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The Wind performed on April 26th, 1986 in an open stage event at Princeton University.  Some of the performance was ad hoc pairings with Mark and Tony as The Stereo-Hombres, but this phase was followed by a series of Wind numbers.  A fraction of a second of "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire" is present on the tape, so we can guess that not every Wind song presented was preserved.  Those which were captured were:

Radio Free Europe (2:51, 14 MB)

Sadly, this recording is fragmentary as the cameraman seems more interested in establishing a historical context for the preceding Stereo-Hombres performance.  Mike Schiff and Hearn Cho are featured in a bizarre interview and I frankly don't think either had taken any drugs of any kind.  You'd never guess this is how music was made.  Adam Frankl or Tony are likely the camera man.

Green Grow the Rushes (1:13, 7 MB)

Another fragment caught in the backgrounds as Mark looks to have his ego stroked further.  I think Adam Frankl or Tony are holding the camera.

All This for You (2:07, 11 MB)

I'm not sure who did the song originally.  This clamorous number is a premonition of the rousing climax to the set

Boxcars (3:38, 18 MB)

More R.E.M.?!

Catapult (4:22, 21 MB)

Not a bad performance, but I was feeling the heat as this extended version played.  The other bands were frantic to get their turn on stage.

Rock You Like a Hurricane (2:43, 13 MB)

As the Wind started up its final number, Mark Glickman saw that the somnolescent R.E.M. drone had been replaced by something vastly more incendiary.  He siezed the camera and really got into the action, creating a timeless document of live amateur performance.  Does it sound good?  It's not about the sound, baby.

Originally by Scorpion. This line-up is really The Wind that Swept Mexico, but camera credit is Mark Glickman, and I think you'll agree that the camera work here is part of the performance. The song is already in full fever by the time the filming starts, as I am busily warding off the anxieties of The Noise Petals that we've gone well over our time limit. Randy is on drums, Matt on bass, Tony Maxwell on lead guitar, and Will Collett on guitar.

"Musically", this performance peaks 5 seconds into the tape and doesn't become truly listenable again until the finale. For the middle two and a half minutes, "noise" is really the better description. But the delivery is formidable. Check out Will's flailing tongue. Randy's lost drumstick, Tony Maxwell's "guitar as machine gun", his dental picking, and absolute reverie.

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