REM-Radio Free Europe 7" 1981 Hib-Tone Private Label
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MarsPlymouth Store
REM
Radio Free Europe / Sitting Still
Released on Hib-Tone Records 1981
Sleeve is NM- (very nice, some light creasing, NO SPLITS, SEE SCANS !! ) ..NM ! ( like new sheen, just a very very light scuff or mark, overall looks almost like new and looks played little)
100% Original and a First Pressing
First Pressing are very very RARE on eBay and can sell for more than $400 !!
A highly sought after FIRST SINGLE by REM .. This is the FIRST Pressing of 1000 copies with NO Hib-Tone address printed on the label like later pressings..This record was purchased directly from the band back in 1982 at a local Athens gig. I'm it's second owner!
Both Songs are Different Recordings than what you hear on the Murmmer lp
Biography by Stephen Thomas ErlewineR.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern. Though there were no overt innovations in their music, R.E.M. had an identity and sense of purpose that transformed the American underground. Throughout the '80s, they worked relentlessly, releasing records every year and touring constantly, playing both theaters and backwoods dives. Along the way, they inspired countless bands, from the legions of jangle pop groups in the mid-'80s to scores of alternative pop groups in the '90s, who admired their slow climb to stardom. It did take R.E.M. several years to break into the top of the charts, but they had a cult following from the release of their debut EP, Chronic Town, in 1982. Chronic Town established the haunting folk and garage rock that became the band's signature sound, and over the next five years, they continued to expand their music with a series of critically acclaimed albums. By the late '80s, the group's fan base had grown large enough to guarantee strong sales, but the Top Ten success in 1987 of Document and "The One I Love" was unexpected, especially since R.E.M. had only altered their sound slightly. Following Document, R.E.M. slowly became one of the world's most popular bands. After an exhaustive international tour supporting 1988's Green, the band retired from touring for six years and retreated into the studio to produce their most popular records, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992). By the time they returned to performing with the Monster tour in 1995, the band had been acknowledged by critics and musicians as one of the forefathers of the thriving alternative rock movement, and they were rewarded with the most lucrative tour of their career. Toward the late '90s, R.E.M. was an institution, as its influence was felt in new generations of bands
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