20 February 1981
688 Club, Atlanta, GA
set: Rave On / Burning Down / Dangerous Times / All The Right Friends / Get On Their Way / Different Girl / Permanent Vacation / White Tornado / Narrator / Windout / Gardening At Night / Mystery To Me / Radio Free Europe
notes: The earliest known video footage of the band playing live (with sound), from the archives of Wuxtry Records’ Dan Wall
Thanks to Matt King for the video
31 August 1982
Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA, USA
notes: Outtake from the Wolves, Lower video shoot
31 August 1982
Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA, USA
set: 1,000,000
notes: Snippet taken from that evenings soundcheck
10 October 1982
The Pier, Raleigh, NC
set: Intro / Wolves Lower / Laughing / 1,000,000 / Moral Kiosk / Catapult / West of the Fields / Radio Free Europe / Ages of You / We Walk / Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) / Skank
30 March 1983
Daytona Beach, FL
set:
11 June 1983
American Bandstand Rate-a-Record, Los Angeles, CA
notes: Featuring Radio Free Europe
June 1983
IRS Records, Los Angeles, CA
notes: 30 second promotional TV spot for Murmur
2 July 1983
The Chase, Indianapolis, IN
set: Wolves, Lower / Moral Kiosk / Laughing / Pilgrimage / 7 Chinese Bros. / Talk About The Passion / Sitting Still / Shaking Through
5 August 1983
The Johnny Carson Show, NBC, Burbank, CA
notes: Interview with Howard Finster
17 August 1983
Live At Five, New York, NY
notes: First ever broadcasted television interview
21 August 1983
MTV Walk Ons, MTV, New York, NY
notes: Interview with Mike Mills & Peter Buck by Nina Blackwood
September 1983
Stitchcraft Inc, Athens, GA, USA
notes: Clip of I Got You Babe taken for the unreleased Laura Levine independent film Just Like A Movie
Summer 1983
Rock on TV, Video West, San Francisco, CA, USA
notes: News feature featuring interviews & clips
6 October 1983
Late Night With David Letterman, NBC, New York, NY
set: Radio Free Europe / Interview / So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
12 October 1983
Real Georgia’s Backroom, Georgia, USA
notes: Interview with Peter Buck & Michael Stipe backstage after the Skyway show
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