Win a set of R.E.M. test pressings!

As promised, our January vinyl giveaway goes live today, and it’s a pretty incredible one, if we do say so ourselves. Every month we’re giving away free vinyl to our paid-tier subscribers, and each month we’ll endeavor to make the vinyl as special as possible.

I’d say we succeeded this month. Because for January, we’re giving away a set of mega-collectable test pressings for the recent R.E.M. double-disc of one-step pressings from Universal’s Definitive Sound Series, which includes their earliest releases, 1982’s Chronic Town EP and 1983’s Murmur full-length.

Cut by Chris Bellman and pressed at RTI, these things sound pretty darn wondrous. You can read Bob’s review of this remarkable two-fer right here:

Review: Universal’s Definitive Sound Series

Fancy one-step pressings of R.E.M.’s Chronic Town and Murmur, Beck’s Morning Phase, A Perfect Circle’s Mer de Noms, and Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song. A couple of weeks back, we checked out two recent releases in Warner’s Because Sound Matters series, which

The Vinyl CutRobert Ham

We’d like to thank the kind folks at Definitive Sound Series—and Tom “Grover” Biery in particular—for making this giveaway possible.

Paid subscribers will be able to enter the contest below, and we’ll keep entries open until 12 midnight Pacific Time on Sunday, January 25 to make sure everyone who wants to enter has the chance to do so. Remember, you need to be a paid subscriber in order to be eligible! Here’s how to win.