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BRAND NEW - 2-LP VINYL RECORD Complete Live Recording from MTV's 1991 Unplugged Sessions! Includes 5 Never-Broadcast Songs! R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern. Throughout the '80s, they worked relentlessly, releasing records every year and touring constantly, playing both theaters and backwoods dives. Along the way, they inspired countless bands, from the legions of jangle pop groups in the mid-'80s to scores of alternative pop groups in the '90s, who admired their slow climb to stardom. Features: • Double LP • Includes 5 never-broadcast songs Selections: 1. Half a World Away 2. Disturbance at the Heron House 3. Radio Song 4. Low 5. Perfect Circle 6. Fall on Me 7. Belong 8. Love Is All Around 9. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 10. Losing My Religion 11. Pop Song 89 12. Endgame 13. Fretless * 14. Swan Swan H * 15. Rotary Eleven * 16. Get Up * 17. World Leader Pretend *