This Special Edition Box Set includes a double-CD with 39 songs featuring rarities and fan favorites from the band's I.R.S. days, unreleased tracks, and early versions of songs that eventually made the cut for R.E.M.'s 14th studio album, Accelerate. Tracks include So. Central Rain, Sitting Still, Driver 8, Pretty Persuasion, Cuyahoga, Gardening at Night, Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars), and Living Well Is The Best Revenge.
Box Set also contains:
1. This Is Not A Show DVD (region free): 59-minuteconcert-documentary by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah. This Is Not A Show chronicles R.E.M.'s five nights of live rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland, and features "Until The Day Is Done", "Houston", "Drive", "Horse To Water" and more.
2. 4LPs on 180 gram vinyl in gatefold sleeves
3. Olympia 24" x 36" tour poster
4. Song-by-song liner notes by Peter Buck
