R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (10" Orange Vinyl)
Available to pre-order now, released September 12th. As this is an import, we may have a week later.
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This limited-edition 10-inch EP revisits R.E.M.’s landmark debut single “Radio Free Europe” and is pressed on translucent orange vinyl. Proceeds from all vinyl sales will go to RFE/RL, an editorially independent nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation.
The Radio Free Europe 2025 EP was overseen by the band’s original producer Mitch Easter—who first captured R.E.M. at his Drive-In Studio during their maiden road trip to a professional studio in April 1981. That seminal session yielded the band’s earliest recordings of “Radio Free Europe,” “Sitting Still,” and the instrumental “Wh. Tornado,” all collected here.
The five-track set opens with a brand-new 2025 remix by the band's longtime collaborator Jacknife Lee, who also produced R.E.M.’s final two studio albums, Accelerate and Collapse Into Now. Lee gives the track a fresh take while staying true to its indie-rock DNA. Completing the package are Mitch Easter’s original 1981 recordings—the sought-after Hib-Tone single mix of “Radio Free Europe,” its flip-side “Sitting Still,” the “Wh. Tornado” demo, and Easter’s long-rumoured, never-before-released 1981 remix “Radio Free Dub.”
Track-listing
Side A
1. Radio Free Europe 2025 (Jacknife Lee Remix)*
2. Radio Free Dub 1981 (Mitch Easter Remix)
Side B
3. Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single)
4. Sitting Still (Original Hib-Tone B-Side)
5. Wh. Tornado (From Cassette Set)
