Monday, January 28

R.E.M.

A six-pack of b-sides/rarities from R.E.M., whose new LP, ACCELERATE, will drop April 1. Let's hope the joke's not on us. They are, after all, loooooong overdue for a solid song-cycle....

[MP3] "Draggin' the Line" [TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS cover]

[
MP3] "First We Take Manhattan" [LEONARD COHEN cover]

[
MP3] "All the Right Friends"

[
MP3] "Fretless"

[
MP3] "Yellow River" [CHRISTIE cover]

[
MP3] "Wall of Death" [RICHARD THOMPSON cover]

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks for the post. great blog.
not able to download "yellow river".

Nora said...

Thank you so much for these. R.E.M.!

Anonymous said...

"First We Take Manhattan" link is dead.
Here's a new one:
http://rapidshare.com/files/154452539/R.E.M._20-_20First_20We_20Take_20Manhattan.mp3