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¡B! · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:27 pm

Has anyone ever seen this single packaged for the REM fan club? I'd love to add that to my collection, but I've NEVER ever seen. It sure as hell never pops up on e-bay.

MF · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:30 pm

just_b wrote:

Has anyone ever seen this single packaged for the REM fan club? I'd love to add that to my collection, but I've NEVER ever seen. It sure as hell never pops up on e-bay.

ive never seen it. i'm not a huge fan of that REM song.

Buggy · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:44 pm

I've seen it on eBay now and again. Here it is...

¡B! · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:46 pm

Man, that's some crappy-ass packaging.

MF · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:53 pm

just_b wrote:

Man, that's some crappy-ass packaging.

i think this is the actual packaging:

chino · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:03 pm

it was up on ebay no more than 2 weeks ago... it was the pearl jam release and the REM release and it had a buy it now feature of, i think, $50

Buggy · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:04 pm

mikef wrote:

just_b wrote:

Man, that's some crappy-ass packaging.

i think this is the actual packaging:

That was the Pearl Jam packaging. The REM packaging was different.

Skywalker · **Joined:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:25 pm **Posts:** 429

I've seen it a few times on ebay as well.

tattooedeverything · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:29 am

I have the R.E.M. fan club version since I'm a member. Here's what it looks like:
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~turidbro/s1997a.jpg

And for some crazy reason, there are 3 color variations on the one posted above (posting them so you'll be aware just in case you run across one that looks different):
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~turidbro/1997BWb.jpg
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~turidbro/1997GWb.jpg
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~turidbro/1997GWgo.jpg

¡B! · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:26 pm

Well, that makes me feel good that it's out there. I will continue my search. Hey, tattooedeverything, is there anything that would make you consider a trade?

owen meany · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:29 pm

I picked one up on eBay shortly after it came out. The REM version is numbered.. mine is #5173. I'm not sure how many were produced.

My copy is the gold colour. And the first picture posted above is the label in the centre of the vinyl.

owen meany · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:36 pm

I was just looking at my copy and I never realized Happy When I'm Crying was written by Jack Irons.. that's pretty cool.

tattooedeverything · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:16 am

just_b wrote:

Hey, tattooedeverything, is there anything that would make you consider a trade?

I'm afraid not. Sorry.

sullen · **Joined:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:05 pm **Posts:** 2723

Besides the last two years, this is the only other fan club single I have and I wasn't even a member. The small local record store that I used to go to all the time gave me a copy for free! At the time I was the only schmoe in town buying his vinyl stuff as it came in, except for the rap, and he gave me a copy of this and a promo copy of Rage's - The Ghost of Tom Joad on purple vinyl for being such a nice customer.

punkdavid · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:35 pm

sullen wrote:

Besides the last two years, this is the only other fan club single I have and I wasn't even a member. The small local record store that I used to go to all the time gave me a copy for free! At the time I was the only schmoe in town buying his vinyl stuff as it came in, except for the rap, and he gave me a copy of this and a promo copy of Rage's - The Ghost of Tom Joad on purple vinyl for being such a nice customer.

That's how I got my copy too. I didn't join the fan club until about a year later.

--PunkDavid

1997 Christmas Single

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