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I.R.S. YEARS CD??& DVD DUE OUT SEPTEMBER 12TH

On September 12th, EMI will release the first comprehensive CD and DVD anthologies of R.E.M.'s 1980s I.R.S. Records catalog. The CD will be called And I Feel Fine???The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 and will be available in 2 formats: a 21-track single-disc collection of hits and band/fan favorites and a 2-CD Collector's Edition with a
second 21-track disc of rarities including alternate takes, demos, previously unreleased songs, mixes, and live recordings of classic R.E.M. The DVD, When the Light Is Mine The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection, includes the music videos from Chronic Town through Document, as well as live television performances and James Herbert’s short film, Left of Reckoning. DVD extras feature early interviews and rare acoustic performances.
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And I Feel Fine...
The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
(CD)

1. Begin the Begin
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Pretty Persuasion
4. Talk About the Passion
5. (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
6. Sitting Still
7. Gardening at Night
8. 7 Chinese Bros.
9. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
10.Driver 8
11.Can't Get There From Here
12.Finest Worksong
13.Feeling Gravity's Pull
14.I Believe
15.Life and How To Live It
16.Cuyahoga
17.The One I Love
18.Welcome To the Occupation
19.Fall On Me
20.Perfect Circle
21.It's the End of the World As
?? We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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And I Feel Fine...
The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Collectors' Edition
(2-CDs)
(Contains Disc 1 + Rarities Disc)

1. Pilgrimage (Mike's pick)
2. These Days (Bill's pick)
3. Gardening at Night
(slower electric demo; previously unreleased)
4. Radio Free Europe (Hib-tone version)
5. Sitting Still (Hib-tone version)
6. Life and How to Live It
(Live at the Muziekcentrum, Utrecht, Holland
?? 9/14/87; previously unreleased)
7. Ages of You
(Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83;??
previously unreleased)
8. We Walk
(Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83;??
previously unreleased)
9. 1,000,000??
??(Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83;
previously unreleased)
10.Finest Worksong (other mix)
11.Hyena (demo; previously unreleased)
12.Theme From Two Steps Onward
(previously unreleased)
13.Superman
14.All the Right Friends (previously unreleased)
15.Mystery to Me (demo; previously unreleased)
16.Just A Touch
?? (live in-studio version; previously unreleased)
17.Bad Day (session outtake; previously unreleased)
18.King of Birds (last song cut from the Best Of???)
19.Swan Swan H
?? (live, acoustic from Athens,GA-Inside/Out)
20.Disturbance at the Heron House (Peter's pick)
21.Time After Time (annElise) (Michael's pick)

Also click on http://www.remhq.com/irs/??for the mini-site for audio clips, tracklistings, and wallpaper.

Bertis Downs had the following to say about
the upcoming release:

"This will be a noteworthy package of R.E.M.’s
early years, which a lot of people don’t know
very well. The guys themselves picked the
songs to be included and sequenced the
records, had some fun with the liner notes,
and Michael and Chris coordinated on a lot
of key aspects of the package (actually all
key aspects of the package). As for “Why
Now?” Well, for one thing, there has never
been a real great retrospective of the 5 year
5 album period of R.E.M.’s history known as
the I.R.S. years. For another, after 25 years
(or 26 but who’s counting?), a recognition of
the specialness of these recordings seemed
a fine and appropriate thing, and we figured
if the band and HQ staff here in Athens had
some input, the world would end up with a
package that truly has “something for
everybody.” For the R.E.M. aficionado, there
are some surprises and true rarities here that
are sure to delight and amuse; for the
uninitiated, or those who first came into the
R.E.M. world during Stand or
Losing My Religion
or Daysleeper or Imitation of Life or Bad Day or
Leaving New York, whether by factors of
geography, or age, or siblings, or whatever
reason, this is a good history lesson on the
days of yore when the band first started out
and were writing sometimes 2-3 songs a day,
many of which became classics, and some of
which were lost in the mists of tape and time
and vault. So???with those sorts of
considerations as the guiding lights and
impetus, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe and the rest
of us are pleased to participate in this exercise
of re-releasing the “hits” of their early years,
accompanied by some great things that we
had forgotten about, if we ever remembered
them in the first place:
And I Feel Fine...
the Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982- 1987
.
The bonus disc is especially chock full of
material for the experienced, discerning fan
and the newcomer alike."

When The Light Is Mine
The Best Of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Video Collection
(DVD)
1. Wolves, Lower
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Talk About the Passion
4. Radio Free Europe (Live, The Tube, 11/18/83)
5. Talk About the Passion??
??(Live, The Tube, 11/18/83)
6. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
7. James Herbert's "Left of Reckoning"
(20-minute film)
8. Pretty Persuasion
(Live, The Old Grey Whistle Test, 11/20/84)
9. Can't Get There From Here
10.Driver 8
11.Life and How To Live It
12.Feeling Gravity's Pull
13.Can't Get There From Here
?? (Live, The Tube, 10/25/85)
14.Fall On Me
15.Swan Swan H (Athens, GA-Inside/Out)
16.The One I Love
17.It's the End of the World As We Know It
?? (And I Feel Fine)
18.Finest Worksong

DVD extras include rare interview footage and acoustic performances.

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