REM or more correctly R.E.M. are the most successful of the American alternative rock bands who had a legitimate claim to the title of the biggest band in the world in the early 1990s.
Studio Albums By REM
It’s useful to see the timing of the studio albums before looking in detail at the live albums.
1983 Murmur
1984 Reckoning
1985 Fables of the Reconstruction
1986 Lifes Rich Pageant
1987 Document
1988 Green
1991 Out of Time
1992 Automatic for the People
1994 Monster
1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi
1998 Up
2001 Reveal
2004 Around the Sun
2008 Accelerate
2011 Collapse into Now
Live Albums By REM
It took a long time for us to see official live recordings of concerts issued by REM but now we are seeing a few live albums and other live recordings offered as bonuses to reissued CDs.
1983 Live at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto, July 9, 1983 (with Murmer)
1984 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, July 7, 1984 (with Reckoning)
1987 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands (with Document)
1989 Live Greensboro Coliseum (with Green)
1991 & 2001 Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2005 Live
2007 Live At The Olympia
Two rarities collections are stacked with live recordings:
1982-1987 I.R.S. Complete Rarities
1988-2011 Warner Bros Complete Rarities
We have also seen some unofficial albums appear based on old broadcasts because of less stringent copyright rules in the European Union.
1983 Dreaming In Paradise 1983 Live Radio Broadcast
1984 1989 The Spirit Of The Radio
1984 Right On Target 1984 Live Broadcast
1985 Live In Germany
1989 Songs For A Green World The Classic 1989 Broadcast
1989 Live Orlando
1991 Kcrw Studios Santa Monica CA 3/04/91
1991 Live in Santa Monica
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Kcrw Studios Santa Monica CA 3/04/91 is a live recording by R.E.M. performing an acoustic set as they promoted the Out Of Time studio album.
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Live Orlando 1989 is a live recording by R.E.M.
It was recorded at the Orlando Arena in Florida on 30th April 1989 while the band were promoting their Green studio album. It was broadcast on the radio.
This concert has also been featured on Songs From A Green World.
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Dreaming In Paradise is an unofficial live album by R.E.M.
It was recorded at The Paradise in Boston, in July 1983 and was originally a radio broadcast. It has been released on the Iconography label.
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Songs For A Green World The Classic 1989 Broadcast is a live recording by R.E.M.
It was recorded at the Orlando Arena in Florida on 30th April 1989 and broadcast on the radio.
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Right On Target 1984 Live Broadcast is a live recording by R.E.M.
It was recorded at the Capitol Theatre, Passiac, New Jersey on 9th June 1984.
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R.E.M. Live At Muziekcentrum Vredenburg is a live in concert recording of R.E.M. that’s available with the 25th Anniversary Edition of Document.
It was recorded in Utrecht in the Netherlands on September 14, 1987, about two weeks after the Document studio album had been released.
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R.E.M. refused to issue a live album for many years until the 2005 recording REM Live was released in October 2007.
Since then, they have authorised several other live albums and started to include live recordings as bonuses in the re-release of their classic studio albums from the 1980s.
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Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions is a live album by REM which was finally released in April 2014.
A video of the shows has been released as REMTV.
It was recorded at Chelsea Studios, New York City on April 10, 1991 and at TRL Studio at MTV Studios again in New York City on May 21, 2001.
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The recording of the REM concert at the Greensboro Coliseum on 10th November 1989 promoting the Green album is available as:
It’s a bit confusing but it’s worth seeking out because we’re short of prime time REM live albums. This captured the band as they moved to the major label and just before the top selling albums Out of Time and Automatic For The People.
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Live At The Olympia In Dublin 39 Songs is a live album by REM (or more strictly R.E.M.) which was recorded in Dublin in July 2007.
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