Here is your chance to win three of R.E.M.‘s classic albums on vinyl. “Lifes Rich Pageant,” “Dead Letter Office” and “Eponymous” have all been reissued by Capitol/UMe and Goldmine will be giving away all three to a lucky winner.The three standard weight vinyl LPs are presented with their original sleeve art. Long out-of-print on vinyl, “Dead Letter Office” and “Eponymous” are both restored to wax with these new LP editions for the first time since their original release.
Released in 1986, “Lifes Rich Pageant” is R.E.M.’s fourth studio album, recorded by vocalist Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry at John Mellencamp’s Belmont Mall Studios in Indiana. Produced by Don Gehman,renowned for producing a string of punchy, soulful heartland-rock albums by Mellencamp, Pageantincludes the singles “Fall On Me” and “Superman.” The album was R.E.M.’s first to achieve Gold certification status, and it reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the band’s then-highest chart position.
