Product Details

• Actors: R.E.M.
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Capitol
• DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006
• Run Time: 126 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GTJSMG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,120 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

TRACKLISTING:
1. Wolves, Lower (Previously Unreleased)
2. Radio Free Europe (Edit - First time On DVD)
3. Talk About The Passion
4. Radio Free Europe (The Tube, 11.18.83, UK TV Show - Previously Unreleased)
5. Talk About The Passion (The Tube, 11.18.83, UK TV Show - Previously Unreleased)
6. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) - (First Time On DVD)
7. Left Of Reckoning (First Time On DVD)
8. Pretty Persuasion (The Old Grey Whistle Test, 11.20.84, UK TV - Previously Unreleased)
9. Can’t Get There From Here (First Time On DVD)
10. Driver 8 (First Time On DVD)
11. Life And How To Live It (First Time On DVD)
12. Feeling Gravity's Pull (First Time On DVD)
13. Can’t Get There From Here (The Tube, 10.25.85, UK TV - Previously Unreleased)
14. Fall On Me (First Time On DVD)
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:
The Cutting Edge, October 1983
19. Broadcast Segment (Previously Unreleased)
20. Additional Interviews (Previously Unreleased)
The Cutting Edge, June 1984
21. Edited Broadcast Segment (First Time On DVD)
22. Additional Interviews (First Time On DVD)
23. Driver 8 (First Time On DVD)
24. Wendell Gee (First Time On DVD)
25. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (First Time On DVD)
26. Time After Time (Annelise) (First Time On DVD)
27. Pageantry (Previously Unreleased)
Hidden Tracks:
Radio Free Europe
Driver 8 (second take from Cutting Edge - Previously Unreleased)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To access the hidden tracks..., September 13, 2006

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Can't Get There From Here (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: R.E.M. - When the Light is Mine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection (DVD)

...Just start playing the standard tracks -- "Radio Free Europe" and The Cutting Edge version of "Driver 8" -- and once they start, simply press 'Enter' on your remote and the disk will switch over to alternative versions of these selections.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Inexplicable Oversight, February 3, 2007

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Matthew D. White "mdwhite" (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: R.E.M. - When the Light is Mine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection (DVD)

It's good to have all these old videos compiled on DVD; now I can throw away my old VHS "REM Succumbs" tape.
I still think Jim Herbert's videos are a treat; it's amazing that even though these videos are usually pronounced "boring" or "headache-inducing" by many viewers, their influence on music video in general is incalculable. Back in the day, it was amazing to see how so soon after these original videos began coming out, nearly every band who was making music videos began copying the Herbert approach. High praise for all these unique clips, which from a time when R.E.M. embraced (or pioneered) the whole southern-gothic-mysterious feeling.

My sole reason for docking this review two stars is for an unusual production oversight: the producers of this DVD never bothered to scrub or re-sync the videos with more up-to-date audio tracks, which very easily could have been done by any editor with a few mouse clicks. (Obviously, the audio for the live performance videos, and Stipe's non-lip-synced vocal for "So. Central Rain" would have had to remain as-is. No problem there; the audio is just fine for these segments.)
Instead, what is on the DVD are the original, worn-out and/or inferior audio tracks from the original sources. As a result, the lengthy "Left of Reckoning" may look as good as it ever has, but it sounds atrocious, with a very worn, watery sound that is nearly absent of decent high-end. Even the video for "Radio Free Europe" suffers from the same effect.

I'm calling for R.E.M., one of the greatest American rock bands ever, who always have issued quality stuff before, to re-issue this DVD with improved sound. Then this compilation will be well worth its weight.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A keeper!, September 16, 2006

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J. Antani "raconteur" (los angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: R.E.M. - When the Light is Mine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Video Collection (DVD)

The picture and sound transfers are gorgeous here. So if you own videotape versions of some of this footage (i.e. REM "Succumbs"), it's worth picking this baby up: the older videos from Reckoning, "Driver 8," "Life and How To Live It" are all stunningly crisp in their digital incarnations. Forget the grainy analog quality of those 80s-era compilation tapes, the re-mastering here is well worth the purchase. Also, I enjoyed the vintage interviews from the early- to mid-80s when the band members all seemed so excited and passionate about the burgeoning college music scene, and anxious to stake out their own ground in it. If you're an REM fan, this is a must-have collector's item.