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R.E.M. grew up with the BBC, and this historic relationship is lovingly celebrated across an incredible collection that beautifully illustrates the career trajectory of one of modern music’s greatest bands. The collection comprises a treasure trove of rare and unreleased live and studio recordings culled from the BBC and band archives. This is a must-have collection for R.E.M. fans and an authoritative introduction for newcomers.

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Tracklist

Disc 1 – Sessions

Into The Night, BBC Radio 1, 13 March 1991

World Leader Pretend
Fretless
Half A World Away
Radio Song
Losing My Religion
Love Is All Around

John Peel Studio Session, 25 October 1998

Walk Unafraid
Daysleeper
Lotus
At My Most Beautiful

Mark and Lard, BBC Radio 1, 15 October 2003

Bad Day
Orange Crush

Drivetime, BBC Radio 2, 15 October 2003

Man On The Moon
Imitation Of Life

Radio 1 Live Lounge, 26 March 2008

Supernatural Superserious
Munich

Disc 2 – Sessions

BBC Radio 1 Session, 25 October 1998

Introduction
Losing My Religion
New Test Leper
Lotus
Parakeet
Electrolite
Perfect Circle
The Apologist
Daysleeper
Country Feedback
At My Most Beautiful
Walk Unafraid
Man On The Moon

Disc 3 – Live Broadcasts

Rock City, Nottingham, 21 November 1984

Second Guessing
Hyena
Talk About The Passion
West Of The Fields
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Old Man Kensey
Gardening At Night
9-9/Hey Diddle Diddle/Feeling Gravitys Pull
Windout
Driver 8
Pretty Persuasion
Radio Free Europe
Wendell Gee
Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

Disc 4 – Live Broadcasts

Milton Keynes, 30 July 1995

What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
Crush With Eyeliner
Drive
Turn You Inside Out
Try Not To Breathe
I Took Your Name
Undertow
Bang And Blame
I Don’t Sleep I Dream
Strange Currencies
Revolution
Tongue

Disc 5 – Live Broadcasts

Milton Keynes, 30 July 1995

Man On The Moon
Country Feedback
Half A World Away
Losing My Religion
Pop Song 89
Finest Worksong
Get Up
Star 69
Let Me In
Everybody Hurts
Fall On Me
Departure
Its the End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Disc 6 – Live Broadcasts

Pyramid Stage Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 1999

Lotus
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
So Fast, So Numb
The Apologist
Fall On Me
Daysleeper
The Wake-Up Bomb
The One I Love
Sweetness Follows
At My Most Beautiful

Disc 7 – Live Broadcasts

Pyramid Stage Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 1999

Losing My Religion
Everybody Hurts
Walk Unafraid
Star 69
Finest Worksong
Man On The Moon
Why Not Smile
Crush With Eyeliner
Tongue
Cuyahoga
Its the End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Disc 8 – Live Broadcasts

St. James’ Church, London Radio 2, 15 September 2004

Intro
So Fast, So Numb
Boy In The Well
I Wanted To Be Wrong
E-Bow The Letter (with Thom Yorke)
Around The Sun
Aftermath
Losing My Religion
Walk Unafraid
Leaving New York
Imitation Of Life
Man On The Moon

Disc 9 (DVD) - Television Broadcasts

Accelerating Backwards

Moon River
Pretty Persuasion
Pop Song 89
Orange Crush
Losing My Religion
Half A World Away
Crush With Eyeliner
Man On The Moon
Daysleeper
Imitation Of Life
So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
Leaving New York

Later… with Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.

Intro
Losing My Religion
Lotus
New Test Leper
Daysleeper
Electrolite
At My Most Beautiful
The Apologist
Country Feedback
Parakeet
So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Walk Unafraid
Man On The Moon
The Passenger

Bonus Videos

I’ve Been High
Nightswimming
Bad Day

Features

• 8-CD/1-DVD compendium of live broadcasts, TV appearances, and in-studio sessions from the BBC archives
• Includes live versions of some of the band’s most enduring hit singles, including “Losing My Religion,” “Everybody Hurts,” “The One I Love,” “Man on the Moon” and many more
• DVD includes a rare, hour-long BBC documentary Accelerating Backwards, a 60 minute Later... with Jools Holland performance and more
• Includes performances from Radio 1's Peel Sessions, Live Lounge and Into the Night, as well as live broadcasts from Nottingham Rock City (1984), Milton Keynes' The National Bowl (1995) and Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage (1999)

R.E.M. at the BBC