As we announced a while back, REM are to celebrate its 25th anniversary by reissuing a deluxe version of their debut album Murmur.
The two disc set comes with a live album, recorded at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto, Canada in July 1983, around the time of the record’s release. The live set includes two songs which would end up on “Reckoning” – “Harborcoat” and “7 Chinese Brothers” – and one, “Just A Touch”, which would not surface until 1986’s “Lifes Rich Pageant”.
The gig also features a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “There She Goes Again”.
For a full preview of the deluxe package, visit Uncut’s Wild Mercury Sound blog now.
Murmur will be re-released in the UK on February 9.
The tracklisting is:
Disc One:
Radio Free Europe
Pilgrimage
Laughing
Talk About The Passion
Moral Kiosk
Perfect Circle
Catapult
Sitting Still
9-9
Shaking Through
We Walk
West Of The Fields
Disc Two: – Live at Larry’s Hideaway
Laughing
Pilgrimage
There She Goes Again
7 Chinese Brothers
Talk About The Passion
Sitting Still
Harborcoat
Catapult
Gardening At Night
9-9
Just A Touch
West Of The Fields
Radio Free Europe
We Walk
1,000,000
Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)