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Forty years ago today, R.E.M. released their debut single “Radio Free Europe.” That’s a pretty big deal — the first release by what would become the most important college rock/alternative/indie band of the ’80s — and the band is commemorating the anniversary with appropriate fanfare. They’ve announced a reissue of the original 7″ as released on Hib-Tone Records. The reissue was pressed at Kindercore Vinyl in the band’s hometown of Athens, Georgia, and features the original mixes and Michael Stipe photography from the Hib-Tone release. The B-side from that record, “Sitting Still,” is officially out digitally for the time today.
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R.E.M.’s career-spanning greatest-hits collection Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982- 2011 arrives in about a week, and it includes three new songs that the band recorded just before they decided to break up. We’ve already heard the single “We All Go Back To Where We Belong.” And now the ...
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R.E.M.: REM rule out any possibility that they will ever reunite
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Michael Stipe confirms that the band 'is over'
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R.E.M.: Watch the alternate video for REM's 'We All Go Back To Where We Belong' on NME.COM
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Performance artist John Giorno stars in the second version of the band's farewell video
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R.E.M.: REM's Mike Mills: 'Michael Stipe will not record a solo album'
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Ex-guitarist believes the singer will concentrate on art and photography instead
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R.E.M.: Watch Kirsten Dunst in the video for REM's 'We All Go Back To Where We Belong'
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Band post the promo for their farewell single online
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