But they still played to a small roomful of people-fans included they pushed to assure it wasn’t an industry-only (read: inattentive) audience. On the first session, the foursome was accompanied by longtime auxiliary member Peter Holsapple in 2001, Scott McCaughey, Ken Stringfellow and drummer Joey Waronker helped out.įor the second show, they stood behind mics, and Waronker played a drum kit there’s a fuller sound overall. They also went from a collaborative four-piece to a three-piece after drummer Bill Berry left in 1997. 1 album, Out of Time, to one of the biggest bands in the world. In those 10 years, they went from a well-respected band finally earning serious mainstream recognition with their first No. Berry played congas, not a kit, and it changes the dynamic considerably. A video trailer on the band’s site shows the first taping followed the initial format concept: a truly unplugged gang of musicians sitting on barstools, strumming away. Those who were lucky enough to attend either - or both - of these tapings certainly knew they were witnessing something special, especially considering how groundbreaking the show was when it first went on the air in 1989. fan, sitting in the audience at an intimate unplugged performance would have been a holy-grail experience. By stripping their work to its most elemental form, this collection expresses their artistry in a truly definitive way.įor any R.E.M. Whether they were holding out on us or couldn’t get rights clearances doesn’t really matter now the music is here, and you need it. Until this year, these performances had not been committed to disc or sold commercially (legally, anyway).
Originally released on vinyl in April for Record Store Day, this collection is a first-time offering of the band’s appearances on MTV’s famed “Unplugged” show. Unplugged: The Complete 19 Sessions, is about as far from bottom-of-the-barrel scrapings as a hologram is from a breathing Michael Jackson. released the digital and CD versions of another album package that contradicts this cynical-sounding analysis.
0 kommentar(er)
