14.06.2008
Wantagh, Jones Beach State Park, Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Jones Beach 2008
good Aud.

Disc 1: [45:40]
01. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) [1:43]
02. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) [3:37]
03. These Days [3:37]
04. Living Well Is The Best Revenge [3:18]
05. Michael talks [1:24]
06. What's The Frequency, Kenneth? [3:41]
07. Man-Sized Wreath [2:54]
08. 1,000,000 [3:31]
09. Ignoreland [5:13]
10. Hollow Man [2:51]
11. Welcome To The Occupation [3:13]
12. Houston [2:25]
13. Electrolite [4:08]
14. Michael talks [1:29]
15. Horse To Water [2:28]

Disc 2: [45:42]
01. The One I Love [3:27]
02. Michael talks [1:04]
03. Let Me In [3:26]
04. Bad Day [4:19]
05. Orange Crush [4:04]
06. I'm Gonna DJ [2:25]
07. Michael talks [1:05]
08. Supernatural Superserious [4:13]
09. Losing My Religion [4:51]
10. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [4:33]
11. Michael talks - Band Intros [2:36]
12. Fall On Me (w/ Johnny Marr) [3:06]
13. Man On The Moon (w/ Johnny Marr) [6:27]

Recorded and uploaded to Dime by blegdave in 2008. Reseeded by eckythump 14 April 2020

Lineage: Belkin TuneTalk Stereo->iPod->Sound Studio->AIFF->xACT->FLAC
Recorded from approximately 10th row centre

Artwork included designed by Sibko

Michael Stipe - Vocals, harmonica
Peter Buck - Guitar, mandolin
Mike Mills - Bass Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Bill Rieflin - Drums
Scott McCaughey - Guitar, backing vocals

Show notes: 
A show that was severely impacted by the weather - lightning struck one of the towers which forced the evacuation of the theater and shortened support act Modest Mouse's set. R.E.M. came on at 10:10pm after a lengthy rain delay, but it still rained constantly throughout the show. This seemed to bring out the best in the band, who treated the crowd to some real rarities, beginning with the Creedence song they used to cover at every show way back in 1985, then keeping the water theme going with So. Central Rain, which I don't think had ever been a show opener before (not counting the Creedence 90 second snippet). That was followed soon after by an extremely rare post 1989 performance of 1,000,000 (performed 4 times in 2008). Because of the delay the band didn't leave the stage for an encore. It's The End Of The World was not on the original setlist, but given the circumstances the crowd were treated to a rare for that part of the tour performance. A simply terrific show in the circumstances.

Recording notes: 
This is a very good sounding recording, all credit to blegdave for what was his first Dime torrent. They picked a tough one to begin with! There is noise at times which sounds like hiss and crackle, that is rain hitting the taper's umbrella. It's happens quite frequently so there must have been a lot of rain that night. I'm very glad they managed to proceed!

Torrent notes: 
As noted above, this was recorded and torrented by user blegdave in 2008 (can't find the exact date). I have tagged the files, added some brilliant artwork that Sibko from the old Murmurs.com board put together (kudos to him), and added new ffp and md5 files. The recording itself has been untouched. If you don't have this one it's definitely worth a download. Personally I loved the 2008 tour. With the benefit of hindsight it felt like the band knew this was it, and they went out on a huge high. Enjoy!

Dimeadozen.org: Torrent 674631 (by eckythump)