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R.E.M. at the BBC

8CD+DVD box set repressed

R.E.M. at the BBC 8CD+DVD box set

Concord Music will reissue R.E.M.’s 2018 At The BBC box set in March.

The 8CD+DVD package comprises a treasure trove of rare and unreleased live and studio recordings culled from the BBC and band archives.

The box set features in-studio performances such as a John Peel Session (1998), Drivetime and Mark and Lard appearances (2003) and a Radio 1 Live Lounge performance (2008). Amongst the live broadcasts are a show from Nottingham’s Rock City (1984), the 1995 Milton Keynes Monster Tour, the 1999 Glastonbury headline set and an invitation-only 2004 show at London’s St James’s Church. In total there are eight CDs of this kind of audio.

The DVD includes the sixty-minute Accelerating Backwards documentary (previously broadcast in the UK but never available commercially) and also offers a complete 1998 Later….With Jools Holland episode dedicated to the band, plus TV appearances on Top of the Pops and more.

Packaging for the box looks to be identical to what came before, but there is no sign this time around of The Best of R.E.M. at the BBC highlights variant which was available on 2CD and 2LP back in 2018.

R.E.M. at the BBC will be released on 6 March 2026 via Concord.

Tracklisting

R.E.M. at the BBC R.E.M. / 8CD+DVD

    • CD 1: BBC Sessions
      Into The Night, BBC Radio 1, 13 March 1991
      1. World Leader Pretend
      2. Fretless
      3. Half A World Away
      4. Radio Song
      5. Losing My Religion
      6. Love Is All Around
      John Peel Studio Session, 25 October 1998
      1. Walk Unafraid
      2. Daysleeper
      3. Lotus
      4. At My Most Beautiful
      Mark and Lard, BBC Radio 1, 15 October 2003
      1. Bad Day
      2. Orange Crush
      Drivetime, BBC Radio 2, 15 October 2003
      1. Man On The Moon
      2. Imitation Of Life
      Radio 1 Live Lounge, 26 March 2008
      1. Supernatural Superserious
      2. Munich
    • CD 2: BBC Sessions
      BBC Radio 1 Session, 25 October 1998
      1. Introduction
      2. Losing My Religion
      3. New Test Leper
      4. Lotus
      5. Parakeet
      6. Electrolite
      7. Perfect Circle
      8. The Apologist
      9. Band Introductions
      10. Daysleeper
      11. Country Feedback
      12. At My Most Beautiful
      13. Walk Unafraid
      14. Man On The Moon
    • CD 3: BBC Live Broadcasts
      Rock City, Nottingham, England 1984
      1. Second Guessing
      2. Hyena
      3. Talk About The Passion
      4. West Of The Fields
      5. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
      6. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
      7. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
      8. Old Man Kensey
      9. Gardening At Night
      10. 9-9/Hey Diddle Diddle/Feeling Gravity’s Pull
      11. Windout
      12. Driver 8
      13. Pretty Persuasion
      14. Radio Free Europe
      15. Wendell Gee
      16. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
    • CD 4: BBC Live Broadcasts
      The National Bowl – Milton Keynes, England 1995 – Pt. 1
      1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
      2. Crush With Eyeliner
      3. Drive
      4. Turn You Inside Out
      5. Try Not To Breathe
      6. I Took Your Name
      7. Undertow
      8. Bang And Blame
      9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
      10. Strange Currencies
      11. Revolution
      12. Tongue
    • CD 5: BBC Live Broadcasts
      The National Bowl – Milton Keynes, England 1995 – Pt. 2
      1. Man On The Moon
      2. Country Feedback
      3. Half A World Away
      4. Losing My Religion
      5. Pop Song 89
      6. Finest Worksong
      7. Get Up
      8. Star 69
      9. Let Me In
      10. Everybody Hurts
      11. Fall On Me
      12. Departure
      13. Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    • CD 6: BBC Live Broadcasts
      Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival – Pilton, England 1999 – Pt. 1
      1. Lotus
      2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
      3. So Fast, So Numb
      4. The Apologist
      5. Fall On Me
      6. Daysleeper
      7. The Wake-Up Bomb
      8. The One I Love
      9. Sweetness Follows
      10. At My Most Beautiful
    • CD 7: BBC Live Broadcasts
      Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival, England 1999 – Pt. 2
      1. Losing My Religion
      2. Everybody Hurts
      3. Walk Unafraid
      4. Star 69
      5. Finest Worksong
      6. Man On The Moon
      7. Why Not Smile
      8. Crush With Eyeliner
      9. Tongue
      10. Cuyahoga
      11. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    • CD 8: BBC Live Broadcasts
      St. James’s Church – London, England 2004
      1. Intro
      2. So Fast, So Numb
      3. Boy In The Well
      4. I Wanted To Be Wrong
      5. E-Bow The Letter (with Thom Yorke)
      6. Around The Sun
      7. Aftermath
      8. Losing My Religion
      9. Walk Unafraid
      10. Leaving New York
      11. Imitation Of Life
      12. Man On The Moon
    • DVD: BBC TV Broadcasts
      1. Moon River (from Accelerating Backwards)
      2. Pretty Persuasion (from Accelerating Backwards)
      3. Pop Song 89 (from Accelerating Backwards)
      4. Orange Crush (from Accelerating Backwards)
      5. Losing My Religion (from Accelerating Backwards)
      6. Half A World Away (from Accelerating Backwards)
      7. Crush With Eyeliner (from Accelerating Backwards)
      8. Man On The Moon (from Accelerating Backwards)
      9. Daysleeper (from Accelerating Backwards)
      10. Imitation Of Life (from Accelerating Backwards)
      11. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) (from Accelerating Backwards)
      12. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star) (from Accelerating Backwards)
      13. Leaving New York (from Accelerating Backwards)
      14. Losing My Religion (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      15. Lotus (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      16. New Test Leper (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      17. Daysleeper (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      18. Electrolite (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      19. At My Most Beautiful (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      20. The Apologist (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      21. Country Feedback (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      22. Parakeet (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      23. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      24. Walk Unafraid (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      25. Man On The Moon (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      26. The Passenger (from Later… With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
      27. I’ve Been High (Bonus Video)
      28. Nightswimming (Bonus Video)
      29. Bad Day (Bonus Video)

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