Thursday, April 13, 2023

The English Beat & R.E.M.

It's hard to believe that Becky and I went to this show was 40 years ago this week. We had seen quite a few shows at the Buff State gym during the early 80's.

We were really excited to see The English Beat that night and R.E.M. was a relatively unknown at that time. Their Chronic Town EP had been out and the Buffalo State College radio station was playing their first single Radio Free Europe and that was about it. The first album Murmur was released the week of this show.

I went out and bought it after the show at Play It Again Sam's and then played it regularly on Saturday nights at the Pastime Lounge. Just gave the vinyl a spin too.










R.E.M. Set List


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