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Mibbes Aye
I gave my vinyl record colletcion, or at least whar she wanted of it, to my little sister, a few years back. One of them was the 12" of 'Orange Crush' (I think). On the B-side (should pause here to explain what 12"s and B-sides were to younger listeners, while trying not to be patronising :greengrin), Stipe had recorded a very heartfelt version of Syd Barrett's "Dark Globe". It is exquisite though I wouldn't swap it for the top three I mentioned
They also did a commendable version of "Love is All Around", on anither single, again as a B-side I think, and again, Mike Mills was on point with the backing vocals.