The complete R.E.M. discography has been remastered for iTunes to take advantage of their audio format and deliver the music with increased fidelity.
The albums are available individually and in sets:
- Complete I.R.S. Studio Albums
- Chronic Town (1982)
- Murmer (1983)
- Reckoning (1984)
- Fables of The Reconstruction (1985)
- Life’s Rich Pageant (1986)
- Document (1987)
- Complete Warner Brothers Studio Albums, Volume 1
- Green (1988)
- Out Of Time (1991)
- Automatic For The People (1992)
- Monster (1994)
- New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996)
Interestingly, they called the Warner Brothers collection Volume 1 but didn’t release (as of this writing) a Volume II even though the following albums are available individually:
- Up (1998)
- Reveal (2001)
- Around The Sun (2004)
- Accelerate (2008)
- Collapse Into Now (2011)
The real gems here are the two volumes of rarities, one for each label, that include 156 outtakes, demos, covers and live tracks.
The Complete Rarities – I.R.S. 1982-1987 bundle collects 25 hard-to-find tracks, including several versions ofGardening At Night; the b-sides White Tornado and Voice of Harold; Windout from the Bachelor Partysoundtrack; and live, in-studio covers of Roger Miller’s King of the Road, Andy Williams Moon River, and the Velvet Underground’s Pale Blue Eyes and There She Goes Again.
- Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single)
- Sitting Still (Original Hib-Tone Single)
- White Tornado
- Gardening At Night (Different Vocal Mix)
- Gardening At Night (Acoustic)
- All The Right Friends (Live In Studio)
- Moon River (Live In Studio)
- Pretty Persuasion (Live In Studio)
- There She Goes Again (Live In Studio)
- Tighten Up (Live In Studio)
- Ages Of You (Live)
- We Walk (Live)
- 1,000,000 (Live)
- Gardening At Night (Electric Demo)
- Just A Touch (Live In Studio)
- King Of The Road (Live In Studio)
- Pale Blue Eyes (Live In Studio)
- Voice Of Harold
- Walter’s Theme (Live In Studio)
- White Tornado (Live in Studio)
- Windout
- Windout (With Friends) (Live In Studio)
- 9-9 (Live)
- Gardening At Night (Live)
- Catapult (Live)
The Complete Rarities – Warner Bros. 1988-2011 bundle is massive, with 131 tracks that span more than two decades. Among the countless highlights are: non-album tracks Memphis Train Blues and Redhead Walking; live performances from Glastonbury (Everybody Hurts) and Saturday Night Live (Bang And Blame); as well as covers of Syd Barrett’s Dark Globe and Leonard Cohen’s First We Take Manhattan.
- Funtime (Live) (Iggy Pop Cover)
- Ghost Rider (Suicide Cover)
- Dark Globe (Syd Barrett Cover)
- Pop Song 89 (Acoustic Version)
- Memphis Train Blues (Non-Album Track)
- Skin Tight (Live Orlando, FL April 30, 1989) (Ohio Players cover)
- Losing My Religion (Acoustic) (Live At KFOG)
- Losing My Religion (Live In Dublin 2005)
- Rotary Eleven (Non-Album Track)
- You Are The Everything (Live – Greensboro Coliseum, NC 11/10/1989)
- Love Is All Around (Live)
- Shiny Happy People (Dance To The Music Mix)
- Shiny Happy People (Pop Mix)
- Shiny Happy People (Hip Mix)
- It’s a Free World Baby (Non-Album Track)
- Winged Mammal Theme (Non-Album Track)
- First We Take Manhattan (Leonard Cohen Cover)
- Everybody Hurts (Album Fade)
- Mandolin Strum (Non-Album Track)
- Orange Crush (Live Version)
- Man On The Moon (Album Edit)
- Arms Of Love (Non-Album Track)
- World Leader Pretend (Live) (Charleston WV 4/28/91)
- Belong (Live) (Charleston WV 4/28/91)
- Low (Live) (Charleston WV 4/28/91)
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Non-Album Track)
- Fretless (Non-Album Track)
- Everybody Hurts (Live) (9/2/93-Los Angeles for the MTV Video Awards)
- Orange Crush (Instrumental)
- Fall On Me (Live)
- Me In Honey (Live)
- Finest Worksong (Live)
- Drive (Live) (1992)
- Funtime (Live) (1992)
- Radio Free Europe (Live) (1992)
- What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? (Live at SNL-11/12/94)
- Bang And Blame (Live at SNL-11/12/94)
- I Don’t Sleep, I Dream (Live at SNL-11/12/94)
- What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? (Radio Version)
- Monty Got A Raw Deal (Live)
- Everybody Hurts (Live) (Athens, GA ’92)
- Man On The Moon (Live) (Athens, GA ’92)
- Bang And Blame (Album Version w/o Between Track Noise)
- Losing My Religion (Live) (Athens 1992) (Applause Faded)
- Country Feedback (Live) (Athens 1992) (Applause Faded)
- Begin The Begin (Live) (Athens 1992)
- Undertow (Live)
- Wichita Lineman (Live) (Non-Album Track)
- New Test Leper (Live Acoustic)
- Tricycle (Instrumental) (Non-Album Track)
- Departure (Live) (Rome Soundcheck)
- Wall Of Death (From Beat The Retreat-Richard Thompson Tribute Album)
- The Wake Up Bomb (Live Version) (Atlanta)
- Binky The Doormat (Live Version) (Atlanta)
- King Of Comedy (808 State Remix)
- Be Mine (Mike On Bus Version)
- Love is All Around (The Troggs Cover)
- Sponge (Vic Chesnutt Cover)
- Emphysema (Non-Album Track)
- Sad Professor (Live In Studio Version)
- Why Not Smile (Oxford American Version)
- Surfing The Ganges (LP Version)
- Suspicion (Live In Studio Version)
- Lotus (Weird Mix)
- Electrolite (Live From Jools Holland)
- Man On The Moon (Live From Jools Holland)
- Suspicion (Live At Ealing Studios)
- At My Most Beautiful (Radio Remix)
- Passenger (Recorded From Later With Jools Holland)
- Country Feedback (Recorded From Later With Jools Holland)
- So. Central Rain (Live From Later)
- The Great Beyond (Non-Album Track)
- The One I Love (Live From Glastonbury Festival)
- Everybody Hurts (Live From Glastonbury Festival)
- Man On The Moon (Live From Glastonbury Festival)
- Yellow River (Non-Album Track)
- 165 Hillcrest (Non-Album Track)
- Imitation Of Life (Live From Trafalgar Square)
- Summer Turns To High (32 Chord Song Demo)
- I’ve Been High (Live Video Version) (Channel V, Sydney)
- The Lifting (Original Version)
- Beat A Drum (Dalkey Demo)
- 2JN (Non-Album Track)
- Favorite Writer (Non-Album Track)
- Out in the Country (Non-Album Track)
- Adagio (Unused Tune)
- Turn You Inside-Out (Live Version)
- Chance (Dub)
- Drive (Live Version) (1994)
- Star Me Kitten (Featuring W.S. Burroughs)
- Revolution (Non-Album Track)
- Leave (Alternate Version)
- The Lifting (Demo)
- The One I Love (Live Version) (MMM Sydney)
- Maps & Legends (Live Rehearsal Version)
- Tongue (Live Rehearsal Version)
- Little America (Live Rehearsal Version)
- South Central Rain (Live Rehearsal Version)
- Imitation Of Life (Live Rehearsal Version)
- So Fast, So Numb (Live) (Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004)
- All The Right Friends (Live) (Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004)
- Animal (New Mix)
- Pretty Persuasion (Live) (NYC 2003)
- Welcome To The Occupation (Live) (NYC 2003)
- You Are The Everything (Live) (Raleigh, NC-Oct. 10, 2003)
- These Days (Live) (Toronto-Sept. 30, 2003)
- (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (Live) (Oslo NRK P1 National Radio-Oct. 25, 2003)
- Wanderlust (Live-Santa Barbara, CA 2004)
- Sweetness Follows (Live) (Recorded in Cincinnati-Oct. 27, 2004)
- Horse To Water (Live In Vancouver)
- Indian Summer (Non-Album Track)
- Living Well Is The Best Revenge (Live In London)
- Auctioneer (Live In London)
- Hollow Man (Live In London)
- Supernatural Superserious (Live In London)
- Fall On Me (Live In London)
- West Of The Fields (Live In London)
- Horse To Water (Live In London)
- Man-Sized Wreath (Live In London)
- Man On The Moon (Live In London)
- Mr. Richards (Vancouver)
- Living Well Jesus Dog (Non-Album Track)
- Airliner (Non-Album Track)
- Redhead Walking (Non-Album Track)
- Houston (iTunes Live From London)
- Harborcoat (Live At The Olympia)
- Letter Never Sent (Live At The Olympia)
- Second Guessing (Live At The Olympia)
- Pretty Persuasion (Live At The Olympia)
- NOLA-4/26/10 (Non-Album Track)
- That Someone Is You (Live In The Studio)
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