R.E.M. - CHRONIC TOWN - US 1982 REISSUE EP - IRS SP 070502
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PURCHASED NEW in a record store when released and stored in a plastic bag since opening. THIS HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYED ONCE when recorded to a cassette tape. I only used a Shure M91ED stylus and cartridge tracking at 1 gram. The cover has good edges, corners and spline with lettering very close to being centered. There is some slight wear along spline edge on front (see pictures) and a slight "pinch" along the front side spline about from center towards top (see picture).
Original inner paper sleeve is a IRS Record promo and has a wrinkled corner on bottom right (see picture). No rips, splits or tears. Except for wrinkle, inner sleeve is in excellent shape.
Album vinyl is in LIKE NEW condition with no visible scuffs. Labels are in LIKE NEW condition with no spindle marks.
Actual Matrix Runout:
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, Actual): SP070502-A-RCA 1 STERLING A1 G
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, Actual): SP070502-B-RCA 2 STERLING A1 E
Chronic Town side: Wolves, Lower - Gardening at Night - Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) Poster Torn side: 1,000,000 - Stumble
Technical data from Discogs in Bold below hold true for this edition:
This pressing has no barcode, a regular IRS label (not the gargoyle label) and is pressed on either regular black vinyl or Quiex amber/brown translucent vinyl (looks like regular black vinyl unless held up to a light).
Some copies came in paper inner sleeve identical to the ones that came with the Gargoyle labels.
Tracks B1 + B2 are listed first on the back sleeve.
Poly inner sleeve states "Printed In Canada" on back bottom right and © 1982 International Record Syndicate, Inc. on front.
Recorded at Drive In Studio Winston Salem, N.C. October 1981
Mastered at Sterling Sound.
A Dasht Hopes Production.
© 1982 International Record Syndicate, Inc. Manufactured and distributed by A&M Records, Inc.
℗ 1982 I.R.S., Inc. Printed in U.S.A. [Spine]
℗ 1982 International Record Syndicate, Inc. on labels
Runouts are mostly etched, "STERLING", Indianapolis "I" and mastering IDs (i.e. "A1") are stamped.
- Rights Society: BMI
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): I
- Pressing Plant ID (On labels): R
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): SP-070502-A
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): SP-070502-B
- R.E.M. was an American alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style; Stipe's distinctive vocal quality, unique stage presence, and obscure lyrics; Mills's melodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming style. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts such as Nirvana, Pixies and Pavement viewed R.E.M. as a pioneer of the genre. After Berry left in 1997, the band continued with mixed critical and commercial success. The band broke up amicably in 2011, having sold more than 90 million albums worldwide and becoming one of the world's best-selling music acts.
The band released their first single, "Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. It was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, their first release on I.R.S. Records. Over the course of the decade, R.E.M. released acclaimed albums, commencing with their debut Murmur (1983), and continuing yearly with Reckoning (1984), Fables of the Reconstruction (1985), Lifes Rich Pageant (1986), Document (1987) and Green (1988). During their most successful period, they worked with the producer Scott Litt. With constant touring, and the support of college radio following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit with the 1987 single "The One I Love". They signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing arenas worldwide.
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