The COMPLETE REM Rarities

(scott) And I do mean COMPLETE......sent to us via link master John N, here are (get this), ONE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE (!) tracks of fab REM great stuff, live, non-LP, TONS of stuff......I am by no way in the world typing ALL of them, BUT I will of course, copy/paste the whole thing......I know we have an REM fan or two here, as we've posted a LOT of REM stuff in the past, (I saw them in Indianapolis, 1995, won the tickets from a local "think they're hip" FM station, but me and the then-wife got front row seats, dinner, and hotel....hard to argue with that....AND, guess who the opening act was???? Fucking Radiohead....it was BEFORE "OK Computer", so it was before they "were" Radiohead, but it was a hell of a show, both bands were fab)......I'm not a HUGE REM fan (I DO like them) but on that night in October 1995 they were on their game for real.......anyway, lotsa cool live fragments here, and other shit as well......that is WHY we are here.......REM fans, rejoice if you don't already have this one, it's pretty awesome, and YOU need to thank the GREAT John N for this monster, it is basically custom madce, for YOU!!!!!
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Despite the title, many previously released songs and several digital-only releases are not in the compilation. Examples include "Forty Second Song", "Fruity Organ", "Organ Song", "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 (Long Version)", "New Orleans Instrumental No. 2", the Monster-era instrumentals, the Live at Greensboro EP, most of the Collapse into Now live in-studio songs and some compilation tracks like "Photograph", "Draggin The Line", "#9 Dream" and "I Walked With a Zombie".

See section "Known issues" below for tracks marked with *.

1. "Funtime" (David Bowie, Iggy Pop) (non-album Iggy Pop cover) – 2:14
2. "Ghost Rider" (Alan Vega, Martin Rev) (non-album Suicide cover) – 3:46
3. "Dark Globe" (Syd Barrett) (non-album Syd Barrett cover) – 1:53
4. "Pop Song 89" (acoustic version) – 2:57
5. "Memphis Train Blues" (non-album track) – 1:40
6. "Skin Tight" (Williams, Satchell, "Sugarfoot", Jones, Middlebrooks, Pierce) (live in Orlando, FL, April 30, 1989) (non-album Ohio Players cover) – 2:04
7. "Losing My Religion" (acoustic live at KFOG, San Francisco) (from the iTunes-only Losing My Religion EP) – 4:44
8. "Losing My Religion" (live in Dublin, 2005) (from R.E.M. Live) – 4:53
9. "Rotary Eleven" (non-album track) – 2:32
10. "You Are the Everything" (live in Greensboro Coliseum, NC, November 10, 1989) – 4:44
11. "Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (live The Troggs cover) – 3:13
12. "Shiny Happy People" ("Dance to the Music" Mix) – 4:45
13. "Shiny Happy People" (Pop Mix) – 4:05
14. "Shiny Happy People" (Hip Mix) – 3:37
15. "It's a Free World Baby" (non-album track, from The Coneheads soundtrack) – 5:12
16. "Winged Mammal Theme" (non-album track) – 2:56
17. "First We Take Manhattan" (Leonard Cohen) (non-album cover, from I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen) – 6:04
18. "Everybody Hurts" (album fade) – 4:59
19. "Mandolin Strum" (non-album track) – 3:46
20. "Orange Crush" (live) – 4:00
21. "Man on the Moon" (album edit) – 4:45
22. "Arms of Love" (Robyn Hitchcock) (non-album Robyn Hitchcock cover) – 3:32
23. "World Leader Pretend" (live in Charleston, WV, April 28, 1991) – 5:16
24. "Belong" (live in Charleston, WV, April 28, 1991) – 4:40
25. "Low" (live in Charleston, WV, April 28, 1991) – 4:59
26. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Solomon Linda, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Albert Stanton) (non-album The Tokens (version) cover) – 2:41
27. "Fretless" (non-album track, from Until the End of the World soundtrack) – 4:50
28. "Everybody Hurts" (live at the MTV Video Awards, Los Angeles, September 2, 1993) – 5:33
29. "Orange Crush" (instrumental version) – 3:49
30. "Fall on Me" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 3:23
31. "Me in Honey" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:16
32. "Finest Worksong" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:11
33. "Drive" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:17 *
34. "Funtime" (Bowie, Pop) (Iggy Pop cover, live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 2:16
35. "Radio Free Europe" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:43
36. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (live at Saturday Night Live (SNL), New York, November 12, 1994) – 4:06
37. "Bang and Blame" (live at SNL, November 12, 1994) – 4:54
38. "I Don't Sleep, I Dream" (live at SNL, November 12, 1994) – 3:50
    
39. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (radio version) – 3:59
40. "Monty Got a RawDEAL" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:22
41. "Everybody Hurts" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 5:42
42. "Man on the Moon" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 5:23
43. "Bang and Blame" (alternate version without between-track noise) – 4:52
44. "Losing My Religion" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) (applause faded) – 4:43
45. "Country Feedback" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) (applause faded) – 4:19
46. "Begin the Begin" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 3:48
47. "Undertow" (live at Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, November 18, 1995) – 5:05
48. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) (live Glen Campbell cover) – 3:18
49. NEW Test Leper" (live acoustic) – 5:29
50. "Tricycle" (non-album track) – 1:58
51. "Departure" (live in Rome soundcheck) – 3:33
52. "Wall of Death" (Richard Thompson) (live cover, from Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson) – 3:08
53. "The Wake Up Bomb" (live at Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, November 18, 1995) – 5:08
54. "Binky the Doormat" (live at Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, November 18, 1995) – 5:02
55. "King of Comedy" (808 State Remix) – 5:37
56. "Be Mine" (Mike On Bus Version) – 4:54
57. "Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (non-album The Troggs cover, from I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack) – 3:02
58. "Sponge" (Vic Chesnutt) (non-album cover, from Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation) – 4:95
59. "Emphysema" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 4:24
60. "Sad Professor" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in studio version) – 4:01
61. "Why Not Smile" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Oxford American version) – 4:01
62. "Surfing the Ganges" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 2:28
63. "Suspicion" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live at Toast Studios) – 5:39
64. "Lotus" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Weird Mix) – 4:34
65. "Electrolite" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 3:58
66. "Man On the Moon" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 5:15
67. "Suspicion" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live at Ealing Studios) – 5:27
68. "At My Most Beautiful" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (radio remix) – 3:33
69. "The Passenger" (Iggy Pop, Ricky Gardiner) (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 7:11
70. "Country Feedback" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 6:51
71. "So. Central Rain" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 4:04
72. "The Great Beyond" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track, from the Man on the Moon soundtrack) – 4:14
73. "The One I Love" (live from the Glastonbury Festival, 1999) – 3:10
74. 
75. "Everybody Hurts" (live from the Glastonbury Festival, 1999) – 6:21
76. "Man On the Moon" (live from the Glastonbury Festival, 
77. 1999) – 5:24
78. "Yellow River" (Jeff Christie) (non-album Christie cover) – 2:35
79. "165 Hillcrest" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 1:35
80. "Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live from Trafalgar Square) – 3:54
81. "Summer Turns to High" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (32 Chord SongDEMO) – 3:10
82. "I've Been High" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live video version, Channel V, Sydney) – 3:17
83. "The Lifting" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (original version) – 5:20 *
84. "Beat a Drum" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Dalkey Demo) – 4:26
85. "2JN" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 3:26
86. "Favorite Writer" (Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris) (non-album Magnapop cover) – 2:57
87. "Out in the Country" (Williams/Nichols) (non-album Paul Williams cover) – 3:23
88. "Adagio" (non-album track) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:29
89. "Turn You Inside-Out" (live) – 4:27 *
90. "Chance (Dub)" (non-album track) – 2:35
91. "Drive" (live, 1994) – 4:00 *
92. "Star Me Kitten" (alternate version feat. William S. Burroughs, from Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files) – 3:31
93. "Revolution" (non-album track, from Batman and Robin soundtrack) – 3:05
94. "Leave" (alternate version, from A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack) – 4:42
95. "The Lifting" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) DEMO) – 5:20 *
96. "The One I Love" (live from 2MMM Sydney) – 3:24 *
97. "Maps and Legends" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:18
98. "Tongue" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:52
99. "Little America" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 2:59
100. "So. Central Rain" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:29
101. "Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:51
102. "So Fast, So Numb" (live in Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004) – 3:52
103. "All the Right Friends" (live in Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004) – 2:50
104. "Animal" NEW mix) – 3:55
105. "Pretty Persuasion" (live in NYC, 2003) – 4:02
106. "Welcome To the Occupation" (live in NYC, 2003) – 2:46
107. "You Are the Everything" (live in Raleigh, NC, October 10, 2003) – 3:31
108. "These Days" (live in Toronto, September 30, 2003) – 3:27
109. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (live in Oslo NRK P1 National Radio, October 25, 2003) – 4:35
110. "Wanderlust" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in Santa Barbara, CA, 2004) – 3:04
111. "Sweetness Follows" (live in Cincinnati, October 27, 2004) – 4:04 *
112. "Horse to Water" (live in Vancouver) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:36
113. "Indian Summer" (Calvin Johnson) (non-album Beat Happening cover) – 5:01
114. "Living Well Is the Best Revenge" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 3:16
115. "Auctioneer" (from Live From London EP) – 2:46
116. "Hollow Man" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 2:44
117. "Supernatural Superserious" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 3:23
118. "Fall On Me" (from Live From London EP) – 2:49
119. "West of the Fields" (from Live From London EP) – 3:14
120. "Horse to Water" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 2:18
121. "Man-Sized Wreath" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 2:36
122. "Man On the Moon" (from Live From London EP) – 4:53
123. "Mr. Richards" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in Vancouver) – 3:54
124. "Living Well Jesus Dog" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) ("Living Well Is The Best Revenge" alternate version) – 4:21
125. AIRLINER" (Buck, Mills, Stipe, Scott McCaughey) (non-album track) – 2:21
126. "Redhead Walking" (Calvin Johnson) (non-album Beat Happening cover) – 2:11
127. "Houston" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in London) – 2:19
128. "Harborcoat" (from Live at The Olympia) – 4:13
129. "Letter Never Sent" (from Live at the Olympia) – 3:17
130. "Second Guessing" (from Live at the Olympia) – 2:55
131. "Pretty Persuasion" (from Live at the Olympia) – 4:26
132. "Nola-4/26/10" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:53
133. "That Someone Is You" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live at Hansa Studios) – 1:45

Known issues[edit]

As of the original release of this compilation on May 19, 2014, the following track mistakes (marked with THE LIST above) have been observed on all digital download platforms:

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• Tracks 33 (slightly longer due to more audience noise) and 89 are the same live version of "Drive" from November 19, 1992. It canBE FOUND as a b-side on the "Strange Currencies" single and also on the Alternative NRG Greenpeace compilation.
• Tracks 81 and 93 are both the same demo version for "The Lifting".
• There's a previous mistake (uncorrected here) with track 87, a live version of "Turn You Inside-Out", which was reported in the entry for In Time: The Best of R.E.M.
• Track 94 (an acoustic live version of "The One I Love") is listed incorrectly. The correct venue is The Museum of Television and Radio on June 8, 2001. The same version can be found on the compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. The 2MMM Sydney version is different from both and can be found on Not Bad for No Tour.
• Tracks 100, 101, and 103–109 originated from a lossy source, even in the FLAC version of the release.

Resolved issues[edit]

The original release of this compilation had a few other mistakes that have been solved byITUNES. Those original files, though, can stillBE FOUND in many sources and still present the same mistakes.

• Track 1 ("Funtime") was originally listed as a live version, but is actually a studio recording. It's correctly listed on iTunes now.
• Track 14 ("Shiny Happy People" – Hip Mix) had a silent gap from 0:27 to 0:48. That has been fixed byITUNES and the track is available as a whole now.
• Track 20 was listed as "Orange Crush" (live), but was actually a repeat of "Dark Globe." This has been fixed by iTunes and the mistaken track was replaced by the correct song.

So, What IS the frequency, Kenneth?