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Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
edited September 2006 in Other Music
I was in Best Buy today and I picked up this new R.E.M. hits cd called "And I Feel Fine... The Best of The IRS Years 1982-1987" for $9.99. And let me tell you, what a great purchase. I have always felt that R.E.M.'s early stuff deserved a better compilation than the 12 song "Eponymous" that came out almost 20 years ago. This has all the hits from that era (End of the World, The One I Love, Fall on Me, Driver 8) plus tons of great album cuts like Welcome to the Occupation, 7 Chinese Bros, and Begin the Begin. I also believe there is another set with 2 discs with some rarities, but either way you can't go wrong.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    I was in Best Buy today and I picked up this new R.E.M. hits cd called "And I Feel Fine... The Best of The IRS Years 1982-1987" for $9.99. And let me tell you, what a great purchase. I have always felt that R.E.M.'s early stuff deserved a better compilation than the 12 song "Eponymous" that came out almost 20 years ago. This has all the hits from that era (End of the World, The One I Love, Fall on Me, Driver 8) plus tons of great album cuts like Welcome to the Occupation, 7 Chinese Bros, and Begin the Begin. I also believe there is another set with 2 discs with some rarities, but either way you can't go wrong.
    Just picked it up mere minutes ago............did not listen to it on the way home because the wife wanted to hear a Beatles cd that we picked up. Glad to see someone saying nice things about it.

    I am almost ashamed to say that I own "Eponymous" on cassette.
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  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    I got the 2 disc cd & the new dvd "When the light is mine" on Tuesday. Great stuff & Peter Buck's liner notes are hilarious.

    They guys are a fucking lock to be inducted into Rock & Roll hall of fame when they're eligible in 2008
  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    tybird wrote:
    Just picked it up mere minutes ago............did not listen to it on the way home because the wife wanted to hear a Beatles cd that we picked up. Glad to see someone saying nice things about it.

    I am almost ashamed to say that I own "Eponymous" on cassette.


    I owned "Document" on cassette, which is part of the reason I haven't heard some of the stuff in over 10 years. Hearing "Welcome to the Occupation" really made my day today.
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  • pearl jam rulespearl jam rules Posts: 129
    i need to get this. it seems really good. contemplating getting the DVD actually
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    need to pick up a copy of this Monday! I have mostly REM stuff from the 90's so this will be a good purchase.
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  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i love r.e.m., but i generally don't like hit recordings. i do have that best of the irs years and it is excellent.
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  • sadprofessorsadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    The second disc in this set is a really nice treat for longtime fans, there is some really cool stuff on there.
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  • jb13lettersjb13letters Posts: 220
    sadprofessor wrote:
    The second disc in this set is a really nice treat for longtime fans, there is some really cool stuff on there.

    The 2 disc set is only $5 more, at least it is this week, and it's another 21 songs. Definitely worth the extra cash.

    I didn't pick up the DVD, since funds were tight this week and it wasn't on sale, but I'll get it eventually. Christmas is just around the corner.
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  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    A little off topic, but still on R.E.M. I really hope they tour again in the near future. I have never seen them (no one to blame but myself---I have had the chance in 95, 99, 03 and 04 and always found an excuse not to go.) They're proably my favorite band that I haven't seen live. It's too bad, too, because I've looked up their setlists and they play some awesome stuff in concert ( like "Get Up" and "Maps and Legends")
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    tybird wrote:
    Just picked it up mere minutes ago............did not listen to it on the way home because the wife wanted to hear a Beatles cd that we picked up. Glad to see someone saying nice things about it.

    I am almost ashamed to say that I own "Eponymous" on cassette.

    what beatles cd?

    i LOVED the rem latter years best of. it was amazing from start to finish. id like to hear this.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    soulsinging wrote:
    what beatles cd?

    i LOVED the rem latter years best of. it was amazing from start to finish. id like to hear this.
    The Beatles "Past Masters Volume 2"

    Singles, B-sides and stuff that is supposedly not on any of the albums...including "Hey Jude" and "Revolution."
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Picked up the 2 disc set today at Costco for $14.99. Like Tybird, most of the early years REM albums I've only got on cassette (Document, Fables of the Reconstruction, Murmur), and I haven't listened to them in years. Forgot just how good this early stuff is. Just may replace the Drams disc in my car for awhile, or at least go into the rotation.
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    merkinball wrote:
    Picked up the 2 disc set today at Costco for $14.99. Like Tybird, most of the early years REM albums I've only got on cassette (Document, Fables of the Reconstruction, Murmur), and I haven't listened to them in years. Forgot just how good this early stuff is. Just may replace the Drams disc in my car for awhile, or at least go into the rotation.

    that drams record is fantastic.

    kind of sounds like a mix between REM and early Wilco

    I love it
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    StoneG82 wrote:
    that drams record is fantastic.

    kind of sounds like a mix between REM and early Wilco

    I love it

    Not too get off topic, but I'm seeing the Drams on Thursday. $8, should be an excellent show. You're right, some strong early REM influences there.
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    merkinball wrote:
    Not too get off topic, but I'm seeing the Drams on Thursday. $8, should be an excellent show. You're right, some strong early REM influences there.

    I might go see them open for the DBT in october.

    should be a great show
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    I was listening to this earlier and I couldn't help but think......

    what in the hell happened to this band?

    they used to be soooo good.

    peter buck looks so pissed off in the shiny happy people video.

    and don't even get me started on around the sun.
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,680
    StoneG82 wrote:
    I was listening to this earlier and I couldn't help but think......

    what in the hell happened to this band?

    they used to be soooo good.
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  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    The best thing about this 2-CD set, for me, is the remastered sound quality of the songs. Finally, no more turning up the volume to hear IRS-era R.E.M. songs!
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    zircona1 wrote:
    The best thing about this 2-CD set, for me, is the remastered sound quality of the songs. Finally, no more turning up the volume to hear IRS-era R.E.M. songs!
    Now if someone will get off their ass and do this for the early U2 albums (Boy, October and War), life would be that much closer to perfect.

    Un-remastered cds are bad.........:(
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  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    I can't believe how awesome the new dvd "When the light is mine" is. I just watched the whole thing and it is a Georgia peach!
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    That Bad Day outtake is great! I never caught before how it had the same structure as Its the End of the World... But on that early take, its painfully obvious (as it says in the liner notes).
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  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    zircona1 wrote:
    The best thing about this 2-CD set, for me, is the remastered sound quality of the songs. Finally, no more turning up the volume to hear IRS-era R.E.M. songs!
    yeh!
    that's why i'm gonna get it soon..for the fact that it's remastered and of course the bonus disc.
    sometimes unmastered albums make me lose interest fast cos of the crappy quality
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  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    StoneG82 wrote:
    I was listening to this earlier and I couldn't help but think......

    what in the hell happened to this band?

    they used to be soooo good.

    peter buck looks so pissed off in the shiny happy people video.

    and don't even get me started on around the sun.


    Really?? you don't like any of their new stuff? I think 'Reveal' ranks among my favorite albums by anyone. "Imitation of Life," "The Lifting," "All the Way to Reno," "She Just Wants to Be," "I'll Take the Rain," "Disappear" So much good stuff!!
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  • btb002btb002 Posts: 183
    I picked it up when I saw it at Best Buy. My girlfriend went in to look for Sugar Cult and some other emo band, I got bored and started to look around. I picked it up right as soon as I saw it. Much greater than their stuff on Warner.
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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    I bought it yesterday...
    Of course I knew some ot that stuff (radio free europe, it's the end.., fall on me, etc.) but some of the tracks I didn't know are awesome...
    It's great they released a double CD with more than 20 songs... Now, I think I will start looking for old vinyls of R.E.M.
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