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REM TO RELEASE NEW LIVE EP

REM are releasing a four-track EP recorded live at their Dublin Olympia shows in 2007 next week (July 7), as a teaser for their planned double live album from the same shows this Autumn.

The EP, 'Reckoning Songs from the Olympia' will be available from iTunes and other digital providers.

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1. Harborcoat [Live At The Olympia] 4:13
2. Letter Never Sent [Live At The Olympia] 3:17
3. Second Guessing [Live At The Olympia] 2:55
4. Pretty Persuasion [Live At The Olympia] 4:26

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002EHOAR6/?tag=imwan-20

Bump: the [lilred]Reckoning Songs From The Olympia[/lilred] MP3 EP was released today and is now available.

The entire 2 cd set is streaming on NPR. Set for release this coming Tuesday, 10/27

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =113995872

Will there be a hard copy set for those of us that prefer to listen to our music without the standard screeching downloading provides?

Absolutely. Here's all the info on the CD release set for next Tuesday (10/27).



Product Description
The special edition 2CD & DVD set will contain a film of the Dublin shows by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah, who previously worked with R.E.M. on Ninetynights, Six Days and the Supernatural Superserious Video. "R.E.M. Live At The Olympia," is a two-CD set featuring 39 songs from their acclaimed 2007 working rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland. R.E.M. set up camp at the venerable Olympia Theatre in Ireland's capital city and tested new material over five nights before passionate, capacity crowds. This live album was produced by Dublin native Jacknife Lee who, along with R.E.M., co-produced Accelerate, the album which emerged from these shows.

CD 1

1. Living Well Is The Best Revenge
2. Second Guessing
3. Letter Never Sent
4. Staring Down The Barrel Of The
5. Disturbance At The Heron House
6. Mr. Richards
7. Houston
8. New Test Leper
9. Cuyahoga
10. Electrolite
11. Man-Sized Wreath
12. So. Central Rain
13. On The Fly
14. Maps And Legends
15. Sitting Still
16. Driver 8
17. Horse To Water
18. I'm Gonna DJ
19. Circus Envy
20. These Days

CD 2

1. Drive
2. Feeling Gravity's Pull
3. Until The Day Is Done
4. Accelerate
5. Auctioneer
6. Little America
7. 1,000,000
8. Disguised
9. The Worst Joke Ever
10. Welcome To The Occupation
11. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcar)
12. Harborcoat
13. Wolves, Lower
14. I've Been High
15. Kohoutek
16. West Of The Fields
17. Pretty Persuasion
18. Romance
19. Gardening At Night

DVD

1. This Is Not A Show, A Film By Vincent Moon and Jeremiah

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NVTBUY/?tag=imwan-20

Thanks for the update.

I am checking into when it will hit on vinyl. That one will play better as live discs need the better sound.

It is interesting that no live sets (outside of boots) came out during their heydays or even their big records at WB until the very recent Live box and now, bam we get a 2nd set less than 2 yrs later. It looks like a nice let list. Now if Bill would just rejoin them....Hhhmmmmmmm

I've been taking advantage of Instant Rip to pick up records I didn't buy the first time around (how can I pass up getting hard copies and free copies on the cloud?). I just bought this this morning and it's terrific! It sounds great, and so far the performance is very good.

I completely agree with you, Smiff. My love of REM has dissipated a lot over the years, and the idea of a late-era live album didn't interest me until I saw the track listing, and the performance lived up to those song choices. It reinvigorated my interest in them...just in time for them to release one more album and then split up. Anyway, I highly recommend it to anyone who feels the same way about them. It's really that good.

yep i dig that one quite a lot as well. i also made an audio rip from their live in austin dvd that i really enjoy.

What is Instant Rip? Is this the Amazon service you are referring to or something different?

Oddly enough, was thinking about picking up one of the recent REM live albums myself today.

Yes, the Amazon service.