in case anyone is interested… i compiled (for myself and a friend) a four disc boxset of r.e.m. rarities. it’s a miraculous hodgepodge of all eras of the band, various sources and sound quality, heavily inspired by and structured after guided by voices’ suitcase boxsets. maybe not a format for everyone, but for me it’s been a great way to consume the best non-album r.e.m. out there. dig it:
Vol. 1
- Live For Today
- Mystery To Me
- Academy Fight Song (Mission of Burma cover)
- The Last R.E.M. Song
- Skank
- Cushy Tush
- Surfing The Ganges
- Speed Metal School
- I’m In Love
- Baby I
- Catapult (RCA demo)
- Magnetic North
- Wait
- See No Evil (Television cover)
- Black Sky 4-14
- Passenger (Iggy Pop cover)
- Jun '02 #2
Vol. 2
- Romance (Murmur version)
- Bad Day (demo)
- New Fast
- Throw Those Trolls Away
- Experiment In Terror
- Title (live)
- Ha! We Get Paid For It
- Arms Of Love (Robyn Hitchcock cover)
- Devil Rides Backwards
- Animal
- Ages Of You (Chronic Town version)
- Laughing (RCA demo)
- Fretless
- Trains
- Country Feedback (live w/ Neil Young)
Vol. 3
- Airliner
- It’s A Free World Baby
- Narrator
- Shaking Through (RCA demo)
- Revolution 4-21
- Great Big
- Time After Time (demo)
- Run Away
- Ages Of You (Murmur version)
- Mandolin Strum
- Eastern 983111
- Theme From Two Steps Onward
- Mike’s Pop Song
- E-Bow The Letter (live w/ Thom Yorke)
- Sex Bomb (Flipper cover)
Vol. 4
- Why Not Smile (Oxford American version)
- Sponge (Vic Chesnutt cover)
- That Beat
- Permanent Vacation
- Unknown 1 (Live January 22nd, 1982)
- The Great Beyond
- Tricycle
- Where’s Captain Kirk? (Spizzenergi cover)
- Organ Song
- Sitting Still (alt. version)
- Unknown 2 (Live June 25th, 1982)
- Title (instrumental demo)
- Wall Of Death (Richard Thompson cover)
- Unknown 3 (Live August 3rd, 1982)
- Jun '02 #3
- Lucky (Live w/ Radiohead)
- Fascinating
- All The Right Friends