R.E.M. and MTV have partnered to release a six-DVD set titled REMTV on November 24th. The set compiles R.E.M.'s performances from MTV & VH1 spanning 1983 through 2008 -- MTV Unplugged sessions, VH1 Storytellers, VMA appearances, plus R.E.M.'s 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction -- along with rare live performances which aired on MTV Europe (taped at Viacom sponsored European festivals such as Rock Am Ring and Oxegen). Additionally, the collection includes new documentary chronicling R.E.M. and MTV's history directed by Alexander Young.
Bertis Downs, R.E.M.'s longtime manager on REMTV:
"It occurred to us that there's all this footage of some of the band's absolute career highlights sitting in some MTV vaults in London and New York-- and thanks to a lot of effort and digging and arranging, this is our chance to share that music with various generations of R.E.M. fans in a pretty unique release."
Viacom Music's Bill Flanagan:
"I don't think anyone realized just how much terrific R.E.M. footage we were sitting on. To gather the best of it in one collection is pretty overwhelming. R.E.M. started great, stayed great and ended great – here's the evidence."
Those who pre-order REMTV through R.E.M.'s store receive a bonus instant download code for R.E.M.'s 2003 MTV Sonic Show in Milan, Italy (mono recording, not included in REMTV set). Take a look at the tracklisting and pre-order REMTV here. Also be sure to check out a vintage clip of MTV's Nina Blackwood interviewing Peter Buck & Mike Mills below.
Disc 1
UNPLUGGED 1991
--Half A World Away
--Disturbance at the Heron House
--Radio Song
--Low
--Perfect Circle
--Fall on Me
--Belong
--Love is All Around
--It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
--Losing My Religion
--Pop Song 89
--Endgame
OUTTAKES 1991
--Fretless
--Swan Swan H
--Rotary Eleven
--Get Up
--World Leader Pretend
UNPLUGGED 2001
--All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
--Electrolite
--At My Most Beautiful
--Daysleeper
--So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
--Losing My Religion
--Country Feedback
--Cuyahoga
--Imitation of Life
--Find the River
OUTTAKES 2001
--The One I Love
--Disappear
--Beat a Drum
--I've Been High
--I'll Take the Rain
--Sad Professor
--The Great Beyond
Disc 2
VH1 STORYTELLERS
--Electrolite
--Daysleeper
--Losing My Religion
--Perfect Circle
--Sad Professor
--Fall On Me
--I'm Not Over You
--The Apologist
--Man On The Moon
STORYTELLERS – OUTTAKES
--New Test Leper
--Parakeet
--(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
--Suspicion
--Walk Unafraid
--At My Most Beautiful
VMA/EMA/Cutting Edge/Livewire
--(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (The Cutting Edge, 6/84)
--Driver 8 (The Cutting Edge, 6/84)
--Wendell Gee (The Cutting Edge, 6/84)
--Smokin' In The Boys Room (The Cutting Edge, 6/84)
--Time After Time (Annelise)(The Cutting Edge, 6/84)
--Driver 8 (The Cutting Edge, 6/84)
--So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) (Livewire, 10/83)
--Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) (Livewire, 10/83)
--Losing My Religion (MTV 10th Anniversary special, w/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
--Everybody Hurts (VMA 1993)
--Drive (VMA 1993)
--The Wake-Up Bomb (VMA 1995)
--Daysleeper (European Music Awards 1998)
--Imitation Of Life (European Music Awards 2001)
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2007
--Begin The Begin
--Gardening At Night
--Man On The Moon
THE COLBERT REPORT--04/02/08
--Supernatural Superserious
Disc 3
R.E.M. IN DALLAS--(09/19/95)
--I Took Your Name
--What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
--Crush With Eyeliner
R.E.M. UPLINK AT BOWERY BALLROOM--(10/28/98)
--Losing My Religion
--Lotus
--Daysleeper
--E-Bow The Letter
--The Apologist
--So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
--Walk Unafraid
--Man On The Moon
--Radio Free Europe
LIVE IN COLOGNE--(05/12/01)
--All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
--The Lifting
--Imitation Of Life
--The One I Love
--She Just Wants To Be
--Walk Unafraid
--Losing My Religion
--Man On The Moon
--Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
LIVE IN COLOGNE OUTTAKES
--What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
--Cuyahoga
--Electrolite
--I’ve Been High
--Find The River
--I’ll Take The Rain
--At My Most Beautiful
--So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Disc 4
R.E.M. AT THE TABERNACLE, LONDON--(03/02/99)
--Losing My Religion
--Daysleeper
--Walk Unafraid
--Man On The Moon
--What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
--Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
MTV SONIC MILAN--(05/02/01)
--Losing My Religion
--The Great Beyond
--What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
--Daysleeper
--All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
--The Lifting
--I’ll Take The Rain
--I’ve Been High
--Man On The Moon
--She Just Wants To Be
--Imitation Of Life
ROCK AM RING--(06/03/05)
--What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
--Leaving New York
--Imitation Of Life
--Electron Blue
--Man On The Moon
ROCK AM RING OUTTAKES
--I Took Your Name
--Bad Day
--Drive
--The Outsiders
--Leave
--Me In Honey
--Wanderlust
--Everybody Hurts
--Electrolite
--Orange Crush
--The One I Love
--Walk Unafraid
--Losing My Religion
--Imitation Of Life
--The Great Beyond
--Animal
--I’m Gonna DJ
Disc 5
LIVE AT ROLLING STONE, MILAN--(03/18/08)
--Living Well Is The Best Revenge
--Drive
--Accelerate
--Hollow Man
--Electrolite
--Houston
--Supernatural Superserious
--Bad Day
--Losing My Religion
--I’m Gonna DJ
--Horse To Water
--Imitation Of Life
--Until The Day Is Done
--Man On The Moon
LIVE AT OXEGEN FESTIVAL--(07/12/08)
--What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
--Drive
--Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
--Man-Sized Wreath
--I’m Gonna DJ
--Supernatural Superserious
--Man On The Moon
R.E.M. IN ATHENS, GREECE--(10/05/08)
--Living Well Is The Best Revenge
--What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
--Drive
--Man-Sized Wreath
--Bad Day
--Electrolite
--(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
--The Great Beyond
--The One I Love
--Losing My Religion
--Let Me In
--Orange Crush
--Imitation Of Life
--Supernatural Superserious
--Man On The Moon
Disc 6
--R.E.M. BY MTV
--DELETED SCENES
--Peter
--Politics
--Golf
--The Hornblower Affair
--The Year 2000
Published September 27th, 2014 @ 4:20 PM