20 February 1981 – 688, 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. Portions of this were first shown at the R.E.M. In Perspective: An Athens History, Seney-Stovall Chapel, Athens, GA on 21 October 2007, but the full footage was made available in November 2012. White Tornado is introduced by Michael as ‘Stronger Than Dirt’, one of it’s many early titles
Thanks to Matt King for allowing us to link to his video here
1982
31 August 1982 – Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA
notes: Outtake from the filming of the ‘Wolves, Lower’ video (filmed at soundcheck)
31 August 1982 – Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA
set: 1,000,000
notes: Snippet taken from that evenings soundcheck
30 March 1983 – Pool Deck, Plaza Hotel,Daytona Beach, FL
set: 1,000,000 / West Of The Fields / Radio Free Europe
13 April 1983 – ‘American Bandstand Rate-a-Record’, ABC Television Centre, Los Angeles, CA
notes: Featuring ‘Radio Free Europe’
April 1983 – ‘Murmur’, USA
notes: 30 second TV spot for promotion of ‘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-TV, West Coast Studios, Burbank, CA
notes: Interview with Howard Finster
17 August 1983 – ‘Live At Five’, Studio 6B, NBC Studios, RCA Building, New York, NY
notes: First ever broadcasted television interview
21 August 1983 – ‘MTV Walk Ons’, MTV
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, Chicago, IL
notes: News feature featuring interviews & clips
6 October 1983 – ‘Late Night With David Letterman’, Studio 6A, NBC Studios, RCA Building, 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
30 October 1983 – ‘Livewire’, Nickelodeon, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY
set: Interview with Fred Newman & questions from audience
November 1983 – ‘CMJ New Music Awards’
notes: R.E.M. sing acceptance speech to the ‘Monkee’s Theme Tune’ song
25 November 1983 – Exo 7, Rouen, France
set: Talk About The Passion
1 December 1983 – ‘The Athens Show’, The Mad Hatter, Athens, GA
set: Sharp Dressed Man (with Mike Mills & Peter Buck)
notes: Love Tractor performance
Unknown Date 1983 – ‘Eyewitness News’, Los Angeles, CA
notes: Peter Buck interview
Unknown Date 1983 – ‘The VideoMusic Channel’, TV69, Atlanta, GA
notes: John Gradick Interview with Buck & Mills [Version 1]
Unknown Date 1983 – ‘The VideoMusic Channel’, TV69, Atlanta, GA
notes: John Gradick Interview with Buck & Mills [Version 2]
Unknown Date 1983 – Star Trek Spoof
notes: R.E.M. mention
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