R.E.M.'S Dead Letter Office And Eponymous To Be Reissued On Vinyl For The First Time On July 29

LIFES RICH PAGEANT ALSO TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL ON JULY 29

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Jun 02, 2016, 10:00 ET

LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- R.E.M. has teamed with Capitol/UMe for the July 29 reissue of three of the band's I.R.S. Records releases: Lifes Rich Pageant, Dead Letter Office, and Eponymous. The three standard weight vinyl LPs are presented with their original sleeve art. Long out-of-print on vinyl, Dead Letter Office and Eponymous are both restored to wax with these new LP editions for the first time since their original release.

R.E.M. has teamed with Capitol/UMe for the July 29 reissue of three of the band's I.R.S. Records releases: Lifes Rich Pageant, Dead Letter Office, and Eponymous. The three standard weight vinyl LPs are presented with their original sleeve art. Long out-of-print on vinyl, Dead Letter Office and Eponymous are both restored to wax with these new LP editions for the first time since their original release. www.remhq.com

Released in 1986, Lifes Rich Pageant is R.E.M.'s fourth studio album, recorded by vocalist Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry at John Mellencamp's Belmont Mall Studios in Indiana. Produced by Don Gehman, renowned for producing a string of punchy, soulful heartland-rock albums by Mellencamp, Pageant includes the singles "Fall On Me" and "Superman." The album was R.E.M.'s first to achieve Gold certification status, and it reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the band's then-highest chart position.

Released in 1987, Dead Letter Office was R.E.M.'s first compilation, collecting B-sides and rarities. A fan favorite, Dead Letter Office includes R.E.M.'s covers of Aerosmith's "Toys In The Attic," the Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes," Pylon's "Crazy," and a freewheeling, rough-hewn take on Roger Miller's "King Of The Road."

Eponymous, released in 1988, features singles and alternate mixes spanning R.E.M's first five albums, including the original Hib-Tone single of "Radio Free Europe" and alternate mixes of "Gardening At Night and "Finest Worksong."

The vinyl LPs are available for preorder here.

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Lifes Rich Pageant
Side 1	Side 2
Begin The Begin	The Flowers Of Guatemala
These Days	I Believe
Fall On Me	What If We Give It Away?
Cuyahoga	Just A Touch
Hyena	Swan Swan H
Underneath The Bunker	Superman

Dead Letter Office
Side 1	Side 2
Crazy	Wind Out
There She Goes Again	Ages Of You
Burning Down	Pale Blue Eyes
Voice Of Harold	Rotary Ten
Burning Hell	Bandwagon
White Tornado	Femme Fatale
Toys In The Attic	Walter's Theme
	King Of The Road

Eponymous
Side 1	Side 2
Radio Free Europe [Original Hib-Tone Single]	Driver 8
Gardening At Night [Alternate Vocal Mix]	Romance
Talk About The Passion	Fall On Me
So. Central Rain	The One I Love
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville	Finest Worksong [Mutual Drum Horn Mix]
Can't Get There From Here [Album Version]	It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)