R.E.M. perform 'The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)' written by Bob Wells & Mel Torme & made famous by The Nat King Cole Trio in 1946. This was a Christmas Jingle in support of Chicago's WXRT in 1984.

R.E.M. - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)

Interview excerpt with Peter Buck from Off The Record Specials with Mary Turner, conducted at Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, New York, NY, 8 April 1991

Peter Buck Interview Excerpt - Off The Record Specials, New York, NY, 8 April 1991

The Go-Betweens (Robert Forster, Grant McLennan, Adele Pickvance, Glenn Thompson) perform 'Finding You' on Jonathan Ross's Radio Show, BBC Radio 2, London, England, 14 May 2005

The Go-Betweens - Finding You - Jonathan Ross, BBC Radio 2, London, England, 14 May 2005

R.E.M. perform unannounced as 'Toast', & introduce 'You Are The Everything' in it's first live performance at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 20 May 1988 

R.E.M. - You Are The Everything - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 20 May 1988

R.E.M. performing 'Life And How To Live It' at Rock Werchter, Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium, 7 July 1985

R.E.M. - Life And How To Live It - Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium, 7 July 1985

Love Tractor covering The Side Effects 'Neat In The Street' at the 40 Watt Club Uptown, Athens, GA, 22 June 1984

Love Tractor - Neat In The Street - 40 Watt Club Uptown, Athens, GA, 22 June 1984

Interview & Phone-In with Michael Stipe and Jim McKay, talking about 'Tourfilm' with Bob Coburn, the day before it's release on 24 September 1990.

Interview / The One I Love (live Tourfilm) / Break: / Phone-In / Stand (live Tourfilm) / Phone-In / Break: / Get Up (live Tourfilm) / Phone-In / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine (live Tourfilm) / Phone-In / Outro

The live performances were taken from 'Tourfilm', filmed & recorded at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC, 10 November 1989.

Michael Stipe & Jim McKay - 'Rockline', New York, NY, 24 September 1990

Interview with Michael Stipe by Tim Sexton for Bang Zoom Cassette Fanzine, conducted before soundcheck at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, 28 April 1983. This was released on Fanzine Issue No.3.

Tracklist:

Introduction / Catapult (Part) / Interview / Sitting Still (Part) / Interview / West Of The Fields (Part 1) / Interview / West Of The Fields (Part 2)

R.E.M. - Bang Zoom Interview - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, 28 April 1983

Track from Peter Buck's 3rd solo album 'Warzone Earth', released via Mississippi Records

Peter Buck - It Ain't Killing Me

R.E.M. performing 'Losing My Religion' at NDR Studio 1, NDR, Hamburg, Germany, 5 March 1991.
This was only the 2nd time the song was performed live & also the very 1st time performed live by all 4 members in front of a live audience.

R.E.M. - Losing My Religion - NDR Studio 1, NDR, Hamburg, Germany, 5 March 1991

R.E.M. performing The Banana Splits 'I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You)' on Deirdre O'Donoghue's Snap radio show on KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, 3 April 1991.

Probably the weirdest ever set by the band, it started out so well, & then proceeded to descend into chaos.

Full set that evening:

Introduction / World Leader Pretend / Interview / Half A World Away / Interview / Fretless / Interview / Disturbance At The Heron House / Interview / Radio Song / Interview / Low / Interview / Love Is All Around / Interview / (Theme From) The Andy Griffith Show / The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) / I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You) / Smiling Faces Sometimes / Academy Fight Song / Ben / Interview / Tusk / Interview / Stairway To Heaven (Instrumental) / Dallas / Interview / Losing My Religion / Interview / Love Is All Around (The Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme) / Cuyahoga (Instrumental) / Interview / Fooled Around And Fell In Love (snippet) / Driver's Seat (snippet) / Bandwagon - Near Wild Heaven (snippet) / Interview / Endgame / Interview / Ring Of Fire (Instrumental) / Jackson / Interview / Swan Swan H / Interview / Rocky Mountain Way (snippet) / Interview / Radio Ethiopia (Instrumental) (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (Instrumental) / Spooky / Ghost Dance / Fall On Me / Interview / Rotary Eleven (snippet) / Thankyou's from Deirdre O'Donoghue / Outro Music (backed by the band) / Outro / Shiny Happy People (Album Version) / Belong (Album Version) / Half A World Away (Album Version / Texarkana (Album Version) / Outro / Country Feedback (Album Version) / Me In Honey (Album Version)

R.E.M. - I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You) - Snap, KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, 3 April 1991

Interview with Mike Mills & Scott McCaughey by Steve Dahl, Brendan Greeley & Dag Juhlin on 'The Steve Dahl Show', WLS-AM 890, Chicago, IL, 28 July 2016.
Talking about Baseball, The Baseball Project, & Mike's Concerto. Also Mike vs Scott in 'The Rock Challenge' in which Dag played & sang snippets of songs which the guys had to guess. Scott won the challenge!



The Baseball Project - The Steve Dahl Show, WLS-AM 890, Chicago, IL, 28 July 2016

Debut live performance of 'Cuyahoga' at the 1st show of 1986's Pageantry Tour at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham, AL, 5 September 1986

R.E.M. - Cuyahoga - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham, AL, 5 September 1986

John Wilson interviews Mike Mills & Michael Stipe in the lead up to the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time', about the album, it's effect on the band members, & the politics of the day.

Mike Mills & Michael Stipe - 'Front Row', BBC Radio 4, BBC Studios, New York, NY, 8 September 2016

Demo recording of the Out Of Time outtake 'It's A Free World Baby', recorded at John Keane Studios, Athens, GA, July 1990. The studio version was released as a b-side on the 'Drive' Collectors Edition CD in 1992, & also on 'Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Coneheads' in 1993.

R.E.M. - It's A Free World Baby (Demo)

'The One I Love' demo recorded at John Keane Studios, Athens, GA, January-February 1987, (at the time called 'This One Goes Out') during demo sessions for the upcoming album 'Document'

R.E.M. - This One Goes Out (Demo)(The One I Love)

Long-lost Outtake from 'Fables Of The Reconstruction' Recording Sessions at Livingston Studios, London, England, March 1985. This is an earlier version from the sessions, with a completed version having horns. The band wanted to release the song as a single & later as a b-side, (& also on a later compilation)but were unable to locate the master, & deemed lost. A later demo & outtake from 'Lifes Rich Pageant' Recording sessions in 1986 were released instead.

R.E.M. - Theme From Two Steps Onward - Livingston Studios, London, England, March 1985

R.E.M. having fun in the studio, with Michael reading a story called 'Jazz Lips' - at Drive-In Studio, Winston-Salem, NC, 4 October 1981 as part of the 'Chronic Town' EP recording sessions. The song name is included on the packaging for 1987's compilation 'Dead Letter Office', but the song is not included in the final tracklisting.

R.E.M. - This Is Jazz (Blow Nose)

Eddie Vedder with the Red Limo String Quartet performing R.E.M.'s 'It Happened Today' at the Eventim Apollo, London, England, 7 June 2017.

Eddie Vedder - It Happened Today - Eventim Apollo, London, England, 7 June 2017

Mike Mills & Michael Stipe (joined by Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready & Tony Shanahan) perform 'Long Road' at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, Downing Stadium, Randall's Island, New York, NY, 8 June 1997.

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