As we announced a while back, REM are to celebrate its 25th anniversary by reissuing a deluxe version of their debut album Murmur.

The two disc set comes with a live album, recorded at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto, Canada in July 1983, around the time of the record’s release. The live set includes two songs which would end up on “Reckoning” – “Harborcoat” and “7 Chinese Brothers” – and one, “Just A Touch”, which would not surface until 1986’s “Lifes Rich Pageant”.

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The gig also features a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “There She Goes Again”.

For a full preview of the deluxe package, visit Uncut’s Wild Mercury Sound blog now.

Murmur will be re-released in the UK on February 9.

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The tracklisting is:

Disc One:

Radio Free Europe

Pilgrimage

Laughing

Talk About The Passion

Moral Kiosk

Perfect Circle

Catapult

Sitting Still

9-9

Shaking Through

We Walk

West Of The Fields

Disc Two: – Live at Larry’s Hideaway

Laughing

Pilgrimage

There She Goes Again

7 Chinese Brothers

Talk About The Passion

Sitting Still

Harborcoat

Catapult

Gardening At Night

9-9

Just A Touch

West Of The Fields

Radio Free Europe

We Walk

1,000,000

Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)