Green - Original 1988 German Warner Bros label 10-track LP - Mixed DMM Pressing

Original 1988 German pressed Warner Bros label 10-track vinyl LP - their 6th album featuring the singles "Orange Crush", "Stand", "Pop Song 89", and "Get Up".

Vinyl has custom picture labels - held in a polylined picture inner sleeve with credits and lyrics for 'World Leader Pretend' - picture cover with partially laquered '4's' on top of the R's in band name and title. This copy comes complete with tracklisting and barcode/catalogue number sticker on back.

This issue was in general distributed throughout Europe incl. the UK.

Condition: VG+ (Vinyl and Labels)/VG (Inner Sleeve)/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyl is bright and glossy - has only a very light degree of sleeve induced marks - a single inaudible hairline across side 2 - label a few slightly complex but superficial spindletraces. Vinyl is overall graded straight VG+.
Inner sleeve has a three inch side split and a moderate amount of straight creases and lighter bends - no rips... graded VG.
Cover has almost no signs of handling or storage - very minor creasing from edges - extremely nice seams and corners - unpressurised and sharp with only the very faintest rubbing or denting to opening corners.
Stickers are intact, barcode sticker has a little inevitable glue-discolouration - comes with age - cover is overall graded Close to Near Mint/Excellent

For those into the handetched (he) and machine stamped (ms) trail off matrix information:

Side 1: Perimeter close to label:               1-25795-A-RE 3 SRI-DMM MASTERDISK (he) R/S Alsdorf 925795-1-A2 (ms)
            Perimeter closer to playing area:  SP4-1   SP-GER    14 (he)

Side 2: Perimeter close to label:               R/S Alsdorf 925795-1-BX (ms, 'X' is he)
            Perimeter closer to playing area: BN 41 (he)

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Pop Song 89
2. Get Up
3. You Are the Everything
4. Stand
5. World Leader Pretend

Side 2:
1. The Wrong Child
2. Orange Crush
3. Turn You Inside Out
4. Hairshirt
5. I Remember California

Recorded May - June & July - September, 1988, at Ardent Studios, Memphis (first sessions)

Recorded and mixed at:
Bearsville StudioVGVGs, Woodstock, NY (latter sessions)

Mastered at Masterdisk N.Y.C., USA
Pressed by Record Service Alsdorf, Max-Planck-Straße 1-9, D-52477 Alsdorf

Credits:

R.E.M. :
Bill Berry - drums and backing vocals, bass guitar on "You Are the Everything", "The Wrong Child", and "Hairshirt"
Peter Buck - guitar, mandolin, drums on "Eleventh, Untitled Song"
Mike Mills - bass guitar, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
Michael Stipe - vocals

Additional musicians:
Bucky Baxter - pedal steel guitar on "World Leader Pretend"
Peter Holsapple - guitar and keyboards on Live in Greensboro 1989[21]
Keith LeBlanc - percussion on "Turn You Inside-Out"
Jane Scarpantoni - cello on "World Leader Pretend"

Technical Credits:
Scott Litt - production, engineering
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills - production
George Cowan - engineering (Bearsville)
Jay Healy - engineering
Tom Laune - engineering (Ardent)
Thom Cadley - engineering (Bearsville)
Bob Ludwig - mastering, at Masterdisk, New York City, New York, United States

Artwork:
Frank Olinsky and Manhattan Design - packaging
Jon McCafferty, Michael Stipe - packaging, and photography
Michael Tighe, Jem Cohen - photography