‘Radio Free Europe’ is still my favorite REM song. Haven’t liked much of anything they have done since.
I have a 45 of that on Hib-Tone records. Needless to say, they hadn’t made it big yet.
Saw them for free during the Piedmont (Park) Arts Festival way back when - in the daytime. Also saw them at the old 688 Club, which was just north of the Varsity.