R.E.M. - When the Light Is Mine: Best of the I.R.S. years 1982-1987 (DVD)

R.E.M.'s seminal "early period" is a rich canon of work through which the band forged a unique image in the overblown '80s music market, and found the voice that would take them from indie darlings to international superstars. "When The Light Is Mine" chronicles R.E.M. between the years 1982-87, when they were rapidly becoming critical and college radio favorites but still remained on the periphery of the mainstram.

This 2-hour compendium of clips - produced in collaboration with R.E.M. - includes all of their original broadcast music videos, the 20-minute film "Left Of Reckoning", appearances of the I.R.S. TV show "The Cutting Edge", their memorable contribution to the film "Athens, GA./Inside-Out", and live performances on UK TV shows "The Tube" and "The Old Grey Whistle Test".

Extra include over 30 minutes of unreleased interview footage with Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe 1983-87, and twenty minutes' worth of candid, outtake musical performances from the 1984 installment of "The Cutting Edge".

Trace the history that leads back to Athens. This is your document.

01 Wolves, Lower
02 Radio Free Europe
03 Talk About The Passion
04 Radio Free Europe ("The Tube", 18.11.1983)
05 Talk About The Passion ("The Tube", 18.11.1983)
06 So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
07 Left Of Reckoning
08 Pretty Persuasion ("The Old Grey Whistle Test", 20.11.1984)
09 Can't Get There From Here
10 Driver 8
11 Life And How To Live It
12 Feeling Gravity's Pull
13 Can't Get There From Here ("The Tube", 25.10.1985)
14 Fall On Me
15 Swan Swan H (Athens, GA - Inside/Out)
16 The One I Love
17 It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
18 Finest Worksong

Extras
01 The Cutting Edge, October 1983
02 The Cutting Edge, June 1984
03 Pageantry (Interview)