When The Light Is Mine… The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection DVD Features More Than Two Hours Of Content, Including Several Previously Unreleased TV Performances, Interviews and Outtakes and All 11 Of The Band’s I.R.S. Era Music Videos

R.E.M. and EMI Music Catalog Marketing are collaborating for the release of the first complete CD and DVD anthologies of the legendary band’s 1980s I.R.S. Records output. Developed and compiled by R.E.M. to best represent the band’s entire I.R.S. tenure.

R.E.M.’s And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 will be released on September 12 in two packages, a 21-track single-disc and digital collection of hits and band favorites, and a 2-CD Collectors’ Edition with a second 21-track disc of rarities, including alternate takes, previously unreleased mixes, and live recordings of familiar R.E.M. classics, among them 10 never before released tracks.

When The Light Is Mine… The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection DVD draws back the curtain to reveal R.E.M.’s most vital early career film work, including the band’s 11 I.R.S. music videos, among them “Wolves, Lower,” which makes its release debut with this collection. Notable for propelling the medium forward as a creative extension of R.E.M.’s musical vision, several of the band’s videos were directed by filmmaker James Herbert, often in collaboration with Michael Stipe. The DVD also unveils previously unreleased television appearances, including performances on the U.K. programs “The Tube” and “The Old Grey Whistle Test,” performances and interviews from I.R.S.’ own 1983-’84 MTV show, “The Cutting Edge,” an acoustic performance from Athens, GA – Inside/Out, James Herbert’s 20-minute film “Left of Reckoning,” and never-before-released interview clips. The DVD’s visual bounty clocks in at more than two hours, with approximately half of its content released for the first time in any format on this DVD.