MINIDISCS

[HACKED]

THIS DOCUMENT IS

A GROUP EFFORT

ORGANIZED BY

a_universal_sigh

belargu

the bumstickler

Darth thater

dreamgazing

girlpowerchords

loomer

rhett

spnii_

teafork

… and of course the community on r/Radiohead, W.A.S.T.E. Central Discord and /mu/ ♥

Timestamps

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ANOTHER STATEMENT FROM THE GROUP - THE TRUTH

Written on June 11th, 2019

This month so far has been an insane turn of events, from receiving information about the leak, to it being featured on major publications, to the band releasing it themselves based on a strange, and as far as we know, incorrect rumor of a ransom from the original bootlegger. As a group we have so much running through our minds, but unfortunately a lot of the things we have to say are regarding the misinformation being spread around.

Stories about the discs being held for ransom are untrue, and it seems that even the band believed them. The band may be intentionally crafting their own story, or they may be misinformed. It was incredibly frustrating reading the articles that got it all wrong. Now that everything is out of the bag, we believe the world deserves to know the real truth - what actually happened that led to this release. The following section outlines the events chronologically.

The Story

On May 26th, 2019, a user named Zimbra joined the Radiohead subreddit’s official Discord server, W.A.S.T.E. Central. He asked people if there were any people knowledgeable about bootlegs he could contact, as he claimed he had something he wanted to factcheck. Discord user belargu pointed him to another user named Rhett, and so they took it to the DMs.

Zimbra soon revealed to Rhett that he had acquired 18 hours of unreleased material recorded around the time OK Computer was made, and was contacting him to make sure they were never heard of before up until this point. He provided several audio files of previews to show what he had gotten was legitimate. Zimbra then claimed that he traded a rare unreleased song from another artist with someone else who provided the digital minidisc files. He planned to sell them. Beyond this, we don’t know who or where Zimbra got hold of these files.

On June 1st, Rhett added several people to a group chat - people whom he trusted, and several who are now part of the current group. He told us about what had been revealed to him, and that a leak of this magnitude is something that cannot be ignored. He then proposed a plan to recruit trusted fans to discuss the matter further. He wanted to keep this a secret in case word got to Zimbra, which could have led him to raise the price if he saw the demand.

On June 2nd, Rhett made a private server in anticipation for more people. He then asked Zimbra for the price of the files, to which he replied that he was selling each track for $500, and each live version for $50. Given the prices and the length of the discs combined, someone in the group estimated that the entire thing would cost around $150,000. This likely where the incorrect blackmailing rumor comes from.

Someone in the group searched online to figure out who Zimbra is. We soon found out that he was a very reputable leaker on a forum called leakth.is, who has sold many other rare tracks from different artists. He was also in that forum’s affiliated Discord server, where he was seen sending previews to other users. There was a leakth.is post (which is now taken down) of Zimbra selling the now-famous version of Lift for $500.

We then discussed to great lengths on what to do next. After several hours, we came to the conclusion that the band should be alerted online, particularly through Reddit. We believed that letting everyone know would have a better outcome than letting someone shell out thousands of dollars for the leak, which was essentially stolen. We all worked together to word the Reddit post properly, and Discord user dreamgazing took the initiative of posting this in the very early hours of June 3rd. People listened to the snippets and were convinced.

Moral debates aside, our post gained traction. Some news sites were already picking it up, and the announcement spread to other parts of the internet, such as r/indieheads and /mu/. Other people figured out that Zimbra was involved in this, and they were not happy. On Reddit, people were expressing disappointment that he would have the nerve to sell these for such a price, let alone even having the leak. /mu/ was very keen on getting them as soon as possible - to the point of conspiring to dox Zimbra. People were pinging him en masse on the W.A.S.T.E. Discord server. This put a lot of pressure on him.

On June 4th,  Zimbra approached Rhett again privately, having figured out that he had spread the previews. He was upset that he shared them, and that we claimed he was selling them for $150,000. They also had a lengthy discussion on what to do next. Zimbra came to the conclusion that he should release the leak for free to rid him of all the social pressure. He told Rhett that he would be posing as hoserama, a famous Radiohead bootlegger, to shift the blame away from him. Rhett is a master at 4d chess

and girlpowerchords is getting much better at checkers with practice! (he ordered belargu to add this to the document)

The mega.nz link was posted to W.A.S.T.E. on June 4th, 10:40 pm EST.

As soon as we got the leak, we were so shocked at the size and the legitimacy of it that we immediately started timestamping the songs as we listened through for the first time; we figured that the least we could do was to help the community in this way. Many of the group members online at the time split the files amongst each other to get through all 17 hours quicker. This was finished in the very early morning of June 4th, and the first version of this Google Doc was posted to Reddit, particularly in this thread.

A lot more work was done to update the document to beautify the formatting and fix any inaccuracies. During this time, some more articles were made (some of which were inaccurate and had the ransom story), some journalists contacted us, and one of the group members got into contact with XL Recordings. The second version of this Google Doc was finished and updated on June 7th.

After that, we were exhausted but satisfied. We saw that the hype surrounding this leak was starting to die down, so we were preparing to take a break. However, we were in for another surprise when the band themselves released the statement from Jonny that they were uploading this officially. Even more articles were made, now spreading the ransom story. All of this has led us to this point where this statement has to be made.

Regarding Smaller Inaccuracies

There are many other rumors that are not as significant but are still untrue. For example, hoserama was not involved in any of this at all. He has come forward in AtEaseWeb stating so. He has also appeared in W.A.S.T.E. to defend himself.

There is another popular rumor spread by a Discord user that claimed he had connections in the music industry. He claimed that a disgruntled intern at XL Recordings ripped all of the discs as Colin Greenwood sat there and did nothing. This is most likely untrue, as he has also claimed bizarre things such as Thom’s son and Frank Ocean having Papa John’s together, and that Damon Albarn is 5’9”. (he isn’t!!! I was like an arm’s reach away from him when i saw him live last year and I CAN CONFIRM HE IS 5’11”)

There is also a common misconception that the 18 discs are the entirety of the OK Computer sessions. They are not. They are simply a sliver of outtakes and demos during the making of this album. Who knows how much more material is out there.

News sites and journalists are also slinging around the wrong numbers. The discs - even the leaked, unedited version - add up to a total of 17 hours, not 18. The 8 minute version of Paranoid Android on Disc 5 is not 11 or 12 minutes, either.

The Conclusion

Despite everything, we are pleasantly surprised by how everything played out and how well the band handled this. Not only are the files officially out in a higher quality, all proceeds are going to combat climate change. In all honesty, this cause deserves more attention and traction than the leak itself. We recommend you all look into the Extinction Rebellion, and to purchase the minidiscs here.

If you haven’t noticed, the official files are shorter, due to chatter and movie samples being removed. The current document you are now reading is the third, and hopefully the final version. The update was finally painstakingly finished on August 15th, 2019. We have pushed all the older info down like we did with the first. (sorry for taking so long we were procrastinating :( also i might work on a very pretty doc of lyrics for every unreleased song… if i feel like it - belargu)

Thank you, everyone, for reading what we have to say, and for keeping up with this document. Thank you again to every group member that has contributed to this effort - especially Rhett, and to an extent, girlpowerchords for influencing this release, belargu for beautifying and editing the bulk of this document, and spnii_, Teafork, A_Universal_Sigh, Loomer, dreamgazing, girlpowerchords, The Bumstickler, and Darth Thater for helping out with the timestamping and editing. Thank you to everyone else on Reddit, Discord, and /mu/ for pointing out errors and details regarding the timestamps. Most of all, thank you, Radiohead, for everything.

Sincerely,

The group

xoxo the bumstickler loves you

TIMESTAMPS & NOTES

 FILE NAME: MINIDISC [HACKED].zip

 RUNTIME: 16:18:52

Color Coding

▉ Early Studio Version/Demo

▉ Early Live/Soundcheck Version

▉ Unreleased Song

▉ Other (unstructured material that might

      be of significance)

▉ Unmastered/Final Album Mix

▉ Chatter/Noises/Unstructured Jamming

Symbols

🤤 Our favorites

⭐ HOLY GRAIL (rare, rumoured tracks)

✏️ Fan named track

🌚 Bedroom recording (Solo Thom)

📼 Already featured in the white cassette

The numbers in each title indicate…

ex: Lift 1-2 (San Francisco) [live - 27 March 1996]

▉ Disc number

▉ Version number (in the disc. This is to differentiate different versions/takes of songs that were recorded multiple times)

This titling format follows the .cue files, which conveniently splits each audio file into separate tracks without losing its quality. Google how to use them.

Color coded for easy understanding.

Info:

These updated timestamps were roughly based off the cue files downloaded from this site. Thank you to Reddit users SelfDenyingPity and m_cherb for painstakingly updating them!

The info of the removed snippets were left on the tables, but greyed out and timestamped as N/A just to show what has been removed from the original leak.

Any unreleased song without a bolded name has no official fan title yet. We will let the community choose names for them in the future. A lyric from each untitled song was chosen to act as a placeholder title for now. Many of the placeholder names are by girlpowerchords.

DISC 1

RUNTIME: 1:10:47

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Poison (Early Exit Music For A Film / Life In A Glass House) [Thom solo] 🌚

Though it resembles both Exit Music and LIAGH, it is titled as neither of them.

1:39

I Promise 1-1 (Portland) [soundcheck - 25 March 1996]

“I won’t fool around no more…”

5:34

Attenzione! (Portland) [soundcheck - 25 March 1996]

Full band

10:36

[tape blip - Electioneering + Attenzione! (Portland)] [duplicate]

10:54

Electioneering 1-1

Early version

13:05

Lift 1-1 (Toronto) [live - 6 April 1996]

Early version

15:39

True Love Waits ⭐🤤

Features a full band

22:12

Not For Sale 🌚

“Little by little falls away…”

Mistaken for an early version of Little by Little during the leak

23:24

Film A [found sound - Yellow Panic from 3 Days Of The Condor]

Snippet taken from a film

24:11

Lift 1-2 (San Francisco) [live - 27 March 1996]

First live performance!

28:14

Electioneering 1-2 (San Francisco) [live - 27 March 1996]

32:11

I Promise 1-2 (San Francisco) [live - 27 March 1996]

36:20

Vacancies [Thom solo] 🌚

Solo Thom on acoustic

37:18

$alty [Thom solo] 🌚

37:59

Airbag 1-1 (Minneapolis acoustic) [soundcheck - 3 April 1996]

Early version

43:08

Airbag 1-2 (Toronto) [soundcheck - 6 April 1996]

This version has a long reverb-y intro

48:18

I Promise 1-3 (Minneapolis) [live - 3 April 1996]

52:21

Lifesaver [Thom solo] 🌚

53:11

I Promise 1-4 (Toronto) [live - 6 April 1996]

57:14

Electioneering 1-3 (Toronto) [live - 6 April 1996]

With acoustic guitar & harmonies

1:00:48

Paranoid Android

Early version; different lyrics

1:05:28

Airbag 1-3

Clip starts midway, sounds like the complete version

1:07:33

Electioneering 1-4

Ed/Jonny harmonizing? Cuts off early

DISC 2

RUNTIME: 1:01:27

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

No Surprises Please (Lyon) [soundcheck - 17 April 1996] 📼

Early version; already heard in the cassette

2:54

Risk Of Suffocation [Thom solo] 🌚

Acoustic. Song cuts off midway. “If I get my head out of this…”

5:44

Girl Club 2-1 [Thom solo] 🌚

Acoustic. Groovy guitar riff.

7:58

Girl Club 2-2 [Thom solo] 🌚

8:38

Ride A Pony [Thom solo] 🌚

12:16

(Chateau Birds) [found sound]

13:05

Umbilical [Thom solo] 🌚

15:47

Poison Lake (Early Exit Music For a Film) [Thom solo] 🌚

Very similar to Exit Music - Poison or Poison Lake might have been its original title. This was a snippet included in the previews before all 18 discs leaked

19:22

Get Together #2 [Thom solo] 🌚

20:54

Get Together [Thom solo] 🌚

21:28

(Prague Train) [found sound]

Ladies chattering in a foreign language & sounds of public transportation. These sounds are heard in the intro of A Reminder.

25:21

(Bus Home) [found sound]

N/A

TV Show Recording Mentioning Dogwander

An audio clip taken from Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, a Hanna-Barbera show. This might also be the inspiration for Dogwander.

26:01

Annoying Neighbors 2-1 [Thom solo]

fragment

26:26

Annoying Neighbors 2-2 [Thom solo]

Fragment; 2nd take

26:37

Annoying Neighbors 2-3 [Thom solo]

3rd take

29:36

Motion Picture Soundtrack 2-1 🤤

Early rehearsal; sounds pretty Bends-y

34:45

Amazing Drums For Exit Music 2-1

Similar chord progression to the album Exit Music

35:37

Amazing Drums For Exit Music 2-2

35:58

Amazing Drums For Exit Music 2-3

36:46

unknown song (full-band instrumental)

Has some vocals to an unknown song. Drums sound similar to Pearly

37:25

Let Down (Early Rehearsal) (2-19)

Early rehearsal; some jamming at the end

42:23

Motion Picture Soundtrack 2-2

Early rehearsal

47:18

Airbag

Early Rehearsal with A false start at the beginning

52:21

My New Clothes 2-1 🤤

Originally fan named by belargu as Hurts To Walk (My Funky Cloak) ✏️

This is the goofiest shit I’ve ever heard lol I LOVE it

56:14

My New Clothes 2-2 [fragment]

Seems to be take 2 of the previous song

56:31

My New Clothes 2-3

59:54

Attenzione! (Early Attention) 2-1

1:00:22

Attenzione! (Early Attention) 2-2

DISC 3

RUNTIME: 1:05:08

Time

Title

Notes

N/A

Unreleased Flute and Sitar Jam (3-1)

This snippet is from Ahir Bhairav/Nat Bhairav - Hariprasad Chaurasia & Brij Bhushan

Kabra & Shivkumar Sharma

0:00

I Promise 3-1 (NY) [live - 12 April 1996]

Cut intro

1:10

Motion Picture Soundtrack (Rockville) [Thom solo - 10 April 1996]

Solo Thom on electric guitar

According to redditor /u/EsotericCD, this is from the 4/10/96 “Just Passin’ Thru” radio session in Rockville, MD, but is a “FAR FAR better sounding version of it than the off-air recording we used to have.” Thanks for the ID!

4:41

[tape blip - I Promise (San Francisco)] [duplicate]

4:46

I Promise 3-2 (San Francisco) [live - 27 March 1996] [duplicate]

First ever live performance, announcement at beginning. Duplicate, Thom Intro.

8:57

Mahler's Double Basses [found sound]

Snippet of something else

9:01

Nude 

Full band version. Different from the cassette version. Pretty raunchy lyrics...

13:04

Monk Noise [found sound]

A part of this segment has seemingly been removed

13:42

Moog

A synthesizer solo

14:56

S3000

This is a snippet from Joe Henderson - El Barrio.

15:42

Soft Pain 3-1

Instrumental stem of piano & other noises

17:17

Soft Pain 3-2

Similar to above

18:42

Soft Pain 3-3

Similar to above, now with a drum loop and more synths

22:24

Thomas Pynchon

Soothing instrumental

26:07

Maybe [Thom solo]🌚

28:44

Soft Pain VOX 3-4 [Thom solo]🌚

Combined with the Soft Pain instrumentals above, it forms a more tangible song. u/k0stil made a mix of it here.

31:17

Soft Pain 3-5

Similar to 3-3, but with acoustic guitar panned to the left

35:20

Oranges [Thom solo] 🌚

38:17

$ Island [Thom solo]) 🌚

42:37

Poison 3-1 [Thom solo ] 🌚

Very early version of Exit Music. Thom solo, alternate arrangement, rhythm and lyrics.

46:24

Poison 3-2 [Thom solo ] 🌚

47:00

7/8 Session

Very early rehearsal of Paranoid Android, & only a section

(before “you don’t remember, why don’t you remember my name?” excerpt live) Fragmented Instrumental.

48:32

No Surprises

Early Soundcheck

51:55

Messy Jams

Originally fan named by the Bumstickler as Thom’s Screechy Song ✏️

Screechy Sonic Youth-like Guitar

56:49

Soft Pain 3-6

e v e n   m o r e    l a y e r s

1:02:14

unknown song (lyric - 'I don't get it') [Thom solo] 🌚

DISC 4

RUNTIME: 00:57:21

DESCRIPTION: This disc is mostly rehearsal takes/experiments in the studio. No unreleased songs here.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Organ Intro

1:32

No Surprises Please

Crazy outro

5:49

[tape blip - Bullet Proof.. I Wish I Was]

3 second blip

5:51

True Love Waits (prog)

Early instrumental with drum machine, acoustic guitar, and bg synth.

10:57

Soft Pain 4-1

Very staticy midway, ends with drum solo.

14:32

Soft Pain 4-2

Both instrumentals on this disc seem more aggressive than the others heard previously

18:13

Paranoid Android M8 4-1 to 4-4

Starts at “You don’t remember... “ section, Thom stops band halfway through to talk about changes. Includes multiple takes & jamming.

27:15

Motion Picture Soundtrack 4-1

Take One. Fairly slow paced.

32:35

Motion Picture Soundtrack 4-2

Second take. Also fairly slow paced.

37:59

Airbag 4-1

Early full band version. Different intro and very rough, longer outro

42:53

Airbag 4-2

47:59

Tourists 4-1

Early title for The Tourist.

Contains a different melody than what is on the album.

50:55

Tourists 4-2

52:02

Tourists 4-3

53:15

Silicon Valley

Early demo of Palo Alto. with slightly different lyrics. Chorus has slightly different melody

DISC 5

RUNTIME: 00:57:02

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

[drums + band chatter]

Unstructured jam; goofing around

1:06

Paranoid Android Outro 5-1

Practice run from “rain down” section

5:36

Paranoid Android 5-2 (Long Version, Full Length Rehearsal) ⭐

8 minute early version w/ outro jam

13:44

Jam

Jam.

16:46

Attenzione! 5-1 [fragment]

Another snippet of “Attention”

17:18

Attenzione! 5-2

17:51

Touchies + Feelies 5-1 [fragment]

Gets fast forwarded

18:01

Touchies + Feelies 5-2

Has vocals at one point

25:53

Leave Me Alone

Has vocals. “When I Get Bored Give Me One of Those”

30:09

No Surprises Please 5-1

Early version, full band

33:57

No Surprises 5-2

Early version, full band

37:42

Attenzione! 5-3

Unreleased full band song

38:13

Attenzione! 5-4

40:10

Attenzione! 5-5

42:41

'We Have Registered', ‘Good Morning’,  ‘Fax’, ‘Bell’, ‘Squeal’ [found sounds]

Little sound effects that have been individually named by Thom

43:56

Lights Down [Thom solo]🌚

Acoustic. Cheap mic.

45:35

Boggle Eyes [Thom solo] 🌚

46:48

'Silly Voices' [found sound]

46:57

27° [Thom solo] 🌚

“You don’t see the signs”

48:30

Chairman Mao [Thom solo] 🌚

49:48

Nude Rough [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom solo acoustic demo (early)

53:09

'Beauty Voices' [found sound]

Lo-fi

53:44

Paranoid Android [Thom + Jonny - fragments] 5-3

Early fragment of a Thom/Jonny version

54:07

Drum Loop

Lo-fi

56:09

Piano Sketch by Jonny 📼

Included in the OKNOTOK cassette

DISC 6

RUNTIME: 00:25:57

DESCRIPTION: A big chunk of this disc used to be filled with snippets taken from a James Bond soundtrack. Perhaps they were for inspiration or reference; this makes sense since they have mentioned they wanted to make a Bond song in the past (even before Spectre).

Other than that, this disc is filled with unreleased solo songs.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Guitar Loop

Crunchy

0:52

Phil’s Loop

Drummy

1:18

Walls [Thom solo] 🤤🌚

Acoustic. Thom pls enunciate

’And If It…’

3:29

Not All Angels Have Wings (Early Last Flowers) [Thom solo] 🤤🌚

Early version

“No evaluations, no deliberations”

5:22

Felix The Cat [Thom solo] 🌚

Acoustic. “If I Don’t Seem Him”

8:00

Hollow Tugboat x2 [Thom solo] 🌚

Acoustic. Seems to pick up from the previous song; maybe a retake.

10:36

Not All Angels Have Wings #2 (Early Last Flowers) [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom solo acoustic.

14:18

Life In A Glasshouse [Thom solo] 🌚

Very early version. Contains Tin-can audio.

18:04

Bubble [Thom solo] 🌚

Lofi, and Acoustic.

20:08

Spokes [Thom solo] 🌚

Acoustic. Lo-fi. Thom interrupts the song to talk about letters; possibly a retake halfway through. “We Don’t Spend, We Don’t Know.

23:48

Snidy [Thom solo] 🌚

24:04

Bee Sting [Thom solo] 🌚

Lofi, and Acoustic. Also “We Don’t Spend, We Don’t Know”. *Have to double check … the time seems weird on the guy’s new timestamps.

N/A

James Bond soundtrack excerpt (?) (6-13)

Includes many short snippets of movie soundtracks, some/all from James Bond. This lasts until the end

N/A

James Bond soundtrack excerpt (?) (6-14)

N/A

Violin, unknown source (?) (6-15)

N/A

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, string section (?) (6-16)

N/A

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, strings and choir (?) (6-17)

N/A

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, strings and full orchestra (6-18)

N/A

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, more avant-garde (6-19)

N/A

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, tribal-like drums (6-20)

N/A

Unknown soundtrack excerpts, drums, bells and brass (6-21)

N/A

Unknown soundtrack excerpts, somewhat jazz-y (6-22)

DISC 7

RUNTIME: 00:55:28

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Our Guarantee To You [Thom solo] 🤤🌚

Acoustic. “Leave your comments and reactions here”

2:42

Not All Angels #1-3 (Full Band Last Flowers)

Full Band. Drop out or mixing error at 5:52

7:19

Melatonin (Alternate Studio Version) aka Crumar Song

Alternate version or mix

9:28

Julie Got Married [Full band]

“You would do the same, thousand miles, wanted to believe in”

11:41

Ed's French Loop

Might be a song fragment

12:27

August 🤤

With organ and ride cymbal keeping time

14:55

Nigel AMS Delay + AMS Hello 📼 7-4

Both on the cassette.

16:14

EQ Loops/Loop 1-8/Tom Loop

17:53

Karma Police (Early Rehearsal, Electric Guitar, Alt. Lyrics)

Very early, unfinished lyrics. “This is what you get when you fuck with me”

22:10

I Need A Job [Full band]

“You won’t try, I wanna go to the edge(?)”

27:52

The Cupboard Monster? [Full band]

“Psychedelic-ish”

28:41

Airbag Intro (Early Rehearsal, Heavier Rock Guitar Only)

Very early guitar. Slower tempo, rock arrangement intro

29:13

Airbag Groove (Early Rehearsal with Jam Intro)

Funky rock jam turns into early Airbag, full band

30:17

Airbag Ace! (Early Rehearsal, Heavier

Version) 🤤

Very early attempt #3

35:04

Let Down (Early Rehearsal)

Early Let Down

42:11

I Can’t Control It [Full band]

Almost sounds like Last Flowers. Funky, “Something Got A Hold of Your Mind”.

42:55

Radio chaser noise 📼

Extended version that is on the white cassette.

43:46

Movie dialogue (7-18)

Verses from the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:2-3

Thanks for the ID, u/blakandblue!

44:02

Dying Of Boredom [Full band]

DISC 8

RUNTIME: 00:57:03

DESCRIPTION: A couple of unreleased solo songs. The rest are live performances.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Science Helps Build A New India [Thom solo] 🌚

Some kind of open or low drop tuning

4:16

Human Error [Thom solo] 🌚

“You want it all”

06:59

Nervous [Thom solo] 🌚

Acoustic. “Send me away”

9:07

Ground [Thom solo] 🌚

11:27

Karma Police (Live, Pittsburgh, 27 Aug 96 with Alt. Chorus Lyrics)

Soundboard. “This is what you’ll get when you fuck with us”

15:15

Paranoid Android 8-1 (Live, Pittsburgh, 27 Aug 96) 

Soundboard. Early ver. Same show as above. Has “rain down” but no “that’s it sir”. Excerpted on OKNOTOK

22:21

I Promise 8-1 (Live, Pittsburgh, 27 Aug 96)

Early Soundboard.

26:11

Let Down (Live, Pittsburgh, 27 Aug 96)

Early. Acoustic intro. Organ ending. Repeats 2nd verse.

31:07

Climbing Up The Walls 8-1 (Live, Hershey, 26 Aug 96)

Early version, also soundboard. Same show possibly.

35:18

No Surprises (Live, Hershey, 26 Aug 96) 

Early live soundboard recording

38:59

I Promise 8-2 (Live, Hershey, 26 Aug 96)

Early live soundboard recording

42:46

Electioneering (Live, Hershey, 26 Aug 96)

Early live soundboard recording

46:13

Paranoid Android 8-2 (Live, Hershey, 26 Aug 96)

Another early live ‘96 version w/ organ. Extended outro.

52:55

Climbing Up The Walls 8-2 (Live)

Early live soundboard recording.

DISC 9

RUNTIME: 00:53:37

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Piano 5ths

There's some chatter in the background of this - it could be Thom testing stuff.

2:40

Theme Tune / My Everyday Life [Full band]

Originally fan named by spnii_ as Walk Down ✏️

Unreleased full band song. Starts off acoustically, then into full band. Hard to decipher all the lyrics.

7:31

Let Down 9-1

Very rough early rehearsal.

Early/alt lyrics.

12:58

Karma Police 9-1 

Early rough rehearsal. Different drums, no guitars, more bass, different lyrics.

15:04

Karma Police 9-2 

Same rehearsal, more distortion on bass and guitars. Sounds more rock. Instrumental after first chorus.

17:32

Hospital 2 (Early Last Flowers) 

Very rough. More band oriented. Different lyrics, but same melody and key. Jonny is also doing weird things to his guitar.

20:41

The State Disco [Full band]

Most likely also a rehearsal. Audio tears alot. Same as 7-5. Probably a second take. “Decided, You Don’t Try.

24:33

Let Down 9-2 (10 Minute Rehearsal) 

Mostly guitars, different arrangement. Possibly the band learning how to play it live due to Thom once saying its “too complicated” to play live. Jonny switches to organ later on.

35:23

Life in a Glasshouse [Full band] 

Very different from the finished version, sounds like a rehearsal, but has the same melody, jonny is killing it on the organ.

37:58

Exit Music #2 (Early Life in a Glasshouse) [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom acoustic. Different chords, lyrics, and slightly different vocal melody. The energy in this one is great.

40:42

Piano! Lie down in the middle of the road (Fitter Happier piano) 📼

Glitching noises and piano. No text-to-speech. On OKNOTOK cassette as well.

43:22

Play Me This Song 9-1 (Early A Reminder) [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom solo acoustic. Low quality recording.

46:48

You’re The One 🌚

Fairly sloppy and raw rough acoustic recording. Droney guitar tuning and catchy riff. Hook contains lyric “You’re the one”.

50:47

Play Me This Song 9-2 (Early A Reminder) [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom solo acoustic recording. Vocals are very prominent. Same lyrics as studio version.

DISC 10

RUNTIME: 00:58:17

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Hospital 1 10-1 (Early Last Flowers) [Full band] + (Guitar Octaves)

First take early different lyrics, more band structured, heavy rock & roll sound

3:49

Hospital delay 10-2 (Early Last Flowers) [Full band]

Second take from a different rehearsal? Includes intro and effects with heavy rock & roll sound.

5:36

True Love Waits (drums) 10-1 [Full band]

Full band, Instrumental, A jam, starts midway

8:06

True Love Waits bass riff 10-2 [Full band]

Alternative arrangement, Stops midway

9;55

Everyone 4-track (Early The National Anthem) 📼

4-track demo, The National Anthem, same one as the cassette tape. 'Everyone' was the working title

13:11

The Bends (4 Track Demo)

4-track demo, released on Long Live Tibet

18:02

Montee aka 'I Don't Want To Hurt You’’ [Thom solo with drum machine] 🌚

Acoustic guitar with drum machine. Most likely from the same 4-track demo.

21:34

Let Down 10-1

A more acoustic arrangement with no drums, different lyrics, also the gain is too fucking high

27:21

Airbag drumming 10-1

Live demo recording, slightly seeks and skips, also jamming at the end

29:24

Airbag 10-2

Jamming, features Colin’s bass playing isolated at some point

30:18

You'll Never Know 10-1 [Thom solo] 🤤🌚

Thom on guitar

34:33

You’ll Never Know 10-2[Thom solo] 🌚

Another take of the same song

“Don't stop, do you want to?”

“You’ll never know”

39:21

Climbing Up The Walls read by little Dan Clements (from OKNOTOK) 📼

The transcript from the cassette tapes

40:37

Climbing Up The Walls read by little Dan Clements, Slowed Down

Kinda spooky not gonna lie or sumshin.

43:09

TR-606 Song 10-1 [drum loop]

Roland TR-606 drum machine that Thom is playing along with (u/TraxusXII)

43:40

TR-606 Song 10-2 [Thom solo] 🌚

aka ‘If You Want to Stay’

46:49

Easy Line for ‘Hospital’ (Early Last Flowers) [Thom solo] 🌚

This is actually a scrapped part of Last Flowers. Thanks for the ID, u/MajorMajorSeven!

48:19

The State Disco 10-1 [Thom solo]  🌚

Bedroom recording of Thom on the guitar

51:12

The State Disco 10-2 [Thom solo] 🌚

Same song as above, just another take

53:20

Karma Police [Thom solo] 🌚

Bedroom recording, only Thom and his guitar, different lyrics, and vocal key

57:19

unknown song (lyric - 'I hope you choke on your nice cuisine') [Thom solo] 🌚

The same bedroom recording, only a short glimpse of this song before the tape ends

DISC 11

RUNTIME: 01:00:21

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Stockhausen Voices (11-1)

A snippet of Stimmung ('Singcircle version') by Stockhausen

Thanks for the ID, u/agentleBout!

2:27

No Tomorrow (Early Exit Music) 

Very different lyrics, thom singing with acoustic, sounds like colin singing with him

5:59

Jonny's Ocean Song [Thom + Jonny] 🌚

Thom on tour bus with Jonny, playing together

7:38

Live A Little [Thom + Jonny] 🌚

Same ride, another song

10:33

Hotel Room Noise

Maybe the rest of the tour bus ride

11:33

Mute Button 11-1 [Thom solo] 🌚

“Let me go” thom solo acoustic  song

12:48

Mute Button 11-2 [Thom solo] 🌚

Same guitar melody, different lyrics

14:01

Climbing Up The Walls (Mansfield) [live - 14 August 1996]

Live at Mansfield 1996, higher quality, SBD for sure

18:14

I Promise (Mansfield) [live - 14 August 1996]

Live at Mansfield 1996, higher quality than the promo released before OKNOTOK

22:11

Paranoid Android 11-1 (Mansfield) [live - 14 August 1996]

Live at Mansfield 1996, best recording out there

29:05

Karma Police 11-1 (Mansfield) [live - 14 August 1996]

Live at Mansfield 1996

33:27

Service [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom solo acoustic recording

36:18

‘Jaz’ Song [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom acoustic solo recording

39:16

Let Down 11-1 (Galway) [live - 28 July 1996]

Live early version, an organ instead of Jonny at the ending

44:35

[tape blip - (Citizen Cane Intro)]

Very droney,  a recording of one of them playing maybe an organ or something else

41:36

Let Down 11-2 (East Rutherford) [live - 19 August 1996]

Another live recording, early version

49:27

Paranoid Android 11-2 (East Rutherford) [live - 19 August 1996]

Live early version; I think this one could be the Hershey stadium in 1996

56:22

Karma Police 11-2 (East Rutherford) [live - 19 August 1996]

Same show for sure, live and early version

DISC 12

RUNTIME: 01:13:13

DESCRIPTION: A disc mostly comprised of live performances.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Climbing Up the Walls 12-1 [live] 

Early lyrics, full band.

4:05

Climbing Up the Walls 12-2 [live]

Early lyrics, full band performance.

Nearly identical to the studio version.

8:10

I Promise 12-1 [live]

Full band performance. Thom plays electric instead of acoustic. Early lyrics.

12:03

Paranoid Android 12-1 [live]

Drums have lots of reverb in the beginning. Features organ. Some lyrical differences such as last verse in rain down part being missing. Different ending/breakdown.

N/A

TV Show Noises 

“Tomorrow they shall be swimming in the new lake in babyland.”

18:51

No Surprises Please 12-1 [live]

Thom: “Hello, we’re the support band”. Performance during the tour with Alanis Morisette most likely.

22:42

Paranoid Android 12-2 [live]

Also features organ and some lyrical differences. Nearly identical to the previous above live version.

29:31

I Promise 12-2 [live]

Same venue as previous live stuff here. Possibly some small differences in the lyrics. Features different bassline and washy organs.

33:18

Karma Police 12-1 [live]

Right-channel-heavy mix. Some lyrical differences and prominent jonny piano magic. Same show as well as the rest.

37:13

Climbing Up the Walls 12-3 [live]

Thom: “It’s a song about murder”. Lyrical differences and some sonic differences. Same performance too.

P.S. Great Idea performing this to Alanis Morissette fans idiots.

41:20

I Promise 12-3 [live]

Similar to previous performance on this disc.

45:08

Let Down 12-1 [live]

Early version. Beautiful and rough performance. Lyrics are quite similar to the studio version and same with the music.

50:06

No Surprises Please 12-2 [live]

Similar to studio. No real differences besides lack of some sonic textures and different backing vocals. Some slight melody difference at one pint.

53:50

Climbing Up the Walls 12-4 [live]

Another early version that is again quite similar to the previous version in this disc. Nice scream at the end, Thom!

57:57

Electioneering [live]

Features cool breakdown, but besides that, it’s the same as the studio.

1:01:21

Paranoid Android 12-3 [live]

Similar to all the other different live versions in this disk.

Different lyrics: “if you’re so important, why don't you remember my name, are you ignorant?”, then says “stupid” followed by “motherfucking stupid” before they play the rain down part.

1:08:25

Let Down 12-2 [live]

Really great performance similar to the studio version.

DISC 13

RUNTIME: 00:17:52

Time

Title

Notes

N/A

Dialogue

N/A

Fridge Buzz 📼

Literally a buzzing fridge

0:00

Silicon Valley (Early Palo Alto) [Thom solo]

Has Jonny guiding Thom through some chords

3:54

1000 Miles (Thom solo Acoustic) 🌚

Sounds like an early version of Exit Music

N/A

Field recording with TV audio

N/A

Field recording with distant music

Band rehearsing in the  background?

5:42

Lift (Seattle) [live - 24 March 1996]

Full band monitor. Incomplete.

N/A

TV dialogue and audio (13-8)

This audio can be heard in Fitter Happier

7:35

This Is The Panic Office [Thom solo] 🌚

Talking before acoustic jam with Thom mumbling overtop

9:21

§? [Thom solo]  🌚

Reminiscent of I Might Be Wrong? Acoustic IInstrumental

10:04

Harmonics Riff [Thom solo] 🌚

Might be Attention. Acoustic

11:09

Lay Off The Beef [Thom solo] 🌚

“Lay it on the ground / it’s driving me insane” Acoustic.

N/A

Soft Machine drums

N/A

Unknown snippet

Acoustic. Sounds like incidental western music

N/A

Choir from TV with dialogue

Recording might be from another disc

15:13

Polyethylene Pt. 2 [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom acoustic demo. Alternate lyrics “The little things”

DISC 14

RUNTIME: 01:12:22

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

[My New Clothes]

Only a blip

0:04

Ed’s Song (Early Lull)

3:18

My New Clothes 14-1

Another version of “Hurts To Walk” by “Thom” Yorke.  Played in a “room.”

4:20

My New Clothes 14-2

Cut in the tape,  an extra snippet

5:49

My New Clothes 14-3

Thom remarks about how he is proud of his funky clothes

8:51

For Sale

Full band. Contains lyrics “little by little”; seems to have no relation to TKOL

9:30

Airbag 14-1 (DC) [soundcheck - 10 April 1996]

Early, acoustic, full band.

Alternate lyrics:

 “In the next world war, an angel at my door..”

N/A

Noise - Chatter (14-8)

Overlapping conversation, sounds English

13:08

Electioneering 14-1 (DC) [live - 10 April 1996]

“This is a new song.”

Some lyrical variation from final version. Also screams potatoes.

16:33

Lift 14-1 (Cleveland) [live - 8 April 1996]

Same live session, transitions to Lift, with O Superman by Laurie Anderson intro. Good performance.

Thanks to u/shanerichmond for fix!

20:38

Airbag 14-2 (Philadelphia) [live - 11 April 1996]

Similar to 9:33 above.

24:55

Airbag 14-3 (DC) [live - 10 April 1996]

Acoustic again, live. See above.

29:23

Attenzione! 14-1 (Fast)

Full band recording.

“Joy of the uprising, an action with some meaning”

33:15

Attenzione! 14-2 (Minneapolis) [soundcheck - 3 April 1996]

38:03

Stampeding Elephants

Full band recording. Sounds serene, twangy, and folk rocky.

39:14

Lift 14-2 (Minneapolis) [soundcheck - 3 April 1996]

Skips around a couple times, resolves to Lift

42:58

Airbag 14-4 (Minneapolis acoustic) [soundcheck - 3 April 1996 - fragment] [duplicate]

Jamming on Airbag

“It’s on tape, yeah?” -Thom

43:16

Manhattan Dogs [Thom solo] 🌚

Thom singing over muted acoustic guitar track.

“Is anyone around? I think you’re crazy for wanting me to tell”

“You’re always on the phone”

47:48

Paranoid Android 14-1 (NY) [soundcheck - 12 April 1996]

Thom directing volume levels a bit. Slight variation in “rain down” section lyrics; “It’s gonna rain down on you”

 51:00

Airbag 14-5 (NY) [soundcheck - 12 April 1996]

See all above instances of Airbag it’s very similar. Maybe some extra synth-y stuff in this one

55:39

Electioneering 14-2 (San Diego) [live - 30 March 1996]

Sounds weirdly distant. Vocal tracks almost seem isolated? “Give me one of them prizes”, “Doin’ it all” lines are in here. Must be an early performance.

59:12

I Promise 14-1 [live]

Fast-forwarded intro speech; “I can’t read music, these are words.” --- “-REM tour, and I still look” --- “-he said he didn’t mind. This is a new song, called I Promise”. Has “I won’t fool around no more” verse.

1:03:23

1/2 Paranoid Android? 14-2

“Why don’t you remember my name” part. Alternate “rain down” lyrics from above (49:04) are not present here. “Hallelujah” variation of “rain down” lyrics also absent. Thom sings a backing harmony part here after the normal lyrics. No “that’s it sir” part.

1:05:16

Attenzione! 14-1 (Palo Alto) [soundcheck - 28 March 1996]

Cuts in for first verse, no intro. Unsure of lyrical differences with other versions on this file.

1:08:46

Attenzione! 14-2 (Palo Alto) [soundcheck - 28 March 1996]

not sure I’ve heard these lyrics yet? “There’s nothing better to do / I’m taking off my clothes because I’ve got the hots for you”. No backing vocals.

1:09:30

I Promise 14-2 (NY) [live - 12 April 1996]

“This is for the girl who just said ‘Thom help me I’m dying’ down in the front!” Drums similar to remastered version. Has extra “fool around” verse, but no “funny look” line from 1:00:26 version. 

According to redditor /u/EsotericCD, this performance is from 4/12/96 Roseland Ballroom. Thanks for the ID!

DISC 15

RUNTIME: 00:56:10

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Three Seconds of Subterranean Homesick Alien

What do I need to put here? Like seriously.

0:03

Karma Police - Final Version

Final Version

4:39

Let Down - Near-Final Version with Acoustic Intro

Slightly different from the album version. Acoustic guitar from ending is now in the intro.

9:46

Lift - Alternate Version, Mix #1 ⭐

Full band finished studio recording. It's incredible.

N/A

Silence / Lift synth intro bit

Cut synth bit from previous lift intro

13:55

Airbag - Late/Final Version

Late/finished version. may be a different vocal take; different reverb.

18:42

Electioneering - Final Version

Late/finished version

22:38

A Reminder - Final Version

Late/finished version

26:32

Uptight (less room) - Late/Final Version

Early title of Subterranean Homesick Alien. Late/finished version

31:19

Uptight (less drums) - Late/Final Version

Late/finished version. Must be something different..?

36:05

Uptight (Nigel's master) - Late/Final Version

Late/finished version. Must be something different..?

40:52

No Surprises Please - Late Mix, Original Speed

 Different vocal take from album version. Original recorded speed; half-step down from album version.

45:00

Exit Music (For A Film) - Late Mix

Starting with a thom chuckle and an “Okay”. Same as Tape 18 version?

49:40

Paranoid Android - Late Mix

Synths seem quieter. Slightly different mix.

DISC 16

RUNTIME: 01:08:04

DESCRIPTION: This disc contains an early alternate tracklisting of OK Computer, labelled as containing the “finished mixes” in the official MINIDISCS [HACKED] release.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Airbag (unmastered album version)

4:47

Paranoid Android (unmastered album version)

11:11

Subterranean Homesick Alien (unmastered album version)

15:39

Exit Music (For A Film) (unmastered album version)

20:10

Let Down (early fade out)

23:55

Fitter Happier (unmastered near-final version)

Unclear if this is the finished mix as there is another mix on disc 17.

25:57

Climbing Up The Walls (unmastered album version)

30:41

No Surprises (unmastered album version)

34:28

Electioneering (unmastered album version)

38:21

Lucky (unmastered album version)

42:40

Karma Police (unmastered album version)

47:04

The Tourist (unmastered near-final version)

Unclear if this is the finished mix as there are other mixes on disc 17.

52:30

A Reminder (unmastered final version)

56:25

Lift (“finished mix” #1)

1:00:15

Lift (“finished mix” #2)

1:03:59

Noise - Fitter Happier beeps

1:04:13

Polyethylene Pt. 2 - Late Mix w/ Vocal Effect

1:07:53

Noise - The Tourist

DISC 17

RUNTIME: 00:26:49

DESCRIPTION: This might be a continuation of Disc 16, since it also contains unmastered song versions & it is only 27 minutes long.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

The Tourist (unmastered near-final version)

05:25

The Tourist (Louder Choir) (unmastered near-final version)

10:58

Polyethylene Pt. 2 (near-final version)

With its own count-in. Close to album version. Slightly different vocals, less compressed.

14:53

Polyethylene Pt. 2 (Less Bass and Snare) (near-final version)

According to Thom’s note, has less bass and snare.

18:38

Fitter Happier - Unmastered Album Version

20:56

unknown song 17-1 (lyric - 'tomorrow night in Paris') [Thom solo] 🌚

“Everybody wants you but nobody wants you”

25:26

unknown song 17-2 (lyric - 'tomorrow night in Paris') [Thom solo] 🌚

DISC 18

RUNTIME: 00:41:52

DESCRIPTION: This disc contains several takes of Thom singing A Reminder to himself. Very intimate.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

[chatter/wind noise]

“Hello… It’s working…”

1:08

A Reminder 18-1 [Thom A Cappella]

Thom singing quietly by himself outside

3:53

[wind noise]

4:56

A Reminder 18-2 [Thom A Cappella]

7:11

[wind noise]

7:44

A Reminder 18-3 [Thom A Cappella - fragment]

Cut off at the end

10:11

A Reminder 18-4 [Thom A Cappella]

10:21

A Reminder 18-5 [Thom A Cappella]

12:05

A Reminder 18-6 [Thom A Cappella]

In a new key

14:38

unknown song 18-1 (lyric - 'what did you mean') [Thom solo] 🌚

17:13

unknown song 18-2 (lyric - 'what did you mean') [Thom solo] 🌚

19:28

unknown song 18-3 (lyric - 'what did you mean') [Thom solo] 🌚

Clearer vocals

“That wasn’t a shooting star, that was an airplane landing”

21:22

unknown song 18-4 (lyric - 'what did you mean') [Thom solo] 🌚

22:03

unknown song (lyric - 'you're a sleazy bastard, you're no friend of mine') [Thom solo] 🌚

Rock/bluesy

“I am the sun and the moon”

Cut off

25:45

Thom beatboxing to Laurie’s Theme from Halloween 🤤⭐

Best song in this compilation hands down

26:27

Exit Music - Late Mix [duplicate]

Background voices at “sing us a song” are different. Definitely the album take of everything else.

31:07

No Surprises - Late Mix #2 [duplicate]

Different vocal take from album version. Original recorded speed; half-step down from album version. Same as tape 15?

35:24

Paranoid Android - Unmastered Album Version [duplicate]

END OF MINIDISCS

For the sake of archiving history, we have kept all previous versions below. These timestamps and notes were recorded before the official release of the minidiscs, so they were based off the leaked version. It included more chatter and copyrighted material from James Bond soundtracks, hence the different lengths and times.

OK MINIDISC

THIS DOCUMENT IS A GROUP EFFORT ORGANIZED BY

spnii_     teafork     rhett     a_universal_sigh     belargu     loomer  

 dreamgazing    girlpowerchords     the bumstickler     darth thater

… and of course the community on

r/Radiohead, W.A.S.T.E. Central Discord

and /mu/ ♥

Jump to Timestamps

Jump to Old Timestamps

A STATEMENT FROM THE GROUP

Written on June 7th, 2019

We were one of the first people to receive the leak. Because of this, we went to work right away to timestamp and organize everything. We hope our hard work brings you convenience.

Many of the theories online regarding this leak are incorrect. No, we are not the leakers. No money was spent. No, we did not hold Radiohead themselves for ransom. No, this is not the entirety of the OKC sessions. No, hoserama did not supply the files. The rumor about the XL Recordings intern stealing the tracks right in front of Colin Greenwood as he sat there doing nothing is unconfirmed, but most likely untrue.

We hope this statement answers some questions and misinformation in the community.

FAQ

Q:What are these minidiscs?

A:These minidiscs are recordings from the OK Computer sessions that took place from 1996-1997 (possibly earlier) that have been leaked onto the internet by fans.

Q: How do you know they’re minidiscs?

A: In MPIE, Thom answered that he keeps recordings on his minidiscs. The timestamps also don't exceed 80 mins which falls into a minidisc standard.

Q: How much did you pay for this?

A: $0, but a lot of hours with multiple volunteers was spent making and cleaning this document.

Q: Why is it called OK Minidisc? Why not OK Computer Sessions Leak?

A: The leaker’s last request was to refer to this compilation as OK Minidisc.

Q: What are bedroom recordings? Is it actually recorded in Thom's bedroom?

A: Bedroom recordings are just Thom, his guitar and nothing else. It's just a nickname…

Q: Can I get a download link?

A: No… due to copyright, the files should not be shared. This includes Youtube, Reddit, and Discord.

Q: Can I split the files into smaller files by song?

A: Yes, but please do not re-encode them and, instead, use an mp3 splitter like FFmpeg. They are already second generation lossy transfers and a third transfer will make them sound awful. Do research into mp3 splitters that don’t re-encode the files if you are interested in doing this. Thanks!

Q: What is the W.A.S.T.E. Central Discord? Can I join it?

A: Its a server group by Radiohead fans, for Radiohead fans. You can join by finding the link on the r/radiohead sidebar.

spnii_ was the last to finish timestamping this entire page, as everyone else fell asleep. Multiple users listened in and helped timestamp as well to get this information released for documentation. We are very thankful for these users for their time to contribute to this.

OLD TIMESTAMPS & NOTES

 FILE NAME: OK Minidisc.zip

 RUNTIME: 17:15:52

Color Coding

▉ Early Studio Version

▉ Early Live/Soundcheck Version

▉ Unreleased Song

▉ Other (unstructured material that might

      be of significance)

▉ Unmastered/Final Album Mix

▉ Chatter/Noises/Unstructured Jamming

Symbols

🤤Our favorites

⭐ HOLY GRAIL (rare, rumoured tracks)

✏️ Fan named track

🌚 Bedroom recording (Solo Thom)

📼 Already featured in the white cassette

The numbers in each title indicate…

ex: Lift 1-2 (Live First Performance) (1-10)

▉ Disc number

▉ Version number (in the disc. This is to differentiate different versions/takes of songs that were recorded multiple times)

▉ Track number (in disc)

This titling format follows the .cue files, which conveniently splits each audio file into separate tracks without losing its quality. You can find the .cue files floating around on Reddit.

Color coded for easy understanding.

Info:

You can press Ctrl + F and search for the symbols to quickly find a track.

Any unreleased song without a bolded name has no official fan title yet. We will let the community choose names for them in the future. A lyric from each untitled song was chosen to act as a placeholder title for now. Many of the placeholder names are by girlpowerchords.

DISC 1

RUNTIME: 1:11:14

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Silence (1-1)

0:14

Exit Music / Life in a Glasshouse (Thom Solo) (1-2) 🌚

Interestingly, Exit Music transitions into LIAGH as if they were 1 song

1:52

I Promise 1-1 (Early Rehearsal) (1-3)

“I won’t fool around no more…”

5:48

Attention (Early Rehearsal) (1-4)

Full band

10:49

Electioneering 1-1 (Early Rehearsal) (1-5)

Early version

13:19

Lift 1-1 (Early Live) (1-6)

Early version

15:55

True Love Waits (Full Band) (1-7) ⭐🤤

Features a full band

22:27

Unreleased Thom Solo (Acoustic) 1-1 ('Little by Little Crawls Away') (1-8) 🌚

Possibly a Thom solo recording of “Little By Little” (different from TKOL track) due to the lyrics

23:38

Unknown Movie Snippet (1-9)

24:25

Lift 1-2 (Live First Performance) (1-10)

First performance!

28:30

Electioneering 1-1 (Early Live) (1-11)

32:11

I Promise 1-1 (Early Live) (1-12)

36:34

Unreleased Thom Solo (Acoustic) 1-2 (1-13) 🌚

Solo Thom on acoustic

38:14

Airbag 1-1 (Early Rehearsal) (1-14)

Early version

43:28

Airbag 1-2 Fragment with Feedback and Reverb (1-15)

This version has a long reverb-y intro

44:00

Airbag 1-3 (Early Rehearsal with Feedback Intro) (1-16)

48:33

I Promise 1-2 (Early Live) (1-17)

52:36

Unreleased Thom Solo (Acoustic) 1-3  ('I Wanna Sing Along') (1-18) 🌚

53:25

I Promise 1-3 (Early Live) (1-19)

57:28

Electioneering 1-2 (Early Live with Acoustic Guitar and Harmonies) (1-20)

1:01:03

Paranoid Android (Early Rehearsal) (1-21)

Early version; different lyrics

1:05:42

Airbag 1-4 (Early Rehearsal, Cut Intro) (1-22)

Clip starts midway, sounds like the complete version

1:07:47

Electioneering 1-3 (Early Live with Acoustic Guitar and Harmonies) (1-23)

Ed/Jonny harmonizing? Cuts off early

1:10:58

Silence (1-24)

Silence be like.  Silence noises.

DISC 2

RUNTIME: 1:04:38

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Silence (2-1)

0:05

Band Talking (2-2)

0:25

No Surprises (Soundcheck Demo) (2-3) 📼

Early version; already heard in the cassette

3:05

Unreleased Thom Solo (2-4) 🌚

Acoustic. Song cuts off midway. “If I Get My Head Out Of This…”

5:44

Unreleased Thom Solo (2-5) 🌚

Acoustic. Groovy guitar riff. “I Think That I Will”

8:38

Unreleased Thom Solo (2-6) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic. “I Want You To Know”

12:21

Field Recording of Outdoor Sounds (2-7)

12:54

Unreleased Thom Solo (2-8) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic. “I’m So Good At Everyone’s…”

15:31

Exit Music (Thom Solo Acoustic)  (2-9)

Early lyrics. This was a snippet included in the previews before all 18 discs leaked

19:18

Unreleased Thom Solo (2-10) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic. “You Stay Away But You’re Too Good”

21:28

A Reminder (Czech Public Transport Field Recording) (2-11)

Ladies chattering in a foreign language & sounds of public transportation

25:03

TV Show Recording Mentioning Dogwander (2-12)

An audio clip taken from Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, a Hanna-Barbera show. This might also be the inspiration for Dogwander

28:29

Field Recording of Transportation (2-13)

29:15

Unreleased Thom Solo 2-6 (Acoustic) (He Wants To Save His) (2-14) 🌚

The song is interrupted a few times by some knocking; could mean retakes of a song

“Is there anyone at all?”

29:56

Unreleased Thom Solo 2-6 (Acoustic) (He Wants To Save His) (2) (2-15) 🌚

Another take

32:49

Motion Picture Soundtrack (Early Rehearsal) (2-16) 🤤

Early version; sounds pretty Bends-y

37:59

Exit Music (Full Band Rehearsal/Jam) (2-17)

Similar chord progression to the album Exit Music

39:59

Unreleased full band rehearsal/jam 2-1 (2-18)

Has some vocals to an unknown song. Drums sound similar to Pearly

40:41

Let Down (Early Rehearsal) (2-19)

Early version; some jamming at the end

45:37

Motion Picture Soundtrack (Early Rehearsal) (2-20)

Early Rehearsal.

50:32

Airbag (Early Rehearsal) (2-21)

Early Rehearsal with A false start at the beginning

55:29

Unreleased Full Band Rehearsal ‘Hurts To Walk (My Funky Cloak)’ (2-22) ✏️🤤

Fan name by belargu

This is the goofiest shit I’ve ever heard lol I LOVE it

59:40

Unreleased Full Band Rehearsal ‘Hurts To Walk’ (2-23)

Seems to be take 2 of the previous song

1:03:08

Unreleased Full Band Jam 2-1 (2-24)

Snippet of “Attention”

1:03:43

Unreleased Full Band Jam 2-1 (2-25)

DISC 3

RUNTIME: 1:08:57

Time

Title

Notes

0:10

Unreleased Flute and Sitar Jam (3-1)

This snippet is from  Ahir Bhairav/Nat Bhairav - Hariprasad Chaurasia & Brij Bhushan

Kabra & Shivkumar Sharma

2:25

I Promise (Live) (3-2)

Cut intro

3:38

Motion Picture Soundtrack (Live) (3-3)

Solo Thom on electric guitar

According to redditor /u/EsotericCD, this is from the 4/10/96 “Just Passin’ Thru” radio session in Rockville, MD, but is a “FAR FAR better sounding version of it than the off-air recording we used to have.” Thanks for the ID!

7:06

I Promise (Live) 3-4)

First ever live performance, announcement at beginning. Duplicate, Thom Intro.

11:22

Unused String Arrangement for Unknown Song (3-5)

Possibly for CUTW? Most likely a snippet from an existing score

12:11

Nude (Full Band Version) (3-6)

Different from the cassette version.

16:12

Metallic Percussive Noises (3-7)

The following snippets are just instrumental bits & pieces

16:54

Synthesizer Solo (3-8)

18:13

Saxophone with tape manipulated drums (3-9)

This is a snippet from Joe Henderson - El Barrio.

19:35

Unreleased delayed piano song, synth brass and reversed drums/sub bass (3-10)

26:20

Unreleased synth bass and drum machine song (3-11)

30:11

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 3-1 (Maybe this is love…) (3-12) 🌚

32:28

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 3-2 (I Must Control It) (3-13) 🌚

35:15

Unreleased delayed piano song, Take 2 (3-14)

39:19

Unreleased Thom solo (3-15) 🌚

Acoustic. “It’s Gonna Be Done”

42:15

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 3-4 (Can anyone help us) (3-16) 🌚

46:31

Exit Music (3-17) 🌚

Very early version. Thom solo, alternate arrangement, rhythm and lyrics.

50:53

Paranoid Android (Early Rehearsal) (3-18)

Very early, & only a section

(before “you don’t remember, why don’t you remember my name?” excerpt live) Fragmented Instrumental.

52:25

No Surprises (Early Soundcheck) (3-19)

Soundcheck

55:48

Unreleased Full Band Jam ‘Thom’s Screechy Song’ (3-20) ✏️

Fan name by The Bumstickler

Screechy Sonic Youth-like Guitar

1:00:54

Unreleased delayed piano song with more layers, Take 3 (3-21)

1:06:16

Unreleased Thom solo (3-22) 🌚

Acoustic. “I Don’t Get It”.

DISC 4

RUNTIME: 00:57:29

DESCRIPTION: This disc is mostly rehearsal takes/experiments in the studio. No unreleased songs here.

Time

Title

Notes

0:05

Unused bass/organ (4-1)

Possibly Man of War and or meant for Airbag at some point.

1:41

No Surprises (Early Rehearsal/Demo) (4-2)

Crazy outro

5:56

Bullet Proof (Live Snippet) (4-3)

3 second blip

6:05

True Love Waits (Unfinished Backing Track) (4-4)

Early instrumental with drum machine, acoustic guitar, and bg synth.

11:03

Unreleased drum machine with A Reminder chime sample (4-5)

Very staticy midway, ends with drum solo. Contains crowd noises meant for A Reminder.

14:40

Unreleased drum machine with A Reminder chime sample, Take 2 (4-6)

18:25

Paranoid Android (Early Rehearsal) (4-7)

Starts at “You don’t remember... “ section, Thom stops band halfway through to talk through changes. Probably a practice. This includes multiple takes & jamming. Contains several attempts at Ambition section.

27:22

Motion Picture Soundtrack (Full Band Version)  (4-8)

Take One. Fairly slow paced.

33:07

Motion Picture Soundtrack ( Full Band Version Take 2) (4-9)

Second take. Also fairly slow paced.

38:12

Airbag (Early Rehearsal) (4-10)

Early full band version. Different intro and very rough, longer outro

43:20

Airbag (Early Rehearsal, Take 2) (4-11)

48:09

The Tourist (Early Rehearsal) (4-12)

Contains a different melody then what is on the album.

51:07

The Tourist (Early Rehearsal, Take 2) (4-13)

52:09

The Tourist (Early Rehearsal with Chorus, Take 3) (4-14)

53:21

Palo Alto (Early Rehearsal) (4-15)

Early demo with slightly different lyrics. Chorus has slightly different melody

DISC 5

RUNTIME: 00:57:02

Time

Title

Notes

0:04

Drum solo and chatter with brief Paranoid Android discussion (5-1)

Unstructured jam; goofing around

1:08

Paranoid Android (Early Rehearsal, 'Rain down' section) (5-2)

Practice run from “rain down” section

5:36

Paranoid Android (Original Long Version, Full Length Rehearsal) (5-3) ⭐

11 minute early version w/ outro jam

13:50

Unreleased full band song/jam with tape effects (5-4)

16:46

Unreleased full band song/jam, ascending chord progression (5-5)

Another snippet of “Attention”

17:55

Unreleased full band song/jam with synth (False Start) (5-6)

Gets fast forwarded

25:53

Unreleased full band rock song (5-7)

Has vocals. “When I Get Bored Give Me One of Those”

30:09

No Surprises (Early Rehearsal), Take 1 (5-8)

Early version, full band

33:57

No Surprises (Early Rehearsal), Take 2 (5-9)

Early version, full band

37:42

Attention (5-10)

Unreleased full band song

42:41

Wake up call recording (5-11)

“We have registered your call”

43:57

Unreleased Thom solo (5-12) 🌚

Acoustic. Cheap mic. “I Won’t Be Halfway Down”

45:35

Unreleased Thom solo (5-13) 🌚

Acoustic. Cheap mic. “I’m going to get you back again”

46:49

Fast forwarding through tape (5-14)

Tape fast forwards a bit

46:58

Unreleased Thom solo (5-15) 🌚

Acoustic. Cheap mic. “You don’t see the signs”

48:34

Unreleased Thom solo (5-16)🌚

Cheap mic. Acoustic.

49:54

Nude (Thom solo Acoustic), Lo-fi (5-17) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic demo (early)

53:14

Choir, Lo-fi (5-18)

Lo-fi. Recorded from a TV show

53:44

Paranoid Android (Early Rehearsal, Thom/Jonny only) (5-19)

Early fragment of a Thom/Jonny version

54:07

Drum jamming, Lo-fi (5-20)

Lo-fi

56:13

Piano Sketch by Jonny (5-21) 📼

Included in the OKNOTOK cassette

DISC 6

RUNTIME: 00:35:51

DESCRIPTION: A big chunk of this disc is filled with snippets taken from a James Bond soundtrack. Perhaps they were for inspiration or reference; this makes sense since they have mentioned they wanted to make a Bond song in the past (even before Spectre).

Other than that, this disc is filled with unreleased solo songs.

Time

Title

Notes

0:09

Unreleased solo guitar, Lo-fi (6-1)

Crunchy

0:51

Solo drumming (6-2)

Drummy

1:21

Unreleased Thom solo (6-3) 🤤🌚

Acoustic. Thom pls enunciate so I can figure out a fan name for this kplsthx ’And If It…’

3:46

Last Flowers (Thom solo Acoustic), Take 1 (6-4) 🤤🌚

Early version

“No evaluations, no deliberations”

5:23

Unreleased Thom solo (6-5) 🌚

Acoustic. “If I Don’t Seem Him”

8:00

Unreleased Thom solo (6-6) 🌚

Acoustic. Seems to pick up from the previous song; maybe a retake.

10:36

Last Flowers (Take 2) (6-7) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic.

14:15

Life in a Glasshouse (Thom solo Acoustic, Early Version) (6-8) 🌚

Very early version. Contains Tin-can audio.

18:01

Unreleased Thom solo (6-9) 🌚

Lofi, and Acoustic.

20:09

Unreleased Thom solo (6-10) 🌚

Acoustic. Lo-fi. Thom interrupts the song to talk about letters; possibly a retake halfway through. “We Don’t Spend, We Don’t Know.

23:46

Thom talks about old letters (6-11)

24:57

Continuation of Unreleased Thom solo (6-12) 🌚

Lofi, and Acoustic. Also “We Don’t Spend, We Don’t Know”.

25:56

James Bond soundtrack excerpt (?) (6-13)

Includes many short snippets of movie soundtracks, some/all from James Bond. This lasts until the end

29:26

James Bond soundtrack excerpt (?) (6-14)

30:10

Violin, unknown source (?) (6-15)

30:19

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, string section (?) (6-16)

30:48

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, strings and choir (?) (6-17)

31:59

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, strings and full orchestra (6-18)

32:52

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, more avant-garde (6-19)

33:42

Unknown soundtrack excerpt, tribal-like drums (6-20)

34:53

Unknown soundtrack excerpts, drums, bells and brass (6-21)

35:18

Unknown soundtrack excerpts, somewhat jazz-y (6-22)

DISC 7

RUNTIME: 00:55:23

Time

Title

Notes

0:09

Unreleased Thom solo (7-1) 🤤🌚

Acoustic. “Leave your comments and reactions here”

2:42

Last Flowers (Full Band Version) (7-2)

Full Band. Drop out or mixing error at 5:52

7:19

Melatonin (Alternate Studio Version) (7-3)

Alternate version or mix

9:28

Unreleased Full Band Song (7-4)

“You would do the same, thousand miles, wanted to believe in”

11:41

Unreleased Full Band Jam (7-5)

Might be a song fragment

12:27

Unreleased Full Band Jam (7-6) 🤤

With organ and ride cymbal keeping time

14:55

Nigel AMS Delay + AMS Hello 📼 7-4 (7-7)

Both on the cassette.

16:14

Solo drums semi-processed through Moog (7-8)

17:56

Karma Police (Early Rehearsal, Electric Guitar, Alt. Lyrics) (7-9)

Very early, unfinished lyrics. “This is what you get when you fuck with me”

22:10

Unreleased full band song 7-5, 'Decided, You Don't Try' (7-10)

“You won’t try, I wanna go to the edge(?)”

27:52

Unreleased full band song (7-11)

“Psychedelic-ish”

28:41

Airbag (Early Rehearsal, Heavier Rock Guitar Only) (7-12)

Very early guitar. Slower tempo, rock arrangement intro

29:13

Airbag (Early Rehearsal with Jam Intro) (7-13)

Funky rock jam turns into early Airbag, full band

30:17

Airbag (Early Rehearsal, Heavier

Version) (7-14)🤤

Very early attempt #3

35:04

Let Down (Early Rehearsal) (7-15)

Early Let Down

42:11

Unreleased full Band Song (7-16)

Almost sounds like Last Flowers. Funky, “Something Got A Hold of Your Mind”.

42:55

Radio chaser noise 📼

Extended version that is on the white cassette.

43:46

Movie dialogue (7-18)

Verses from the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:2-3

Thanks for the ID, u/blakandblue!

44:02

Unreleased full band jam (7-19)

Continuation of 42:10 w/o vocals? What is this? Vocals enter @ 50:12 w/ lyrics. Funk jam.  NEEDS INVESTIGATION

DISC 8

RUNTIME: 00:57:59

DESCRIPTION: A couple of unreleased solo songs. The rest are live performances.

Time

Title

Notes

0:05

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic instrumental) 8-1, (8-1) 🌚

Some kind of open or low drop tuning

4:38

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 8-2, 'You Want It All,' (8-2) 🌚

“You want it all”

7:14

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 8-3, 'Send Me Away' (8-3) 🌚

Acoustic. “Send me away”

9:21

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 8-4, (8-4) 🌚

11:42

Karma Police (Early Live Soundboard with Alt. Chorus Lyrics) (8-5)

Soundboard. “This is what you’ll get when you fuck with us”

15:30

Paranoid Android (Live) (8-6)

Soundboard. Early ver. Same show as above. Has “rain down” but no “that’s it sir”. Extended outro from oknotok tape side 2. Excerpted on OKNOTOK

22:36

I Promise (Live) (8-7)

Early Soundboard. Same show.

26:28

Let Down (Live) (8-8)

Early. Same show? Acoustic intro, vocals start when drums come in. Organ ending. Repeats 2nd verse.

31:23

Climbing Up The Walls (Live) (8-9)

Early version, also soundboard. Same show possibly.

35:34

No Surprises (Live) (8-10)

Early live soundboard recording

39:14

I Promise (Live) (8-11)

Early live soundboard recording

43:08

Electioneering (Live) (8-12)

Early live soundboard recording

46:29

Paranoid Android (Live) (8-13)

Another early live ‘96 version w/ organ. Extended outro.

53:10

Theremin-like synthesizer and misc. noises (8-14)

53:55

Climbing Up The Walls (Live) (8-15)

Early live soundboard recording.

DISC 9

RUNTIME: 00:53:33

Time

Title

Notes

0:10

Unreleased Ambient Piano Song (9-1)

There's some chatter in the background of this, it could be thom testing stuff.

2:40

Unreleased Full Band Song ‘Walk Down’ (9-2) ✏️

Fan name by spnii_

Unreleased full band song. Starts off acoustically, then into full band. Hard to decipher all the lyrics.

7:31

Let Down (9-3)

Very rough early rehearsal.

Early/alt lyrics.

12:58

Karma Police (9-4)

Early rough rehearsal. Different drums, no guitars, more bass, different lyrics.

15:04

Karma Police (9-5)

Same rehearsal, more distortion on bass and guitars. Sounds more rock. Instrumental after first chorus.

17:32

Last Flowers (9-6)

Very rough. More band oriented. Different lyrics, but same melody and key. Jonny is also doing weird things to his guitar.

20:41

Unreleased full band song (9-7)

Most likely also a rehearsal. Audio tears alot. Same as 7-5. Probably a second take. “Decided, You Don’t Try.

24:33

Let Down (10 Minute Rehearsal) (9-8)

Mostly guitars, different arrangement. Possibly the band learning how to play it live due to Thom once saying its “too complicated” to play live. Jonny switches to organ later on.

35:23

Life in a Glasshouse (9-9)

Very different from the finished version, sounds like a rehearsal, but has the same melody, jonny is killing it on the organ.

37:58

Life in a Glasshouse (9-10) 🌚

Thom acoustic. Different chords, lyrics, and slightly different vocal melody. The energy in this one is great.

40:42

Fitter Happier (9-11) 📼

Glitching noises and piano. No text-to-speech. On OKNOTOK cassette as well.

43:22

A Reminder (9-12) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic. Low quality recording.

46:53

“Unreleased Thom Solo” (9-13) 🌚

Fairly sloppy and raw rough acoustic recording. Droney guitar tuning and catchy riff. Hook contains lyric “You’re the one”.

51:01

A Reminder (9-14) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic recording. Vocals are very prominent. Same lyrics as studio version.

DISC 10

RUNTIME: 00:58:23

Time

Title

Notes

0:07

Last Flowers (Early Rehearsal Version) (10-1)

First take early different lyrics, more band structured, heavy rock & roll sound

3:52

Last Flowers (Early Rehearsal Version) (10-2)

Second take from a different rehearsal? Includes intro and effects with heavy rock & roll sound.

5:36

True Love Waits (Early Rehearsal) (10-3)

Full band, Instrumental, A jam, starts midway

8:06

True Love Waits (Early Rehearsal) (10-4)

Alternative arrangement, Stops midway

10:05

The National Anthem (OKNOTOK Demo) (10-5) 📼

4-track demo, The National Anthem, same one as the cassette tape. 'Everyone' was the working title

13:13

The Bends (4 Track Demo) (10-6)

4-track demo, this was already released at some point in 1996

18:02

Unreleased Thom solo with acoustic guitar drum machine, 10-1 'I Don't Want To Hurt You' (10-7) 🌚

Acoustic guitar with drum machine. Most likely from the same 4-track demo, could also be on the cassette tape. “I Don’t Want To Hurt You”.

21:48

Let Down (Early Rehearsal, Alt. Arrangement with Acoustic Guitars) (10-8)

A more acoustic arrangement with no drums, different lyrics, also the gain is too fucking high

27:26

Airbag (Early Rehearsal, Instrumental) (10-9)

Live demo recording, slightly seeks and skips, also jamming at the end

29:29

Airbag (Early Rehearsals, Instrumental, Prominent Bass) (10-10)

Jamming, features Colin’s bass playing isolated at some point

30:32

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 10-2, 'Don't Stop,' Take 1 (10-11) 🤤🌚

Thom on guitar

34:39

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 10-2, 'Don't Stop,' Take 2 (10-12) 🌚

Another take of the same song

“Don't stop, do you want to?”

“You’ll never know”

39:21

Climbing Up The Walls read by little Dan Clements (from OKNOTOK) (10-13) 📼

The transcript from the cassette tapes

40:44

Climbing Up The Walls read by little Dan Clements, Slowed Down (10-14)

Kinda spooky not gonna lie or sumshin.

43:16

TR-606 drum machine pattern intro to 10-16 (10-15)

Roland TR-606 drum machine that Thom is playing along with (u/TraxusXII)

44:02

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) with TR-606 10-3, 'If You Want To Stay' (10-16) 🌚

46:55

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 10-4, 'Standin' Take 1 (10-17) 🌚

This is actually a scrapped part of Last Flowers. Thanks for the ID, u/MajorMajorSeven!

48:27

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) same as 7-5 , 'Decided, If You Try' Alt. Lyrics, Take 1 (10-18) 🌚

Bedroom recording of Thom on the guitar

51:20

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) same as 7-5 , 'Decided, If You Try' Alt. Lyrics, Take 2 (10-19) 🌚

Same song as above, just another take

53:28

Karma Police (Thom solo Acoustic, Alt. Lyrics, Different Key) (10-20) 🌚

Bedroom recording, only Thom and his guitar, different lyrics, and vocal key

57:43

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 10-5, 'I Hope You Choke' (10-21) 🌚

The same bedroom recording, only a short glimpse of this song before the tape ends

DISC 11

RUNTIME: 01:02:01

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Ambient vocals and effects (11-1)

A snippet of Stimmung ('Singcircle version') by Stockhausen

Thanks for the ID, u/agentleBout!

2:23

Exit Music (Alt. Lyrics with Harmonies) (11-2)

Very different lyrics, thom singing with acoustic, sounds like colin singing with him

5:49

Unreleased Thom solo (with Electric guitar) 11-1, 'Don't Want To' (11-3) 🌚

Thom on tour bus with Jonny, playing together

7:30

Unreleased Thom solo (with Electric guitar) 11-2, 'One Look' (11-4) 🌚

Same ride, another song

10:23

Noise (11-5)

Maybe the rest of the tour bus ride

11:20

Unreleased Thom solo (with Electric guitar) 11-3, 'Let Me Go' (11-6) 🌚

“Let me go” thom solo acoustic  song

13:37

Unreleased Thom solo (with Electric guitar) 11-3, Take 2 (Alt. Lyrics), 'Let Me Go' (11-7) 🌚

Same guitar melody, different lyrics

14:46

Climbing Up the Walls (Live Mansfield 1996, Soundboard) (11-8)

Live at Mansfield 1996, higher quality, SBD for sure

19:03

I Promise (Live Mansfield 1996, Soundboard, OKNOTOK Promo) (11-9)

Live at Mansfield 1996, higher quality than the promo released before OKNOTOK

22:56

Paranoid Android (Live Mansfield 1996, Soundboard) (11-10)

Live at Mansfield 1996, best recording out there

29:24

Karma Police (Live Mansfield 1996, Soundboard) (11-11)

Live at Mansfield 1996

33:54

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 11-4, 'Do You Agree?' (11-12) 🌚

Thom solo acoustic recording

36:38

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 11-5, 'You Got Two Months To Get Out Before I Sic The Dogs On You' (11-13) 🌚

Thom acoustic solo recording

39:32

Let Down (Early Live with Organ) (11-14)

Live early version, an organ instead of Jonny at the ending

44:50

Unknown movie soundtrack (11-15)

Very droney,  a recording of one of them playing maybe an organ or something else

45:58

Unknown woman laughing (11-16)

Evil laugh (duh)

41:32

Let Down (Early Live) (11-17)

Another live recording, early version

51:40

Paranoid Android (Early Live) (11-18)

Live early version; I think this one could be the Hershey stadium in 1996

58:19

Karma Police (Early Live) (11-19)

Same show for sure, live and early version

DISC 12

RUNTIME: 01:13:56

DESCRIPTION: A disc mostly comprised of live performances.

Time

Title

Notes

0:05

Climbing Up the Walls (Live)  (12-1).

Early lyrics, full band.

4:05

Climbing Up the Walls (LIve) (12-2)

Early lyrics, full band performance.

Nearly identical to the studio version.

8:10

I Promise (Live) (12-3)

Full band performance. Thom plays electric instead of acoustic. Early lyrics.

12:03

Paranoid Android (Live) (12-4)

Drums have lots of reverb in the beginning. Features organ. Some lyrical differences such as last verse in rain down part being missing. Different ending/breakdown.

18:56

TV Show Noises  (12-5)

“Tomorrow they shall be swimming in the new lake in babyland.”

19:37

No Surprises (Live) (12-6)

Thom: “Hello, we’re the support band”. Performance during the tour with Alanis Morisette most likely.

23:28

Paranoid Android (Live) (12-7)

Also features organ and some lyrical differences. Nearly identical to the previous above live version.

30:18

I Promise (Live) (12-8)

Same venue as previous live stuff here. Possibly some small differences in the lyrics. Features different bassline and washy organs.

34:05

Karma Police (Live) (12-9)

Right-channel-heavy mix. Some lyrical differences and prominent jonny piano magic. Same show as well as the rest.

38:00

Climbing Up the Walls (Live) (12-10)

Thom: “It’s a song about murder”. Lyrical differences and some sonic differences. Same performance too.

P.S. Great Idea performing this to Alanis Morissette fans idiots.

42:06

I Promise (Live)  (12-11)

Similar to previous performance on this disc.

45:55

Let Down (Live) (12-12)

Early version. Beautiful and rough performance. Lyrics are quite similar to the studio version and same with the music.

50:53

No Surprises (Live) (12-13)

Similar to studio. No real differences besides lack of some sonic textures and different backing vocals. Some slight melody difference at one pint.

54:37

Climbing Up the Walls (Live) (12-14)

Another early version that is again quite similar to the previous version in this disc. Nice scream at the end, Thom!

58:44

Electioneering (Live) (12-15)

Features cool breakdown, but besides that, it’s the same as the studio.

1:02:08

Paranoid Android (Live) (12-16)

Similar to all the other different live versions in this disk.

Different lyrics: “if you’re so important, why don't you remember my name, are you ignorant?”, then says “stupid” followed by “motherfucking stupid” before they play the rain down part.

1:09:12

Let Down (Live)  (12-17)

Really great performance similar to the studio version.

DISC 13

RUNTIME: 00:50:15

Time

Title

Notes

0:12

Dialogue (13-1)

1:13

Fridge Buzz (13-2) 📼

Literally a buzzing fridge

1:47

Palo Alto (Thom solo Acoustic) (13-3) 🌚

Thom acoustic demo (breaks into “Are You Someone” @ 3:21, then returns)

5:41

Field recording with TV audio (13-4)

14:42

Exit Music (Thom solo Acoustic) (13-5) 🌚

Thom acoustic demo. Has alternate lyrics

16:31

Field recording with distant music (13-6)

Band rehearsing in the  background?

27:45

Lift (Live) (13-7)

Full band monitor. Incomplete.

29:39

TV dialogue and audio (13-8)

This audio can be heard in Fitter Happier

35:44

Ed and Thom talking with Unreleased Thom solo (13-9) 🌚

Talking before acoustic jam with Thom mumbling overtop

37:40

Unreleased Instrumental  (13-10) 🌚

Reminiscent of I Might Be Wrong? Acoustic IInstrumental

38:17

Unreleased Thom solo instrumental (13-11) 🌚

Might be Attention. Acoustic

39:32

Unreleased Thom solo (13-12) 🌚

“Lay it on the ground / it’s driving me insane” Acoustic.

43:24

Unreleased full band rehearsal/jam with drum solo (13-13)

Full band. Jazzy. Phil drum solo in stereo midway

46:01

Unreleased Thom solo Instrumental (13-14) 🌚

Acoustic. Sounds like incidental western music

46:24

Choir from TV with dialogue (13-15)

Recording might be from another disc

47:32

Polyethylene Pt. 2 (Thom Solo Acoustic) (13-16) 🌚

Thom acoustic demo. Alternate lyrics “The little things”

DISC 14

RUNTIME: 01:13:39

Time

Title

Notes

0:04

Unreleased full band snippet (14-1)

0:08

Lull (Early Rehearsal, Different Key) (14-2)

3:22

Unreleased Full Band, 'Hurts To Walk' (14-3)

Another version of “Hurts To Walk” by “Thom” Yorke.  Played in a “room.”

4:25

Unreleased Full Band, 'Hurts To Walk', (14-4)

Cut in the tape,  an extra snippet

5:53

Unreleased Full Band, 'Hurts To Walk,' (14-5)

Thom remarks about how he is proud of his funky clothes

8:56

Unreleased Full Band, 'He’s Not For Sale' (14-6)

Full band. Contains lyrics “little by little”; seems to have no relation to TKOL

9:35

Airbag (Live) (14-7)

Early, acoustic, full band.

Alternate lyrics:

 “In the next world war, an angel at my door..”

13:12

Noise - Chatter (14-8)

Overlapping conversation, sounds English

14:08

Electioneering (Live) (14-9)

“This is a new song.”

Some lyrical variation from final version. Also screams potatoes.

17:33

Lift (Live) (14-10)

Same live session, transitions to Lift, with O Superman by Laurie Anderson intro. Good performance.

Thanks to u/shanerichmond for fix!

21:39

Airbag (Live) 14-11)

Similar to 9:33 above.

26:15

Airbag (Live) (14-12)

Acoustic again, live. See above.

30:43

Attention, Unreleased Full Band (14-13)

Full band recording.

“Joy of the uprising, an action with some meaning”

34:35

Attention, Unreleased Full Band, Take 14-2 (14-14)

39:23

Unreleased full band song, instrumental (14-15)

Full band recording. Sounds serene, twangy, and folk rocky.

40:35

Lift (Soundcheck Version) (14-16)

Skips around a couple times, resolves to Lift

44:19

Airbag (Early Rehearsal/Jam) (14-17)

Jamming on Airbag

“It’s on tape, yeah?” -Thom

44:37

Unreleased Thom solo vocal with bleedthrough from acoustic guitar (14-18) 🌚

Thom singing over muted acoustic guitar track.

“Is anyone around? I think you’re crazy for wanting me to tell”

“You’re always on the phone”

49:09

Paranoid Android (Soundcheck with Thom direction) (14-19)

Thom directing volume levels a bit. Pretty unstructured. Slight variation in “rain down” section lyrics; “It’s gonna rain down on you”

 52:15

Airbag (Soundcheck) (14-20)

See all above instances of Airbag it’s very similar. Maybe some extra synth-y stuff in this one

57:00

Electioneering (Early Live, Probable Monitor Mix) (14-21)

Sounds weirdly distant. Vocal tracks almost seem isolated? “Give me one of them prizes”, “Doin’ it all” lines are in here. Must be an early performance.

1:00:27

I Promise (Live with Fast Forwarded Thom Intro) (14-22)

Fast-forwarded intro speech; “I can’t read music, these are words.” --- “-REM tour, and I still look” --- “-he said he didn’t mind. This is a new song, called I Promise”. Has “I won’t fool around no more” verse.

1:04:37

Paranoid Android (Early Live, Alt. Lyrics) (14-23)

“Why don’t you remember my name” part. Alternate “rain down” lyrics from above (49:04) are not present here. “Hallelujah” variation of “rain down” lyrics also absent. Thom sings a backing harmony part here after the normal lyrics. No “that’s it sir” part.

1:06:29

Attention (Full Band Version), Take 14-3 (14-24)

Cuts in for first verse, no intro. Unsure of lyrical differences with other versions on this file.

1:09:20

Attention (Full Band Version with Backing Vocals), Take 14-4 (14-25)

not sure I’ve heard these lyrics yet? “There’s nothing better to do / I’m taking off my clothes because I’ve got the hots for you”. No backing vocals.

1:10:44

I Promise (Live 4-12-96 at Roseland Ballroom) (14-26)

“This is for the girl who just said ‘Thom help me I’m dying’ down in the front!” Drums similar to remastered version. Has extra “fool around” verse, but no “funny look” line from 1:00:26 version. 

According to redditor /u/EsotericCD, this performance is from 4/12/96 Roseland Ballroom. Thanks for the ID!

DISC 15

RUNTIME: 00:58:20

Time

Title

Notes

0:02

Three Seconds of Subterranean Homesick Alien (15-1)

What do I need to put here? Like seriously.

0:07

Karma Police - Final Version (15-2)

Final Version

4:57

Let Down - Near-Final Version with Acoustic Intro (15-3)

Slightly different from the album version. Acoustic guitar from ending is now in the intro.

10:13

Lift - Alternate Version, Mix #1 (15-4) ⭐

Full band finished studio recording. It's incredible.

14:22

Silence / Lift synth intro bit (15-5)

Cut synth bit from previous lift intro

14:55

Airbag - Late/Final Version (15-6)

Late/finished version. may be a different vocal take; different reverb.

19:50

Electioneering - Final Version (15-7)

Late/finished version

24:19

A Reminder - Final Version (15-8)

Late/finished version

28:18

Alien synths

28:26

Subterranean Homesick Alien - Late/Final Version (15-10)

Late/finished version

33:17

Subterranean Homesick Alien - Late/Final Version (15-11)

Late/finished version. Must be something different..?

38:07

Subterranean Homesick Alien - Late/Final Version (15-12)

Late/finished version. Must be something different..?

42:57

No Surprises - Late Mix, Original Speed (15-13)

 Different vocal take from album version. Original recorded speed; half-step down from album version.

47:06

Exit Music (For A Film) - Late Mix (15-14)

Starting with a thom chuckle and an “Okay”. Same as Tape 18 version?

51:51

Paranoid Android - Late Mix (5-15)

Synths seem quieter. Slightly different mix.

DISC 16

RUNTIME: 01:07:54

DESCRIPTION: This disc contains an early alternate tracklisting of OK Computer.

Time

Title

Notes

0:06

Airbag - Unmastered Album Version (16-1)

4:47

Paranoid Android - Unmastered Album Version (16-2)

11:11

Subterranean Homesick Alien - Unmastered Album Version (16-3)

15:41

Exit Music (For A Film) - Unmastered Album Version (16-4)

20:10

Let Down - Unmastered Album Version with Early Fade-Out (16-5)

23:56

Fitter Happier - Unmastered Album Version (16-6)

25:57

Climbing Up The Walls - Unmastered Album Version (16-7)

30:41

No Surprises - Unmastered Album Version (16-8)

34:28

Electioneering - Unmastered Album Version (16-9)

38:22

Lucky - Unmastered Album Version (16-10)

42:41

Karma Police - Unmastered Album Version (16-11)

47:04

The Tourist - Unmastered Album Version (16-12)

52:32

A Reminder - Unmastered Album Version (16-13)

56:25

Lift - Alternate Version, Mix #2 (16-14)

1:00:15

Lift - Alternate Version, Mix #3 (16-15)

1:03:59

Noise - Fitter Happier beeps (16-16)

1:04:14

Polyethylene Pt 2 - Late Mix w/ Vocal Effect (16-17)

1:07:54

Noise - guitar bit (16-18)

DISC 17

RUNTIME: 00:27:16

DESCRIPTION: This might be a continuation of Disc 16, since it also contains unmastered song versions & it is only 27 minutes long.

Time

Title

Notes

0:11

The Tourist - Unmastered Album Version (17-1)

05:49

The Tourist - Unmastered Album Version (17-2)

11:26

Polyethylene Pt 2 - Near-Final Mix (17-3)

With its own count-in. Close to album version. Slightly different vocals, less compressed.

15:23

Polyethylene Pt 2 - Near-Final Mix (17-4)

Same as above, may be a slightly different mix.

19:10

Fitter Happier - Unmastered Album Version (17-5)

21:30

Unreleased Thom Solo (Piano) - “Tomorrow Night In Paris” (17-6) 🌚

“Everybody wants you but nobody wants you”

25:55

Unreleased Thom Solo (Piano) - “Tomorrow Night In Paris”, Piano Only (17-7) 🌚

DISC 18

RUNTIME: 00:41:52

DESCRIPTION: This disc contains several takes of Thom singing A Reminder to himself. Very intimate.

Time

Title

Notes

0:00

Chatter/wind noise (18-1)

“Hello… It’s working…”

1:15

A Reminder - Thom A Cappella Take 1 (18-2)

Thom singing quietly by himself outside

3:46

Wind noise (18-3)

5:00

A Reminder - Thom A Cappella Take 2 (18-4)

7:17

Wind noise (18-5)

8:01

A Reminder - Thom A Cappella Take 3 (18-6)

Cut off at the end

10:27

Wind noise (18-7)

10:43

A Reminder - Thom A Cappella Take 4 (18-8)

12:10

Wind noise (18-9)

12:37

A Reminder - Thom A Cappella Take 5 (18-10)

In a new key

14:43

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 18-1 ('What Did You Mean'), Take 1 (18-11) 🌚

17:23

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic)  18-1 ('What Did You Mean'), Take 2 (18-12) 🌚

19:36

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 18-1 ('What Did You Mean'), Take 3 (18-13) 🌚

Clearer vocals

“That wasn’t a shooting star, that was an airplane landing”

21:31

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 18-1 ('What Did You Mean'), Take 4 (Guitar Only) (18-14) 🌚

22:21

Unreleased Thom solo (Acoustic) 18-2 ('You’re a Sleazy Bastard, You’re No Friend of Mine') (18-15) 🌚

Rock/bluesy

“I am the sun and the moon”

Cut off

25:51

Noise - phone ringing (18-16)

26:03

Thom beatboxing (18-17) 🤤⭐

Best song in this compilation hands down

26:35

Exit Music - Late Mix (18-18)

Background voices at “sing us a song” are different. Definitely the album take of everything else.

31:17

Silence (18-19)

31:24

No Surprises - Late Mix #2 (18-20)

Different vocal take from album version. Original recorded speed; half-step down from album version. Same as tape 15?

35:31

Paranoid Android - Unmastered Album Version (18-21)

END OF MINIDISCS

MEDIA COVERAGE

This section was included to document the magnitude of this leak and its impact on music history. We all know 17 hours of unheard material is massive and significant, especially for Radiohead, and there is bound to be a lot of discussions surrounding it. This may help set the record straight and prevent misinformation for future fans and researchers (though admittedly, some of these articles get some details wrong).

Here are some outlets covering the leak:

(It’d be great to have melon on this list; help us get his attention!)

FAN COVERS

Here’s a couple of cover designs to use for your copy of the compilation! Here’s an imgur link for the photos.

By Rhett (the superior cover))

By u/burntheTwitch

By u/Scatterbrain1992

By u/a3poify

By u/SlodLicker

By Darth Thater

By u/lukano1602

By The Bumstickler

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ORIGINAL TIMESTAMP FORMAT

This is for anyone who wants to see the old document for some reason.

RADIOHEAD – OK MINIDISC.ZIP

OK COMPUTER LIVE/SOLO/STUDIO ARCHIVES FOR OKNOTOK

RUNTIME: 17:15:52 (yes that's 17hrs)

DISC 1 TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - 1:52 Exit Music Melody / Life in a Glasshouse 

1:53 - 5:47 Early I Promise 

5:48 - 10:48 Attention Unreleased #1 (Hurts to Walk, possibly Attention?)

10:49 - 13:15 Early Electioneering 

13:20 - 15:53 Early Lift 

15:54 - 22:29 Full Band True Love Waits 

22:34 - 23:38 Unreleased #2 (Little by little, crawls away)

23:38 - 24:22 movie recording?

24:32 - 28:26 First Performance of Lift 

28:30 - 36:33 Early Electioneering and I Promise (Live)

36:34 - 38:10 Unreleased #3 (Solo Thom on Acoustic)

38:13 - 43:11 Early Airbag
43:29 - 43:55 Reverb w/ some
airbag at end

44:02 - 48:27 Early Airbag w/ reverb at beginning (sounds like planet telex)
48:28 - 52:34 Early Live Performance of
I Promise

52:36 - 53:24 Unreleased #4 (i wanna sing along?)
53:25 - 57:28 Early Live Performance of
I Promise
57:28 - 1:01:00 Early Live Performance of
Electioneering
1:01:02 - 1:05:42 Early
Paranoid Android

1:05:42 - 1:07:47 Early Airbag Midway (Sounds like complete version)
1:07:48 - 1:10:48 Early
Electioneering (Harmonic vocals, possibly ed or jonny? Cuts off early)

1:10:48 - 1:11:21 Silence

END OF TAPE

DISC 2 TIMESTAMPS:

0:05 chatter

0:25 no surprises (soundcheck demo? sounds like the 1 on cassette)

3:02 ?

5:38 ?

8:33 ?

12:21 outdoor sounds

12:47 ?

15:30 ? (this is what i thought was exit music)

19:15 ?

21:28 some ladies chattering n public transport (russian? idk what language) (A REMINDER NOISES)

25:01 tv noises (dogwander/dog wonder inspiration?)

28:25 more noises

29:10 ? (this kinda cuts out into diff tracks i think? not sure if it’s supposed to be 1 song)

32:46 MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK DEMO (sounds very bends-y) (HAS THE BEAUTIFUL ANGEL VERSE)

37:56 ? (has warbling in the middle… idk if it’s a separate take or they're just jamming)

39:55 Exit Music (again)

40:36 LET DOWN (early version) (some instrumental jamming at the end)

45:32 another motion picture soundtrack demo

50:28 airbag (w/ false start)

55:31 ? (fan name: Hurts To Walk (My Funky Cloak)) (w/ little jams in the end)

59:40 hurts to walk take 2?

1:03:01 random jamming

1:04:31 start of a song i've heard but i forgot the name (the one that goes pa pa pa pa pa pa)

DISC 3 TIMESTAMPS:

0:10 (unknown flute and sitar jam, skipping around)

2:25 I Promise (cut intro, live)

3:37 Motion Picture Soundtrack (electric guitar, solo Thom so far). According to redditor /u/EsotericCD, this is from the 4/10/96 “Just Passin’ Thru” radio session in Rockville, MD, but is a “FAR FAR better sounding version of it than the off-air recording we used to have.” Thanks for the ID!

7:07 I Promise (first ever live performance, announcement at beginning)

11:24 String arrangements for something (Climbing Up The Walls? unsure)

12:10 Nude with full band (similar to OKNOTOK cassette, may be same take?)

16:12 Metallic percussive noises

16:52 Synthesizer solo

18:11 Saxophone solo, tape manipulated drums

19:35 Solo piano with delay, synth brass and reversed drums/sub bass

26:33 808 and acid-like bassline

30:00 Unreleased Thom solo demo tape #1 3A (Maybe this is love…)

32:40 Unreleased Thom solo demo #2 3B (I Must Control It)

35:14 Same piano delay song as before with more layers (sounds more like a song now)

39:15 Unreleased Thom solo demo #3 3C (It’s gonna be done)

42:14 Unreleased Thom solo demo #4 3D (Can anyone help us)

46:30 Exit Music (solo Thom, alternate arrangement/rhythm and lyrics)

50:50 Very early Paranoid Android section (before “you don’t remember, why don’t you remember my name?” excerpt live

52:25 No Surprises at soundcheck
55:50 Full band song that sounds vaguely familiar but I can’t identify @ soundcheck
1:00:53 Same piano delay song again with even more layers

1:06:17 Unreleased Thom solo demo #5 3E (I Don’t Get It)

DISC 4 TIMESTAMPS:

Overview: Mostly the band practicing/trying stuff out with earlier versions of well-known tracks. Some interesting synth-ish stuff thrown in towards the beginning.

0:05 This is background for some track I should recognize but I don’t (bass + synth) (Someone should see if they can ID this) Is this Man of War? What is this?

1:38 No Surprises demo. Much acoustic guitar strumming, kind of jammy

5:55 Blip of Bullet Proof

5:58 Weird techno drums + piano Oh this is True Love Waits with synths and electronic drums, no thom singing tho (PLS CONFIRM TLW SOMEONE) [< its for sure tlw]

11:03 Wacky electronic drums with some weird ambient type crowd-ish noises very OKC

14:37 Either another version of the above or a continuation. Crowd noises sound like metro/transport announcements from A Reminder?

18:22 Paranoid Android “You don’t remember” section but like.. Different. Thom is talking through changes and they’re practicing

20:27 More practicing of the same section

21:41 More practicing “You don’t remember” section. Transition to “Rain down” section this time No backing vocals. “Hallelujah” version of this section. Rain down section jam that’s fire

27:22 Motion Picture Soundtrack early version super chill bass/drums/lil electric guitar. Has synth strings. Beautiful angel verse included.

33:01 Motion Picture Soundtrack same style early version. These are good versions.

38:05 Airbag Lacks final intro. Full band. Somewhat rough. Guitar solo similar to album version. Longer outro.

43:02 Airbag fast forwarded? Then started again. Much like previous but perhaps fuller? Outro is better? This is gud.

48:03 The Tourist early version, different lyrics, can’t make them out well “If you ..something”. Different vocal melodies in here interesting stuff

51:03 Practicing alternate verse of The Tourist? Uncertain.

52:09 More practicing Tourist. Early version of chorus in here. Different lyrics, similar melody.

53:21 Palo Alto Some different verse lyrics here. Chorus has slightly different melody. Groovy.

END OF TAPE

DISC 5 TIMESTAMPS:

0:05 jamming with brief Paranoid Android (“rain down”) vocal, goofing around

1:10 Paranoid Android run through starting from “rain down” section

5:43 Paranoid Android run through from the beginning (THE 11MIN VERSION)

13:45 jamming with tape effects – guitar riff sounds slightly like electric “I Promise” but it isn’t

16:47 tape cuts into a different jam

17:57 a different jam – that gets fast forwarded through

18:08 jam begins again – heavy keyboard/synth sounds – (“I go running into the light”)

25:53 new rock jam with vocals (“when i get bored so give me one of those and … machines / i just Wanna be like …”

30:08 No Surprises early version, full band

33:58 No Surprises early version, full band #2

37:42 Unknown full band song runthrough (“don’t want it to die (?)”)

42:41 Wake up call recording and phone recording/ambience miscellany (“We have registered your call have a nice sleep”)

43:57 Thom solo demo, very cheap microphone (“I won’t be halfway down (?) / just about to make you (?)”)

45:35 Thom solo demo #2, very cheap microphone again (“One thing …” / “Is it right to (?)” / “I’m going to get you back again”)

46:49 Fast forwarding through tape

46:57 Thom solo demo #3, very cheap microphone again (“You don’t see the signs”)

48:30 Thom solo demo #4, very cheap microphone again

49:57 Nude, Thom solo acoustic demo

53:11 Choir, lo-fi recording

53:45 Paranoid Android, early Thom/Jonny version

54:06 Drum jamming, lo-fi

56:10 Solo piano, Thom?

DISC 6 TIMESTAMPS:

0:08 crunchy guitar playing

0:50 some drumming

1:17 ?

3:30 LAST FLOWERS EARLY VERSION (“no evaluations, no deliberations”)

5:22 ?

8:00 ? (idk if it’s connected to the last song or not) (“i lost my feet”?) (cool riff at around 9:40 mark)

10:37 last flowers (another early version (wtf does he say semen here) (“appliances have stopped”) (this is so sweet i’m gonna cry))

14:15 ? (kinda sounds like a very early version of LIAGH) (audio quality sounds like he's inside a tin can)

18:00 ? (song fades away near the end)

20:08 ?

23:46 thom talks about old letters or some shit (cuts in the middle of song)

24:57 ? (continues from the other track)

25:52 ? (sounds like carnival music at the start) (woah cool harp) (cool jazzy instrumental) (this is good) < u/iscreamyouscreamweall says its the James Bond Soundtrack

29:23 ? (scary urgent instrumental music; it’s like bond soundtrack muzak) (low brass sounds)

30:07 ? (snippet of scary violin)

30:14 ? (scary bgm; tim burton-esque)

30:32 ? snippet of a song repeating

30:45 ? similar snippet as above but with choir (REMINDS ME OF MPS STUDIO VERSION)

31:36 ? skipped to the end of this piece

31:57 snippet of violin

32:03 bouncy horns & guitar

32:14 sounds like battle music

32:23 more battle music

32:49 more score sounds (ominous & curious) (weird high freq. noises)

33:38 big drum sounds & some beats n shit (almost tribal)

34:19 bongos (w/ fleeting guitar? string?)

35:01 more battle music

35:14 jazz?

35:25 twinkly bgm that moves into jazz

(last few secs r silent)

 

DISC 7 TIMESTAMPS:

0:10 Unreleased Thom solo demo #1 7A (Leave your comments and reactions here)

2:42 Last Flowers, Full Band (drop out or mixing error at 5:52)

7:17 Melatonin alternate version or mix (!)

9:29 Unknown song, full band rough (“You would do the same, thousand miles, wanted to believe in, take a little piece of it” … “never go back tomorrow”)

11:43 Unknown song fragment/jamming

12:27 Gorgeous full band jam or instrumental song with organ and ride cymbal keeping time

15:03 Ambient jam, may have been used as background sound on an official song, can’t identify (Climbing Up the Walls?) – also has Thom going “hello,” pitch-shifted up under tons of delay

16:13 Solo drums — Airbag drums?

17:57 Early electric guitar version of Karma Police with very early, unfinished lyrics and the chorus: “This is what you get when you fuck with me”

22:13 Unknown full band song (“You won’t try”, “I wanna go to the edge(?)”), early version/runthrough

27:52 / 28:20 Psychedelic-ish full band, unknown song

28:41 Very early Airbag guitar, much slower tempo, rock arrangement intro –

29:18 Groovy/funky rock jam, then turns into very early Airbag full band

30:17 Very early Airbag attempt #3

35:05 Early Let Down

42:10 Maybe Last Flowers (very skronky) (?) full band version – or another song entirely?

42:54 Zx computer noises

43:46 Radio or TV ambience recording – dialogue from a movie?

44:00 Sounds like a continuation of 42:10 without Thom’s vocals – a veritable Radiohead funk jam

50:12 Jam continues — Thom vocals enter with lyrics

DISC 8 TIMESTAMPS:

00:04 Acoustic jam/demo. Thom’s really bashing on it. Some kind of open or low drop tuning. End 4:17

4:36 Acoustic Demo 1 (“you want it all”) end 7:13

7:13 Acoustic Demo 2 (“send me away”) end 9:20 (hard cut)

9:20 Acoustic Demo 3 end 11:42

11:42 Karma Police - Early live soundboard. “this is what you’ll get when you fuck with us”. End 15:29.

15:30 Paranoid Android - Early live soundboard, same show as above. Has “rain down” but no “that’s it sir”. Goes into extended outro part! The one on the oknotok tape side 2. End 22:35

22:36 I Promise - Live soundboard, same show. End 26.26

26:27 Let Down - Early live soundboard, same show? Acoustic intro, vocals start when the drums come in. Organ at the end! Second verse again instead of the third. End 31:21

31:22 Climbing Up The Walls - Early live soundboard, same show? End 35:32

35:33 No Surprises - live soundboard End 39:13

39:14 I Promise - live soundboard End 43:01

43:01 Electioneering - live soundboard End 46:28

46:28 Paranoid Android - live soundboard, another ‘96 version with organ, into extended outro. End 53:09

53:10 synthy theremin thing? Loud and scary. Climbing up the walls noises?

53:54 Climbing Up The Walls - live soundboard

58:05 END OF TAPE

DISC 9 TIMESTAMPS:

0:10 - an ambient piano track (idk either)

2:40 - ? (starts off acoustically, goes full band, slow song. “Walk down to the” idk)

7:31 - Let Down (sounds like a rehearsal, very rough, early lyrics too)

12:51 - Karma Police (again probably a rehearsal, different drums, no guitar, more bass… sounds like a really rough version of it… different lyrics too)

15:04 - Karma Police (the same rehearsal, more distortion on the bass though, and guitar… sounds more like a rock song tbh “THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU FUCK WITH ME”, it then goes instrumental til the end.

17:32 - Last Flowers (jonny is fucking killing it here, jk idk what he's doing. More band oriented, different lyrics, but same melody and key)

20:41 - ? (“tell me something, I need a job” unknown song, audio tears alot)

24:33 - Let Down (Guitars mostly, different arrangement, REALLY LONG, they’re probably learning more how to play it. I remember they said back then they never really played Let Down live due to it being “too complicated”, jonny switches to organ later on.)

25:23 - Life in a Glasshouse (very different from the finished version, sounds like a rehearsal, but has the same melody, jonny is killing it on the organ tho)

35:01 - Life in a Glasshouse (bedroom recording, just thom and his guitar)

40:42 - Fitter Happier glitching noises and piano

43:22 - ? (very low quality acoustic recording of thom)

46:53 - ? (louder… bedroom recording)

51:01 - A Reminder (acoustic bedroom recording)

53:38 - END

DISC 10 TIMESTAMPS:

0:06 - Last Flowers (different lyrics, more band structured, rock n roll sound.)

3:23 - Last Flowers (different rehearsal? includes intro and effects)

5:36 - True Love Waits (jamming)

10:06 - Everyone (4-track demo, The National Anthem, same one as the cassette tape, 'Everyone' was the working title')

13:13 - The Bends (4-track demo, this was already released at some point in 1996)

18:02 - ? (most likely from the same 4-track demo, could also be on the cassette tape)

21:40 - Let Down (a more acoustic arrangement with no drums, different lyrics, also the gain is too fucking high)

27:25 - Airbag (live demo recording, slightly seeks and skips, also jamming at the end)

29:30 - Airbag jamming

30:05 - Colins bass notes (for airbag)

30:24 - ? (its thom on guitar again, i'm gonna nickname this “dont stop”)

34:40 - ? (“don't stop, do you want to?”)

39:21 - Climbing Up the Walls (the transcript from the cassette tapes)

40:45 - the same climbing up the walls transcript, slowed down

43:16 - ? (beats followed by thom on guitars) According to reddit /u/TraxusXII, this is a “Roland TR-606 drum machine that Thom is playing along with.”

46:54 - ? (another bedroom recording of thom on the guitar)

48:27 - ? (anotha one)

51:20 - ?

53:28 - Karma Police (bedroom recording, only thom and his guitar, different lyrics, and vocal key)

57:43 - “I hope you choke” (the same bedroom recording, only a short glimpse of this song before the tape ends)

58:23 - END

DISC 11 TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - vocal singing (through effects, doesn't sound like radiohead tbh)

2:17 - Exit Music (very different lyrics, thom singing with acoustic, sounds like colin singing with him)

5:49 - ? (thom on a car ride, playing a song acoustically)

7:28 - ? (same car ride, another song)

10:23 - random noise, maybe the rest of the car ride

11:16 - ? (“let me go” thom acoustic song)

13:37 - ? (same guitar melody, different lyrics)

14:45 - Climbing Up the Walls (live at Mansfield 1996, higher quality, SBD for sure)

19:04 - I Promise (live at Mansfield 1996, higher quality than the promo released before OKNOTOK)

22:56 - Paranoid Android (live at Mansfield 1996, best recording out there)

29:24 - Karma Police (live at Mansfield 1996)

33:45 - ? (thom on acoustic)

36:38 - ?

39:32 - Let Down (live performance, early version, an organ instead of jonny at the ending)

44:50 - Old cinema soundtrack.

46:01 - old cinema evil lady laughing

41:32 - Let Down (another live recording, early version)

51:23 - Paranoid Android (live, early version, i think this one could be the Hershey stadium in 1996)

58:18 - Karma Police (same show for sure, live and early version)

1:02:01 - END

DISC 12 TIMESTAMPS:

(Most of these are live, unknown dates but highly likely during 1996)

0:05 - Climbing up the Walls (live performance, early lyrics)

4:05 - Climbing up the Walls (another live performance, early)

8:10 - I Promise (live performance)

12:03 - Paranoid Android (live, drums have a lot of reverb in the beginning)

18:56 - tv show noises

19:37 - No Surprises (thom says “hello we’re the support band”)

23:28 - Paranoid Android (another live performance)

30:18 - I Promise (sounds like same venue, live)

34:05 - Karma Police (live performance, altho bad mixing cuz most of the stuff is on the right channel...)

38:00 - Climbing up the walls (thom: “it's a song about murder”, live)

42:06 - I Promise (live…)

45:55 - Let Down (early version, live.. Really good audio.)

50:53 - No Surprises (live, great audio again)

54:37 - Climbing Up the walls (early version, great audio)

58:44 - Electioneering (live)

1:02:08 - Paranoid Android (live)

1:09:12 - Let Down (live)

1:13:58 - END

DISC 13 TIMESTAMPS:

Temp copied in from 4chan thread we can go back over this later if we want:

DISC 13

0:12 radio chatter

1:16 literally a buzzing fridge

1:45 Thom acoustic demo of Palo Alto, lyrics differ slightly from final version

3:21 above abruptly breaks into Are You Someone? (featured on OKNOTOK cassette), then returns to Palo Alto

5:43 found sounds of the city and TV

14:33 Exit Music Thom acoustic demo, more alternate lyrics

16:30 found sounds of the city, band rehearsing distantly in the background?

27:43 Lift full band monitor (incomplete)

29:35 return of television found sounds

35:50 Ed and Thom talking before acoustic jam with Thom mumbling overtop

37:38 acoustic guitars, reminiscent of the ending of IMBW

38:10 acoustic guitar noodling, Attention?

39:25 Thom acoustic demo, unknown song ("lay it on the ground/it's driving me insane")

43:21 jazzy full band rehearsal noodling, Phil drum solo in stereo midway

45:57 acoustic guitar noodling,sounds like incidental western music

46:22 choir sounds recorded off a TV

47:32 Thom acoustic demo of Polyethylene pt. 2, alternate lyrics ("the little things")

Thank you anon

DISC 14 TIMESTAMPS:

Lots of live versions, a few unknown tracks. A few appearances from “Attention” track.

0:05 Lull early version, different key?

3:22 another version of hurts to walk

4:24 Cut in the tape, sounds like more hurts to walk

5:53 More hurts to walk, Thom proud of his funky clothes

8:55 Acoustic Demo “He’s not for sale” (Contains lyrics “little by little,” seems to have no relation to TKOL)

9:33 Airbag, early, acoustic, alternate lyrics (“In the next world war, an angel at my door..”)

13:13 Overlapping conversation, sounds English

14:06 Electioneering live, Thom introduces it as “This is a new song.” They have some fun with it. Some lyrical variation from final version.

17:29 Same live session, transitions to Lift, with O Superman by Laurie Anderson intro. Good performance. (thanks to u/shanerichmond for fix)

21:35 Airbag acoustic-ish. Similar style to 9:33 above, but a different performance.

26:11 Airbag acoustic again, live. See above.

30:40 Unreleased performance of “Attention” - lyrics about “Joy of the uprising / an action with some meaning”

34:25 “Attention” again. Sounds like a full performance. Seems cleaner.

39:19 Unknown jam session sounds very OKC not sure if it’s any song in particular? Someone check this

40:26 Skips around a couple times, resolves to Lift, sounds like a live performance

44:15 Jamming on Airbag (sounds like) “It’s on tape, yeah?” -Thom

44:32 Unknown - Thom singing over muted acoustic guitar track. “Is anyone around? / I think you’re crazy / for wanting me to tell” or something like that. Volume level on voice jumps around a bit. Almost sounds like early version of a couple different things. Guitar cuts in/out a bit near end. Thom’s really gettin’ it. “You’re always on the phone”

49:04 Paranoid Android, Soundcheck? Thom directing volume levels a bit. Relatively unstructured. Slight variation in “rain down” section lyrics. “It’s gonna rain down on you”

52:15 Airbag, see all above instances of Airbag it’s very similar. Maybe some extra synth-y stuff in this one?

56:53 Electioneering live. Sounds weirdly distant. Vocal tracks almost seem isolated? “Give me one of them prizes”, “Doin’ it all” lines are in here. Must be an early performance.

1:00:26 I Promise, live. Thom introduces. Most of his speech is fast-forwarded. “I can’t read music, these are words.” --- “-REM tour, and I still look” --- “-he said he didn’t mind. This is a new song, called I Promise”. Has “I won’t fool around no more” verse. Otherwise, lyrics identical to remastered version.

1:04:37 Paranoid Android “Why don’t you remember my name” part. Sounds live? Not sure. Alternate “rain down” lyrics from above (49:04) are not present here. “Hallelujah” variation of “rain down” lyrics also absent. Thom sings a backing harmony part here after the normal lyrics. No “that’s it sir” part.

1:06:29 “Attention” again. Cuts in for first verse, no intro. Unsure of lyrical differences with other versions on this file.

1:09:20 “Attention”, but I’m not sure I’ve heard these lyrics yet? “There’s nothing better to do / I’m taking off my clothes because I’ve got the hots for you”. Also there are backing vocals this time.

1:10:00 “Attention”, cut to the actual “Attention” part, with backing echo vocals, and some vocal effects now.

1:10:44 I Promise live. Introduction: “This is for the girl who just said ‘Thom help me I’m dying’ down in the front”. Drums sound very much like they do on remaster version. Has extra “fool around” verse, but no “funny look” line from 1:00:26 version. According to redditor /u/EsotericCD, this performance is from 4/12/96 Roseland Ballroom. Thanks for the ID!

1:13:31 Song cuts out

1:13:39 END OF TAPE

DISC 15 TIMESTAMPS:

0:02 Literally 3 seconds of Subterranean Homesick Alien

0:05 Karma Police Sounds like album version

4:55 Let Down slightly different from album version? Acoustic guitar from ending is now in the intro. Otherwise sounds like album version.

10:12 LIFT GUYS I THINK THIS IS THE VERSION FROM THE PREVIEWS

14:44 Cut synth bit from previous lift intro

14:52 Airbag - Late/finished version. may be a different vocal take; different reverb.

19:47 Electioneering - Late/finished version. End 23:41

24:19 A Reminder - Late/finished version. end 28:10

28:18 bit of Alien synths

28:29 Subterranean Homesick Alien- Late/finished version. End 33:00

33:19 Subterranean again.- Late/finished version. Must be something different. Someone help me figure out what… end 37:54

37:59 Subterranean again. What’s different? End 42:44

42:52 No Surprises - Different vocal take from album version. Original recorded speed; half-step down from album version.

47:05 Exit Music (starting with a thom chuckle and an “Okay”). Same as Tape 18 version?

51:51 Paranoid Android - album take? Synths seem quieter. Slightly different mix.

58:26 END OF TAPE

DISC 16 TIMESTAMPS:

0:06 Airbag - unmastered album version.

4:46 Paranoid Android - unmastered album version. This tape might be the album?

11:10 Subterranean Homesick Alien - unmastered album version.

15:39 Exit Music - unmastered album version.

20:09 Let Down - unmastered album version BUT starts fading out slow at 23:21 during the bridge. I guess they didn’t have an ending yet?

23:55 Fitter Happier - unmastered album version.

25:57 Climbing Up The Walls - unmastered album version.

30:41 No Surprises - unmastered album version.

34:27 Electioneering - unmastered album version.

38:20 Lucky - unmastered album version.

42:40 Karma Police - unmastered album version.

47:03 The Tourist - unmastered album version.

52:31 A Reminder - unmastered album version.

56:25 Lift - final version?? No intro. Main strummed guitar on the right instead of left…Cleaner mix than previous tape.

1:00:15 Lift - similar to above but different mix. cleaner/more polished. Louder vocal. Louder synth. Lower guitars.

1:04:02 Polyethylene Pt 2 - another late mix. Distorted thom vocal.

1:07:54 some guitar thing

1:08:00 END OF TAPE

DISC 17 TIMESTAMPS:

0:11 The Tourist - studio take. Unmastered album version. End 5:34

5:44 The Tourist - Same as above? End 11:11

11:25 Polyethylene Part 2 - with its own count-in. Close to album version. Slightly different vocals, less compressed. End 15:16

15:22 Poly Pt 2 - same as above end 19:07

19:10 Fitter Happier - raw album version. End 21:22

21:29 Unknown Demo 1 - thom at the piano. “Everybody wants you but nobody wants you” “Tomorrow night in Paris”. Beautiful. Thom totally going for it. End 25:48

25:55 Unknown Demo 1 (2) - piano only.

27:18 END OF TAPE

DISC 18 TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 thom, quiet/wind noise

1:15 A Reminder - Thom singing QUIETLY BY HIMSELF (just vocal), outside? 3:46 end

3:46 quiet/noise

5:00 A Reminder - Thom by himself (2) / 7:17 end

7:17 quiet

8:01 A Reminder - Thom by himself (3) / cut off 10:27

10:27 quiet

10:43 A Reminder - Thom (4) / end 12:10

12:10 quiet

12:37 A Reminder - Thom (5), in a new key / end 14:43

14:43 acoustic demo 1 (“what did you mean”) (1) end 17:13

17:23 acoustic demo 1 (“what did you mean”) (2) end 19:33

19:39 acoustic demo 1 (“what did you mean”) (3) - clearer vocals (“That wasn’t a shooting star, that was an airplane landing”) / cut off 21:28

21:31 acoustic demo 1 (“what did you mean”) (4) - just guitar - End 22:09

22:11 acoustic demo 2  rock/bluesy - (“you’re a sleazy bastard; you’re no friend of mine”) (“i am the sun and the moon”) cut off 25:50

25:50 phone ringing

26:00 Thom beatboxing!

26:35 Exit Music - studio take. May be the album vocal take. This may just be the unmastered album version? Background voices at “sing us a song” are different. Definitely the album take of everything else. End 31:09

31:17 No Surprises - studio take. Different vocal take from album version. Original recorded speed; half-step down from album version. Same as tape 15?

35:31 Paranoid Android - studio take. Unmastered album version.

41:52 END OF TAPE

END OF MINIDISCS

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Extra Info:

Notice, this will be color coded, cleaned up, more detailed, and will eventually get around to lyrics and fan titling*? And more consistent formatting soon

Notes:

If there's any fix needed, write on the reddit post, or the leak discussion on the discord.

Q&A:

Q:What are these minidiscs?

A:These Minidiscs are leaked recordings from the OK Computer sessions that took place from 1996-1997 (possibly earlier) that have been leaked onto the internet by fans.

Q: How do you know they’re minidiscs?

A: I remember in MPIE, thom answered that he keeps recordings on his minidiscs, the timestamps also don't exceed 80mins which falls into a minidisc standard.

Q: Why is there so many ??, can't you just explain it?

A: ? just means its an unheard song, Radiohead being radiohead it's hard to explain.

Q: What are bedroom recordings? Is it actually recorded at thoms bedroom?

A: Bedroom recordings are just thom,his guitar and nothing else, it's just a nickname…

Q: How much did you pay for this?

A: $0 but a lot of hours with multiple volunteers was spent making timestamps

Q: Can I get a download link?

A: No… due to copyright, the files should not be shared, this includes the youtube, reddit, and discord.

Q: What is the W.A.S.T.E. Central Discord? Can I join it?

A: Its a server group by radiohead fans, for radiohead fans, yes you can, it's on the r/radiohead sidebar.

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