R.E.M. preview Monster reissue with “Revolution” demo: Stream
This November, R.E.M. are spotlighting their ninth studio album, Monster, with a 25th anniversary deluxe reissue. Together with a remastered model of the 1994 LP, the gathering is bursting with 15 beforehand unreleased demos and a handful of remixes. In anticipation, the band is now sharing a demo of “Revolution” that’s by no means earlier than seen the sunshine of day.
“Revolution” was initially recorded in the course of the Monster classes, however didn’t make the ultimate lower. It really by no means made it onto a correct R.E.M. album and solely reached the lots through the 1997 soundtrack for Batman and Robin.
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The demo model included on the Monster reissue — formally titled “Revolution Four-21” — is a way more fuzzed-out affair than what followers heard in Batman and Robin. It’s as if your complete factor is shrouded in thick fog, or blasted by a damaged speaker — and it’s a fairly efficient sound.
Hear it for your self beneath.
And evaluate it to the formally launched model:
The Monster reissue is due out November 1st as a 6-disc field set, and choose up your personal copy of the reissue right here. It’s the newest in R.E.M.’s ongoing archival sequence of 25th anniversary reissues.
In associated information, Michael Stipe & co. just lately unearthed a uncommon track known as “Fascinating” in an effort to boost funds for Hurricane Dorian aid efforts within the Bahamas.
R.E.M. preview Monster reissue with “Revolution” demo: Stream
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