And I Feel Fine...

A double CD and DVD charting the early musical works of Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry (retired 1997) will be released on 12th September, containing hits familiar to R.E.M. veterans/nuts, and previously unreleased songs, including stuff from their 1980 EP "Chronic Town".

The DVD will include interviews, rare live performances and music videos from said "Chronic Town", their first record "Murmur" all the way to "Document" (stuff from '80 - '87). These guys have been writing songs since before I was born!

Anyone who enjoys their music post-"Losing My Religion" or "Man on the Moon" should indulge in what got them noticed in the first place - the very definition of alternative rock.

And to anyone who already knows their earlier stuff... Get it anyway. You only have to read Nige's "Stop the Clocks" to know just how a band can affect a diehard devotee.

Sadly, I don't think the above picture will feature on the cover. Shame.