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Pretty Persuasion

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It’s what I want, hurry and buy,
all has been tried, follow reason and buy,
Cannot shuffle in this heat, it’s all wrong
Try to put that on your sleeve it’s all wrong it’s all wrong

He’s got a pretty persuasion
She’s got pretty persuasion
God damn, pure confusion
She’s got pretty persuasion

It’s what I want, hurry and buy,
all has been tried, follow reasoning,
And I put that in this heat it’s all wrong
Try to wear that on my sleeve it’s all wrong all wrong

He’s got a pretty persuasion
She’s got pretty persuasion
God damn, pure confusion
He’s got pretty persuasion

In the light I saw
quite a scene there

It’s what I want, hurry and buy,
all has been tried, follow reason and buy,
Try to put that in this heat it’s all wrong
Cannot wear that on your sleeve it’s all wrong it’s all wrong

1 Official Release

PRETTY PERSUASION (Promotional 12” Single)
USA – SP-70979

‘PRETTY PERSUASION’ is also available on

Live In Chicago (Promotional 12” Single)
JUKE BOX RECORDS LONDON (XL2)
released: unknown
Recorded: 7/7/84 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, 9/6/84 New Jersey

1. Femme Fatale
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Gardening At Night
4. Sitting Still
5. Pale Blue Eyes
6. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
7. 9-9
8. Windout
9. Driver 8
10. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
11. Harborcoat
12. Hyena
13. Pretty Persuasion

Reckoning (CD Album)
Netherlands – 0777 7 13159 23
released: unknown
Re-Issue

Murmur / Reckoning (Cassette)
UK –
released: unknown

Animal (Maxi CD)
UK – 9362-42706-2 | W633CD
released: unknown

1. Animal
2. Pretty Persuasion
live from Clinton Studios, NYC on 2003-10-07
3. Losing My Religion
Video taken from Perfect Square – 2003-07-19 Bowling Green, Wiesbaden (Germany)

Blue (Bootleg LP)
SPLIFF001
released: unknown

1. Moral Kiosk
2. Driver 8
3. Hyena
4. Camera
5. Pilgrimage
6. Talk About The Passion
7. Seven Chinese Bros.
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Gardening At Night
11. 9-9
12. Windout
13. Old Man Kensey
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Little America
16. Burning Down
17. Pale Blue Eyes
18. 1,000,000
19. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
20. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

Can’t Get There From Here (Bootleg LP)
KAXY 002
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Hammersmith Palais Ballroom, London 10/28/85.

Georgia Peaches Ripe! (Bootleg LP)
REM-7
released: unknown

1. Rave On
2. Burning Down
3. A Girl Like You
4. Get On their Way (What If We Give It Away?)
5. There She Goes Again
6. Pretty Persuasion
7. Body Count
8. A Different Girl
9. Action
10. Narrator
11. Hey! Hey! Nadine
12. Baby I
13. Permanent Vacation
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Sitting Still
16. Dangerous Times
17. All The Right Friends
18. Shaking Through
19. Hey Little Girl
20. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
21. Windout
22. Gardening At Night
23. Scheherazade
24. Lisa Says
25. Mystery To Me
25. White Tornado

Ripe! Georgia Peaches (Bootleg LP)
REM-7
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Tyrone\s, April 10, 1981

1. Rave On
2. Burning Down
3. A Girl Like You
4. Get On their Way (What If We Give It Away?)
5. There She Goes Again
6. Pretty Persuasion
7. Body Count
8. A Different Girl
9. Action
10. Narrator
11. Hey! Hey! Nadine
12. Baby I
13. Permanent Vacation
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Sitting Still
16. Dangerous Times
17. All The Right Friends
18. Shaking Through
19. Hey Little Girl
20. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
21. Windout
22. Gardening At Night
23. Scheherazade
24. Lisa Says
25. Mystery To Me
25. White Tornado

Ripe! The Georgia Peaches (Bootleg LP)
CYCLER-T-80
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Tyrone\s, April 10, 1981

1. Rave On
2. Burning Down
3. A Girl Like You
4. Get On their Way (What If We Give It Away?)
5. There She Goes Again
6. Pretty Persuasion
7. Body Count
8. A Different Girl
9. Action
10. Narrator
11. Hey! Hey! Nadine
12. Baby I
13. Permanent Vacation
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Sitting Still
16. Dangerous Times
17. All The Right Friends
18. Shaking Through
19. Hey Little Girl
20. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
21. Windout
22. Gardening At Night
23. Scheherazade
24. Lisa Says
25. Mystery To Me
25. White Tornado

Green Dreams (Bootleg LP)
??
released: unknown
Recorded: Orlando Arena, Orlando FL 4/30/89

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Greendreams (Bootleg LP)
VIGOTONE – THREE
released: unknown
Recorded: Orlando Arena, Orlando FL 4/30/89, w/ 2 fan club tracks

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
21. See No Evil
Fan Club Track
22. Academy Fight Song
Fan Club Track

Mada Mada (Bootleg LP)
TRW (1906)
released: unknown
Recorded: (1) 7/9/83 – Larry\s Hideaway, (2) Reflection Studios Outtakes, (3) Trenton NJ 10/2/82

1. Laughing
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
2. Pilgrimage
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
3. There She Goes Again
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
4. Seven Chinese Bros.
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
5. Talk About The Passion
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
6. Sitting Still
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
7. Harborcoat
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
8. Catapult
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
9. Gardening At Night
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
10. 9-9
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
11. Just A Touch
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
12. West Of The Fields
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
13. Radio Free Europe
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
14. We Walk
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
15. 1,000,000
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto
16. There She Goes Again
Reflection Studios Outtakes
17. Tighten Up
Reflection Studios Outtakes
18. All The Right Friends
Reflection Studios Outtakes
19. Romance
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton
20. 1,000,000
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton
21. Pretty Persuasion
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton
22. Ages Of You
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton
23. Pilgrimage
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton
24. Wolves, Lower
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton

Mumble (Bootleg LP)
PSA-101
released: unknown
Recorded: Various Locations(1986 Demos, 1984 BBC Broadcast)

1. Underneath The Bunker
LRP Demo
2. Gardening At Night
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham
3. 9-9
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham
4. Windout
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham
5. White Tornado
6. Pretty Persuasion
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham
7. Bad Day
LRP Demo
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. Swan Swan H
10. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham
11. West Of The Fields
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham
12. Cuyahoga
LRP Demo

20th Century Boys – Vol.1 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded live at Stichcraft in Athens on 9/30/83

Electric (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded at Pink Pop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland, 5/15/89

1. Exhuming McCarthy
2. Turn You Inside Out
3. Stand
4. Orange Crush
5. Feeling Gravitys Pull
6. King Of Birds
7. World Leader Pretend
8. Underneath The Bunker
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Get Up
11. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
13. Summertime
14. Swan Swan H
15. Finest Worksong

Acoustic 3CD Box (Bootleg CD Album)
Luxemburg –
released: unknown
Contains Acoustic 1, Acoustic 2 and Electric

1. World Leader Pretend
2. Radio Song
3. Fall On Me
4. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
5. Half A World Away
6. Belong
7. Love Is All Around
8. Losing My Religion
9. Radio Song
10. Disturbance At The Heron House
11. Low
12. Swan Swan H
13. White Train
14. If You Go Away
15. Birdshead
16. My Youngest Son Came Home Today
17. Hello In There
18. Dark End Of The Street
19. Pop Song 89
20. Talk About The Passion
21. Exhuming McCarthy
22. Turn You Inside Out
23. Stand
24. Orange Crush
25. Feeling Gravitys Pull
26. King Of Birds
27. World Leader Pretend
28. Underneath The Bunker
29. Pretty Persuasion
30. Get Up
31. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
32. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
33. Summertime
34. Swan Swan H
35. Finest Worksong

Back To Rockville (Bootleg CD Album)
FLASHBACK 01-95-0247
released: unknown
Recorded at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7/784, Arsenio Hall – 10/17/89, MTV Awards 9/2/93

1. Femme Fatale
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Gardening At Night
4. 9-9
5. Windout
6. Letter Never Sent
7. Sitting Still
8. Driver 8
9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
10. Seven Chinese Bros.
11. Voice of Harold
12. Harborcoat
13. Hyena
14. Pretty Persuasion
15. Second Guessing
16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
17. Stand
live recorded at: 1989-10-17 in Hollywood
18. Everybody Hurts
MTV Awards
19. Drive
MTV Awards

Ballroom Dancing (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7/7/84, SNL 1994.

1. Femme Fatale
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Gardening At Night
4. 9-9
5. Windout
6. Letter Never Sent
7. Sitting Still
8. Driver 8
9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
10. Seven Chinese Bros.
11. Voice of Harold
12. Harborcoat
13. Hyena
14. Pretty Persuasion
15. Second Guessing
16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
18. Bang And Blame
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
19. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
20. Hello In There

Boreal Equinoxia (Bootleg CD Album)
BC 039
released: unknown
Recorded 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. Plus 3 Bonus Tracks

Boston 1984 (Bootleg CD Album)
MM 9116
released: unknown
Recorded 6/27/84, Seattle, WA

1. Moral Kiosk
2. Driver 8
3. Hyena
4. Camera
5. Pilgrimage
6. Talk About The Passion
7. Seven Chinese Bros.
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Gardening At Night
11. 9-9
12. Windout
13. Old Man Kensey
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Little America
16. Burning Down
17. Pale Blue Eyes
18. 1,000,000
19. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
20. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

Buy The Sky, Sell The Sky (Bootleg CD Album)
DIRTY 13 VOL. 7
released: unknown

Carnival Of Sorts (Bootleg CD Album)
Italy – GDR CD 9020
released: unknown
Recorded: Merlins in Madison, WI, 4/24/82.

Collection 2000 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown

1. Losing My Religion
2. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
3. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
4. Bang And Blame
5. 9-9
6. White Tornado
7. At My Most Beautiful
8. Can’t Get There From Here
9. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
10. Gardening At Night
11. Everybody Hurts
12. Drive
13. Fall On Me
14. Perfect Circle
15. Pretty Persuasion
16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
17. Strange Currencies
18. The Flowers Of Guatemala
19. Driver 8
20. Why Not Smile

Do The Strand (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: Strand Cabaret, Marietta, GA, July 2, 1982

The Dream: Green World Tour (Bootleg CD Album)
RPCD 1028
released: unknown
Landgraaf, Holland 5/15/89, Milan, Italy, 6/15/89

1. Exhuming McCarthy
2. Turn You Inside Out
3. Stand
4. Orange Crush
5. Feeling Gravitys Pull
6. King Of Birds
7. World Leader Pretend
8. Underneath The Bunker
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Get Up
11. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
13. Summertime
14. Swan Swan H
15. Finest Worksong
16. Begin The Begin
17. Perfect Circle
18. Dark Globe

Dynamic Live (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded 1987 and Oslo 12/6/84

File Under Kudzu (Bootleg CD Album)
BPP-001
released: unknown
Recorded: January 1982, Fridays, Greensboro, NC + Bonus Tracks.

Godzilla vs. REM’s Monster (Bootleg CD Album)
Germany – TR009
released: unknown
Recorded: 1-16: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7 July 1984., 17-19: Saturday Night Live, 12 Nov. 94. , 20: Scotland w/Billy Bragg, Natalie Merchant

Gravity (Bootleg CD Album)
LL 15447
released: unknown
Recorded: Westwood One Superstars In Concert Miami & Orlando 4/89

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

It’s The End Of The World … As We Know It (Bootleg CD Album)
KTS 005
released: unknown
Recorded: Orlando 1989

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Perfect Circle (Bootleg CD Album)
CB 53023
released: unknown
Recorded: 1989 “”Westwood One”" Orlando Green Tour concert.

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Heroes Of Pop (Bootleg CD Album)
GEMA H 8801 2
released: unknown
Recorded: Westwood One Superstars In Concert Miami & Orlando 4/89

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

In The Wood (Bootleg CD Album)
BGS004
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/21/84 Rock City, Nottingham, UK

Listen Harder (Bootleg CD Album)
??
released: unknown
Recorded: November 1982, Opera House. Lawrence, KS, Tracks (14 -19 ) Larry\s Hideaway 6/83.

Live At Yokohama (Bootleg CD Album)
BZCD 009
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/10/84 Yokohama University

Losing My Religion Vol.3 Live in USA 1989 (Bootleg CD Album)
BAN-042-C
released: unknown
Recorded: Westwood One Radio Show, Orlando 1989

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

LOVE AND SQUALOR (Bootleg CD Album)
CD 555-07
released: unknown

1. Pop Song 89
2. Exhuming McCarthy
3. Welcome To The Occupation
4. Disturbance At The Heron House
5. Turn You Inside Out
6. Orange Crush
7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
8. Swan Swan H
9. Begin The Begin
10. Pretty Persuasion
11. I Believe
12. King Of Birds
13. Crazy
14. Finest Worksong
15. You Are The Everything
16. Academy Fight Song
17. Stand
18. Perfect Circle
19. Get Up
20. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Monster Radio ’95 (Bootleg CD Album)
PD 075/076
released: unknown
Recorded: 7/30/95, Milton Keynes: + 10 Early Tracks

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
26. West Of The Fields
27. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
28. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
29. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
30. Sitting Still
31. Driver 8
32. 9-9
33. Windout
34. Pretty Persuasion
35. Radio Free Europe

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Pretty Persuasion

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