ThirdDrawerDown Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Quote Radiohead have released a vast collection of unreleased tracks made during the sessions for 1997 album OK Computer, after a MiniDisc archive owned by frontman Thom Yorke was hacked last week by an unnamed person, who reportedly held the recordings to ransom for $150,000. From a report: The band have now made the 18 MiniDisc recordings, most of them around an hour in length, available on Bandcamp for $23. Proceeds will go to climate activists Extinction Rebellion. The band's guitarist Jonny Greenwood confirmed the hack, and said: âoeInstead of complaining -- much -- or ignoring it, we're releasing all 18 hours on Bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion. Just for the next 18 days. So for $23 you can find out if we should have paid that ransom. Never intended for public consumption (though some clips did reach the cassette in the OK Computer reissue) it's only tangentially interesting. And very, very long. Not a phone download." Thom Yorke wrote of the 1.8 gigabyte collection: "It's not v interesting. There's a lot of it 0... as it's out there it may as well be out there until we all get bored and move on." https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/ newspaper article here Until 29 June only. Then it's gone. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, ThirdDrawerDown said: https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/ newspaper article here Until 29 June only. Then it's gone. Amazing - just queued this up to listen to right then after downloading early this morning. A bit of beautiful SNA serendipity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Dilettanteque said: Amazing - just queued this up to listen to right then after downloading early this morning. A bit of beautiful SNA serendipity! I read it in the guardian this morning and Thom Yorke's thoughts on it. He didn't think they were that flash but it's out there now and all the money is going to a good cause. @ThirdDrawerDown Thx for the heads up Muzza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I find the raw and unpolished nature of some of the tracks most interesting....RH albums end up being such carefully and thoughtfully constructed things...its nice to see the ingredients roughly spread in their "kitchen". The unbalanced mixes. The grabs of lyrics of one song competing with a guitar in the background playing another. A few of the early media comments seem to come from the frame of reference that this needs to be :"reviewed" like an album release. For the devotees this is like attending the orchestra rehearsal, or seeing the artist at an easel labouring over a work in progress - interesting to see an aspect of the band not often bared to the world, and simply fascinating for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) @ThirdDrawerDown Thanks JJ Edited June 12, 2019 by Janjuc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt1482 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Some good info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kA8u6UhjbutZ-b7TXzmX4qkOTg6nGC1vPg50WwCcZyo/preview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 And here, some things to mull over, if not agree with https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-ok-computer-leak-best-songs/ https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-fans-vs-black-market-sellers-the-battle-to-leak-the-ok-computer-tapes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 5.6GB as a flac download (and you wouldn't want it any other way) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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