I have to say having read many of the comments regarding sound quality I rather like it.The Borderline is a small venue and its acoustic is really well captured here the slight bommy echo is bang on and the unplugged tracks come across beautifully. If this was an audience recording it is a minor miracle. I wonder what it was recorded on phones weren't so smart in 91 give it an other try it may grow on you. Close your eyes and your back there in John Major land.

I wish my research had gone beyond trying to obtain a copy of this release. If I had known this was a vinyl copy of the audience-recorded bootleg, I would have passed on this. The only appeal to me was that a soundboard recording was finally being made available. Considering “Tom’s Diner” from the Near Wild Heaven single was soundboard, one would have to think that a soundboard recording of the entire show has to exist. I am thankful I was able to purchase this at a fair price, as I imagine that many of the people paying the inflated prices via eBay, et al. are going to be outraged, as I am willing to bet that they, too are under the same assumption of this being a soundboard recording. I definitely would not have expected this from R.E.M. I remember an interview with Peter Buck back in the 80’s (proud to be an early R.E.M. fan!) in which he stated, “Bootleggers, mind your quality.” I guess this only applies when others are profiting from the sale!
And don’t get me started on RSD. I get that the idea stemmed from the desire to keep independent record stores alive… er, I mean to "celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store". I think it’s safe to say that vinyl is more than a novelty today. It’s a pity to think that RSD founders, as well as the contributing artist’s are content with letting the good people that shell out their hard-earned money for these releases have to wait in a long line to finally get a chance to obtain a release, which there may only be a few copies of, only to find that none are available; forcing them to make the decision as to whether they should (or are able to) buy at severely inflated prices on eBay, et al. A message to RSD and contributing artists: please be sensible with your offerings and make releases available to fans at the fair prices AND make enough product to go around, so people don’t have to be gouged by the greedy secondhand sellers!

Disappointed by this release. It is essentially the same thing as R.E.M. unplugged 1991 with the exception of a few covers. Not pleased with it!

R.E.M. is working on a fix for those who didn't get both LP's. They'll announce it on social media when they figure it out.

Correct Tracklist:
A1 World Leader Pretend 5:26
A2 Half A World Away 4:44
A3 Fretless 6:19
A4 The One I Love 5:31
B1 Jackson/Dallas 6:02
B2 Disturbance At The Heron House 4:53
B3 Belong 7:47
B4 Low 6:37
C1 Love Is All Around 5:30
C2 You Are The Everything 5:17
C3 Swan Swan H 3:11
C4 Radio Song 4:59
C5 Perfect Circle 5:51
D1 Endgame 4:02
D2 Pop Song 89 6:17
D3 Losing My Religion
D4 Fall On Me
D5 Get Up 3:40
D6 Moon River 2:36