PODCAST: Show Me Magic! R.E.M. discography retrospective Part One

PODCAST: Show Me Magic! R.E.M. discography retrospective Part One

To tie in with the fortieth anniversary of R.E.M.‘s recording career and R.E.M. week on GIITTV, Bill Cummings, Jim Auton and guests set off on a look back on every album released by R.E.M.

In this first episode they are joined by Mark Cline of Bill Berry’s other band Love Tractor, who gives some insight and background into the Athens scene in the early 80s, featuring the B-52s, Pylon , Love Tractor and R.E.M. Bill Cummings and Jim Auton then discuss each of R.E.M.’s first three albums, Murmur, Reckoning, and Fables of the Reconstruction.

Tracklist
Intro
Interview with Mark Cline(Love Tractor)
R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
R.E.M. – So, Central Rain
R.E.M. – Good Advices

Produced by Andy VonPip

God is in the TV is an online music and culture fanzine founded in Cardiff by the editor Bill Cummings in 2003. GIITTV Bill has developed the site with the aid of a team of sub-editors and writers from across Britain, covering a wide range of music from unsigned and independent artists to major releases.