
69 min. / CD / A
Radio Song, Losing My Religion, (part of) Fretless, Me In Honey, Half A World Away, Love Is All Around, Swan Swan H, Begin the Begin, Pop Song '89, Turn You Inside Out, You Are the Everything, Perfect Circle, Monty Got a Raw Deal (soft), Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon, Country Feedback, Begin the Begin
Note: All Out of Time and Automatic for the People songs are acoustic, from the Shocking Club in Milan and possibly another undetermined show. The other songs are supposedly from 4-30-91 in Orlando, FL.
Up demos * 1998
30 min. / CD-R / B
Daysleeper, Parakeet, Lotus, Falls to Climb, Hope, Why Not Smile
Not Field Recordings - Not R.E.M. * various * Stipe's studio collaborations
73 min. / CD / A
Arms of Love, Guilty By Association, Your Ghost, Full Moon, To Sir with Love, Trout, Alive and Living Now, Kid Fears, Future '40s, Little April Showers, A Campfire Song, Boy (Go), Clustering Train, Omaha, Hot Nights in Georgia, Treason, Meeting
Note: songs Michael Stipe has done with Vic Chestnutt, Kristin Hersh, Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet, 10,000 Maniacs, Neneh Cherry,The Golden Palominos, Indigo Girls, Syd Straw, Natalie Merchant, Mark Bingham and The Roches, Jason and the Scorchers, Tanzplagen
Shiny Chatty People * late '84, 6-23-85 * Picadilly radio interviews in Manchester, UK
20 min. ('84) and 15 min. ('85) / CD / A+
interviews with Buck ('84) and Buck, Mills and Stipe ('85)
Borderline interview * 3-19-91 * London, UK @ Borderline Club, backstage (released in '96)
64 min. / CD / A+
Other Artists
Format
artist * date * title or other info
length / CD or CD-R / quality
Natalie Merchant * 12-5-98 * Hard Rock Live
30 min. / CD-R / A
San Andreas Fault, Carnival, Ophelia, Last Goodbye, Kind and Generous
James * promo from '91-'92
35 min. / CD / A
Protect Me, Lose Control, Sound, Heavens, Don't Wait That Long, How Was It for You?, Seven
Note: Tracks 1-2 from KROQ (3-24-92); Tracks 3-5, 7 from Warrington, UK (12-20-91); Track 6 from G-Mex in Manchester, UK (6-23-92).
Wonder Stuff * 4-11-93 * On the Ropes
74 min. / CD-R / A
red berry joy town, change every lightbulb, on the ropes, cabin fever, mission drive, cartoon boyfriend, piece of sky, the size of a cow, donation, circle square, full of life (happy now), radio ass kiss, hush, caught in my shadow, don't let me down, i wish them all dead, ten trenches deep, 30 years in the bathroom, golden green, welcome to the cheap seats, no for the 13th time, good night though
Wonder Stuff * 7-7-94 * The Last Concert
74 min. / CD-R / A
redberry joytown, it's yer' money i'm after baby, on the ropes, cabin fever, mission drive, circle square, golden green (with circle be unbroken in the middle), caught in my shadow, full of life (happy now), who wants to be the disco king?, here comes everyone, can't shape up, cartoon boyfriend, piece of sky, size of a cow, welcome to the cheap seats, it's not true, a wish away, unbearable, ten trenches deep, give give give me more more more, no for the 13th time, poison
Miles Hunt * 3-26-99 * Live at the Viper Room
67 min. / CD-R / A
opening chatter, Mana from Heaven, Immortalising Chase, The Slow Drowning, Everything Is Not Okay, Let's Hope I Get It Right This Time, Fixer, Sing the Absurd, Room 512, Circlesquare, Someone Like The Kingbird, Amongst The Old Reliables, Didn't Like You Very Much When I Met You, Four To The Floor, Piece of Sky
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