Disc One combines R.E.M.'s first and second performances on MTV Unplugged, along with the outtakes that debuted earlier this year on the audio release, Unplugged: The Complete 1991 And 2001 Sessions.

Disc Two opens with the band's 1998 VH1 Storytellers performance, including two previously unaired songs. Performances from various MTV award shows through the years, as well as the band's 2007 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame round out the second disc.

The next three discs present a series of rare live performances recorded between 1995 and 2008 in countries around the world. Disc 6 presents the new feature-length documentary, "R.E.M. By MTV", which draws exclusively on archival events, the film traces R.E.M. and MTV's parallel growth in real time.