From Ben Beaumont-Thomas at The Guardian
Band collate music videos, newsletters and other ephemera on site, and upload rarities to streaming services.
Radiohead have launched a new online archive of their work, called Radiohead Public Library, as well as releasing previously unavailable rarities to streaming services.
Hosted at radiohead.com, the site features archival material grouped around each of the band’s nine studio albums, including music videos, live TV performances, artwork and the group’s quarterly w.a.s.t.e. newsletter series. It also links to the frequently bizarre, nightmarish and labyrinthine previous iterations of their website.
“Radiohead.com has always been infuriatingly uninformative and unpredictable,” the band wrote on Twitter. “We have now, predictably, made it incredibly informative.”
Visitors can create a downloadable library card, featuring a QR code that takes the holder to the website for data protection initiative GDPR. Out-of-print T-shirt designs from each era of the band’s history can be custom-made via the site. Each of the five band members will curate a selection of the archival material on their social media channels this week.
The band have also uploaded songs that were previously unavailable on streaming services, including their first ever release, 1992’s Drill EP; the 2005 song I Want None of This from charity compilation Help! A Day in the Life; and the 2011 remix release Tkol Rmx 8. Streamable versions of the “office chart” playlists made by the band have also been collated.
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RADIOHEAD High & Dry - Live Package (Original 1995 Dutch
5-track CD maxi-single, also including live versions of Creep, My
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picture sleeve inlay) RADIOHEAD Supercollider / The Butcher (Rare 2011 UK limited
edition 2-track 12" vinyl single released exclusively for
Record Store Day, featuring previously unreleased
tracks originally recorded during the sessions for their 'The King
of Limbs' album. Complete with its neon green die-cut card inner,
the vinyl looks barely played issued in the glossy picture sleeve
TICK002) **Limited to 2000 Copies Only** RADIOHEAD The Bends (Rare 2008 US limited edition Capitol
issue 12-track audiophile LP pressed on 180gram
Vinyl, housed in a picture sleeve replicating the original
album's artwork. This example is still in the golden hype
stickered open shrink, therefore remains in a 'near as new'
condition along with the vinyl) RADIOHEAD The King Of Limbs (2011 UK limited edition 8-track
LP pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, the group's eighth
studio album, including the single Lotus Flower. This example
remains in the open shrink, therefore the glossy picture sleeve
displays minimal wear, includes the illustrated inner, while the
vinyl looks barely played TICK001LP) RADIOHEAD In Rainbows (2016 UK limited edition issue of the
2007 10-track LP pressed on 180gram Vinyl, including
the singles Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Nude, House Of Cards/
Bodysnatchers, Reckoner & All I Need, deluxe picture sleeve with
lyric inner. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl appears
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