A finales de verano EMI publicará “And I Feel Fine: Best of IRS Years“, un nuevo recopilatorio de los míticos R.E.M. que reúne los mejores temas recogidos por el sello IRS durante la carrera de la banda estadounidense. IRS fue la discografica que se encargó de su primer Ep Chronic Town en 1981, así como de varios recopilatorios hasta la fecha de hoy.

“And I Feel Fine…The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987″ estará disponible en dos formatos: un disco de 21 temas, y un doble cd en el que el segundo incluye rarezas, demos y directos.
El DVD, “When the Light Is Mine The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection”, incluye los videoclips pertenecientes a Chronic Town pasando por Document, así como actuaciones en directo, primeras entrevistas de la banda y acústicos.

Una oportunidad de revisar los primeros años de una banda que muchos no conocieron hasta su estallido a principios de los 90 con el hito Losing my Religion

And I Feel Fine: Best of IRS Years

“Begin the Begin”
“Radio Free Europe”
“Pretty Persuasion”
“Talk About the Passion”
“(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville”
“Sitting Still”
“Gardening at Night”
“7 Chinese Bros.”
“So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)”
“Driver 8″
“Can’t Get There From Here”
“Finest Worksong”
“Feeling Gravity’s Pull”
“I Believe”
“Life and How To Live It”
“Cuyahoga”
“The One I Love”
“Welcome to the Occupation”
“Fall on Me”
“Perfect Circle”
“It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”

Bonus disc:

“Pilgrimage” (Mike’s pick)
“These Days” (Bill’s pick)
“Gardening at Night” (slower electric demo; previously unreleased)
“Radio Free Europe” (Hib-tone version)
“Sitting Still” (Hib-tone version)
“Life and How to Live It” (Live at the Muziekcentrum, Utrecht, Holland 9/14/87; previously unreleased)
“Ages of You” (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
“We Walk” (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
“1,000,000″ (Live at the Paradise, Boston 7/13/83; previously unreleased)
“Finest Worksong” (other mix)
“Hyena” (demo; previously unreleased)
“Theme From Two Steps Onward” (previously unreleased)
“Superman”
“All the Right Friends” (previously unreleased)
“Mystery to Me” (demo; previously unreleased)
“Just A Touch” (live in-studio version; previously unreleased)
“Bad Day” (previously unreleased)
“King of Birds”
“Swan Swan H” (live acoustic version)
“Disturbance at the Heron House” (Peter’s pick)
“Time After Time” (Annelise)’ (Michael’s pick)

When The Light Is Mine
The Best Of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection (DVD)
1. Wolves, Lower
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Talk About the Passion
4. Radio Free Europe (Live, The Tube, 11/18/83)
5. Talk About the Passion (Live, The Tube, 11/18/83)
6. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
7. James Herbert’s “Left of Reckoning” (20-minute film)
8. Pretty Persuasion (Live, The Old Grey Whistle Test, 11/20/84)
9. Can’t Get There From Here
10.Driver 8
11.Life and How To Live It
12.Feeling Gravity’s Pull
13.Can’t Get There From Here (Live, The Tube, 10/25/85)
14.Fall On Me
15.Swan Swan H (Athens, GA-Inside/Out)
16.The One I Love
17.It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
18.Finest Worksong