There will be four mixes highlighting different periods in Radiohead's live performances over the course of their career. Radiohead are somewhat unique in that most songs tend to evolve constantly and slowly the more they are played, some more drastically than others. As a result, some songs will appear more than once over the course of the mixes because they are performed in such different ways over the years. Each mix is set up to be mock-concert length and should feel sort of like any given show in the time period (at which they play a truly absurd number of awesome b-sides and new songs, of course).
Just in time for the 90's to be retro, this first mix covers 1992-1996 (with Talk Show Host wrangled in; it wasn't debuted live until early 1997 but there were good reasons to include it here). 29 songs, 2 hours. I did my best not to choose specific performances lots of folks may have already heard (for example, Lift performed at Pinkpop in 1996 does not appear on this mix, instead, Lift performed on JBTV will appear), though this was not always possible. Early shows were never this long, but I decided to go by current show length as a guideline. I also have only used the dates as a cutoff for what songs to include; I allowed myself to use performances of those songs from later shows, which I did in some cases where I do not plan to feature the songs again in a later mix. Some of these recordings are almost two decades old, and others are from shows as recent as 2006.
The mix is available as both a lossless (flac) and mp3 (V0) download. Additionally, I have bundled the lossless version with a program that will play flac files; foobar2000 for windows users and vlc for mac users, just in case you are new to the format. The mp3s sound great, but of course, I suggest you get the flacs. Only slight remastering was performed on most tracks, and nearly one-fourth of the tracks are taken from audience recordings. The date and venue for each track is part of the file name, in case anyone decides they want to find the bootleg that a song came from.
In sum, this is a must-have for Radiohead fans and perhaps a good thorough exposure to the band's early work for anyone who only knows the later albums. At the very least, it's something to listen to until the new album comes out!
Please enjoy with my best regards, and please, for the love of all that's holy, leave comments!
- fradleybox
links:
mp3 V0 (lossy) link fixed
flac (lossless)
flac (lossless) alt link
flac + foobar (windows users)
flac + vlc (mac users)
Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. You
03. The Bends
04. Planet Telex
05. Million Dollar Question
06. High and Dry
07. Lift
08. Yes I Am
09. True Love Waits
10. Nobody Does it Better
11. Creep
12. Fake Plastic Trees
13. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
14. I Promise
15. Nothing Touches Me
16. Maquiladora
17. Big Boots
18. Inside My Head
19. Bulletproof
20. Talk Show Host
21. Stop Whispering
22. Just
23. The Trickster
24. Lurgee
25. Permanent Daylight
26. Nice Dream
27. Anyone Can Play Guitar
28. Black Star
29. My Iron Lung
30. Blow Out
whoa awesome!
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