Radiohead Rare Songs
ByWhen it comes to B-sides and non-album nuggets, Radiohead’s odds-and-ends output is nearly as potent as its albums discography. With the band having compiled many of its studio outtakes and B-sides for double-disk special-edition reissues of all its LPs, from 1993’s Pablo Honey through 2007’s In Rainbows, there’s little left in the vault.
In 2018, almost the entirety of the group’s 160-plus-song canon is in print and easily accessible via streaming platforms. But for die-hard collectors and completists — of which Radiohead has legions — there are still more than 20 years’ worth of rare, white whale physical stock to hunt down. Here are the rarest (and quirkiest) Radiohead releases — from early EPs to back catalog compilations — of the lot. –Released 1986-1991: Five years before becoming Radiohead — a moniker inspired from a tune of the same name on ' record — upon signing to EMI in 1991, Thom Yorke & Co. Went by On a Friday. It was a mundane band name with a mundane backstory (the young lads would practice every Friday).
Between 1986 and 1991, the band that would become Radiohead soft released six cassette demo albums and EPs as On a Friday. All but two — 1987’s ‘' and 1991’s aka ‘Manic Hedgehog’ — were untitled. While curious listeners can hear some of that music (which makes ‘Pablo Honey’ sound like ‘OK Computer’) on YouTube, the original cassettes themselves are just about impossible to come. As of this writing, only one (Hedgehog) has ever surfaced on the Discogs marketplace.
–Released 1998: Before the 2017 release of the massive ‘' 20th anniversary of the band’s signature album, this six-disc box set was the only official release compiling all of the record’s beloved B-sides. Put out by in 1998 (and dated by the inclusion of such Radiohead tchotchkes as a mousepad and alien-embossed AM radio player), the release was limited to 500 copies, making it the most rare Radiohead set in circulation. Though copies have sold for as high as more than $1,600 on Ebay, a copy went for in the Discogs marketplace as recently as July 2013. –Released December 10, 2007: When Radiohead’s contract with Parlophone lapsed in 2004, the label (soon to lose its rights to the band’s catalog) cashed in with the controversial release of a seven-CD boxset containing the band’s first six studio albums and one live album. In 2007, the label released the set again, this time in wait for it memory stick format! This stick — destined to be an increasingly hard-to-find, A-track-style collector’s item as the years go on — has sold for as high as in the Discogs marketplace.
Radiohead in the mid-2010s; from left to right:, andThe English band have recorded over 160 songs since their debut in 1992, most credited to the band as a whole. They have worked with producer since 1994. Several of their albums are consistently ranked among the greatest of all time.Radiohead's first album, (1993), preceded by their breakthrough ', features a sound reminiscent of alternative rock bands such as. (1995) marked a move toward ', with more cryptic lyrics about social and global topics, and elements of. (1997), the first Radiohead album produced by Godrich, features more abstract lyrics that reflected themes of, and subtle, complex and textured songs.(2000) and (2001), recorded in the same sessions, marked a drastic change in style, incorporating influences from,. Radiohead's sixth album, (2003), combines electronic and rock music with lyrics written in response to the. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, (2007), as a download.
It incorporates and with more personal, 'universal' lyrics. Outtakes from the album were released on (2007). In 2009, Radiohead released two non-album singles: ', a tribute to the last surviving soldier, and ', a free download.Radiohead's eighth album, (2011), emphasises the with extensive. The band released four non-album singles in 2011:, followed. After a hiatus, Radiohead recorded a for the 2015 film, but it was rejected.
Their next album, (2016), incorporates art rock and music, with and arrangements performed by the. In 2017, Radiohead released a deluxe remaster of OK Computer, including B-sides and the previously unreleased songs ', ', and '. ' is a tribute to the last surviving combat soldier,. SongOriginal releaseProducersYearRef.' 15 Step'2007'Nigel GodrichRadiohead2003'4 Minute Warning'Nigel Godrich2007'Airbag'Nigel Godrich1997'Nigel Godrich2007' The Amazing Sounds of Orgy'B-side to ' (CD1)Nigel GodrichRadiohead2001'1993'Backdrifts'Nigel GodrichRadiohead2003'Banana Co.'
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