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Live at the Borderline 1991
A drawing of hands holding playing cards
Live album by
ReleasedApril 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)
RecordedMarch 15, 1991
VenueThe Borderline Club, London, England, UK
GenreAlternative rock
LanguageEnglish
Bingo Hand Job chronology
R.E.M. at the BBC
(2018)
Live at the Borderline 1991
(2019)

Live at the Borderline 1991 is a 2019 live album released for Record Store Day on April 13. The recording features alternative rock band R.E.M. performing under the pseudonym Bingo Hand Job at a 1991 surprise gig around the release of Out of Time.[1]

Recording and release

The band played two nights at the 200 capacity London venue (March 14–15, 1991) as part of a small promotional tour of radio and television programs;[2] the gigs were widely bootlegged at the time. This is the first official release. Members of R.E.M. were joined by Billy Bragg, Peter Holsapple and Robyn Hitchcock, who also adopted pseudonyms.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

Side A

  1. “World Leader Pretend”
  2. “Half a World Away”
  3. “Fretless”
  4. The One I Love

Side B

  1. “Jackson”/”Dallas” (Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler/Jimmie Dale Gilmore)
  2. “Disturbance at the Heron House”
  3. “Belong”
  4. “Low”

Side C

  1. Love Is All Around” (Reg Presley)
  2. “You Are the Everything”
  3. “Swan Swan H”
  4. Radio Song

Side D

  1. “Perfect Circle”
  2. “Endgame”
  3. Fall on Me
  4. Get Up
  5. Moon River” (Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer)

Personnel

Bingo Hand Job

Additional musicians

  • Conrad – guitar, vocals on "Jackson", "Dallas", "Disturbance at the Heron House", and "Fall on Me"
  • Spanish Charlie – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Violet – vocals

References

  1. ^ a b "R.E.M.'s heavily bootlegged 'Bingo Hand Job' show gets vinyl Record Store Day release". Brooklyn Vegan. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Rosen, Craig (April 4, 2019). "Peter Buck, Mike Mills & More Give the Story Behind R.E.M.'s Secret Shows as Bingo Hand Job". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2019.