Bueno, lo de los estudios lo pongo por lo de U2, aunque lo importante es que ya tienen grabadito el próximo disco, esperemos que sea bueno. Por otra parte, el lunes salió a la venta la edición especial 25 aniversario remasterizada de su 3er disco "Fables of the Reconstruction", cuyo cd extra, en esta ocasión no trae un concierto, sino 14 demos, 3 de ellas de canciones inéditas.



RECORDING NEWS FROM BERLIN
The band has just completed recording their next record in Berlin and according to Bertis, "To my ears it all sounds like quite a wonderful set of songs." R.E.M. spent most of June at Hansa Studio in Berlin with Jacknife Lee putting the finishing touches on songs that evolved over the course of two previous recording sessions, the first in Portland in 2009 and the second in New Orleans earlier this year. The next step will be to mix the record this Fall. Although we don't have a specific date for the record to be released just yet, all signs are pointing towards Spring 2011. Visit remhq.com for recent news from Berlin including reports on R.E.M.'s guest appearances at concerts by both Pearl Jam and Patti Smith!

FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION REISSUE OUT NOW!
The expanded 25th Anniversary edition of the band's 1985 album Fables Of The Reconstruction is out this week in both Europe and North America. The album, available both digitally and in a 2-CD format, includes the digitally remastered original album, plus 14 previously unreleased demo recordings. The commemorative release also adds new liner notes by Peter Buck with the 2CD package presented in a lift-top box with a poster and four postcards. The remastered original album is also available on 180-gram vinyl. In his liner notes, Peter recalls, "The last day of rehearsal, I think with Joe Boyd in attendance, Jim Hawkins recorded what we had come up with. We spent about four hours recording all the new songs live, with minimal overdubs. I hadn't listened to this stuff since we recorded it, and I'm kind of stunned at how good it is. My memory of the rehearsals is us scrambling to finish songs. The songs on both Murmur and Reckoning had been performed for months if not years by the time they were committed to tape. I remember feeling dangerously unprepared when we flew to London, but on the evidence of this recording we must have known what we were doing." "The Athens Demos," as the band has dubbed them, comprise the new edition's second disc of 14 previously unreleased recordings, including drafts of Fables' 11 songs and three additional tracks that didn't make the album. The three non-album demos include two early versions of songs that were later revisited by the band and recorded for other releases and one song, "Throw Those Trolls Away," making its release debut on this new edition.