R.E.M. - Chronic Town EP album flac

Chronic Town is the debut EP by American alternative rock band . released on August 24, 1982 on . Chronic Town is the first illustration of . s signature musical style: jangling guitars, chords played in arpeggio, murmured vocals, and obscure lyrics. After the minor success of the group's debut single "Radio Free Europe" in 1981, . manager Jefferson Holt felt the band was ready to record a longer release.

recorded the Chronic Town EP with Mitch Easter in October 1981, and planned to release it on a new indie label named Dasht Hopes. Records acquired a demo of the band's first recording session with Easter that had been circulating for months. The band turned down the advances of major label RCA Records. with whom it signed a contract in May 1982. first album to sell a million copies. In light of the band's breakthrough, the December 1987 cover of Rolling Stone declared . M Frustrated that its records did not see satisfactory overseas distribution, . when its contract expired and signed with the major label Warner Bros.

I assume that qualifies as a separate release? Not sure but didn't want to create a new entry if it's not separate.

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fashioned its own smart, propulsive sound out of bright pop melodies, a murky, neopsychedelic atmosphere and a host of late-Sixties pop-rock touches. The execution wasn’t always up to the ideas - instrumentally, the band was still stumbling at times - but Chronic Town served notice that . was an outfit to watch.

This article is from the . edu) with numerous contributions by others. An example of this is the UK set called The Originals released in 1995 with CT, Murmur, and Reckoning included with new packaging.

Although Chronic Town came together fast, the EP didn't see the light of day until August 1982, owing to the fact . was working out terms of a contract with . This deal wasn't necessarily on the radar when recording began: Chronic Town was actually meant to be released on a new indie label called Dasht Hopes, run by an Athens transplant named David Healey. However, life intervened, and . also did demo sessions for RCA Records with producer Kurt Munkacsi in February 1982 before signing with .

REM Chronic Town EP LP IRS 1982 original R labels sp70502! Duration EP. NM Near Mint - in factory fresh condition, like ne. IRS Records, 1991 Issue, UK, 45 RPM White Label Promo 7" Single w/ Title Sleeve. This release taken from the album "The Best Of . This copy 089. Never Played.

El álbum 'Murmur' (1983), esperado con gran expectación tras la edición del EP 'Chronic Town', sobrepasó todas las expectativas que los aficionados más inquietos habían depositado en el grupo. Murmur' fue elegido Disco del Año por la revista Rolling Stone y propició el surgimiento de un culto entusiasta en Estados Unidos. En 'Reckoning' (1984), grabado en poco más de una semana, .