Fables of the Reconstruction (The I.R.S. Years Vintage 1985)

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Annotation

Tracks 12-16 are bonus tracks.

Annotation last modified on 2012-11-14 22:05 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Feeling Gravity’s Pull
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Feeling Gravitys Pull
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
4.354:52
2Maps and Legends
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Maps and Legends
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
43:11
3Driver 8
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Driver 8
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
4.23:24
4Life and How to Live It
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Life and How to Live It
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
44:08
5Old Man Kensey
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Old Man Kensey
writer:
Jerry Ayers, Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
3.654:11
6Can’t Get There From Here
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Cant Get There From Here
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
43:40
7Green Grow the Rushes
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Green Grow the Rushes
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
43:46
8Kohoutek
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Kohoutek
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
3.353:18
9Auctioneer (Another Engine)
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
42:45
10Good Advices
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Good Advices
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
43:31
11Wendell Gee
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
engineered at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Wendell Gee
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
3.653:03
12Crazy
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records)
remixer:
Steve Fjelstad
cover recording of:
Crazy
writer:
Randy Bewley, Curtis Crowe, Vanessa Ellison (Vanessa Briscoe Hay; Vanessa Hay) and Michael Lachowski
43:05
13Burning Hell
recording of:
Burning Hell
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
3:49
14Bandwagon
recording of:
Bandwagon
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player), Lynda Stipe and Michael Stipe
2:15
15Driver 8 (live)
live recording of:
Driver 8 (on 1984-06-27)
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
3:31
16Maps and Legends (live)
live recording of:
Maps and Legends (on 1987-05-24)
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
43:15