50 "What is the snippet of music heard on some versions of Reckoning, but which is not on current CD recordings of the album?" (R.E.M.)
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This article is from the R.E.M. FAQ, by Ron Henry (rgh3@cornell.edu) with numerous contributions by others.
50 "What is the snippet of music heard on some versions of Reckoning, but which is not on current CD recordings of the album?" (R.E.M.)
People often ask about the fragment of song that appears after "Little
America" on early versions of the LP pressing of Reckoning; this is not
referring to the intro to "Rockville". This somewhat abstract sequence
fades in, lasts about ten seconds, then fades out, and has vocals with
indecipherable lyrics. Mitch Easter (producer) called this studio outtake
"found art," and it was drawn out and edited by Mitch and Don Dixon at
Reflection Studios. (For those who have the R.E.M. Succumbs video
collection, it plays during the clip before "Left of Reckoning" that
depicts a person trying to walk through a hurricane rain storm, and is
repeated at the very end of the "LoR" footage.) The recent "gold CD"
re-issue of Reckoning restored this clip to the album proper.
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