R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

Promo Variation 1:

*Untitled* WB white label advance cassette. "R.E.M. / LP - FROM DAT"
non-Dolby
the cassette itself is only IDed on one side (A) with a generic cassette sticker printed "R.E.M. / LP - FROM DAT" (probably a data cassette)
date (probably of duplication) appears on J card - An example of one would be 08/07/92
RH appears on J card (Possibly referring to the address for Reprise Records?)
Address for what is now Reprise Records appears on the J Card, not sure if the address was reprise in 92.

Promo Variation 2:

WB white label advance cassette. "R.E.M. Automatic For The People”
NON DOLBY/FROM DAT (probably a data cassette)
the cassette itself is only IDed on one side (A) with a generic cassette sticker printed "R.E.M. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE"
date (probably of duplication) appears on J card - These cassettes were made after the “LP FROM DAT” cassettes.

Same address printed on the J Card of these cassettes.

Additionally, the J Card also says “IHS/RS,” with IHS meaning In House Studio and RH possibly referring to the address for Reprise Records.

Both promo variations use Type II high bias tape at 70μs EQ.

Both promo copies appear to be stamped with the number 65, and another number that appears unique to each copy, possibly the copy number.

At least one copy of variation 2 has a defect. The last 4 tracks, Star me Kitten, Man on the Moon, Nightswimming, and Find the River do not play properly. Star me Kitten starts out normal for about 1-2 seconds, then seemingly restarts, or cuts out, preceding to play through the rest of the album, including Star me Kitten, but only on the left stereo channel, and at a very muffled, low DB. The right channel doesn’t play anything. It is unknown if this defect is present on other copies of Variation 2, but it doesn’t appear to be present on Variation 1. It is unknown if the defect was a mistake from the record label, overuse of the DAT cassette they used, or something one of the people who received this cassette did. The defective copy was from 8/17/92 and has the ID 65 and 51.