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#1 milkshakesmania

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 01:36 PM

Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA:
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Posted 20 September 2006 - 02:01 PM

Wow, cool! I've never seen pictures from this event before. How bizarre that they'd only been together for like 8 months when they did this.
Where did you get the pics from?

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 02:20 PM

I got actual prints of these in the mid-80's.  In fact, all the ones posted came together from a friend.  These are the only 3 I have from the 1980 show.

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 03:47 PM

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

someone has the bottleg?

how many songs do they played

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 04:34 PM

Thank you very very much for sharing your amazing pictures with us. :)

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 05:33 PM

the Costa Rican said:

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

someone has the bottleg?

how many songs do they played

You should be able to find a setlist at the link below, I believe the site also lists if the show got taped or not:

http://www.remtimeline.com
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Posted 20 September 2006 - 11:33 PM

What fantastic photos - wow they gave me goosebumps!  Thank you so much for posting them.

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 11:54 PM

wonderful to see these pics, thanx so much for sharing them!

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 01:26 AM

WOW! Fantastic photo's. What an unbelievable concert that must have been, especially with Peter in his pre-Rickenbacker days. :)

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 02:30 AM

Thanks for sharing this amazing photos.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 02:49 AM

Thanks for these amazing pics. I've never seen them before.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 04:58 AM

Yeah I've never seen these before. Thanks for posting it here.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 09:05 AM

Wonderful pictures! Thanks.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 11:46 AM

Beautiful pics!  My new desktop :cool:

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 11:48 AM

amazing pics: thaks for sharing

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 12:19 PM

These are amazing pictures!!  Thanks for sharing them! =D

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 12:42 PM

Wow.. thank you so much!! I had never seen these before either.
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Posted 22 September 2006 - 11:36 AM

This is a portion of a new "postcard" Bertis wrote which is up on HQ now in which he reflects upon the Fox Theatre show while reflecting upon the recent GA Hall of Fame performance:

In fact, when many of the further-back tables came streaming down the center aisle when the band launched into Begin the Begin (including many fine and professional music executives!), it took me back to another cherished ATL moment when, in early December of 1980, this new young band called R.E.M. from Athens was invited to open at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta for the hugely-successful Police. Well, during the opener’s set, a few songs in, all the sudden the orchestra pit floor was full of a throbbing mass of Athenians rocking out to R.E.M.’s early reportoire, just as they were used to doing at Tyrone’s, the 40 Watt and UGA back home. This caused quite a concern from the powers-that-be in Police and Fox quarters and by the time the headliners took the stage, the floor of the pit had been lowered to make sure such a kerfluffle would not happen again. And that the crowd would be a safe distance away from the musicians onstage... The other night, i am guessing that at least a few of the stage-rushers were among those crazy kid dancers all those years ago... the whole night had a real old home-week feel too in the best possible sense.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 25 September 2006 - 05:58 AM

yet again i cannot see the photos... darn school!
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Posted 30 September 2006 - 10:09 AM

Thanks for sharing... those are really great so young wow! :)
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