R.E.M. `Out Of Time` 25th Anniversary S.E.

There is single vinyl,

Amazon UK link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Time-R...r_1_49?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1475433042&sr=1-49

 

Woo! Thanks for letting me know. I'm definitely going to pick this up.

I actually bought the 25th anniversary reissue of Green this weekend and it sound just great.

 

You expressed my sentiments exactly. I also enjoyed Peter Buck's solo LPs (the first two, dont have the third..any comments out there??)

 

NRK TV - Se History of the Hit Song: Losing My Religion »

 

Just got this email:

Out Of Time Deluxe & 25th Anniversary Edition Contents Revealed
Here are the contents for the various packages of the Out Of Time 25th Anniversary releases... all of which feature the remastered album, 19 previously unreleased demos, stunning Anton Corbijn photos and liner notes from Annie Zaleski with insight from all four band members.

You can listen to the track "Losing My Religion 2 (Demo)" from the Demos disc here.

The iconic yellow shield has been removed from these packages. Michael had this to say about the change: "I wanted a dramatic change in the artwork to indicate the difference between this release and the original. It will look beautiful on a shelf."

You can view the packages here on our Facebook page.

3-CD/1 Blu-Ray Deluxe Edition – Casebound book featuring previously unreleased photos, extended liner notes, the album and the demos, previously unreleased 1991 performance at Mountain Stage and a Blu-Ray with 8 music videos, Timepiece Video Press Kit and the album in Hi-Resolution and 5.1 surround sound.

2 CD Anniversary Edition – Clamshell box with the album and the demos, liner notes and fold-out poster.

3 LP Anniversary Edition – Gatefold jacket with the remastered album and 19 demos pressed on high-quality 180 gram vinyl with picture sleeves, a download card and liner notes.

Stay tuned for more Out Of Time “reveals” in the coming days!

 

I'll probably be going for the 2CD edition once the price is right. I'm not really interested in the live material and I already have the CD/DVD release with the HD version of the album (which isn't too different, sonically, from the regular CD IMO).

Part of me wants to say this is kind of a missed opportunity, but short of b-sides, what else could they have added to sweeten the pot here?

 

Fretless and It's A Free World, Baby should have really been included. I know the songs are available elsewhere, but they would have made this package more complete.

 

So the actual title of the album is a removable sticker and if you remove the plastic it's just a bare album cover photo?

 

In case anyone is wondering about the content included with the download code from the 3-LP set, it only contains the album and demos (same material as the lp set).
I was hoping the Mountain Stage set would be included.

 

I've always thought that about "Fretless,'' period. Great song, should have been on the album, sounds apiece with the album. There is a demo of it in the bonus material, so that's something.

I never cared for "Free World," it sounds really forced to me, with an awkward arrangement. Still, if it was a contender for the album then you'd think there'd have been a demo of it, too.

 

Slight change of topic for a second, have been following this thread for a while now and I'm interested in the 3x vinyl release of OoT, just with Christmas around the corner and a handful of other re-releases from various artists coming out at roughly the same time I'm not sure weather to take the plunge..
I already have this version of Out of Time on vinyl,
https://www.discogs.com/REM-Out-Of-Time/release/7177827
I've never had chance to compare it to the standard European or US vinyl releases that came out at the same time.
It does sound very good although I've always found stipe's vocals a little sharp on this pressing, anyone have this pressing and know how it stands up to the others? Or possibly the new remasters?

 

I had no idea about that one! I knew Green got a 180g remaster in Germany in the early 00's but not about this one.
The USA OOT vinyl is subtly superior to the cd but the album was mastered very well to begin with. I'd say compare to the original cd if you can. IIRC though I think on my copy the vocals can be a tad sharp so you're probably spot on with that assessment. I would think that they probably reused the European vinyl master for that pressing. As far as I know the US and European Warner era vinyl is largely the same but I have heard vague comments of some preferring one over the other for some albums.

My two cents though: get what you like but don't expect the mastering to be as good as the original. I bet everything will lose at least a point or two on the DR meter but hopefully won't end up like the previous CD deluxe editions.

 

I did get to go to this event, Mike Mills came and did about a 30-40 minute Q&A.
R.E.M.'s Mike Mills travels through 'Time' in Nashville »

It was nice to see but I get the feeling this kinda stuff will only rev up around the album anniversaries. I wish we got a better idea of the band's involvement etc. or perhaps I'm just hoping for a big set of Peter's liner notes.

I'll preorder the big set for the demos official release but primarily since I missed out on the DVD-A and the Bluray looks to be a reissue of that. OOT got a 24/192 stereo hires treatment so I hope it will be there since all the video bits and 5.1 are also present.

Fingers crossed this won't be loud. OOT would really suffer from being compressed in the modern tradition.

 

Hear R.E.M.'s 'Losing My Religion' Demo With Alternate Lyrics »

From the audio, it seems this release will be compressed to death

such a shame

 

Out Of Compression...Not!

 

Cancel or don't order guys.

 

R.e.m on the cover of new Mojo magazine
http://www.mojo4music.com/24725/r-e-m-relive-key-breakthrough-mojo-magazine/

 

You're making an SQ evaluation based on a Spotify sound clip embedded in a Rolling Stone article?

I have Spotify and enjoy it, but the resolution and quality of the tracks varies widely, is frequently terrible, and generally bears little or no relation to how the CD will sound.

 

Generally, when you HEAR the compression all over the place, no matter low resolution of Spotify, youtube, Rolling Stone, whatever, you'll certainly find a low DR on the final release

Let's wait and see

There's no way this will have DR 12, like the original album

 

Thanks for the link. Stipe solo album on its way? Hopefully.

 

Which is why I am sticking with the DVD-A of the original deluxe edition.

 

Germany's edition of Rolling Stone will include a 3-track Losing My Religion 7" record. It's orderable at
https://abo.rollingstone.de/produkt/rolling-stone-ausgabe-112016-mit-exklusiver-r-e-m-vinyl-ep/
Pray that it doesn't snap in half during shipping. I don't think anything is exclusive except having the tracks on this 7".
A1 "Losing My Religion (Demo)" don't know if it's demo 1 or 2
B1 "Losing My Religion (Remastered 2016)"
B2 "Untitled Demo 2"

 

Ye gods! Stipe looks like hell these days! I don't know if trimming down the beard would help... Dude's only 56. He looks older than Leonard Cohen in this shot.

 

Love the cover, I ordered Springsteen 7" before,
The first one was bent out of shape,
They sent me a second one which arrived fine,

 

Actually, to me he looks EXACTLY like a 56-year-old with a beard. What he doesn't look like is your typical rock star or celebrity, desperately doing everything possible to look "young." Good for him.