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"12 Inch Exploration"

• Recorded: Various
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Notes: Various Artist Remixes

• Tracks

  R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" is included.

"1994"

• Recorded: See Track List
• Quality: B+
• Format: ?
• Notes: ?

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion/World Leader Pretend/Belong/Low [all from Mountain Stage, 4/28/92]/Losing My Religion/Country Feedback/Begin the Begin/ Monty Got a Raw Deal/Everybody Hurts/Man on the Moon [all from the 40 Watt Club, 11/19/92]/ Everybody Hurts/Drive [MTV Video Music Awards, 9/2/93]/What's the Frequency, Kenneth?/Bang and Blame/I Don't Sleep, I Dream [SNL 11/12/94]

"1998 The Greatest Hits Collection"

• Recorded: Various
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Released: Released in Bulgaria, 1998
• Notes: ?

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion/Man On The Moon/What's The Frequency, Kenneth?/ Shiny Happy People/Drive/E-Bow The Letter/Radio Free Europe/Everybody Hurts/Bang And Blame/Radio Song/The One I Love/The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite/Electrolite/So. Central Rain/Talk About The Passion/Near Wild Heaven/Nightswimming

"20th Century Boys - Vol. 1"

• Recorded: recorded at the Mad Hatter in Athens, GA, Fall 1983 Liner notes erroneously stated "Windup Club"
• Quality: excellent (soundboard)
• Format: CD
• Notes: a very raw performance

• Tracks

  I Got You Babe/Second Guessing/Harborcoat/Pretty Persuasion/Pills/1,000,000/Camera/Talk About the Passion/ Little America/I Don't Want You Anymore/Letter Never Sent/ Just a Touch/Secret Agent Man/Hootenany/Route 66/ Windout/9-9/6 Stock Answers to 74,000 Questions/ My Roof Your Roof/Pale Blue Eyes/Tainted Obligation/Sweet Jane

"20th Century Boys - Vol. 2"

• Recorded: tracks 1-7 were recorded live at the Mad Hatter in Athens in the Fall of 1983. Tracks 8-26 were recorded live at Tyrone's Club, Athens, GA, October 4, 1980.
• Quality: excellent (soundboard)
• Format: CD
• Notes: tracks 8-26 duplicate those found on the vinyl bootleg "Bodycount at Tyrones." Tracks "This and That," "Party Girl," "Jacques Cousteau," "Small Town Girl," and "Get Stoned" have the alternate titles "I Can Only Give You Everything," "All The Right Friends," "Narrator," "Hey Hey Nadine" and "Stepping Stone" respectively.

• Tracks

  Rave On/20th Century Boys/7 Chinese Brothers/Crazy/ That Beat/(Don't Go back to)Rockville/Carnival of Sorts/Just A Touch/A Girl Like You/Dangerous Times/ There She Goes Again/I Don't Want You Anymore/(Don't Go back to)Rockville/ Body Count/Hippy Hippy Shake/Action/Narrator/ Pretty Girl/Gardening At Night/Scherazade/Lisa Says/ Mystery to Me/Steppin Stone/Permanent Vacation

"21 Checkers"

• Recorded: Chastain Park - Atlanta Georgia - August 31, 1999.
• Format: CD
• Notes: Same as 2nd CD of widely circulated CDR Boot. 2nd half of show only.
• Quality: 14 Tracks from FM (Excellent)

• Tracks

  Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Star 69 / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid / Hope / Why Not Smile / Nightswimming / Crush With Eyeliner / Gardening At Night / Tongue / (Thank Yous) / ITEOTWAWKI.

"2nd Strike At The Bowl"

• Recorded: Milton Keynes 7/30/95 + 7 Out Of Time Outtakes
• Format: 2CD

• Tracks

  (CD 1) 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/Man On The Moon/Country Feedback/Half A World Away/(CD 2) Losing My Religion/Pop Song '89/Finest Worksong/Get Up/Star 69/Let Me In/ Everybody Hurts/Fall On Me/Departure/ITEOTWAWKI/(Outtakes) Night Swim/ Fretless/Kerouac No. 4/It's A Free World, Baby/Untitled/Instrumental/ Shiny Happy People

"Acoustic"

• Recorded: Disc 1 and 2 are part of the "Mountain Stage" performance, 1991.
  Disc 3 is from the Pink Pop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland, 5/15/89.
• Format: CD
• Quality: 10 out of 10
• Notes: 3 CD Box Set. Disc 3 is titled "Electric" and is part of concert found on "The Dream".
  Disc 3 is contained in the same case as Disc 2.
• Length: 48:26, 31:59, 61.25

• Tracks

  Disc 1:
  World Leader Pretend / Radio Song / Fall On Me / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Half A World Away / Belong / Love Is All Around / Losing My Religion / Radio Song / Disturbance At The Heron House / Low

  Disc 2:
  Swan Song H / White Train / If You Go Away / Bird Sail [Birds Head] / My Youngest Son Came Home Today / Say Hello (Hello In There) / Dark End Of The Street / Pop Song '89 [Talk About The Passion]

  Disc 3:
  Exhuming McCarthy / Turn You Inside-Out / Stand / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravity's Pull /King Of Birds / World Leader Pretend / Underneath The Bunker / Pretty Persuasion / Get Up / Auctioneer / It's The End Of The World As We Know It / Summertime / Swan Swan H / Finest Worksong

"Acoustic '87"

• Recorded: McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87
• Quality: fair audience recording
• Format: LP
• Released: 1990
• Notes: Maps and Legends from this performance can be found on several legitimate releases

• Tracks

  The One I Love/Welcome to the Occupation/ Disturbance At The Heron House/Finest Worksong/ Maps and Legends/Walk Don't Run/1,000,000/Trains/ The One I Love/Spooky/Disturbance at the Heron House/ Finest Worksong/Fever/So. Central Rain/ Medley: Leaving on a Jet Plane (w/Natalie Merchant)

"Acoustic '87"

• Recorded: McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87
• Quality: Poor to Fair Audience Recording
• Notes: It seems to be identical to The vinyl Mac-01 of the same name
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  The One I Love/Welcome to the Occupation/Disturbance/Finest Worksong/ Maps & Legends/Walk Don't Run/Baby Please Don't Go/1000000 Miles Away/ Trains/The One I Love/Spooky/Disturbance/Finest Worksong/Fever/South Central Rain/Leaving on a Jet Plane

"Acoustic 1991"

• Recorded: Live in Europe 1991
• Format: CD
• Quality: Excellent
• Notes: Came as a bonus to Seattle 1989 (which is not Seattle at all but
  Westwood One's Superstars in Concert from maimi and Orlando). Slip
  case. Notes "Performed live in Europe 1991."
  

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion/Half a World Away/Radio Song/Love Is All Around

"Acoustic Series: Live USA 89-93"

• Recorded: MTV Unplugged and other venues
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  Half a World Away / Disturbance at the Heron House / Radio Song / Low / Perfect Circle / Fall on Me / Belong / Love Is All Around / ITEOTWAWKI(AIFF) / Losing My Religion / Pop Song 89 / Turn You Inside Out / Tom's Diner / Moon River / Everybody Hurts

"Acoustic Tour 1991"

• Recorded: [1] Toronto, May 9, 1991 [2] Los Angeles (KCRW radio) 4/3/91, and [3] Charleston, WV (Mountain Stage program), May 4, 1991
• Quality: Toronto: Excellent Los Angeles: Very good (these appear in better quality on the "Half A World Away - Part 1" CD) Mountain Stage: Near Excellent
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  [1] World Leader Pretend/Radio Song/Love is All Around/ Losing My Religion/[3] Fall on Me/It's the End of the World/ Belong/[2] Low/Endgame/Swan Swan H./Spooky/ Disturbance at the Heron House/[1] Fretless/ [3] Dallas/Losing My Religion (alternate)/ World Leader Pretend (alternate)/

"Adhesion"

• Recorded: Milton Keynes 7/30/95
• Format: 2CD
• Notes: Two CD set of the Milton Keynes broadcast. Uncensored.
• Quality: A-

• Tracks

  Disc 1: WTF,K?/Crush with Eyeliner/Drive/Turn You Inside Out/Try Not to Breath/I Took Your Name/Undertow/Bang and Blame/I Don't Sleep, I Dream/Strange Currencies/Revolution/Tongue/Man on the Moon. Disc 2: Country Feedback/Half a World Away/Losing My Religion/Pop Song '89/Finest Worksong/Get Up/Star 69/Let Me In/Everybody Hurts/Band Introductions/Fall on Me/Departure/ITEOTWAWKI.

"All for One"

• Recorded: Later with Jool Holland, London Oct. 1998.
• Quality: Awesome Soundboard, but no fade ins or fade outs.

• Tracks

  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.

"Aneurysm '95"

• Recorded: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 5/15/95
• Quality: Excellent Audience Recording
• Format: 2CD
• Released: 1995
• Time: 55:55 & 59:00
• Notes: First night of the 2nd leg of the R.E.M. "World Tour"

• Tracks

  What's The Frequency, Kenneth?/Circus Envy/Crush With Eyeliner/Drive/Me In Honey/Try Not To Breathe/I Don't Sleep, I Dream/Strange Currencies/Revolution/ Tongue/Man On The Moon/Country Feedback/(CD2) Monty Got A Raw Deal/Losing My Religion/So. Central Rain/Star Me Kitten/I Took Your Name/Departure/Star 69/ Get Up/Let Me In/Everybody Hurts/Pop Song '89/Bang And Blame/ITEOTWAWKI.

"Animal's Attractions"

• Recorded: From MTV's "Unplugged"
• Quality: Excellent
• Format: CD (ADD)
• Released: November, 1991

• Tracks

  Half A World Away/Disturbance At The Heron House/Radio Song/ Low/Perfect CIrcle/Fall On Me/Belong/Love Is Around/ It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)/ Losing My Religion/She Will Talk About The Weather/

"Applaud"

• Recorded: MTV Unplugged & Others
• Format: EP
• Notes: Borehole 1991 REM Fan Club UK 7" boot.

• Tracks

  Low/Get Up/Kohoutek/Swan Swan H/End Game

"Archival Footage"

• Recorded: 1982-89, various locations
• Quality: mixed
• Format: LP

• Tracks

  [4 untitled cuts]/Gardening at Night/King of Birds/ Summer Time/Feeling Gravity's Pull/Dark Globe/9-9/ Carnival of Sorts

"Aural Pleasure"

• Recorded: Milton Keynes 7/30/95 + 7/29/95 and 1/16/95
• Format: 2CD
• Quality: One source says: "Best Monster Tour Disc I've Ever Heard"
• Notes: Tracks 10-14 on disc 2 are from July 29th, and 15-17 are from the
  Adelaide show on 1/16/95

• Tracks

  Disc One: What's the Frequency/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/Stange currencies/Revolution/Tongue/Man on the Moon/Country Feedback/Half a world away/losing my religion/(Disc Two) Pop Song 89/Finest Worksong/Get up/Star 69/let Me In/Everybody Hurts/Fall on Me/Departure/ ITEOTWAWKI/Circus Envy/Orange Crush/You/Welcome to the Occupation/So. Central Rain/King of Comedy/Me In Honey/Disturbance at the Heron House

"Automatic People"

• Recorded: November 19, 1992 (40 Watt Club, Athens, GA)
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Notes: ?

• Tracks

  Drive/Monty Got A Raw Deal/Man On The Moon/ Losing My Religion/Country Feedback/Begin The Begin/ Fall On Me/Me In Honey/Finest Worksong/Drive/ Love Is All Around/Fun Time/Radio Free Europe/Losing my religion

"Automatically Live"

• Recorded: November 19, 1992 (40 Watt Club, Athens, GA)
• Quality: a little flat, but acceptable
• Format: CD [pic-disc] (70:12)
• Released: February, 1993
• Notes: "Losing My Religion" [1] is not from the 40 Watt show, but appears to be an MTV performance (?)

• Tracks

  Drive/Monty Got A Raw Deal/Man On The Moon/ Losing My Religion/Country Feedback/Begin The Begin/ Fall On Me/Me In Honey/Finest Worksong/Drive/ Love Is All Around/Fun Time/Radio Free Europe/ [1] Losing My Religion

"Back To Rockville"

• Recorded: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois July 7,1984, Arsenio Hall Show 10/17/89, MTV Awards 9/2/93.
• Quality: Very Good
• Format: CD
• Notes: Claims to be 1st Av. Club, Minneapolis, MN 6/29/84. Made in Luxembourg.

• Tracks

  (Aragon)Femme Fatale/Radio Free Europe/Gardening At Night/ 9-9/Windout/Letter Never Sent/Sitting Still/Driver 8/So. Central Rain/Seven Chinese Brothers (Voice Of Harold)/Harborcoat/ Hyena/Pretty Persuasion/Second Guessing/Rockville/(Arsenio)Stand/ (MTV) Everybody Hurts/Drive

"Ballroom Dancing"

• Recorded: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 7/7/84 & Saturday Night Live 1994
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  Femme Fatale/Radio Free Europe/Gardening At Night/9-9/Windout/ Letter Never Sent/Sitting still/Driver 8/So. Central Rain/7 chinese Bros/Harborcoat/Hyena/Pretty Persuasion/Little America/Second Guessing/Rockville/What's The Frequency Kenneth?(SNL)/Bang And Blame (SNL)/I Don't Sleep I Dream (SNL)/Hello In There (w/ natalie merchant)

"Begin the Begin"

• Recorded: during Green tour
• Quality: B+ / A-
• Format: CD
• Notes: This is yet another boot of the Orlando Westwood One show

• Tracks

  If I Could Turn You Inside Out / Begin the Begin/ Heron House / King of Birds / Finest Worksong/I Believe/ Crazy/Swan Swan/Pop Song 89/Gravity/Welcome to the Occupation/ Stand/McCarthy/Perfect Circle/Get Up

"The Best Of REM"

• Format: CD
• Notes: Strange boot - An Unidentified Cover band doing R.E.M. and CCR tunes. Not bad.

• Tracks

  What's the Frequency, Kenneth? / Bang and Blame / Man on the Moon / Everybody Hurts / Drive / The One I Love / Shiny Happy People / The End of the World [sic] / Radio Free Europe / I Pur A Spell On You / Down On The Corner / Up Around The Bend / Hey Tonight / Bad Moon Rising.

"The Blinding Light"

• Recorded: Various - See Track Listing
• Quality: Excellent
• Format: CD
• Notes: Made In Italy

• Tracks

  2 May 2001 - MTV Sonic, Milan, Italy:
  Imitation Of Life / Losing My Religion / The Great Beyond / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Daysleeper / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / The Lifting / I'll Take The Rain / I've Been High / Electrolite / The Lifting / At My Most Beautiful / I'll Take The Rain / Man On The Moon / She Just Wants to Be.

  3 May 2001 - '125 Milioni di Cazzate' TV show, Raiuno studios, Milan, Italy:
  Imitation Of Life / Losing My Religion

  May 2001, Top of the Pops:
  Imitation Of Life

"Black Session"

• Recorded: 1-17: Studio 105, La Maison de Radio, Paris, 5/7/01; 18: Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal+ Studio 5/5/01
• Quality: Not a particularly well-made boot although sound is okay for the most part despite being broadcast.
• Format: CD
• Notes: Hyped as demos - but ARE NOT!

• Tracks

  Imitation of Life / The Great Beyond / Hope / Reno / Daysleeper / I've Been High / Electrolite / The Lifting / At My Most Beautiful / I'll Take The Rain / The One I Love / She Just Wants to Be / Walk Unafraid / Losing My Religion / Man on the Moon / Soft Control Rain [sic] / The End of the World [sic] / Imitation of Life.

"Blue"

• Recorded: Live at the Seattle Music Hall June 27,1984
• Quality: ?
• Format: 2LP
• Notes: Made In England

• Tracks

  Moral Kiosk/Driver8/Catapult/Hyena/Camera/Pilgrimage/Talk About the Passion/7 Chinese Brothers/So. Central rain/Pretty Persuasion/Gardening at Night/9-9/Windout/Old Man Kensey/Radio Free Europe/Little America/Burning Down/PBE/ 1,000,000/Rock N Roll Star/Boxcars/Marble Table/ (Same as Rock n Roll Stars)

"Blue - The Acoustic Concert"

• Recorded: From MTV's "Unplugged" 4/91
• Quality: Above Average, a little on the "flat" side.
• Format: CD
• Released: 1991

• Tracks

  Half A World Away/Disturbance At The Heron House/Radio Song/ Low/Don't Give Up/Fall On Me/Belong/Come On And Let It Show/ It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)/ Losing My Religion/[Pop Song '89]

"Bodycount at Tyrone's"

• Recorded: Live at Tyrone's, Athens, GA; October 4, 1980
• Quality: excellent (soundboard)
• Format: LP
• Notes: earliest bootlegged show (on LP)

• Tracks

  Just A Touch/A Girl Like You/Dangerous Times/ There She Goes Again/I Can Only Give You Everything/ I Don't Want You Anymore/All the Right Friends/Rockville/ Bodycount/Hippy Hippy Shake/Action/Narrator/Hey Hey Nadine/ Gardening At Night/Lisa Says/Mystery to Me/Stepping Stone/ Permanent Vacation

"Boreal Equinoxia"

• Recorded: November 19, 1992 (40 Watt Club, Athens, GA)
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Notes: 40 Watt 11/19/1992 Plus 3 bonus tracks

• Tracks

  Drive/Monty Got A Raw Deal/Everybody Hurts/Man On The Moon/ Losing My Religion/Country Feedback/Begin The Begin/ Fall On Me/Me In Honey/Finest Worksong/Drive/ Love Is All Around/Funtime/Radio Free Europe/(Bonus) Pretty Persuasion/I Believe/ King of Birds

"R.E.M. Boston 1984"

• Recorded: Live In Boston 1984 [sic] - actually recorded in Seattle.
• Quality: Good/excellent
• Format: CD
• Notes: "Driver 8" contains a small skip from the vinyl that was used for mastering.

• Tracks

  Moral Kiosk/Driver 8/Catapult/Hyena/Camera/Pilgrimage/ Talk About The Passion/7 Chinese Brothers/ South Central Rain/Pretty Persuasion/9-9/Windout/ Old Man Kensey/Radio Free Europe/Little America/ Burning Down/Pale Blue Eyes/1,000,000/ So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star/Carnival of Sorts/ Taking Out The Seeds

"Bucketfull of Worksongs"

• Recorded: Utrecht, Holland Sept. 14, 1987 (tracks 1-22) and Werchter, July, 1985 (tracks 23-28)
• Quality: very good (somewhat bass-shy)
• Format: 2-CD set
• Notes: the Time After Time medley (w/ So. Central Rain and Red Rain) from the Utrecht show has been commercially released as a B-side.

• Tracks

  Finest Worksong/These Days/Lightning Hopkins/ Welcome to the Occupation/Driver 8/Feeling Gravity's Pull/ I Believe/The One I Love/Exhuming McCarthy/Wolves, Lower/ Fall on Me/Superman/Just a Touch/Oddfellows Local 151/ Strange/Hair and House (sic - actually Disturbance at the Heron House)/Funtime/Time After Time/So. Central Rain/ Harpers/Moral Kiosk/Life and How to Live It/Feeling Gravity's Pull/Driver 8/Rockville/So. Central Rain/Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Can't Get There from Here

"Buy The Sky, Sell The Sky"

• Recorded: Yokohama University, Kanagawa, Japan, 10 Nov. 84
• Quality: Great!
• Format: 2-CD set
• Notes: Set list on CD case is way wrong. Here is a list of what is really on it.

• Tracks

  Bogus Intro/Gardening at Night/9-9/Windout/Old Man Kensey/ Auctioneer/So. Central Rain/Auctioneer/Talk About the Passion/ Harborcoat/ Hyena/(Don't Go Back to) Rockville/Sitting Still/Driver 8/ Catapult/Chicken Train/Pretty Persuasion/ Little America/Ghost Riders in the Sky/Radio Free Europe/Femme Fatale

"Byrds Fly South: Remember The Byrds"

• Notes: See "Roger Bill Mike & Pete Remember The Byrds"

"Caipirinha Rock"

• Recorded: Rock in Rio 13 Jan 2001 from broadcast
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Released: 2001

• Tracks

  What's The Frequencyy Kenneth? / Fall On Me / Daysleeper / The Great Beyond / She Just Wants To Be / Stand / So. Central Rain / At My Most Beautiful / Caipirinha Pause / The Lifting / The One I Love / Find The River / Losing My Religion / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / Everybody Hurts.

"Can't Get There From Here"

• Recorded: Live at Hammersmith Palais Ballroom, London; October 28, 1985
• Quality: good (audience recording)
• Format: LP (double)
• Released: 1986

• Tracks

  Feeling Gravity's Pull/Harborcoat/Green Grow the Rushes/ Maps And Legends/Pilgrimage/Drive 8/Sitting Still/ Good Advices/So. Central Rain/Have You Ever Seen The Rain/ Can't Get There From Here/Seven Chinese Brothers/Auctioneer/ Old Man Kensey/Pretty Persuasion/Life And How To Live it/ Second Guessing/Rockville/Toys In The Attic/Radar Love/ Burning Hell/Talk About The Passion/Little America

"Carnival Of Sorts"

• Recorded: Merlins in Madison, WI (April 24, 1982)
• Quality: Excellent
• Format: CD (ADD)
• Released: October, 1990

• Tracks

  Gardening At Night/9-9/Ages Of You/Shaking Through/Laughing/ Romance/Sitting Still/Pretty Persuasion/That Beat/Catapult/ Radio Free Europe/Wolves, Lower/Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)/ White Tornado/West Of The Fields/Stumble-Skank/ There She Goes Again

"Carnival of Sorts"

• Recorded: 9:30 Club, Washington DC, March 12, 1983 (the label says 3/17/87, but it's incorrect)
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Notes: This is the same show as The Sound and the Fury. Note that there is a boot of a different show with the same title

• Tracks

  Gardeing at Night/9-9/Catapult/Pilgrimage/7 Chinese Brothers/ Laughing/Wolves, Lower/Romance/Sitting Still/1,000,000/West of the Fields/Radio Free Europe/Last Date/Ages of You/We Walk/ Carnival of Sorts

"Chestnut"

• Recorded: Community Trolls Cassette, Rockline 11/4/89, Demo 10/81, Fan Club 1988
• Format: EP
• Quality: Overall quality is excellent, except for Jazz Lips, which as a song is
  somewhat suspect. :)
  
• Notes: One of the few places "Jazz Lips" can be found.

• Tracks

  Side 1: Tainted Obligations (Michael with Community Trolls from cassette of same name)/Ballad of Cat Ballou (Mike and Peter live Rockline 1/14/89)
  Side 2: Jazz Lips (Drive-in Studio 10/81)/Parade of Wooden Soldiers

"Chronic Murmurings"

• Recorded: Athens demos (1980), IRS demos (1981), outtakes
• Quality: Athens demos: fair, remainder: very good to excellent
• Format: LP (double)

• Tracks

  (Athens:) Dangerous Times/I Don't Want You Anymore/ Different Girl/Narrator/Just A Touch/Baby I/Mystery to Me/ Permanent Vacation/(IRS:) 1,000,000/Ages of You/ Gardening at Night/Carnival of Sorts/Stumble/ (Chronic Town outtakes:) Catapult/Wolves, Lower/Laughing/ Romance/Shaking Through/Carnival of Sorts/Stumble/ Wolves Lower/1,000,000/(Reckoning outtakes:) Windout/ Just a Touch

"Classic Traxx"

• Recorded: "All tracks recoreded Live in USA 1993-1995"
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  Wake Up Bomb/Bang and Blame/What's The Frecuency Kenneth/Losing My Religion/Shiny Happy People/I Don't Sleep I Dream/Drive/Everybody Hurts/Radio Song/ITEOTWAWKI AIFF/Love Is All Around/Man On The Moon/ Pop Song '89/Red Rain->South Central Rain/The One I Love.

"Cologne Free Concert"

• Recorded: Cologne, Germany, 12 May 2001
• Format: 2CD
• Notes: Made in Germany. Nice package and cool looking discs with REM in small red and green lettering, which gives the discs their color.

• Tracks

  Disc 1: The Great Beyond / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Cuyahoga / Electrolite / I've Been High / Daysleeper / The Lifting / Find The River

  Disc 2: Imitation Of Life / I'll Take The Rain / At My Most Beautiful / The One I Love / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / So. Central Rain / It's the End of the World as We Know It

"The Complete Unplugged Show"

• Recorded: From MTV's "Unplugged"
• Quality: Excellent
• Format: CD
• Length: 55:31
• Notes: omits "Endgame" despite listing it. The bonus tracks of "Ghost Rider", "Funtime", and "Return Of The Popsong" (PS89 acoustic version, as on the PS89 US and "Stand" UK & elsewhere b-sides) are not from Unplugged. Cheering was added between these 3 songs to make them appear to be live.

• Tracks

  Half A World Away/Disturbance At The Heron House/Radio Song/ Low/Perfect CIrcle/Fall On Me/Belong/Love Is Around/ It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)/ Losing My Religion/She Will Talk About The Weather/

"Collection 2000"

• Notes: From Eastern Europe

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion / It's The End Of The World as We Know It / (Don't Go Back to) Rockville / Bang And Blame / 9-9 / White Tornado / At My Most Beautiful / Can't Get There From Here / Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars) / Gardening At Night / Everybody Hurts / Drive / Fall On Me / Perfect Circle / Pretty Persuasion / So. Central Rain / Strange Currencies / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Driver 8 / Why Not Smile / The

"Complete Christmas Singles Collection"

• Recorded: Various
• Quality: Excellent
• Format: 2CD
• Notes: Gorgeous 2CD set in triptych (Total tracks 35); worth finding.

• Tracks

  All the Fan Club singles through 2001plus the following bonus cover tracks: First We Take Manhattan / Mrs. Robinson / One / Paint It Black / Radar Love / Smoking in the Boy's Room / The Lion Sleeps Tonight / Mr. Tambourine Man

"Consider Life"

• Recorded: November 19, 1992 (40 Watt Club, Athens, GA)
• Quality: one source says "B+"
• Format: CD
• Notes: One and Candy Everybody Wants (listed as Hello in there) from 01/20/93

• Tracks

  Drive/Monty Got A Raw Deal/Man On The Moon/ Losing My Religion/Country Feedback/Begin The Begin/ Fall On Me/Me In Honey/Finest Worksong/Drive/ Love Is All Around/Fun Time/Radio Free Europe/One/Candy Everybody Wants

"Covering 'Em"

• Recorded: Live in the 80s/90s in the USA
• Quality: Average to very good.
• Format: CD
• Released:
• Notes: The information on the recording dates is from the cover of the CD.

• Tracks

  California Dreamin/Eight Miles High/Roadrunner/Pale Blue eyes/So You Want to be A Rock 'n' Roll Star/ Femme Fatale/ See no Evil/There She Goes Again/Paint it Black/Radar Love/ Pills/Have You Ever Seen the Rain/In the Year 2525/ Smoking in the Boys Room/Toys in the Attic/Love is all/ Around/Funtime/You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Mongrel Mix)/ One/Mrs Robinson/Sweet Jane/Afterhours

"Covering Them"

• Recorded: Early days thry 1993
• Format: CD
• Quality: Varies

• Tracks

  Same as "Covering 'Em"

"Covering Them"

• Recorded: Early days thry 1993
• Format: CD (Made in Italy)
• Quality: Varies

• Tracks

  Same as "Covering 'Em"

"Disturbances"

• Recorded: Unknown Origin, July, 1984
• Quality: Terrible - only for die-hards.
• Format: CD
• Released: 1989
• Notes: Both the track listing in the case, and on the CD are incorrect (actual tracks are listed below). The CD is labeled "Heartsounds" and is given a, "(C) (P) 1989 Heartground Records".

• Tracks

  Letter Never Sent/I Believe/Driver 8/South Central Rain/ 7 Chinese Brothers/Harbourcoat/Hyena/Femme Fatale/ Radio Free Europe/Gardening At Night/9-9, Windout/ Little America/Second Guessing/(Don't Go Back To) Rockville/

"Do The Strand"

• Recorded: Strand Cabaret, Marietta, GA, July 2, 1982
• Quality: Good
• Format: CD
• Notes: Contains first (probably) live performance of "Perfect Circle", with drum machine.

• Tracks

  West of the Fields/Shaking Through/Pilgrimage/Romance/ We Walk/Wolver, lower/That Beat/Pretty Persuasion/ Sitting Still/1,000,000/Gardening at Night/9-9/ There She Goes Again/Catapult/Radio Free Europe/ Perfect Circle/Laughing/Moral Kiosk/Carnival of Sorts/ Crazy

"Do You Remember - Dead Giveaway Office"

• Recorded: Tyrone's (1983), Peppermint Lounge (NYC 10/31/83) and more
• Quality: mixed: audience and soundboard
• Format: LP

• Tracks

  Welcome To The Starlight/20th Century Boy/Pills/ Barney Miller Theme/Secret Agent Man/Hootenanny/ DOA/Omaha (Golden Paliminos)/I Got You Babe/Moon River/ Rave On/So You Want to be a R&R Star?/Pale Blue Eyes/ I Can't Control Myself/Crazy/Femme Fatale/

"Documentary"

• Recorded: live circa 1987 (Los Angeles)
• Quality: good audience recording
• Format: LP (double)

• Tracks

  Finest Worksong/These Days/Welcome To The Occupation/ Exhuming McCarthy/Don't Call On Me/Feeling Gravity's Pull/ King Of Birds/I Believe/Maps And Legends/Driver 8/ Superman/Auctioneer/Oddfellows Local 151/ (earthquake story)/It's the End of the World As We Know It/ Begin the Begin/Strange/Rollers Show/Cuyahoga/Fall on Me/ Harpers/The One I Love/Crazy/Eat the Fucking Rich/ Just A Touch/After Hours/

"Don't Try This At Home"

• Recorded: Various covers from various venues
• Released: Japan 1995
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  California Dreamin'/Fretless/Love Is All Around/Dallas/So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star/Moon River/Ghost Riders in the Sky/Paint It Black/In the Year 2525/Mr. Tambourine Man/Steppin' Stone/Secret Agent Man/See No Evil/Deck the Halls/Memphis Train Blues/Parade of Wooden Soldiers/All I Have to Do Is Dream/Ballad of Cat Ballou/White Tornado/I've Got You Babe/Pills/Pale Blue Eyes/Have you Ever Seen the Rain/The Lion Sleeps Tonight/Born to Run/8 Miles High/Wild Thing

"Down South"

• Recorded: Live 1981-82 (*) from 10/1/81 Tyrone's show
• Quality: excellent
• Format: LP

• Tracks

  White Tornado/Shaking Through/Rockville/ Gardening at Night/Sitting Still/Burning Down/ Chained to the Wall/Ages of You/Get on Their Way (*)/ There She Goes Again (*)/Laughing/Just A Touch/ Radio Free Europe

"Down Under 95"

• Recorded: January 16, 1995 in Adelaide Australia
• Quality: Of varying opinions ???
• Format: 2CD
• Notes: ?

• Tracks

  What's the Frequency, Kenneth?/Circus Envy/Crush With Eyeliner/ Drive/King of Comedy/Me in Honey/Disturbance at the Heron House/ Try Not To Breathe/Revolution/I Don't Sleep, I Dream/Tongue/Man on the Moon/Half A World Away/Country Feedback/Losing My Religion/ You/Orange Crush/Star 69/ITEOTWAWKI/Let Me In/ Everybody Hurts/I Took Your Name/Bang and Blame/Finest Worksong

"Draggin' The Line - Greatest Hits '99"

• Recorded: ?
• Quality:
• Format: CD
• Notes: From Russia

• Tracks

  Daysleeper/Draggin' The Line/Everybody Hurts/Losing My Religion/Man On The Moon/Strange Currencies/Shiny Happy People/Lotus/Suspicion/Drive/What's The Frequency, Kenneth?/E-bow The Letter/Electrolite/Radio Free Europe/Nightswimming/ The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight/The One I Love.

"The Dream: Green World Tour"

• Recorded: Langraaf, Holland - May 15, 1989 Milan - June 15, 1989
• Quality: Good, but not perfect
• Format: CD (ADD)
• Released:
• Notes: Only the last three songs were recorded in Milan.

• Tracks

  Exhuming McCarthy/Turn You Inside-Out/Stand/Orange Crush/ Feeling Gravity's Pull/King Of Birds/World Leader Pretend/ Underneath The Bunker/Pretty Persuasion/Get Up/Auctioneer/ It's The End Of The World As We Know It/Summertime/ Swan Swan H/Finest Worksong/Begin The Begin/Perfect Circle/ Dark Globe

"Drive"

• Recorded: 1985-1992
• Quality: good to very good
• Format: CD
• Notes:

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion/Drive/Radio Song/ World Leader Pretend/Half A World Away/Man On The Moon/ Everybody Hurts/Stands/It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)/Orange Crush/The One I Love/Driver 8/ Red Rain-South Central Rain/Monty I Got A Raw Deal/ Country Feedback/Pop Song/Endgame/Have You Ever Seen The Rain

"Drive"

• Recorded: Various
• Format: LP
• Quality: Overall Very Good
• Notes: Great looking 2-sided picture disc.

• Tracks

  Side 1: Losing My Religion/Drive/Monty Got a Raw Deal/Fall on Me/You Are the Everything/Country Feedback
  Side 2: Love Is All Around/Everybody Hurts/Finest Worksong/Man on the Moon

"Dynamic Live"

• Recorded: Utrecht 1987 and Oslo 1985 [sic] (I believe this is Oslo 12/6/84)
• Format: CD
• Quality: ?
• Notes:

• Tracks

  Finest Worksong / These Days / Lightnin' Hopkins / Welcome To The Occupation / Driver 8 / Feeling Gravitys Pull / I Believe / The One I Love / Exhuming McCarthy / Wolves, Lower / Fall On Me / Superman / Just A Touch / Oddfellows Local 151 / Little America / Hyena / Driver 8 / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / 1,000,000.

"Early Movements"

• Recorded: Various
• Quality: very good (track 10 sounds recorded too fast and doesn't sound like JMS singing)
• Format: CD
• Notes:

• Tracks

  (With heading "Chronic Town LP Early Studio Outakes") Catapult/Wolves Lover/Laughing/Easy Come, Easy Go/ Shaking Through/Carnival Of Sorts/Stumble/Wolves Lover/ Million/Find Out/Just A Touch/ (With heading "1980 Garage Rehersal") Dangerous Times/I Don't Want You Anymore/Different Girl/ Narrator/Just A Touch/Baby I/Mystery To Me/ Permanent Vacation/Drive Primary Remix/Drive Secondary Remix

"Eclipse The Moon Tonight"

• Recorded: Tracks 1-13 live at the BBC Studios, White City, London. Broadcast on "Later" TV Show 6th November 1998. Track 14 interview broadcast 25th
• Format: CD
• Length: 71.02 min
• Quality: Very Good

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion / Lotus / New Test Leper / Daysleeper / Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful / The Apologist / Country Feedback/ Parakeet / So. Central Rain / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / The Passenger / interview (13 mins.)

"Espana '95"

• Recorded: Aneola Videodromo, San Sebastian, Spain Feb. 15, 1995
• Quality: fair
• Format: 2CD

• Tracks

  What's The Frequency, Kenneth?/Circus Envy/Try Not To Breathe/ Drive/Crush With Eyeliner/You/I Don't Sleep, I Dream/Monty Got A Raw Deal/Revolution/Tongue/Man On The Moon/I Took Your Name/ Country Feedback/Losing My Religion/Departure/Star Me Kitten/ Me In Honey/Finest Worksong/Get Up/Star 69/Let Me In/Everybody Hurts/band intros/Pop Song '89/Bang and Blame/ITEOTWAWKI.

"Essential Demos Vol. 1"

• Recorded: 20 Demos from various studios and dates
• Released: 1995 (Made In Germany)
• Format: CD
• Quality: One source says its not so good (a C+), another says not too bad.

• Tracks

  Radio Dub/Ages of You/Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)/Shaking Through Wolves, Lower (Fast Version)/Catapult/Laughing/Romance/That Beat/ Burning Hell/The Lion Sleeps Tonight/Shank/Theme From Two Steps Onward/Just A Touch/Mystery to Me/Wait/Begin the Begin/Cuyahoga/ I Believe/These Days/PSA (Bad Day)(cut)

"The Essential"

• Recorded: Various live and studio tracks
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  Driver 8/Disturbance at the Heron House/Last Date/The One I Love/Maps and Legends/Pop Song '89/Skin Tight/Half a World Away/Radio Song/Time After Time, Etc./Ghost Riders/Dark Globe/Memphis Train Blues/Eleventh Untitled Song/Radio Free Europe (hib-Tone version)

"Fables of REM"

• Recorded: 11/24/84 Nottingham BBC show
• Quality: VG+ to Excellent
• Format: 7" 45rpm record
• Notes: Cover indicates Nottingham 1986, but it's the '84 show.

• Tracks

  Side 1: Pretty Persuasion/Radio Free Europe Side 2: West of the Fields/Rockville

"Fan Club & Christmas Funtime"

• Quality: VG+ to Excellent
• Format: CD
• Released: 1997
• Notes: Collection of Fan Club Singles, and various other rare tracks. Limited Edition of 7500, acording to label. (Only 3300 Made in reality.) The fan club tracks were all transferred from original fan club vinyl singles and unfortunately had to go through 2 sound studios. One studio did not try to remove occasional "pops" as asked, so another studio used Protools to improve the recording since this was going to cd.

• Tracks

  This is the actual listing on the boot, and the actual song in parentheses
  if it is listed incorrectly.

  1. Parade of the Wooden Soldier (Alt. Version)
  2. See No Evil
  3. Academy Fight Song (Good King Wenceslas)
  4. Good King Wencelas (sic) (Academy Fight Song)
  5. Ghost Reindeer in the Sky
  6. Summertime
  7. Baby Baby
  8. Christimas Griping
  9. Where's Captain Kirk?
  10. Toyland
  11. Silver Bells
  12. Christmas Time is Here
  13. Sex Bomb
  14. Christmas in Tunisia
  15. Wicked Game
  16. Java
  17. Only in America
  18. I Will Survive

  Bonus Tracks:

  19. Ghostriders in the Sky
  20. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (live, same as from Have You Ever Heard This?)
  21. Ghostrider
  22. Dark Globe
  23. Funtime (Ghostriders in the Sky (live))
  24. Ghostrider (live) (Funtime)
  

"Fan Club Singles Vol. 1"

• Recorded: 1988 and 1989 Fan Club Christmas Singles
• Released: UK 1993
• Format: EP gray vinyl 7"

• Tracks

  Side 1: Parade of Wooden Soldiers/See No Evil
  Side 2: Good King Wenceslas/Academy Fight Song
  

"Fan Club Singles Vol. 2"

• Recorded: 1990 and 1991 Fan Club Christmas Singles
• Released: EEC 1992
• Format: EP pink vinyl 7"

• Tracks

  Side 1: Ghost Reindeer in the Sky/Summertime
  Side 2: Baby Baby/Christmas Griping
  

"Fan Club Singles Vol. 3"

• Recorded: 1990 and 1991 Fan Club Christmas Singles
• Released: UK 1995
• Format: EP red vinyl 7"
• Notes: Sleeve says "limited edition of 500 copies" ????

• Tracks

  Side 1: Where's Captain Kirk?/Toyland
  Side 2: Silver Bells/Christmas Time Is Here
  

"File Under Kudzu"

• Recorded: Possibly late Jan. '82 at Fridays - Greensboro, NC + earlier & later bonus tracks.
• Format: CD
• Quality: Excellent Audience recording
• Notes: 2 sets recorded Jan 82 (it says 1/83 on the insert) plus 3 bonus tracks.
  Location identified only as Georgia.

• Tracks

  Gardening At Night/9-9/Windout/Talk About The Passion (very early version) /There She Goes Again/Sitting still/That beat/Pretty Persuasion/Mystery To Me/ Carnival Of Sorts/(set 2) Ages Of You/Catapult/Shaking Through/Laughing/ "coming attractions"/Romance/Ghost Riders In The Sky/Permanent Vacation/1,000,000/Wolves, Lower/Radio Free Europe/(bonus tracks: (1980-1981) All The Right Friends/Wait!/Bodycount

"Finest Lunchbox"

• Notes: A huge box set of Toasted's REM bootlegs. Comes with a t-shirt, a postcard, and a 92 page collection of REM articles, fan club mailings, etc. from 1983-1988. All this comes in a heavy box (similar to a film-reel box) closed with heavy fabric straps. The cover indicates that only 100 were made. Good luck finding one! These expensive sets were snatched up quick.

• Contents

  Contains the following albums in their entirety with original covers (except "REM", Nottingham 1984):
  Chronic Murmurings
  Documentary
  Mada Mada
  Pageantry
  Rolling Stone (Syrian Mosque)
  Working
  REM (This is a green-vinyl version of Notingham 1984)
  

"Finest Worksongs"

• Recorded: studio demos, 1987-88
• Quality: very good
• Format: LP

• Tracks

  Finest Worksong/Welcome To The Occupation/ Exhuming McCarthy/Disturbance At The Heron House/ Pop Song '89/It's The End Of The World As We Know It/ Orange Crush/Fireplace/Lightnin' Hopkins/ I Remember California/Oddfellows Local 151/Get Up/ You Are The Everything/

"First Trip Overthere"

• Recorded: Dingwall's, London, 1984 (appears to have been taped off a radio as radio interruptions start in several places, then suddenly cut off.)
• Quality: Very good to downright awful (varies with each song)
• Format: Cassette and LP
• Notes: A.k.a. London 1984 and English Night Garden.
  The cover is a Blue background with a collage of photos ranging from a bunch of flowers to the Madonna and child. The words "R.E.M." And "First Trip Overthere" are in the upper left hand corner.

• Tracks

  Pretty Persuasion/ Gardening at Night/ 9-9/ Windout/ Old Man Kensey/ Radio Free Europe/ Little America/ Burning Down/ Pale Blue Eyes/ 1,000,000/ So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star/ A Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)/Photograph

"For Promotional Use Only"

• Recorded:
  Tracks 1-12 Oct 25, 1998 Radio Theatre London (BBC Radio)
  Tracks 13-14 Oct 22, 1998 Ed Sullivan Theare New York City (David Letterman)
  Tracks 15-16 Nov 17, 1998 NBC Studios New York City (Conan O'Brien)
  
• Quality: A+ to A-
• Notes: Not much more info on the inserts...
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  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/Daysleeper/Lotus/Daysleeper/Lotus

"Freak Marmalade"

• Recorded: Track 1 - MTV Music Awards 9/7/95, Track 2-4 - Milton Keynes, London 7/29/95,
  Track 5-7 - Saturday Night Live 11/12/94, Track 8-12 - Greenpeace benefit 11/19/92,
  Track 13 - Milton Keynes, London 7/29/95, Track 14-16 - Milano 1995
  
• Quality: Excellent
• Notes: Electric and Acoustic Songs
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  Wake Up Bomb/Undertow/Revolution/Departure(listed as Baby Come)/What's the Frequency Kenneth/Bang and Blame/I Don't Sleep, I Dream/Everybody Hurts/Losing My Religion/Me In Honey/Drive/Funtime and Radio Free Europe/Half a World Away/So. Central Rain/Country Feedback/Man on the Moon/

"From The Borderline"

• Recorded: The Borderline 3/15/91 and Shocking Club, Milan 3/22/91
• Format: CD
• Quality: Excellent Audience

• Tracks

  Intro/World Leader Pretend/Half A World Away/ Fretless/The One I Love/Hello In There/ My Youngest Son Came Home Today/Jackson-Dallas/ Disturbance At The Heron House/Belong/Low/ Love Is All Around/You Are The Everything/Swan Swan H/ Radio Song/ Perfect Circle/Endgame/Pop Song 89/ Losing My Religion/Fall On Me (part 1)/Fall On Me (part 2)/ Tom's Diner/You Ain't Goin' Nowhere/Get Up/Moon River/ Half A World Away/Swan Swan H/Belong/Driver 8/Low/ Fretless/Losing My Religion/

"From The Borderline"

• Recorded: [1] Borderline (London) - March 15, 1991 [2] Shocking Club (Milano) - March 22, 1991
• Quality: Very Good (audience recording)
• Format: Double CD
• Released: September, 1991
• Notes: Recorded under the pseudo name, Bingo Hand Job

• Tracks

  (disc 1) [1] Intro/World Leader Pretend/Half A World Away/ Fretless/The One I Love/Hello In There/ My Youngest Son Came Home Today/Jackson-Dallas/ Disturbance At The Heron House/Belong/Low/ Love Is All Around/You Are The Everything/Swan Swan H/ Radio Song/ (disc 2) Perfect Circle/Endgame/Pop Song 89/ Losing My Religion/Fall On Me (part 1)/Fall On Me (part 2)/ Tom's Diner/You Ain't Goin' Nowhere/Get Up/Moon River/ [2] Half A World Away/Swan Swan H/Belong/Driver 8/Low/ Fretless/Losing My Religion/

"Funtime"

• Recorded: ?
• Quality: One source says "Pretty Bad" Another "Pretty Good" Anyone else want to chime in?
• Format: CD
• Released: Possibly 1994 from Japan.
• Notes: "Live Rarities through the U.S. - Years 84-91" I did not see the original post with the track listing of this boot. The following list is from a follow-up post regarding what was "really" on the cd, as opposed to the track listing on the cd itself. (David DeWolfe)

• Tracks

  Radio Song (Tower of Luv Bug Mix)/Shiny Happy People (Music Mix)/Finest Worksong (Lengthy Club Mix)/ Belong (instrumental)/Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (alternate version 88)/See No Evil (1988 fan club single)/ Academy Fight Song (1989 fan club single)/ Summertime (1989 fan club single)/Low (acoustic part I & II)/ Radio Song (Monster Mix)/Finest Worksong (Other Mix)/ Man On The Moon (special version)/Have You Ever Seen The Rain (live 85)/Ghostrider In The Sky (alternate version 88)/ Tainted Obligation (demo alternate version 84)/ Losing My Religion (live in the studio 91)/ Funtime Radar Love (live USA)

"The Genesis Of Revelation"

• Recorded: Cologne, Germany - 12 May 2001
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  The Great Beyond / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / All The Way To Reno / Cuyahoga / Electrolite / I've Been High / Daysleeper / Imitation Of Life / I'll Take The Rain / At My Most Beautiful / The One I Love / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / So Central Rain / ITEOTWAWKI .

"Georgia Peaches Ripe!"

• Recorded: Live at Tyrone's, January 10, 1981
• Quality: very good (soundboard), though one souce says "poor". Perhaps more than one pressing out there?
• Format: Pink Vinyl LP (double), some Black Vinyl has been seen too.
• Notes: See "So Much Younger Then" for an abridged set from the same show

• Tracks

  Rave On/Burning Down/A Girl Like You/Get On Their Way/ There She Goes Again/Pretty Persuasion/Body Count/ A Different Girl/Action/Narrator/Hey Hey Nadine/Baby I/ Permanent Vacation/Radio Free Europe/Sitting Still/ Dangerous Times/I Don't Want You Anymore/Shaking Through/ Little Girl/Rockville/Windout/Gardening at Night/Wait/ Scherezade/Lisa Says/Mystery to Me/White Tornado/

"Godzilla vs. REM's Monster"

• Recorded: 1-16: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7 July 1984.
  17-19: Saturday Night Live, 12 Nov. 94.
  20: Scotland w/Billy Bragg, Natalie Merchant
  
• Released: 1995

• Tracks

  Femme Fatale / Radio Free Europe / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout / Letter Never Sent / Sitting Still / Driver 8 / So Central Rain / 7 Chinese Brothers / Harborcoat / Hyena / Pretty Persuasion / Little America / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / What's the Frequency, Kenneth? / Bang and Blame / I Don't Sleep, I Dream / Hello in There.

"Gold"

• Notes: A mysterious release without much background info.

• Tracks

  Shiny Happy People/Everybody Hurts/ What's the Frequency, Kenneth?/E-Bow the Letter/Losing My Religion/ Man on the Moon/Radio Free Europe/The One I Love/So. Central Rain/Bang and Blame/Drive/ Radio Song/Electrolite/Talk About the Passion/ Near Wild Heaven/The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite/Near Wild Heaven/Nightswimming

"Gravity"

• Recorded: Live USA (No date given)
• Quality:
• Format: CD
• Released: 1992
• Notes: All songs by Berry/Buch/Mills/Stipe (sic). This would appear to be the same as the "Perfect Circle" boot.

• Tracks

  Pop Song/McCarty (sic)/Welcome to the Occupation/Heron House/ If I Could Turn You Inside Out/Orange Crush/Gravity/ Swan Swan/Begin the Begin/Pretty Pursuasion/I Believe/ King of the Birds/Crazy/Finest Worksong/You are the Everything/Academy Fight Song/Stand/Perfect Circle/ Get up/End of the World/

"Gravity"

• Recorded: Westwood One Superstars In Concert Miami & Orlando 4/89
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  Pop Song '89/Exhuming McCarthy/Welcome to the Occupation/Disturbance at the Heron House/Turn You Inside Out/Orange Crush/Feeling Gravitys Pull/Swan Swan H./Begin the Begin/Prretty Persuasion/I Believe/King of Birds/Crazy/Finest Worksong/You Are the Everything/Academy Fight Song/Stand/Perfect Circle/Get Up/EOTWAWKI(AIFF)

"The Greatest Hits Collection 1998"

• Recorded: Various
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Released: Released in Bulgaria, 1998
• Notes: ?

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion/Man On The Moon/What's The Frequency, Kenneth?/ Shiny Happy People/Drive/E-Bow The Letter/Radio Free Europe/Everybody Hurts/Bang And Blame/Radio Song/The One I Love/The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite/Electrolite/So. Central Rain/Talk About The Passion/Near Wild Heaven/Nightswimming

"Greatest Hits Live"

• Recorded: Various
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  ITEOTWAWKI (AIFF)/The One I Love/Welcome to the Occupation/Pop Song '89/Orange Crush/Get Up/Stand/Losing My Religion/Shiny Happy People/Radio Song/Everybody Hurts/Drive/Radio Free Europe/Superman/Driver 8/Finest Worksong/What's the Frequency, Kenneth?/Crush with Eyeliner/Bang and Blame

"Green Dreams"

• Recorded: Miami and Orlando Westwood One Broadcast 4/89
• Format: LP

• Tracks

  ?

"Greendreams"

• Recorded: Orlando Arena, Orlando FL 4/30/89, w/ 2 fan club tracks
• Quality: excellent
• Format: LP (double)
• Notes: Broadcast by Westwood One. Also available on CD's It's the End of the World and Poets of the Wheat

• Tracks

  Pop Song '89/Exhuming McCarthy/Welcome to the Occupation/ Disturbance at the Heron House/Orange Crush/ Turn You Inside Out/Feeling Gravity's Pull/Begin the Begin/ Pretty Persuasion/I Believe/Swan Swan H/Flowers of Guatemala/ Shaking Through/Finest Worksong/You Are The Everything/ Academy Fight Song/Stand/Perfect Circle/Get Up/ It's the End of the World/See No Evil (Fan club)/ Academy Fight Song (Fan club)/

"Greenpeace Breakthrough"

• Recorded:
• Released: 1989
• Format: LP Gatefold Sleeve
• Notes: Various Artist Russian LP gatefold w/ 16 page color booklet all in Russian (see scan for REM's page)

• Tracks

"The Green World Tour"

• Recorded: Perugia Palasport (Italy) - June 17, 1989
• Quality: Very Good
• Format: CD (ADD)
• Released: 1990

• Tracks

  Pop Song 89/These Days/Exhuming McCarthy/Turn You Inside-Out/ Orange Crush/Disturbance At The Heron House - Feeling Gravity's Pull/King Of Birds/Shaking Through/ World Leader Pretend/Finest Worksong/Underneath The Bunker/ Sitting Still/Get Up/Auctioneer (Another Engine)/ It's The End Of The World As We Know It/Stand/

"Hail! Hail! Rock And Roll Vol. 1"

• Recorded: 26 Covers from a variety of sources and dates
• Format: CD
• Notes: Same as 'Rivers Of Suggestion' but without mentioning
  dates and locations

• Tracks

  Wipe Out/Skip a Rope/Word Up/Ghost Rider/Rave On/Barney Miller/Walk, Don't Run/Ballad Of Cat Ballou/Harpers/Summertime/Last Date/If I Had A Hammer/ Wild Thing/Louie Louie/Fever/Dallas/Moon River/Ghost Riders In The Sky/ Dark Globe/Jimmy Crack/Behind Closed Doors/Spooky/The Wayward Wind/Sweet Jane/Pipeline/Smokin In The Boys Room/Hippy Hippy Shake/Mrs Robinson

"Hail! Hail! Rock And Roll Vol. 2"

• Recorded: Athens Music Festival - 9/25/88
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  Advert For The Show (local radio)/Aint No Sunshine (Bill Withers)/First We Take Manhattan (L. Cohen)/Hairshirt (R.E.M.)/I'll Give You My Skin (Indigo Girls)/Midnight Train To Georgia (Gladys Knight & The Pips)/Prince Of Darkness (Indigo Girls)/Untitled Song (R.E.M.)/Kid Fears (Indigo Girls)/ Harpers (George Gershwin)/All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)/Dark Globe (Syd Barrett)/Summertime (George Gershwin)/Disturbance At The Heron House (R.E.M.)/Don't Talk (10,000 Maniacs)/Hello In There (John Pilne)

"Half A World Away Part One"

• Recorded: [1] KCRW (4/3/91) [2] Christmas Singles
• Quality: Very Good to Excellent
• Format: CD
• Released: January, 1992

• Tracks

  [1] World Leader Pretend/Half A World Away/Fretless/ Disturbance At The Heron House/Radio Song/Low/ Love Is All Around/Academy Fight Song/Tusk/Dallas/ Losing My Religion/Mary Tyler Moore Theme/Bandwagon/ Endgame/Jackson/Swan Swan H/Spooky/Radio Ethepia/ Fall On Me/[2] Deck The Halls/Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers/ See No Evil/Good King Wenceles/Academy Fight Song/ Ghost Reindeer In The Sky/Summertime

"Half A World Away Part Two"

• Recorded: [3] MTV's Unplugged [4] Rockline (4/1/91) [5] Saturday Night Live (4/13/91)
• Quality: Very Good to Excellent
• Format: CD
• Released: January, 1992

• Tracks

  [3] Half A World Away/Disturbance At The Heron House/ Radio Song/Low/Perfect Circle/Fall On Me/Untitled [Belong]/ Love Is All Around/It's The End Of The World As We Know It/ Losing My Religion/Pop Song '89/Endgame/Half A World Away/ [4] Radio Song/Love Is All Around/Losing My Religion/ [5] Losing My Religion/Shiny Happy People/

"Harmonics in Eternity"

• Recorded: 4/3/91 (SNAP FM Show - KCRW)
• Quality: Pretty good, only slightly distorted in some spots.
• Format: LP
• Notes: Made In England

• Tracks

  World Leader Pretend/Fretless/Smiling Faces Sometimes/Tink (Tusk)/Losing My Religion/Endgame/Jackson/ Swan Swan H/Spooky/Falling On Me/Radio Song/Enjoy being a boy

"Have You Heard This?"

• Recorded: Mostly Fan Club and special mix studio.
• Quality: One source says "Terrible. For Diehards Only"
• Format: CD
• Notes: ?

• Tracks

  Ghostrider (fan club)/Dark Globe (fan club)/Drive (primary remix)/ Drive (secondary remix)/Radio Free Europe (Mitch Easter dub)/Funtime/ Shiny Happy People (music version)/Belong (acoustic)/Parade of Wooden Soldiers (alternate)/See No Evil (fan club)/Summertime (fan club)/ Man on the Moon/Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Ghostrider in the Sky (alternate)/Finest Worksong (lengthy)/Radio Song (monster)/Tainted Obligation (demo, alternate)/Low (1 and 2 live acoustic)

"Heal Heal Rock N Roll"

• Recorded: National Bowl - Milton Keynes, England - From FM - 7/30/95
• Format: 2CD
• Quality: Excellent (Uncensored)

• Tracks

  Disc 1: 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/Man on the Moon
  Disc 2: 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/ITEOTWAWKI (AIFF)
  

"Here Be Monsters"

• Recorded: ?
• Format: CD

• Tracks

  What's the Frequency, Kenneth?/Circus Envy/I Took Your Name/ Drive/Revolution/Try Not to Breathe/Tongue/ Man on the Moon/I Don't Sleep, I Dream/Bang and Blame/Star 69/Let Me In/ Everybody Hurts/ Crush with Eyeliner

"Here I Am Again"

• Recorded: Out of Time Outtakes
• Format: CD
• Quality: One source says "Pretty Good"
• Notes: The words to Losing my religion are a little different and it doesn't
  sound very polished. Pretty much all of the songs that appeared on Out
  of Time have different lyrics. A couple of the tracks must have been
  working songs that never made it.
  

• Tracks

  Losing My Religion/Trash Metal Song/Shiny Happy People/Me and Honey/ Endgame/Belong/Texarkana/It's a Free World Baby/Here I am Again/Untitled

Heroes of Pop

• Sound: Excellent

• Tracks

  Pop Song/McCarty (sic)/Welcome to the Occupation/Heron House/ If I Could Turn You Inside Out/Orange Crush/Gravity/ Swan Swan/Begin the Begin/Pretty Pursuasion/I Believe/ King of the Birds/Crazy/Finest Worksong/You are the Everything/Academy Fight Song/Stand/Perfect Circle/ Get up/End of the World/

"Hit Collection 2000"

• Format: CD
• Notes: Similar to what they've released before.

• Tracks

  The Great beyond / Man on the Moon / Bang and Blame / Draggin' the Line / Dayslipper [sic] / Nightswimming / Everybody Hurts / Losing My Religion / Strange Currencies / Shiny Happy People / Lotus / Drive / E-Bow the Letter / Electrolite / Radio Free Europe / The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight [sic] / What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

"Hitting the Note"

• Recorded: ?
• Quality: 1-11 Good with slight hiss in background 12 Good 13 Poor. Very quiet recording featuting only Michael Stipe 14-15 Good
• Format: CD
• Released: 1994
• Length: 60:16
• Notes: 1-11 Unplugged 12-13 London Borderline(As Bingo Hand Job) 14 Milan, Italy 15 Washington, DC USA (featuring A Clayton/L Mullen Jof U2)

• Tracks

  Perfect Circle/Low/Belong/Disturbance at the Heron House/It's the End of the World as we know it/Love is all around/Losing my religion/Fall on me/Radio song/?/Pop song '89/Summertime/Moon River/Dark globe/One/

"I Feel Fine"

• Recorded: 14 Cuts From Monster Tour
• Format: CD
• Notes: Claims to be a "secret gig, Athens GA/USA 1995." Sure.

• Tracks

  What's The Frequency, Kenneth?/Crush With Eyeliner/Turn You Inside Out/ Circus Envy/Finest Worksong/Try Not To Breathe/You/Man On The Moon/Losing My Religion/Get Up/Star 69/Everybody Hurts/Bang And Blame/ITEOTWAWKI

"In The Air (On The Air)"

• Recorded: BBC October 1998
• Format: CD
• Notes: The insert title says "On the Air", but the CD itself says "In The Air"

• Tracks

  Losing My ereligion / New Test Leper / Lotus / Parakeet / Electrolite / Perfect Circle / The Apolgist / Daysleeper / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Walk Unafraid / Man on the Moon.

"In The Wood"

• Recorded: Rock City, Nottingham UK - 11/21/84
• Released: Italy 1994
• Format: CD
• Quality: Good
• Notes: From the BBC Transcription broadcast

• Tracks

  Hyena/Talk About the Passion/Don't Go Back to Rockville/Auctioneer/So. Central Rain/Sitting Still/Old Man Kensey/Gardening At Night/9-9/Windout/ Driver 8/Pretty Persuasion/Radio Free Europe

"In The Year 2525 - The Cover Versions"

• Recorded: Various Covers - 1981-1990
• Quality: Various - mostly excellent
• Format: CD
• Released: 1991

• Tracks

  There She Goes Again/In The Year 2525/Eight Miles High/Have You Ever Seen The Rain?/What's New Pussycat?/Radar Love/Gloria/Rave On/Pale Blue Eyes/Do You Wanna Be A Rock And Roll Star [sic]/Moon River/Paint It Black/California Dreamin'/Femme Fatal [sic]/Toys In The Attic/See No Evil/Hey Little Girl/The Lion Sleeps Tonight/Behind Closed Doors/Fall On Me/Smokin' In The Boy's Room/ Sweet Home Alabama.

"It's a Free World"

• Recorded: November 19, 1992 (40 Watt Club, Athens, GA)
• Quality: ?
• Format: CD
• Notes: "Candy Everybody Wants" and "One" are from the MTV Inaguraul Ball. "Candy Everybody Wants" is misidentified as "Hello In There"

• Tracks

  Candy Everybody Wants/One/Drive/Monty Got A Raw Deal/ Man On The Moon/Losing My Religion/Country Feedback/Begin The Begin/Fall On Me/Me In Honey/Finest Worksong/Drive/ Love Is All Around/Fun Time/Radio Free Europe/

"It's REM Jim... But Not As We Know Them!"

• Recorded: 1993
• Quality: Above average, B+ to A-
• Format: CD
• Notes: The catalog # on the CD and spine is TNT 006. "Where's Captain Kirk?" is from an AM broadcast,and is in mono.The other fan club singles sound much better on _Half A World Away Part One_. "Dallas" even has the Larry Groce guy doing the "You've been listening to Mountain Stage" voiceover. The second track listing below is how they are listed on the CD itself.

• Tracks

  Where's Captain Kirk?/Parade of the Tin (sic) Soldiers/ See No Evil/Good King Wenceslas/Academy Fight Song/Spooky/ Dallas/Half A World Away Out Of Time (sic)/Texakana (sic)/ It's A Free World Baby/Low/Radio Song/Country Feedback/ Losing My Religion/Near Wild Heaven/Shiny Happy People/ Radio Song/Me In Honey/Everybody Hurts/Drive/

• As Listed

  Where's My Log?/Wooden Soldiers/Evil, Where?/Wenceslas/ Academy/Spook/salad/Half/Texas/Free World/Lo!/Radio/ Feedback/Lost God/N.W.H./Happy/Radio #2/Honey/ Everybody Drives

"It's the End of the World . . . As We Know It!!"

• Recorded: Green World Tour, USA 1989 (The Orlando Westwood One show)
• Quality: Excellent
• Format: CD (ADD)
• Released: 1991

• Tracks

  Pop Song 89/Exhuming McCarthy/Welcome To The Occupation/ Disturbance At The Heron House/Turn You Inside-Out/ Orange Crush/Feeling Gravity's Pull/Swan Swan H/ Begin The Begin/Pretty Pursuation/I Believe/King Of Birds/ Crazy/Finest Worksong/You Are Everything/Academy Fight Song/ Stand/Perfect Circle/Get Up/ It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)/