Radio Free Europe 2025, a five-track benefit EP featuring two never-before-released tracks: a 2025 remix by longtime REM collaborator Jacknife Lee and original producer Mitch Easter’s 1981 remix “Radio Free Dub.”
The release celebrates the 75th anniversary of the “OG” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, established by the United States 75 years ago to broadcast news and information where a free press is either banned or under threat, and arrives just ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
Radio Free Europe 2025 is a limited-edition 10-inch orange-vinyl pressing in support of RFE/RL, an editorially independent nonpartisan and nonprofit US 501(c)(3) corporation.
The EP, overseen by Easter, opens with a 2025 remix by Lee who produced the band’s final two studio LPs. Completing the package are Easter’s original 1981 recordings: the Hib-Tone single mix of “Radio Free Europe,” its flipside, “Sitting Still, the “Wh. Tornado” demo, and “Radio Free Dub”.
Track List:
Radio Side:
Radio Free Europe 2025 (Jacknife Lee Remix)
Radio Free Dub (Mitch Easter 1981 Remix)
Liberty Side:
Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single)
Sitting Still (Original Hib-Tone Single)
Wh. Tornado (From Cassette Set)
The release celebrates the 75th anniversary of the “OG” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, established by the United States 75 years ago to broadcast news and information where a free press is either banned or under threat, and arrives just ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
Radio Free Europe 2025 is a limited-edition 10-inch orange-vinyl pressing in support of RFE/RL, an editorially independent nonpartisan and nonprofit US 501(c)(3) corporation.
The EP, overseen by Easter, opens with a 2025 remix by Lee who produced the band’s final two studio LPs. Completing the package are Easter’s original 1981 recordings: the Hib-Tone single mix of “Radio Free Europe,” its flipside, “Sitting Still, the “Wh. Tornado” demo, and “Radio Free Dub”.
Track List:
Radio Side:
Radio Free Europe 2025 (Jacknife Lee Remix)
Radio Free Dub (Mitch Easter 1981 Remix)
Liberty Side:
Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single)
Sitting Still (Original Hib-Tone Single)
Wh. Tornado (From Cassette Set)
