05.11.1987
Chicago, University of Illinois, Circle Pavilion
Work Tour Chicago Night II
good Aud.

Disc 1: [46:36]
01. Finest Worksong [4:42]
02. These Days [3:23]
03. Moral Kiosk [3:31]
04. Welcome to the Occupation [3:01]
05. Disturbance at the Heron House [3:34]
06. Exhuming McCarthy [3:23]
07. Orange Crush [3:44]
08. Feeling Gravity's Pull [5:22]
09. Flowers of Guatemala [4:29]
10. I Believe [4:28]
11. Sitting Still [3:15]
12. Driver 8 (beginning ever so slightly clipped) [3:40]

Disc 2: [1:00:20]
01. Superman 3[14:]
02. Pretty Persuasion [4:20]
03. Oddfellows Local 151 [10:44]
04. It's the End of the World As We Know It [4:04]
05. Begin the Begin [3:30]
06. Strange [3:09]
07. King of Birds [4:48]
08. Pop Song '89 [3:18]
09. Auctioneer [4:14]
10. Swan Swan H [3:06]
11. The One I Love [3:38]
12. Harpers [1:29]
13. Midnight Blue [5:03]
14. Ghost Rider [2:08]
15. 1,000,000 [3:28]

Taped by the brother of BGDuke1: Sony ECM-939 > Walkman D6-C
Transfer: First generation cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A cassette transfer (October 2007) > Peak 5.2 > FLAC

Notes:
Though I didn't see it, this is my favorite show on the Work Tour and was a cherished cassette for many many years, though I only just found it in my storage unit after a long disappearance. A taper named David traded me this first generation copy (his last name is long forgotten; he also swapped me a U2 '87 first gen. and a Gregson & Collister tape). 

I'm told this show has long been around in mediocre quality, but that's not the case here. This sounds terrific, and the performance is blazing throughout, though there is no doubt as to the set's pinnacle moment: the spot-on cover of Lou Gramm's then "hit" "Midnight Blue." If R.E.M. has ever made a more inspired cover choice (and I include "We Don't Need Another Hero" from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome on the short list), I don't know what it is. I absolutely love how they play "Midnight Blue" (sample provided). If you care at all about this era of R.E.M., I strongly encourage you to grab this one. BK for JEMS

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