1986-10-27 Massey Hall, Toronto
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading ...Venue
- Massey Hall
City
- Toronto, On
Country
- Canada
Playlist
- 01. (Set)After Hours
- 02. (Set)These Days
- 03. (Set)Harborcoat
- 04. (Set)West Of The Fields
- 05. (Set)Cuyahoga
- 06. (Set)Maps And Legends
- 07. (Set)The One I Love
- 08. (Set)Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 09. (Set)The Flowers Of Guatemala
- 10. (Set)I Believe
- 11. (Set)Swan Swan H
- 12. (Set)Seven Chinese Bros.
- 13. (Set)Superman
- 14. (Set)Can’t Get There From Here
- 15. (Set)Old Man Kensey
- 16. (Set)Pretty Persuasion
- 17. (Set)Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 18. (Set)Little America
- 19. (Encore #1)Fall On Me
- 20. (Encore #1)Oddfellows Local 151
- 21. (Encore #1)Radar Love
- 22. (Encore #1)Wanna Be Your Dog
- 23. (Encore #1)Burning Hell
- 24. (Encore #2)We Don’t Need Another Hero
- 25. (Encore #2)Singing Cage
- 26. (Encore #2)The Counting Song
- 27. (Encore #2)Sloop John B
- 28. (Encore #3)Funtime
- 29. (Encore #3)Just A Touch
- 30. (Encore #3)So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Guests
- Buren Fowler as Additional Musician
Notes
- Natalie Merchant guests on We Don’t Need Another Hero, Singing Cage, Counting Song and Sloop John B
Support
- The Feelies
Statistics
- recording available
Surfaced Recordings
| AUD#1 | |
| Equipment | Nak CM-300 > Sony WM-D6C |
| Length | 109:20 min |
| Format | CD |
| Quality | 9.0 |
| Taper | David Thomas |
| AUD#1 | |
| Equipment | Nak CM-300 > Sony WM-D6C |
| Length | min |
| Format | FLAC |
| Quality | |
| Taper | David Thomas |
| The show has an interesting start, with equipment and/or monitor problems derailing things seconds into the first song. Although this incident seems destined to launch the band into a show similar to the Toronto show the previous year, things do not get that exciting. The set is tight and well played, but they seem unable to bring it to the next level.
Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs guests during many of the encores, but I think the show falls apart when she appears, and her intrusive, off-key wailing on So. Central Rain ruins the song. |
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(4.75 out of 5)
For me this show was fantastic. The energy of the band (and the anticipation that they were on the verge of much bigger fame with the new album, Life’s Rich Pageant, which they were touring then) more than made up for the slight downer of the Natalie Merchant duet mini-set (though I agree…it seemed a bit out of place). I’ll always remember Stipe turning his back to the audience as they tried to re-check the sound after having problems on the first tune. Popping his “P”s etc. Gotta hand it to them for calmly dealing with it and in the end it was interesting to see a band just STOP one minute in their first song and re-calibrate. After the show we saw the Feelies (opening act) outside and started talking to them and it turns out the regular sound guy had an accident (broke his back?) and so they had to improvise. 15 years later my friend who I went to the show with met Stipe in Vancouver and showed him the ticket stub…he totally recalled the gig and how they had to do a sound check with a full house!