Measurement of $R$, charged particle multiplicites and event shapes in $e^+e^-$ collisions for energies between 12 and 43 GeV. The average charged particle multiplicity, thrust and sphericity are measured for a range of energies. The distributions are available for 12, 22 and 34 GeV. The individual hadronic and muonic cross sections are also outputted to the yoda file so that ratio $R$ can be recalculated if runs are combined. Beam energy must be specified as analysis option "ENERGY" when rivet-merging samples.