THIS PROMOTIONAL CD IS EXTREMELY RARE, I CAN'T FIND ANOTHER ONE FOR SALE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
OUT OF PRINT JAPANESE PROMO PRESSING. Mint condition. Japanese promo CD's are the most sought after by collectors because the stamping and numbering on the inner ring of the CD means they make a separate glass master just for promo samples. This means only one metal master stamper is produced instead of the father-mother-stamper method for regular CD's. This means SUPREME QUALITY, or the best it possibly can be as an exact copy of the original master without any data loss in production.
Personally, I love collecting Japanese CD's, they are generally superior quality to the rest of the world on every level in my opinion. All the JAPANESE Olivia CD's are the best sounding in the world!!
It is BRAND NEW NEVER BEEN PLAYED. Packed away in storage for over 28 years.
Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M., released in April 1987. The album is essentially a collection of many additional recordings R.E.M. made pre-Murmur to Lifes Rich Pageant that were outtakes or released as flip sides to their singles internationally. Many of the tracks are favourite cover versions indicating the band's disparate influences and musical tastes, including three Velvet Underground covers, and songs by Pylon, Aerosmith and Roger Miller.
Guitarist Peter Buck composed wry, self-deprecating (and, in one instance, apologetic) liner notes to the songs on the album. Buck initially had doubts about releasing it, saying he felt as though people would perceive the album as the band "trying to cash in, maybe to sell some records", as the ultimate release date predated that of the band's final studio album with I.R.S., Document, by a mere five months.
The album was initially issued as a 15-song collection on vinyl and cassette, but when its CD edition appeared (now the only available edition of Dead Letter Office) the five tracks from the band's 1982 Chronic Town EP were added. This is also the only current CD availability of Chronic Town.
Tracklisting:
1. "Crazy" (Randy Bewley, Vanessa Briscoe, Curtis Crowe, Michael Lachowski) – 3:03 B-side of "Driver 8" 7-inch single and "Wendell Gee" 7 and 12-inch singles
2. "There She Goes Again" (Lou Reed) – 2:50 B-side of I.R.S. "Radio Free Europe" 7-inch single
3. "Burning Down" – 4:12 B-side of "Wendell Gee" 7 and 12-inch singles
4. "Voice of Harold"1 – 4:24 B-side of "So. Central Rain" 12-inch single
5. "Burning Hell" – 3:49 B-side of "Cant Get There From Here" 12-inch single
6. "White Tornado" – 1:55 Recorded on the same day as the "Radio Free Europe" single in 1981, B-side of "Superman" 7 & 12-inch single
7. "Toys in the Attic" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) – 2:28 B-side of "Fall on Me" 12-inch singles
8. "Windout" (Jerry Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 1:58 from Bachelor Party soundtrack
9. "Ages of You" – 3:42 B-side of "Wendell Gee" 7 and 12-inch singles
10. "Pale Blue Eyes" (Reed) – 2:53 B-side of "So. Central Rain" 12-inch single
11. "Rotary Ten" – 2:00 B-side of "Fall on Me" 7-inch single
12. "Bandwagon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Lynda Stipe, M. Stipe) – 2:16 B-side of "Cant Get There From Here" 7 and 12-inch singles
13. "Femme Fatale" (Reed) – 2:49 B-side of "Superman" 12-inch single
14. "Walters Theme"2 – 1:32 B-side of "So. Central Rain" 7-inch single
15. "King of the Road"2 (Roger Miller) – 3:13 B-side of "So. Central Rain" 7-inch single
16. "Wolves, Lower" – 4:10
17. "Gardening at Night" – 3:29
18. "Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)" – 3:54
19. "1,000,000" – 3:06
20. "Stumble" – 5:40
21. "Gardening at Night" (acoustic version) – 3:53 JAPAN ONLY BONUS TRACK
22. "All the Right Friends” (studio outtake) – 3:53 JAPAN ONLY BONUS TRACK
CD bonus tracks (Chronic Town EP) Tracks 16-20
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Message me through eBay with any questions. Cheers Neal