We have a real rarity to offer: a cassette recording one of R.E.M.'s first appearances, in 1981, at the club Tyrone's O.C. in Athens, Georgia. (Audio courtesy of Mike Henry, with permission from R.E.M.)

We have a real rarity to offer: a cassette recording one of R.E.M.'s first appearances, in 1981, at the club Tyrone's O.C. in Athens, Georgia. (Audio courtesy of Mike Henry, with permission from R.E.M.)
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