Pitchfork: R.E.M. to reissue Reckoning
The R.E.M. reissue campaign continues with a 25th anniversary deluxe edition of their second album, 1984’s Reckoning, due out June 23 on I.R.S./A&M/UMe. Like last year’s deluxe treatment of R.E.M.’s debut, Murmur, the deluxe Reckoning is a two-disc set. The second disc contains a live show taped at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on July 7, 1984 and aired on Chicago radio station WXRT. The Aragon show features eight Reckoning songs, old songs „Gardening at Night“ from Chronic Town and „Radio Free Europe,“ „9-9“ and „Sitting Still“ from Murmur, and new songs „Driver 8“ and „Hyena“, which would show up on Fables of the Reconstruction and Lifes Rich Pageant, respectively.
180 gram vinyl versions of the reissued Reckoning and Murmur will also be released on June 23.
Eine mir unbekannte Band hat den von mir sehr geschätzten Song „Fascinating“ (der beste Song aus der Phase 2001-2004) gecovert! Anbei beide Tracks (Original, Cover) zum Anhören:
Stereogum: Fischerspooner cover obscure R.E.M. song
The final version of R.E.M.’s 2001 LP Reveal featured twelve tracks, however the original master (known as Reveal 1.0) contained two songs that didn’t make that final cut: „Free Form Jazz Jam,“ and the excellently lush ballad „Fascinating“ which was an unfortunate omission that gets some retrospective justice courtesy of Fischerspooner. Warren and Casey have covered the track at Michael Stipe’s request as a bonus to their forthcoming Entertainment LP. Mr. Fischer tells us how their version came together:
The song was written for Up but never released. So Michael told us he had this song and he thought it would be really good for us. He said ‚I think this song would be great for you and I think you guys should record it.‘ Their version is very somber, so it was a challenge to figure out how were going to do it in our style. But it was great. Warren [Fischer] took it and sped it up. I love the lyrics and I love the melody, and everything about it just seemed right.
Seems Casey has the record wrong, but no matter: Fischerspooner’s is a listen-worthy take on a great song, dressing the song’s original pathos in a cloak of strings and electropop.
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