Listen to R.E.M. play Orange Crush for 2003 BBC Radio 1 session

By Scott Munro
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Track taken from the upcoming album R.E.M. At The BBC - out in October

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A stream of R.E.M. performing their classic 1988 track Orange Crush has been released.

It was recorded in 2003 during a session for Mark and Lard’s BBC Radio 1 show and will be included on the upcoming album R.E.M. At The BBC, which will launch on October 19.

The collection will be released on 2CD, 2LP, on digital platforms and as a 8CD/DVD boxset which will feature radio sessions, live BBC broadcasts, rare and unreleased live and studio recordings and the band’s TV appearances, including their Jools Holland special in 1998. 

The DVD will also have the hour-long documentary of R.E.M.’s performances on the BBC titled Accelerating Backwards which was previously only broadcast in the UK.

It features interviews with Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, and includes the band’s appearances on Top Of The Pops.

R.E.M. At The BBC is now available for pre-order. Find details below.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro

Scott looks after and updates Louder’s online buyer’s guides and also scouts out the best deals for music fans from every corner of the internet. He's spent more than 28 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014, where he wrote extensively about rock, metal, prog and more, before moving to the eCommerce team full-time in 2020. Scott has previous written for publications including IGN, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky.