R.E.M. Setlists 1980-1986

Length / Source / Quality

6-6-80
30 min. / tape from tape / B
Dangerous Times, All the Right Friends, Different Girl, Narrator, Just a Touch, Baby I, Mystery to Me, Permanent Vacation

Note: On a tape with 10-11-84 show. See that setlist for filler.

10-4-80
50 min. / tape from CD / A-
Carnival (Carnival Of Sorts), Just A Touch, A Girl Like You, Dangerous Time(s), There She Goes Again, This and That (I Can Only Give You Everything?), Party Girl (I Don't Want to Be With You Anymore), Rockville, Bodycount, (Hippie)Hippie Shake, Action, Jacques Cousteau (Narrator), Small Town Girl (Hey! Hey! Nadine, or Such A Pretty Girl), Gardening at Night, Sheherazade, Lisa Said (Lisa Sez), It's A Mystery (..to Me), Get Stoned (I'm Not Your Stepping Stone), Permanent Vacation.

Note: The song titles in parentheses are the correct ones, taken from Zim's bootleg page.

Tanzplagen
~20 min. / CD (single) and tape from tape (40 Watt) / A
The Lost Single: Treason, Meeting
40 Watt: Living By the Neck, Meeting, Peter Pan

1-10-81
90 min. / tape from CD / A-
A Girl Like You, Get on Their Way, There She Goes Again, Pretty Persuasion, Bodycount, Different Girl, Action, Burning Down, Narrator, Hey Hey Nadine, Baby, I, Permanent Vacation, Romance, 1,000,000, Radio Free Europe, Sitting Still, Dangerous Times, All the Right Friends, Shaking Through, Little Girl, Rockville, Windout, Gardening at Night, Wait, Sheherazade, Lisa Says, Mystery to Me

3-31-81
75 min. / tape from tape / ?
Just a Touch, Burning Down, Ha (We Get Paid for It), Shaking Through, Rockville, There She Goes Again, Permanent Vacation, Pretty Persuasion, That Beat, Mystery to Me, (side B) Carnival of Sorts, Rave On, Ages of You, I Can’t Control Myself, Laughing, Romance, Chained to the Wall, Sitting Still, Wolves, Lower, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Radio Free Europe

5-12-81
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
90 min. / tape / 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 ... Catapult, Driver 8, Swan Swan H, (All I Have to Do Is) Dream, The One I Love, Maps and Legends

4-24-82
90 min. / tape / 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
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

7-2-82
90 min. / tape from tape / A
West of the Fields, Shaking Through, Pilgrimage, Romance, We Walk, Wolves, Lower, That Beat, Pretty Persuasion, Sitting Still, 1,000,000, Gardening at Night, 9-9, There She Goes Again, Catapult, Radio Free Europe, Perfect Circle*, Laughing, Moral Kiosk*, Carnival of Sorts, Crazy

* first performance

10-10-82
75 min. (90 w/filler) / tape from tape / A-/B+ (bass heavy)
Gardening at Night, 9-9, Pilgrimage, Wolves Lower, Laughing, There She Goes Again, Romance, Sitting Still, 1,000,000, Moral Kiosk, Catapult, West of the Fields, Radio Free Europe, White Tornado, Ages of You, We Walk, Carnival of Sorts, Skank, Rave On, Radio Free Europe (dub) . . . What's the Frequency Kenneth?, Bang and Blame, I Don't Sleep, I Dream (all from Saturday Night Live, 11-12-94), Tainted Obligations (Community Trolls w/JMS)

11-6-82
90 min. / tape from CD / A+
Moral Kiosk, Pilgrimage, Shaking Through, Wolves, Lower, Laughing, Romance, Sitting Still, Pretty Persuasion, Catapult, 1,000,000, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Radio Free Europe, White Tornado, Ages of You, We Walk, Neverland, Gloria, Carnival of Sorts ... Gloria, Toys in the Attic, Femme Fatale

11-23-82
60 min. / tape from CD / A
Gardening at Night, Moral Kiosk, Pilgrimage, Shaking Through, 7 Chinese Bros., Wolves Lower, Romance, Sitting Still, Pretty Persuasion, Catapult, 1,000,000, Radio Free Europe

1-??-83
90 min. / tape from tape / B+
Gardening At Night, 9-9, Windout, [early version of Pilgrimage], There She Goes Again, Sitting Still, That Beat, Pretty Persuasion, Mystery To Me, Carnival Of Sorts, Ages of You, Catapult, Shaking Through, Laughing, Romance, Ghost Riders In The Sky, Permanent Vacation, 1,000,000, Wolves Lower, Radio Free Europe . . . bonus tracks: (1980-1981) All The Right Friends, Wait!, Bodycount

3-18-83
90 min. / tape from tape / A-
Gardening at Night, 9-9, Catapult, Pilgrimage, 7 Chinese Bros., Laughing, Wolves Lower, Romance, Sitting Still, 1,000,000, West of the Fields, Radio Free Europe, Last Date, Ages of You, We Walk, Carnival of Sorts, Odd Fellows, Little America, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Begin the Begin, Strange, Disturbance at the Heron House, Funtime

7-9-83
90 min. / tape from CD / A
Wolves Lower, Moral Kiosk, Laughing, Pilgrimage, Moon River, There She Goes Again, 7 Chinese Bros., Talk About the Passion, Sitting Still, Harborcoat, Catapult, Pretty Persuasion, Gardening at Night, 9-9, West of the Fields, Radio Free Europe, We Walk, 1,000,000, Carnival of Sorts

7-13-83
75 min. / tape from tape / A-
Gardening at Night, 9-9, Moral Kiosk, Laughing, Pilgrimage, 7 Chinese Bros., Talk About the Passion, Wolves Lower, Harborcoat, Sitting Still, Pretty Persuasion, Catapult, Just A Touch, West of the Fields, Radio Free Europe, White Tornado, Ages of You, We Walk, 1,000,000, California Dreaming, Carnival of Sorts

7-20-83
90 min. / tape from tape / B+
Wolves, Lower, Moral Kiosk, Laughing, Pilgrimage, 7 Chinese Bros., Talk About the Passion, Sitting Still, Harborcoat, Catapult, Pretty Persuasion, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Just a Touch, West of the Fields, Radio Free Europe, White Tornado, Time After Time, We Walk, Eight Miles High, Roadrunner, 1,000,000, Carnival of Sorts, Skank. . . Summertime (9-25-88), Hello in There (cut)

9-30-83
~100 min. / tape from CD / A-
I Got You Babe, Second Guessing, Harborcoat, Pretty Persuasion, Pills, 1,000,000, Camera, Talk About The Passion, Little America, All the Right Friends, Letter Never Sent, Stumble, Secret Agent Man, Hootenanny, Route 66, 9-9, 6 Stock Answers to 74000 Questions, My Roof Your Roof, Pale Blue Eyes, Tainted Obligation, Sweet Jane, Welcome to the Starlight, Rave On, 20th Century Boy, 7 Chinese Brothers, Crazy, Remember Me (That Beat), Rockville.

Note: 20th Century Boys Vol. 2 and part of Vol. 1. Liner notes say show was at "Windup Club," but it was really the Mad Hatter.

10-6-83
~10 min. / tape from tape / A
Radio Free Europe, Letterman interview, South Central Rain

4-17-84
90 min. / tape from tape / B+ (bass heavy)
Ghostriders, Moral Kiosk, Crazy, Talk About the Passion, 7 Chinese Bros., Pilgrimage, Catapult, Letter Never Sent, So. Central Rain, Gardening at Night, Stumble, Windout, Time After Time, That Beat, Mystery to Me, Little America, Pale Blue Eyes, Rock n Roll Star, Chickentrain, Rockville, 1,000,000, Barney Miller Theme, We Walk, Pills, Radio Free Europe

6-24-84
90 min. / tape from tape / ?
Pale Blue Eyes, Second Guessing, Seven Chinese Brothers, Hyena, Camera, Talk About the Passion, So. Central Rain, Letter Never Sent, Driver 8, Harborcoat, Good Advices, Pretty Persuasion, (side B) Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Old Man Kensey, Little America, White Tornado, Ghostriders in the Sky, Radio Free Europe, We Walk, 1,000,000, Femme Fatale, Moral Kiosk, Carnival of Sorts

6-27-84
70 min. / tape from tape / A
Moral Kiosk, Driver 8 (small skip), Catapult, Hyena, Camera, Pilgrimage, Old Man Kensey, Radio Free Europe, Little America, Talk About the Passion, 7 Chinese Bros., So. Central Rain, Pretty Persuasion, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Burning Down, Pale Blue Eyes, So You Wanna Be A Rock-n-Roll Star, Carnival of Sorts, Skank

7-7-84
70 min. / tape from tape / A
Femme Fatale, Radio Free Europe, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Letter Never Sent, Sitting Still, Driver 8, So. Central Rain, 7 Chinese Bros., Harborcoat, Hyena, Pretty Persuasion, Little America, Second Guessing, Rockville ... What's the Frequency Kenneth?, Bang and Blame, I Don't Sleep I Dream, Hello in There (w/ Natalie Merchant)

7-28-84
90 min. / ? / A-
Radio Free Europe, Harborcoat, Hyena, Sitting Still, 7 Chinese Bros., Letter Never Sent, Driver 8, So. Central Rain, Pretty Persuasion, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Old Man Kensey, Second Guessing, Little America, Pale Blue Eyes, We Walk, Rockville, 1,000,000, Ghostriders in the Sky, Camera, Carnival of Sorts . . . Hello in There, Ain't No Sunshine, First We Take Manhattan, Hairshirt, I'll Give You My Skin

9-25-84
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
90 min. / tape / A
Radio Free Europe, Hyena, Letter Never Sent, Camera, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Rockville, Driver 8, So. Central Rain, Sitting Still, 7 Chinese Brothers, Harborcoat, Just A Touch, Old Man Kensey, Pretty Persuasion, Barney Miller Theme, 1,000,000, Little America, Second Guessing, Talk About the Passion, Wolves Lower, Moon River, Ghost Riders in the Sky, There She Goes Again, We Walk

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.

10-17-84
70 min. / tape from CD / A
Radio Free Europe, Hyena, Letter Never Sent, Camera, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Rockville, So. Central Rain, Little America, Second Guessing, Talk About the Passion, Wolves Lower, Moon River, Ghost Riders in the Sky, There She Goes Again, We Walk

Note: Apparently mislabeled, this boot is identical to the 9-29-84 show in Boca Raton, minus 9 songs. It is better quality though, having a richer sound.

11-10-84
65 min. / tape from tape / B+
Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Old Man Kensey, So. Central Rain, Auctioneer, Talk About the Passion, Harborcoat, Hyena, Rockville, Sitting Still, Driver 8, Catapult, Chickentrain, Pretty Persuasion, Little America, Ghostriders in the Sky, Second Guessing, Radio Free Europe, Femme Fatale

Note: On a tape with the 6-6-80 show at Wuxtry and the following as filler: So. Central Rain ('85), (the following are CD quality) It's the End of the World As We Know It (by Great Big Sea -- the coolest thing I've ever heard), Rockville (by 10,000 Maniacs), Michael Stipe (by P).

11-21-84
52 min. / tape from LP / A-
Hyena, Talk About the Passion, West of the Fields, Rockville, Auctioneer, So. Central Rain, Sitting Still, Old Man Kensey, Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Driver 8, Pretty Persuasion, Radio Free Europe ... (filller) What's the Frequency Kenneth? (from SNL 11-12-94), Bang and Blame, I Don't Sleep I Dream (Reckoning reissue), Tighten Up, Moon River (LRP reissue), (All I Have to Do Is) Dream, Tired of Singing Trouble (Document reissue), Last Date, So. Central Rain (Utrecht 9-14-87)

5-10-85
90 min. / tape from LP / A-
Feeling Gravity's Pull, Harborcoat, Green Grow the Rushes, 7 Chinese Bros., Hyena, Good Advices, Talk About the Passion, Driver 8, Can't Get There From Here, So. Central Rain, Maps and Legends, Auctioneer, Pretty Persuasion, Life and How to Live It, Little America, Second Guessing, Tired of Singing Trouble, Rockville, Just A Touch, Theme from Two Steps Onward (Don't Be a Stranger), Gardening at Night, 9-9, Windout, Pale Blue Eyes, Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

Note: The date and venue are wrongly listed on this bootleg as Felt Forum, New York, November 7 1986. May 10, 1985 is the correct date, the same show as "Welcome to the Hoedown."

7-7-85
30 min. / tape from tape / B+
Hyena, Maps and Legends, Fall On Me, Can't Get There from Here, Little America, Driver 8, Good Advices, So. Central Rain (cut)

8-15-85
90 min. / tape from tape / B+
Feeling Gravity's Pull, Harborcoat, Letter Never Sent, Maps and Legends, Hyena, Driver 8, Fall On Me, Good Advices, So. Central Rain, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Can't Get There from Here, 7 Chinese Bros., Auctioneer, Old Man Kensey, Moral Kiosk, Pretty Persuasion, Life and How to Live It, Second Guessing, 1,000,000, Femme Fatale, Radio Free Europe, Theme from Two Steps Onward, Rockville

8-17-85
120 min. / tape from tape / B-
Feeling Gravity's Pull, Radio Free Europe, Letter Never Sent, Pills, Can't Get There From Here, 7 Chinese Bros., Laughing, Driver 8, Maps and Legends, Fall on Me, Have You Ever Seen the Rain?, West of the Fields, Auctioneer, Old Man Kensey, Pretty Persuasion, Moral Kiosk, (2nd tape) Life and How to Live It, Moon River, I Can't Control Myself, 1,000,000, I Can Only Give You Everything, Tired of Singing Trouble / Boy (Go), Paint It Black, In the Year 2525, Smokin' in the Boys' Room, Sweet Home Alabama, Stepping Stone, Secret Agent Man, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, God Save the Queen, Roadrunner / 12XU, 20th Century Boy, Skank / Carnival of Sorts

10-2-85
90 min. / tape from tape / A
Feeling Gravity's Pull, Harborcoat, Sitting Still, Maps and Legends, Fall On Me, Green Grow the Rushes, Driver 8, Hyena, So. Central Rain, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Can't Get There from Here, King of the Road, 7 Chinese Bros., Auctioneer, Old Man Kensey, Little America, Pretty Persuasion, Theme from Two Steps Onward, Toys in the Attic, See No Evil, Second Guessing, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Rockville, We Walk / Behind Closed Doors, Paint it Black

10-21-85
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).

10-28-85
90 min. / tape from LP / A-
Feeling Gravity's Pull, Harborcoat, Green Grow the Rushes, Maps and Legends, Pilgrimage, Driver 8, Sitting Still, Good Advices, So. Central Rain, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Can't Get There From Here, 7 Chinese Bros., Auctioneer, Old Man Kensey, Pretty Persuasion, Life and How to Live It, Second Guessing, Rockville, Toys in the Attic, Radar Love, Burning Hell, Talk About the Passion, Little America

10-29-85
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

11-9-85
90 min. / tape from tape / ?
The Wayward Wind, Driver 8, (All I Have to Do Is) Dream, Angel, Swan Swan H, Time After Time, Rockville, Tired of Singing Trouble, Feeling Gravity’s Pull, Second Guessing, Can’t Get There from Here, Moon River

11-26-85
90 min. / tape from LP / A
Feeling Gravity's Pull, Harborcoat, Driver 8, Pilgrimage, Green Grow The Rushes, Sitting Still, Maps and Legends, Laughing, So. Central Rain, Swan Swan H, 7 Chinese Brothers, It's A Restless World (Buck on vocals!), Can't Get There From Here, West of the Fields, Auctioneer, Old Man Kensey, Pretty Persuasion, Little America, Second Guessing, Shaking Through, So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star (ST & R&RS w/ Roger McGuinn), Tired of Singing Trouble, Toys in the Attic

1-20-86
90 min. / tape from tape / ?
Radio Free Europe, Second Guessing, Moral Kiosk, Fall on Me, Maps and Legends, Hyena, (All I Have to Do Is) Dream, Driver 8, Swan Swan H, Time After Time, Rockville, (side B) Auctioneer, Seven Chinese Brothers, Sitting Still, Just a Touch, Pretty Persuasion, See No Evil, Strange, Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight, Pills, Little America, Ain’t No Sunshine, So. Central Rain

9-30-86
90 min. / tape from tape / A-
These Days, Radio Free Europe, Harborcoat, Sitting Still, The One I Love, Shaking Through, Feeling Gravity's Pull, Last Date, Driver 8, Flowers of Guatemala, I Believe, Swan Swan H, Superman, Can't Get There from Here, Pretty Persuasion, Just a Touch, Fall On Me, Cuyahoga, 1,000,000, Strange, Funtime, Life and How to Live It, Harpers, Begin the Begin, So. Central Rain

10-24-86
90 min. / tape from tape / A-
These Days, Harborcoat, Sitting Still, The One I Love, West of the Fields, Shaking Through, Feeling Gravity's Pull, White Tornado, The Flowers of Guatemala, Maps and Legends, Driver 8, I Believe, 7 Chinese Bros, Instrumental, Superman, Cant' Get There from Here, Pretty Persuasion, Auctioneer, Little America, Fall On Me, Cuyahoga, 1,000,000

10-26-86
90 min. / tape from tape / B
These Days, Moral Kiosk, The One I Love, Sitting Still, Talk About the Passion, Driver 8, Rockville, Feeling Gravity's Pull, Flowers of Guatemala, Walk Don't Run, Letter Never Sent, I Believe, Swan Swan H, Superman, Can't Get There from Here, Old Man Kensey, Pretty Persuasion, Auctioneer, Fall On Me, Oddfellows 151, Strange, Little America, Wheel of Fortune (w/ Merchant), Cuyahoga, See No Evil

11-7-86
90 min. / tape from tape / A-
These Days, Sitting Still, Hyena, Talk About the Passion, Driver 8, Cuyahoga, Feeling Gravity's Pull, Flowers of Guatemala, White Tornado, I Believe, Swan Swan H, Superman, Can't Get There from Here, Spooky, Pretty Persuasion, Auctioneer, Just a Touch, Fall On Me, Begin the Begin, Pills, Oddfellows Local 151, Lightnin' Hopkins, Funtime, The One I Love

11-16-86
70 min. / tape from tape / B-
These Days, Moral Kiosk, Pilgrimage / The One I Love, King of Birds, Auctioneer, Radio Free Europe, Little America, Fall on Me, Sad Lovers Waltz, Rockville, Spooky, See No Evil, The Singing Cage, Oddfellows 151, Mississippi Queen, Whole Lotta Love, Funtime (cut)

Note: On a tape with the Tanzplagen 1981 single and show, The Unseen Power of the Picket Fence (by Pavement) and Losing My Religion 12" disco mix as filler.

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