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Two R.E.M. Vinyl Records

Life's Rich Pageant

Released July 28, 1986

RecordedApril–May 1986

StudioBelmont Mall Studios, Belmont, Indiana, United States

GenreAlternative rock, pop rock

Length38:23

LabelI.R.S.

ProducerDon Gehman

Lifes Rich Pageant is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1986. R.E.M. chose Don Gehman to produce the album, which was recorded at John Mellencamp's Belmont Mall Studios in Belmont, Indiana. This was the only album the band recorded with Gehman, who moved them from the more obscure and dense sound of their earlier albums to an accessible, pop rock-influenced quality. The album was well-received critically.

Dead Letter Office

Released April 27, 1987

Recorded 1981–1986

GenreAlternative rock

Length43:22

LabelI.R.S.

ProducerMitch Easter, Don Dixon, Joe Boyd, Don Gehman and R.E.M.

Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M., released in April 1987. The album is essentially a collection of many additional recordings R.E.M. made pre-Murmur to Lifes Rich Pageant that were outtakes or released as flip sides to their singles internationally. Many of the tracks are favorite cover versions indicating the band's disparate influences and musical tastes, including three Velvet Underground covers, and songs by Pylon, Aerosmith and Roger Miller.