Complete Rarities – I.R.S. 1982–1987
Complete Rarities – I.R.S. 1982–1987 is a compilation from R.E.M., released on 19 May 2014 through Capitol Records. It gathers the band's rarer recordings from their years on I.R.S. Records, the label that housed their early run of albums, from Murmur in 1983 through to Document in 1987.
It also reaches back further, to the tracks from their first single, put out on the Hib-Tone label in July 1981. That makes it a handy way to hear the very start of the band alongside the odds and ends from their jangling, early alternative rock period. There was no CD pressing, so the songs are available only as a digital download. For anyone who knows the studio albums well and wants to dig into the margins around them, it is a natural next step.
Complete Rarities – I.R.S. 1982–1987: tracklist and credits
50 tracks · 2:45:47Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Radio Free Europe (original Hib‐Tone single)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:48
- 2Sitting Still (original Hib‐Tone single)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:16
- 3White TornadoBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe1:56
- 4Gardening at Night (different vocal mix)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:30
- 5Gardening at Night (acoustic)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:54
- 6All the Right Friends (live in studio)Peter Buck and Michael Stipe3:54
- 7Moon River (live in studio)Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer2:21
- 8Pretty Persuasion (live in studio)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:02
- 9There She Goes Again (live in studio)Lou Reed2:50
- 10Tighten Up (live in studio)Archie Bell and Billy Butler4:09
- 11Ages of You (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:49
- 12We Walk (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:18
- 131,000,000 (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:26
- 14Gardening at Night (electric demo)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:44
- 15Just a Touch (live in studio)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:39
- 16King of the Road (live in studio)Roger Miller3:14
- 17Pale Blue Eyes (live in studio)Lou Reed2:54
- 18Voice of HaroldBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:26
- 19Walter’s Theme (live in studio)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe1:32
- 20White Tornado (live in studio)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe1:52
- 21Wind OutAyers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe1:59
- 22Wind Out (with Friends) (live in studio)Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:01
- 239‐9 (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:06
- 24Gardening at Night (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:49
- 25Catapult (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:04
- Disc 2
- 1Ages of YouBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:43
- 2BandwagonBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Stipe2:17
- 3Burning DownBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:13
- 4Burning HellBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:49
- 5CrazyBewley, Crowe, Ellison, Lachowski3:03
- 6Driver 8 (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:30
- 7Bad DayBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:03
- 8Femme Fatale (live in studio)Lou Reed and Nico2:50
- 9Hyena (demo)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:49
- 10Mystery to Me (demo)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:02
- 11Rotary TenBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:01
- 12Theme From Two Steps Onward (demo)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:37
- 13Tired of Singing Trouble1:00
- 14Toys in the AtticJoe Perry and Steven Tyler2:28
- 15RomanceBerry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:27
- 16Last DateFloyd Cramer2:17
- 17Finest Worksong (lengthy club mix)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe5:52
- 18Finest Worksong (Mutual Drum Horn mix)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:51
- 19Finest Worksong (other mix)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:46
- 20Maps and Legends (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:16
- 21Disturbance at the Heron House (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:26
- 22The One I Love (live)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:07
- 23Swan Swan H (acoustic)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:43
- 24(All I Have to Do Is) DreamBoudleaux Bryant2:38
- 25Time After Time, Etc. (live)8:23
- Produced by
- Mitch Easter, Mitch Easter, R.E.M., Don Dixon, Joe Boyd, Don Gehman, Scott Litt, Michael Stipe
- Recorded at
- Eldorado, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center, John Keane Studios
- Recorded
- 1981–1987
- Mixed by
- Don Gehman
- Engineered by
- Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, Don Gehman
- Labels
- Capitol Records, Capitol
- Length
- 2:45:47
Line-up
- Steve Berlin · saxophone · guest
- Uptown Horns · brass · guest
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| Source | Date | Note |
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| MusicBrainz | 19 May 2014 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 19 May 2014 | |
| Wikidata | 2014 | |
| Deezer | 1 January 2014 | |
| Apple Music | 1 January 2014 | |
| US release | 19 May 2014 | earliest US date |
1 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2014 | US | Capitol Records | 602537756971 | original |
Cover art sources
itunes · native: native 1500x1500
| Source | Size | Verdict |
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| itunes ✓ | 1500×1500 | native: native 1500x1500 |
| coverartarchive | 1400×1400 | upscaled |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |