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3 popular R.E.M titles being made available on vinyl Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection, originally released in 1987. Eponymous is their first greatest hits and the second compilation album. Lifes Rich Pageant is their fourth studio album, which was recorded at John Mellencamps Belmont Mall Studios in Belmont, Indiana.

2016 Reissue of the Bands 1987 Rarities & B-sides Collection!

After putting Athens, Georgia, on the musical map in the early 80s, R.E.M. went on to become one of the worlds biggest bands. Fusing folk, garage rock, pop sensibilities, and insightful lyrics delivered with Michael Stipes inimitable lead vocals, these alt-rock forefathers left a lasting legacy of great songs that defined an era.

Dead Letter Office is a 1987 compilation of R.E.M. rarities and b-sides recorded pre-Murmur through to fourth album Lifes Rich Pageant. The 15-track set balances the rare fan favorite like Ages Of You with early covers of Pylons Crazy, Aerosmiths Toys in the Attic, the Velvet Undergrounds There She Goes Again and Pale Blue Eyes and Roger Millers King of the Road.