Radiohead Tracker

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1	Era	Name	Notes	Track Length	File Date	Leak Date	Type	Available Length	Quality	Link(s)

2	0 Full 0 Tagged 0 Partial 0 Snippet 0 Unavailable	BEFORE PABLO HONEY (On A Friday, Headless Chickens, Dearest, Shindig, Medicinal Sounds, 1986 Demo Tape, 1988 Demo Tape, 1990 Demo Tape, April 1991 Demo Tape)	(1985) (On A Friday is established in Abingdon, Oxfordshire) (1991) (Radiohead is signed to EMI records) (September 1992) (Work on Pablo Honey begins)		The band members of Radiohead met each other sometime during 1985 while attending Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxford, in which they used the working band title of On A Friday. Throughout their tim under this moniker, they would experiment with outlandish band names such as "Shindig" and "Dearest" according to Ed in a BBC Radio 6 Interview. However, in 1991, when they signed a label contract with EMI, they would ultimately settle on the name Radiohead based on the Talking Heads song "Radio Head." The cover for this era is a photograph of Jonny Greenwood while he and the band went under the On A Friday moniker. The earliest circulated demo tape by the band comes from 1986, when the line-up included a saxophone player, Rasmus ("Raz") Peterson. Jonny had not yet joined his brother's band. This tape was apparently recorded at the music room of Abingdon School.
3	Before Pablo Honey	🏆Mushroom Cloud	This was the very first song Thom ever wrote. He was either 8 or 11 years old				Unknown	Confirmed	Not Available
4		On A Friday	(1985) (On A Friday is established in Abingdon, Oxfordshire) (1991) (On A Friday becomes Radiohead and is signed to EMI)
5	Before Pablo Honey	Creep [V1]	The original idea, and concept of the song was conceived, in 1988 by Thom Yorke while he was a student at Exeter University.				OG	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
6	Before Pablo Honey	Motion Picture Soundtrack [V1]	The original idea, and concept of the song was conceived, in 1988 by Thom Yorke while he was a student at Exeter University, on the same day as Creep.				OG	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
7	Before Pablo Honey	True Love Waits [V1] (Mortigi Tempo, Awaits)	The original idea, and concept of the song was conceived, in 1988 by Thom Yorke while he was a student at Exeter University, on the same day as Creep.				OG	Confirmed	Not Available	N/A
8	Before Pablo Honey	Happy Song	Originally recorded and placed on the 1988 Demo Tape				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillows.su/f/f2f39eca329c8120d8f4ff501301e1a9
9	Before Pablo Honey	To Be a Brilliant Light	Originally recorded and placed on the 1988 Demo Tape				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillows.su/f/0bb167c66276f0dc6e16abb42b5aac1f
10	Before Pablo Honey	Sinking Ship	Originally recorded and placed on the 1988 Demo Tape				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillows.su/f/1155a0b417c1b5a95bbd0b5ab4831ad8
11	Before Pablo Honey	??? [V1] (Everyone, The National Anthem)	The bassline for this song has been said to originate from a highschool jam session. some time between 1984-85. “Thom demoed the song on the four-track when we were all at school when we were about sixteen or seventeen around like a Boss Doctor Rhythm drum machine and a sort of guitar fuzz bassline.” - Colin Greenwood.				OG	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
12	Before Pablo Honey	Fragile Friend	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
13	Before Pablo Honey	Girl (In The Purple Dress)	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
14	Before Pablo Honey	Everybody Knows	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
15	Before Pablo Honey	Mountains (On the Move)	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
16	Before Pablo Honey	Fat Girl	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
17	Before Pablo Honey	Lemming Trail	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
18	Before Pablo Honey	Lock the Door	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
19	Before Pablo Honey	Fragile Friend (Remix)	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
20	Before Pablo Honey	Lemming Trail (Remix)	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
21	Before Pablo Honey	Lock the Door (version)	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
22	Before Pablo Honey	In the Breeze	Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
23	Before Pablo Honey	A Cigarette	Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
24	Before Pablo Honey	For God's Sake	Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
25	Before Pablo Honey	When You Get to Rio	Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
26	Before Pablo Honey	Talk About It	Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
27	Before Pablo Honey	Cardigan	Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
28	Before Pablo Honey	Swing	An On A Friday era track that wasn't included in any of the demo tapes. Only a live recording exists (first song on the link).				Throwaway	Full	Recording	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqIZq70a7M
29	Before Pablo Honey	Thom Yorke - Mushroom Cloud	This is the very first song Thom ever wrote, when he was 8 or 11 (1976 - 1979). Probably wasn't recorded but who knows.				Throwaway	Confirmed	Not Available	https://citizeninsane.eu/media/uk/q/03/pt_1997-10_q.htm
30		Headless Chickens	(1989) (Headless Chickens is Formed) (1991) (Thom leaves the band to pursue Radiohead)
31	Before Pablo Honey	Apocalypse	A song by Headless Chickens. Track 10 for something.				Throwaway	Full	Recording	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kPuJC7OwAA
32	Before Pablo Honey	Climbing Up a Bloody Great Hill	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillows.su/f/a55279e185d8a7c02776f35b9b67558c
33	Before Pablo Honey	Burning Bush	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/e83d3773bc9452a71d7db60127408317
34	Before Pablo Honey	Mr. B/Jerusalem	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/23966585fab84e1dd72cc1785ee70503
35	Before Pablo Honey	Everyone Needs Someone to Hate	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/71c5a6762127d3c5d7fb09f188e7539a
36	Before Pablo Honey	Upside Down	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/bf5f13e39193ff07dad7d206b2565d1b
37	Before Pablo Honey	Give It Up [V1]	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/9260ff536e507d18dc17bff08c076ad8
38	Before Pablo Honey	I Don't Want to go to Woodstock	A song by Headless Chickens. Was on an EP released by the band.				Throwaway	Full	Recording	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0JcoPoihD4
39	Before Pablo Honey	Life with the Big F	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/6e35bcc33f98556261af7fcdfe6228bc
40	Before Pablo Honey	Rattlesnake	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/158e613c85905eda9768e70fb7752b91
41	Before Pablo Honey	Tell Me Bitch	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/c2b9cf5fe858c6202114cbdc3a3bb23d
42	Before Pablo Honey	New Generation	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/b2eacab4b3f6a173f36a5e812685b4b6
43	Before Pablo Honey	High And Dry [V1]	Performed live with Thom's other band, "The Headless Chickens." Features an electric guitar instead of an acoustic one.				Live Version	Full	Recording	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgEJiIAeOwk
44	Before Pablo Honey	How Can You Be So Sure [V1]	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/70b90bf3f0f0ceeb00672b68685d40f8
45	Before Pablo Honey	The Greatest Shindig of the World [V1] (Maquiladora)	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/557260f0522150e5ff2b6a6dd2df289b
46	Before Pablo Honey	Somebody	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
47	Before Pablo Honey	What Is That You See	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
48	Before Pablo Honey	Keep Strong	Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
49		Transition into Radiohead (1991)	(December 21st, 1991) (Radiohead is signed to EMI) (September 1992) (Pablo Honey begins production)
50	Before Pablo Honey	Anyone Can Play Guitar [V1]	The following recording is said to be a 4-track demo, but it sounds too much like a studio recording to be one. It might after all be mislabelled and stem from an unidentified radio broadcast				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/d2e8139ca9e180786abcbfe1be3c88bc
51	Before Pablo Honey	I Can’t [V1]	Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/a5a48bbe79014392b65f2874870d838a
52	Before Pablo Honey	Nothing Touches Me	Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/19ed5f45a499669cf34e05079e6b7395
53	Before Pablo Honey	Give It Up [V2]	Originally recorded and placed on the April 1991 Demo Tape				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/a16c2eb07289205b6867b269ca3c1283
54	Before Pablo Honey	Stop Whispering [V1]	Originally recorded and placed on the April 1991 Demo Tape				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/00f9ec2f2b606bdfe576de7e45f5fc88
55	Before Pablo Honey	What Is That You See?	Originally recorded and placed on the April 1991 Demo Tape				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/c191e18f23d27ac70a5f604d49a117f3
56	Before Pablo Honey	Thinking About You [V1]	Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/691145bcb534072259015b46b1a86f9b
57	Before Pablo Honey	Phillipa Chicken	Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/599b9de53ea64f44b8841f35014f690f
58	Before Pablo Honey	You [V1]	Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/003374ba9095e9d6e8e137819a009261
59	9 Full 0 Tagged 0 Partial 0 Snippet 0 Unavailable	Pablo Honey	(September 1992) (Pablo Honey begins a 3 week-long production) (November 1992) (Recording on Pablo Honey finishes) (02/22/1993) (Pablo Honey is released)		Pablo Honey is the debut studio album by Radiohead. Notably during this album's development, "Creep" would be released as a debut single on September 21st, 1992. Although the song would initially be unsuccessful, other than being popular on American alt-rock radio, it would become an international hit when it was reissued on Pablo Honey. The song became the most popular Radiohead song, so much so that the band actively resented the song for a long period of time.
60	Pablo Honey	The Benz [V1] (The Bends, Minty)	This slow 4-track demo, featuring a recorder solo by Jonny, was released on the Long Live Tibet compilation and was recorded in mid 1992 about the time that sessions for Pablo Honey took place:				OG	Full	High Quality
61	Pablo Honey	Banana Co. [V1]	Thom, Jonny and Ed played the song acoustically for Signal Radio february 11th 1993. It's possible that this is the live debut. The recording was released as a b-side of the Pop Is Dead single in april 1993, and later also appeared on the Japanese Itch EP.					Full	CD Quality
62	Pablo Honey	Pop is Dead [V1]	Thom, Jonny and Ed played the song acoustically for Signal Radio February 11th 1993. It's possible that this is the live debut. So reasonably, we can assume it was written at about this time.				Live Version	Full	High Quality
63	Pablo Honey	Stupid Car	-				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
64	Pablo Honey	Inside My Head	-				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
65	Pablo Honey	Million Dollar Question	-				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
66	Pablo Honey	Faithless, the Wonder Boy	-				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
67	Pablo Honey	Coke Babies	-				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
68	Pablo Honey	Yes I Am	-				Throwaway	Full	High Quality	N/A
69	7 Full 0 Tagged 1 Partial 0 Snippet 13 Unavailable	The Bends (The Benz)	(02/22/1993) (Pablo Honey is released) (February 1994) (The "Eight Weeks of Hell and Torture" begin) (May 1994) (The band stops recording to go tour) (October 1994) (Recording fully resumes) (November 1994) (Recording for The Bends is completed) (03/13/1995) (The Bends is released)		The Bends is the second studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on March 13th of 1995 by Parlophone. It was produced by John Leckie, with extra production by Radiohead, Nigel Godrich and Jim Warren.
70		In The Time of The Benz...	(02/22/1993) (Pablo Honey is released) (February 1994) (Recording for The Bends starts)	The Bends name wasn't finalized before the recording sessons. The name "The Benz" comes from a demo tape that Thom Yorke played to the Co-producer of Pablo Honey, Paul Q. Kolderie, with early material for the album. Upon hearing the tape, Kolderie said "I was a little shocked when suddenly he pops out a batch of songs that are all better than anything on ‘Pablo Honey’." During this time, the expecatations set by Creep, their break-out song, were immense. Following the world tour for Pablo Honey, the singer, Thom Yorke, became ill and Radiohead cancelled an appearance at the 1993 Reading Festival. He told NME: "Physically I'm completely fucked and mentally I've had enough." It seems that even before The Bends recording had started, the band was already under immense pressure to follow up Pablo Honey with an equally or moreso popular album, filled with hits like Creep. When sessions started, the band brought on John Leckie, of the band "Magazine", for production. The band looked up to him for his past production capabilities, and despite his dislike for Pablo Honey, Leckie saw the potential of the new material that the band had showed him.
71	The Bends	Banana Co. [V2]
72	The Bends	Pop is Dead [V2]	In March 1993, a studio demo, that is considerably slower than the final version, was recorded at Courtyard Studios during the same session that also produced the released version of 'High & Dry'. It became available on the Radiotick bootleg along with studio demos of 'Nice Dream', 'Banana Co.' and 'The Bends':				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/f5cf8ee3bdb05295777f939716f4196e
73	The Bends	⭐️Pop is Dead [V3]	Final verion of Pop Is Dead. Taken off streaming along with its music video. Considered the black sheep of Radiohead songs, with even the band themselves refusing to acknowledge it due to disliking the song overall. Thom Yorke throwing up gang signs. If this tracker ever gets deleted off the face of the planet, this song will most likely be the reason why.	2:11			Throwaway	Full	Lossless	https://pillowcase.su/f/66054da2ca37e442d968617a27095d51
74	The Bends	The Benz [V2] (The Bends, Minty)	A studio demo was recorded at Courtyard Studios in march 1993 during the same session that also produced the released version of 'High & Dry'. It became available on the Radiotick bootleg along with studio demos of 'Nice Dream', 'Pop Is Dead' and 'Banana Co.':		Mar 1993		OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/44e296693f05832f922ca2969f69272d
75	The Bends	⭐️(Nice Dream) [V1]	A studio demo was recorded at Courtyard Studios in march 1993 during the same session that also produced the released version of 'High & Dry'. It became available on the Radiotick bootleg along with studio demos of 'Banana Co.', 'Pop Is Dead' and 'The Bends'. The band officially released a proper mix of this studio demo on the compilation Sharks Patrol These Waters Vol 13. But this is the mix from the bootleg				OG	Full	High Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/bb39da3caf928f67c26570fd8e9da842
76		"Eight Weeks of Hell and Torture"	(February 1994) (The "Eight Weeks of Hell and Torture" begin) (May 1994) (The band stops recording to tour) (October 1994) (Recording fully resumes) (November 1994) (Recording for The Bends is completed)	Recording began at RAK Studios, where they would first meet then engineer, now member of the crew, Nigel Godrich. He would go on to produced all of the later Radiohead albums after The Bends. Very early on into the recording sessions, after identifying "The Bends", "(Nice Dream", and "Just" as being the singles for The Bends, Leckie recalls saying "We had to give those absolute attention, make them amazing, instant smash hits, number one in America. Everyone was pulling their hair out saying, 'It's not good enough!' We were trying too hard." Thom Yorke was struggling, both with the material for the album, and his mental state. Radiohead's co-manager Chris Hufford considered quitting, citing Yorke's "mistrust of everybody". Jonny Greenwood spent days testing new guitar equipment, searching for a distinctive sound, before reverting to his Telecaster. The bassist, Colin Greenwood, described the period as "eight weeks of hell and torture". According to Yorke, "We had days of painful self-analysis, a total fucking meltdown for two fucking months." O'Brien said each member examined their options for leaving their contracts. The October deadline was ultimately abandoned, and so recording was paused and the band went touring from May to the start of October. Inbetween shows, the band would complete "Bones", "Sulk", and "The Bends". During touring in Mexico, the band members had a major argument. Yorke said: "Years of tension and not saying anything to each other, and basically all the things that had built up since we'd met each other, all came out in one day. We were spitting and fighting and crying and saying all the things that you don't want to talk about. It completely changed and we went back and did the album and it all made sense." With a revitalized vision for the album, the band concluded their touring and went back to finish the material. Hufford encouraged them to make the album they wanted instead of worrying about "product and units". Ultimately, recording would conclude in November of 1994, at Abbey Road Studios in London. Selway said the album was recorded in about four months total. While Leckie mixed The Bends at Abbey Road, EMI grew concerned that he was taking too long. Without his knowledge, they enlisted Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie, who had produced Pablo Honey. Leckie disliked their mixes, finding them "brash", but later said: "I went through a bit of trauma at the time, but maybe they chose the best thing." Only three of Leckie's mixes were used.
77	The Bends	Bones [V1]	The song had a live debut on February 21 or 1994, the same day as Fake Plastic Trees. Probably written around of before this time, just like Fake Plastic Trees too.	~4:00	Feb 1994		Demo	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
78	The Bends	Bones [V2]			Sep 1994			Confirmed	Not Available
79	The Bends	Black Star [V1]	-				Demo	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
80	The Bends	Fake Plastic Trees [V1]	The song had its live debut on February 21 of 1994. Therefore, it's safe to assume that the song was probably written sometime during or before the early recording sessions for the album. The guitarist Ed O'Brien likened one early version of "Fake Plastic Trees" to the Guns N' Roses song "November Rain", saying it was "pompous and bombastic ... just the worst".		Feb 1994		Demo	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
81	The Bends	Fake Plastic Trees [V2]	The band paused on production of the song for a moment. Radiohead went to see a Jeff Buckley concert at "The Garage", a pretty new venue at the time, in London. Buckley's performance gave Thom the courage and confidence to sing in a falsetto, without "sounding drippy". Thom Yorke initially recorded the song alone on an acoustic guitar. He recorded the song in 2 takes, then burst into tears, either out of the overwhelming emotional impact that the performance had, or the result of "a (drunk) breakdown of sorts". We found that the concert Yorke talked about happened on September 1994, so this was probably around when the song was being worked on again.		Sep 1994		Demo	Confirmed	Not Available
82	The Bends	Just [V1]	During rehearsals, Just was 7 minutes long.	~7:00			Demo	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
83	The Bends	My Iron Lung [V1]	The released version of My Iron Lung is actually a live performance with studio vocals from Thom. A studio version does exist, but according to Jonny, it's bad.				Demo	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
84		After The Bends...	(November 1994) (Recording for The Bends is completed) (03/13/1995) (The Bends is released)	After The Bends concluded recording, the band did take a brief break from working on new material. However, that doesn't mean new material wasn't being formulated during this time. OK Computer, as an album, wasn't a thing the band was thinking about during this time, as they had just gotten of the (forgive my crude language) shitshow that was the recording sessions for The Bends, but a couple of demos that would rear their heads during the earlier OK Computer sessions, and even end up getting finalized for release, would be concepualized and written during this time.
85	The Bends	??? [V1] (OK Computer, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley)	The earliest known rendition of 'Palo Alto', which at this point was either untitled or had a different title, comes from the taping of Radiohead's performance for Dutch channel VPRO's '2 Meter Session' on February 27th 1995. It's not an actual performance of the song, Thom just plays a bit of it in between other takes. The lyrics are still in a very early stage.		Feb 27, 1995			Partial	CD Quality	https://pillowcase.su/f/25fe5138a628d0df59d3b8e7fb1068f5
86	The Bends	Permanent Daylight [V1]	The band premiered the song, that was then still an instrumental, on June 3rd 1993 in Kobenhavn, Denmark:				Live Version	Full	Recording	https://pillowcase.su/f/0f636430f25a99a0408fd530985369c0
87	The Bends	Planet Xerox [V1] (Planet Telex)	Planet Xerox was made during studio experimentation with a drum loop from a version of Killer Cars, a version which was possibly released on the Just single as "Killer Cars (Mogadan Version)". Fun fact: this song is actually the only one on The Bends to use a drum tape loop, according to Yorke.					Confirmed	Not Available
88	The Bends	Planet Xerox [V2] (Planet Telex)	Planet Xerox was included on an August 1994 Work-In-Progress tape. Likely the finished version, as there is no (rough) or (not finished) text next to it. The name, however, had to be changed to "Planet Telex" for release, as Planet Xerox was a copyrighted name.		Aug 1994			Confirmed	Not Available
89	The Bends	Man-O-War [V1] (Big Boots, Man of War)	Radiohead wrote Man of War during the sessions for The Bends, and performed it on the Bends tour. Thom Yorke described it as a homage to James Bond themes. An attempt was made to record it during this time, but it didn't make the cut on the album, nor as a B-side.		1995		Unknown	Confirmed	Not Available	Source Needed
90	The Bends	Killer Cars [V1]	Originally, Killer Cars had a very emotional, acoustic rendition. The first known performance comes from a show in... Tel Aviv, Israel... on April 2nd 1993.				Live Version	Full		https://pillowcase.su/f/f123095c47ed5b92754a9a1024a98221
91	The Bends	Killer Cars [V2]	Killer Cars had multiple different arrangements actually, all being different versions of the song at different times. For example, this version, the one that did actually release as a B-Side for the "High and Dry / Planet Telex" Single, featured a pretty fast pace feel. Despite being the one that did release, the band revisited the song later.					Confirmed	Not Available
92	The Bends	Killer Cars [V3]	Killer Cars' last developed-in-studio version was released as "Killer Cars (Mogadan Version)". This version is a lot more mellow in performance than the one that release on the "High and Dry / Planet Telex" Single, but does feature a similar outro.					Confirmed	Not Available
93	The Bends	Lozenge Of Love [V1]	Thom and Jonny premiered the song during an acoustic set at the FNAC Auditorium in Nancy, France on june 15th 1993, featuring a completely different early set of lyrics.				Live Version	Full	Recording	https://pillowcase.su/f/a7872ebf4aba8d14cce91aab5b5ad6af
94	The Bends	🏆We Agree	An unreleased The Bends era B-Side, planned to release on the Street Spirit Single CD2. Was publically known in some way, as the interviewer asked them if they were going to release it. Likely finished, mixed, and mastered for release, but simply didn't get put out as the band didn't like the song, so Banana Co. was released in it's place.				Throwaway	Confirmed	Not Available	https://citizeninsane.eu/media/uk/etc/02/pt_1996-01_rws.htm
95	64 Full 0 Tagged 2 Partial 0 Snippet 11 Unavailable	OK COMPUTER (OKNOTOK, OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017)	(3/13/1995) (The Bends is released) (05/21/1997) (OK Computer is released)		OK Computer is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on May 21st of 1997. With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of OK Computer in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic mansion of St Catherine's Court in Bath in 1996 and early 1997. The album would see great critic acclaim and praise and establish Radiohead as a household name. This era of the band's production is the one that the community, as of 2024, has the most info about, and demos of, publically available.
96		Before OK Computer...	(03/13/1995) (The Bends is released) (January 1996) (The band takes a break from touring The Bends to focus on the album)	The band, at this point in time, had just gotten off of The Bends and were touring the album. Midway into the tour, they were commissioned by Brian Eno to contribute a song to The Help Album, a charity compilation organised by War Child. The entire album was recorded on September 4, 1995 and was to be released in the same week. On that day, Lucky, the most influential track to the sound of OK Computer, would be recorded and mixed. Though Lucky as a single failed, Radiohead would take inspiration from the song, with Thom Yorke stating "'Lucky' was indicative of what we wanted to do. It was like the first mark on the wall (for OK Computer)." In January 1996, the band would take a break from the touring of The Bends, marking the severence between their old sound and their shift into their new sound of OK Computer.
97	OK Computer	Subterranean Homesick Alien [V1] (Uptight)	An acoustic version of the track that was premiered on a KCRW Studio Santa Monica podcast on April 4th, 1995.		Apr 4, 1995		Demo	Full	High Quality	https://pillows.su/f/ec436ebe353328b9dfea5c0f30fe5fdf
98	OK Computer	Lucky [V1]	Lucky was debuted publically by Thom and Jonny in the U.S. on a radio station in Atlanta. Has a very long intro. Mainly acoustic lacking any extra instrumental elements, but it's possible that the full band version existed at this time.		Jul 21, 1995		Demo	Full	High Quality	Link Needed
99	OK Computer	Bishop's Robes [V1]	Bishop's Robes' was recorded on September 4th, 1995, during the same session that also produced 'Lucky'. Thom plays the guitar solo on this song. Probably different mixing from final.		Sep 4, 1995		OG	Confirmed	Not Available	N/A
100	OK Computer	Lucky [V2]	An unmastered release version of Lucky. Lucky dates back to June 1995, when the band toured The Bends. During a soundcheck, bandmate Ed O' Brian made the high-pitched guitar sound heard on the song. On September 4th, 1995, Radiohead, with the attendance of Nigel Godrich, finished recording on the song in 5 hours. Yorke would cite this song as the song that would shape the sound and mood of OK Computer, stating "Lucky was indicative of what we wanted to do. It was like the first mark on the wall." This version of the track was found on MD126, an early album copy for OK Computer.		Sep 4, 1995		OG	Full	Lossless	https://pillows.su/f/d7b6e718aaa60a72e0192656c2a2632a

Era

Name

Notes

Track Length

File Date

Leak Date

Type

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Quality

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BEFORE PABLO HONEY
(On A Friday, Headless Chickens, Dearest, Shindig, Medicinal Sounds, 1986 Demo Tape, 1988 Demo Tape, 1990 Demo Tape, April 1991 Demo Tape)

(1985) (On A Friday is established in Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
(1991) (Radiohead is signed to EMI records)
(September 1992) (Work on Pablo Honey begins)

The band members of Radiohead met each other sometime during 1985 while attending Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxford, in which they used the working band title of On A Friday. Throughout their tim under this moniker, they would experiment with outlandish band names such as "Shindig" and "Dearest" according to Ed in a BBC Radio 6 Interview. However, in 1991, when they signed a label contract with EMI, they would ultimately settle on the name Radiohead based on the Talking Heads song "Radio Head." The cover for this era is a photograph of Jonny Greenwood while he and the band went under the On A Friday moniker.

The earliest circulated demo tape by the band comes from 1986, when the line-up included a saxophone player, Rasmus ("Raz") Peterson. Jonny had not yet joined his brother's band. This tape was apparently recorded at the music room of Abingdon School.

Before Pablo Honey

🏆Mushroom Cloud

This was the very first song Thom ever wrote. He was either 8 or 11 years old

Unknown

Confirmed

Not Available

On A Friday

(1985) (On A Friday is established in Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
(1991) (On A Friday becomes Radiohead and is signed to EMI)

Before Pablo Honey

Creep [V1]

The original idea, and concept of the song was conceived, in 1988 by Thom Yorke while he was a student at Exeter University.

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

Before Pablo Honey

Motion Picture Soundtrack [V1]

The original idea, and concept of the song was conceived, in 1988 by Thom Yorke while he was a student at Exeter University, on the same day as Creep.

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

Before Pablo Honey

True Love Waits [V1]
(Mortigi Tempo, Awaits)

The original idea, and concept of the song was conceived, in 1988 by Thom Yorke while he was a student at Exeter University, on the same day as Creep.

Confirmed

Not Available

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Happy Song

Originally recorded and placed on the 1988 Demo Tape

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillows.su/f/f2f39eca329c8120d8f4ff501301e1a9

Before Pablo Honey

To Be a Brilliant Light

Originally recorded and placed on the 1988 Demo Tape

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillows.su/f/0bb167c66276f0dc6e16abb42b5aac1f

Before Pablo Honey

Sinking Ship

Originally recorded and placed on the 1988 Demo Tape

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillows.su/f/1155a0b417c1b5a95bbd0b5ab4831ad8

Before Pablo Honey

??? [V1]
(Everyone, The National Anthem)

The bassline for this song has been said to originate from a highschool jam session. some time between 1984-85.

“Thom demoed the song on the four-track when we were all at school when we were about sixteen or seventeen around like a Boss Doctor Rhythm drum machine and a sort of guitar fuzz bassline.” - Colin Greenwood.

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

Before Pablo Honey

Fragile Friend

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Girl (In The Purple Dress)

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Everybody Knows

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Mountains (On the Move)

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Fat Girl

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Lemming Trail

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Lock the Door

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side A)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Fragile Friend (Remix)

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Lemming Trail (Remix)

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Lock the Door (version)

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

In the Breeze

Originally recorded and placed on the 1986 Demo. (Side B)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

A Cigarette

Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

For God's Sake

Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

When You Get to Rio

Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Talk About It

Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Cardigan

Originally recorded and placed on the 1987 Demo. (Medicinal Sounds)

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Swing

An On A Friday era track that wasn't included in any of the demo tapes. Only a live recording exists (first song on the link).

Throwaway

Full

Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqIZq70a7M

Before Pablo Honey

Thom Yorke - Mushroom Cloud

This is the very first song Thom ever wrote, when he was 8 or 11 (1976 - 1979). Probably wasn't recorded but who knows.

Throwaway

Confirmed

Not Available

https://citizeninsane.eu/media/uk/q/03/pt_1997-10_q.htm

Headless Chickens

(1989) (Headless Chickens is Formed)
(1991) (Thom leaves the band to pursue Radiohead)

Before Pablo Honey

Apocalypse

A song by Headless Chickens. Track 10 for something.

Throwaway

Full

Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kPuJC7OwAA

Before Pablo Honey

Climbing Up a Bloody Great Hill

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillows.su/f/a55279e185d8a7c02776f35b9b67558c

Before Pablo Honey

Burning Bush

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/e83d3773bc9452a71d7db60127408317

Before Pablo Honey

Mr. B/Jerusalem

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/23966585fab84e1dd72cc1785ee70503

Before Pablo Honey

Everyone Needs Someone to Hate

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/71c5a6762127d3c5d7fb09f188e7539a

Before Pablo Honey

Upside Down

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/bf5f13e39193ff07dad7d206b2565d1b

Before Pablo Honey

Give It Up [V1]

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/9260ff536e507d18dc17bff08c076ad8

Before Pablo Honey

I Don't Want to go to Woodstock

A song by Headless Chickens. Was on an EP released by the band.

Throwaway

Full

Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0JcoPoihD4

Before Pablo Honey

Life with the Big F

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/6e35bcc33f98556261af7fcdfe6228bc

Before Pablo Honey

Rattlesnake

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/158e613c85905eda9768e70fb7752b91

Before Pablo Honey

Tell Me Bitch

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/c2b9cf5fe858c6202114cbdc3a3bb23d

Before Pablo Honey

New Generation

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/b2eacab4b3f6a173f36a5e812685b4b6

Before Pablo Honey

High And Dry [V1]

Performed live with Thom's other band, "The Headless Chickens." Features an electric guitar instead of an acoustic one.

Live Version

Full

Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgEJiIAeOwk

Before Pablo Honey

How Can You Be So Sure [V1]

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/70b90bf3f0f0ceeb00672b68685d40f8

Before Pablo Honey

The Greatest Shindig of the World [V1]
(Maquiladora)

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/557260f0522150e5ff2b6a6dd2df289b

Before Pablo Honey

Somebody

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

What Is That You See

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Before Pablo Honey

Keep Strong

Originally recorded and placed on the 1990 "Shindig Demo".

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Transition into Radiohead (1991)

(December 21st, 1991) (Radiohead is signed to EMI)
(September 1992) (Pablo Honey begins production)

Before Pablo Honey

Anyone Can Play Guitar [V1]

The following recording is said to be a 4-track demo, but it sounds too much like a studio recording to be one. It might after all be mislabelled and stem from an unidentified radio broadcast

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/d2e8139ca9e180786abcbfe1be3c88bc

Before Pablo Honey

I Can’t [V1]

Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/a5a48bbe79014392b65f2874870d838a

Before Pablo Honey

Nothing Touches Me

Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/19ed5f45a499669cf34e05079e6b7395

Before Pablo Honey

Give It Up [V2]

Originally recorded and placed on the April 1991 Demo Tape

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/a16c2eb07289205b6867b269ca3c1283

Before Pablo Honey

Stop Whispering [V1]

Originally recorded and placed on the April 1991 Demo Tape

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/00f9ec2f2b606bdfe576de7e45f5fc88

Before Pablo Honey

What Is That You See?

Originally recorded and placed on the April 1991 Demo Tape

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/c191e18f23d27ac70a5f604d49a117f3

Before Pablo Honey

Thinking About You [V1]

Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/691145bcb534072259015b46b1a86f9b

Before Pablo Honey

Phillipa Chicken

Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/599b9de53ea64f44b8841f35014f690f

Before Pablo Honey

You [V1]

Originally recorded and placed on the October 1991 Demo tape

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/003374ba9095e9d6e8e137819a009261

9 Full
0 Tagged
0 Partial
0 Snippet
0 Unavailable

Pablo Honey

(September 1992) (Pablo Honey begins a 3 week-long production)
(November 1992) (Recording on Pablo Honey finishes)
(02/22/1993) (Pablo Honey is released)

Pablo Honey is the debut studio album by Radiohead. Notably during this album's development, "Creep" would be released as a debut single on September 21st, 1992. Although the song would initially be unsuccessful, other than being popular on American alt-rock radio, it would become an international hit when it was reissued on Pablo Honey. The song became the most popular Radiohead song, so much so that the band actively resented the song for a long period of time.

Pablo Honey

The Benz [V1]
(The Bends, Minty)

This slow 4-track demo, featuring a recorder solo by Jonny, was released on the Long Live Tibet compilation and was recorded in mid 1992 about the time that sessions for Pablo Honey took place:

Full

High Quality

Pablo Honey

Banana Co. [V1]

Thom, Jonny and Ed played the song acoustically for Signal Radio february 11th 1993. It's possible that this is the live debut. The recording was released as a b-side of the Pop Is Dead single in april 1993, and later also appeared on the Japanese Itch EP.

Full

CD Quality

Pablo Honey

Pop is Dead [V1]

Thom, Jonny and Ed played the song acoustically for Signal Radio February 11th 1993. It's possible that this is the live debut. So reasonably, we can assume it was written at about this time.

Live Version

Full

High Quality

Pablo Honey

Stupid Car

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Pablo Honey

Inside My Head

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Pablo Honey

Million Dollar Question

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Pablo Honey

Faithless, the Wonder Boy

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Pablo Honey

Coke Babies

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

Pablo Honey

Yes I Am

Throwaway

Full

High Quality

N/A

7 Full
0 Tagged
1 Partial
0 Snippet
13 Unavailable

The Bends
(The Benz)

(02/22/1993) (Pablo Honey is released)
(February 1994) (The "Eight Weeks of Hell and Torture" begin)
(May 1994) (The band stops recording to go tour)
(October 1994) (Recording fully resumes)
(November 1994) (Recording for The Bends is completed)
(03/13/1995) (The Bends is released)

The Bends is the second studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on March 13th of 1995 by Parlophone. It was produced by John Leckie, with extra production by Radiohead, Nigel Godrich and Jim Warren.

In The Time of The Benz...

(02/22/1993) (Pablo Honey is released)
(February 1994) (Recording for The Bends starts)

The Bends name wasn't finalized before the recording sessons. The name "The Benz" comes from a demo tape that Thom Yorke played to the Co-producer of Pablo Honey, Paul Q. Kolderie, with early material for the album. Upon hearing the tape, Kolderie said "I was a little shocked when suddenly he pops out a batch of songs that are all better than anything on ‘Pablo Honey’." During this time, the expecatations set by Creep, their break-out song, were immense. Following the world tour for Pablo Honey, the singer, Thom Yorke, became ill and Radiohead cancelled an appearance at the 1993 Reading Festival. He told NME: "Physically I'm completely fucked and mentally I've had enough." It seems that even before The Bends recording had started, the band was already under immense pressure to follow up Pablo Honey with an equally or moreso popular album, filled with hits like Creep. When sessions started, the band brought on John Leckie, of the band "Magazine", for production. The band looked up to him for his past production capabilities, and despite his dislike for Pablo Honey, Leckie saw the potential of the new material that the band had showed him.

The Bends

Banana Co. [V2]

The Bends

Pop is Dead [V2]

In March 1993, a studio demo, that is considerably slower than the final version, was recorded at Courtyard Studios during the same session that also produced the released version of 'High & Dry'. It became available on the Radiotick bootleg along with studio demos of 'Nice Dream', 'Banana Co.' and 'The Bends':

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/f5cf8ee3bdb05295777f939716f4196e

The Bends

⭐️Pop is Dead [V3]

Final verion of Pop Is Dead. Taken off streaming along with its music video. Considered the black sheep of Radiohead songs, with even the band themselves refusing to acknowledge it due to disliking the song overall. Thom Yorke throwing up gang signs. If this tracker ever gets deleted off the face of the planet, this song will most likely be the reason why.

2:11

Throwaway

Full

Lossless

https://pillowcase.su/f/66054da2ca37e442d968617a27095d51

The Bends

The Benz [V2]
(The Bends, Minty)

Mar 1993

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/44e296693f05832f922ca2969f69272d

The Bends

⭐️(Nice Dream) [V1]

A studio demo was recorded at Courtyard Studios in march 1993 during the same session that also produced the released version of 'High & Dry'. It became available on the Radiotick bootleg along with studio demos of 'Banana Co.', 'Pop Is Dead' and 'The Bends'. The band officially released a proper mix of this studio demo on the compilation Sharks Patrol These Waters Vol 13. But this is the mix from the bootleg

Full

High Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/bb39da3caf928f67c26570fd8e9da842

"Eight Weeks of Hell and Torture"

(February 1994) (The "Eight Weeks of Hell and Torture" begin)
(May 1994) (The band stops recording to tour)
(October 1994) (Recording fully resumes)
(November 1994) (Recording for The Bends is completed)

Recording began at RAK Studios, where they would first meet then engineer, now member of the crew, Nigel Godrich. He would go on to produced all of the later Radiohead albums after The Bends.

Very early on into the recording sessions, after identifying "The Bends", "(Nice Dream", and "Just" as being the singles for The Bends, Leckie recalls saying "We had to give those absolute attention, make them amazing, instant smash hits, number one in America. Everyone was pulling their hair out saying, 'It's not good enough!' We were trying too hard." Thom Yorke was struggling, both with the material for the album, and his mental state. Radiohead's co-manager Chris Hufford considered quitting, citing Yorke's "mistrust of everybody". Jonny Greenwood spent days testing new guitar equipment, searching for a distinctive sound, before reverting to his Telecaster. The bassist, Colin Greenwood, described the period as "eight weeks of hell and torture". According to Yorke, "We had days of painful self-analysis, a total fucking meltdown for two fucking months." O'Brien said each member examined their options for leaving their contracts.

The October deadline was ultimately abandoned, and so recording was paused and the band went touring from May to the start of October. Inbetween shows, the band would complete "Bones", "Sulk", and "The Bends". During touring in Mexico, the band members had a major argument. Yorke said: "Years of tension and not saying anything to each other, and basically all the things that had built up since we'd met each other, all came out in one day. We were spitting and fighting and crying and saying all the things that you don't want to talk about. It completely changed and we went back and did the album and it all made sense." With a revitalized vision for the album, the band concluded their touring and went back to finish the material. Hufford encouraged them to make the album they wanted instead of worrying about "product and units".

Ultimately, recording would conclude in November of 1994, at Abbey Road Studios in London. Selway said the album was recorded in about four months total. While Leckie mixed The Bends at Abbey Road, EMI grew concerned that he was taking too long. Without his knowledge, they enlisted Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie, who had produced Pablo Honey. Leckie disliked their mixes, finding them "brash", but later said: "I went through a bit of trauma at the time, but maybe they chose the best thing." Only three of Leckie's mixes were used.

The Bends

Bones [V1]

The song had a live debut on February 21 or 1994, the same day as Fake Plastic Trees. Probably written around of before this time, just like Fake Plastic Trees too.

~4:00

Feb 1994

Demo

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

The Bends

Bones [V2]

Sep 1994

Confirmed

Not Available

The Bends

Black Star [V1]

Demo

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

The Bends

Fake Plastic Trees [V1]

The song had its live debut on February 21 of 1994. Therefore, it's safe to assume that the song was probably written sometime during or before the early recording sessions for the album. The guitarist Ed O'Brien likened one early version of "Fake Plastic Trees" to the Guns N' Roses song "November Rain", saying it was "pompous and bombastic ... just the worst".

Feb 1994

Demo

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

The Bends

Fake Plastic Trees [V2]

The band paused on production of the song for a moment. Radiohead went to see a Jeff Buckley concert at "The Garage", a pretty new venue at the time, in London. Buckley's performance gave Thom the courage and confidence to sing in a falsetto, without "sounding drippy". Thom Yorke initially recorded the song alone on an acoustic guitar. He recorded the song in 2 takes, then burst into tears, either out of the overwhelming emotional impact that the performance had, or the result of "a (drunk) breakdown of sorts". We found that the concert Yorke talked about happened on September 1994, so this was probably around when the song was being worked on again.

Sep 1994

Demo

Confirmed

Not Available

The Bends

Just [V1]

During rehearsals, Just was 7 minutes long.

~7:00

Demo

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

The Bends

My Iron Lung [V1]

The released version of My Iron Lung is actually a live performance with studio vocals from Thom. A studio version does exist, but according to Jonny, it's bad.

Demo

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

After The Bends...

(November 1994) (Recording for The Bends is completed)
(03/13/1995) (The Bends is released)

After The Bends concluded recording, the band did take a brief break from working on new material. However, that doesn't mean new material wasn't being formulated during this time. OK Computer, as an album, wasn't a thing the band was thinking about during this time, as they had just gotten of the (forgive my crude language) shitshow that was the recording sessions for The Bends, but a couple of demos that would rear their heads during the earlier OK Computer sessions, and even end up getting finalized for release, would be concepualized and written during this time.

The Bends

??? [V1]
(OK Computer, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley)

The earliest known rendition of 'Palo Alto', which at this point was either untitled or had a different title, comes from the taping of Radiohead's performance for Dutch channel VPRO's '2 Meter Session' on February 27th 1995. It's not an actual performance of the song, Thom just plays a bit of it in between other takes. The lyrics are still in a very early stage.

Feb 27, 1995

Partial

CD Quality

https://pillowcase.su/f/25fe5138a628d0df59d3b8e7fb1068f5

The Bends

Permanent Daylight [V1]

The band premiered the song, that was then still an instrumental, on June 3rd 1993 in Kobenhavn, Denmark:

Live Version

Full

Recording

https://pillowcase.su/f/0f636430f25a99a0408fd530985369c0

The Bends

Planet Xerox [V1]
(Planet Telex)

Planet Xerox was made during studio experimentation with a drum loop from a version of Killer Cars, a version which was possibly released on the Just single as "Killer Cars (Mogadan Version)". Fun fact: this song is actually the only one on The Bends to use a drum tape loop, according to Yorke.

Confirmed

Not Available

The Bends

Planet Xerox [V2]
(Planet Telex)

Planet Xerox was included on an August 1994 Work-In-Progress tape. Likely the finished version, as there is no (rough) or (not finished) text next to it. The name, however, had to be changed to "Planet Telex" for release, as Planet Xerox was a copyrighted name.

Aug 1994

Confirmed

Not Available

The Bends

Man-O-War [V1]
(Big Boots, Man of War)

Radiohead wrote Man of War during the sessions for The Bends, and performed it on the Bends tour. Thom Yorke described it as a homage to James Bond themes. An attempt was made to record it during this time, but it didn't make the cut on the album, nor as a B-side.

1995

Unknown

Confirmed

Not Available

Source Needed

The Bends

Killer Cars [V1]

Originally, Killer Cars had a very emotional, acoustic rendition. The first known performance comes from a show in... Tel Aviv, Israel... on April 2nd 1993.

Live Version

Full

https://pillowcase.su/f/f123095c47ed5b92754a9a1024a98221

The Bends

Killer Cars [V2]

Killer Cars had multiple different arrangements actually, all being different versions of the song at different times. For example, this version, the one that did actually release as a B-Side for the "High and Dry / Planet Telex" Single, featured a pretty fast pace feel. Despite being the one that did release, the band revisited the song later.

Confirmed

Not Available

The Bends

Killer Cars [V3]

Killer Cars' last developed-in-studio version was released as "Killer Cars (Mogadan Version)". This version is a lot more mellow in performance than the one that release on the "High and Dry / Planet Telex" Single, but does feature a similar outro.

Confirmed

Not Available

The Bends

Lozenge Of Love [V1]

Thom and Jonny premiered the song during an acoustic set at the FNAC Auditorium in Nancy, France on june 15th 1993, featuring a completely different early set of lyrics.

Live Version

Full

Recording

https://pillowcase.su/f/a7872ebf4aba8d14cce91aab5b5ad6af

The Bends

🏆We Agree

An unreleased The Bends era B-Side, planned to release on the Street Spirit Single CD2. Was publically known in some way, as the interviewer asked them if they were going to release it. Likely finished, mixed, and mastered for release, but simply didn't get put out as the band didn't like the song, so Banana Co. was released in it's place.

Throwaway

Confirmed

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OK COMPUTER
(OKNOTOK, OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017)

(3/13/1995) (The Bends is released)
(05/21/1997) (OK Computer is released)

OK Computer is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on May 21st of 1997. With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of OK Computer in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic mansion of St Catherine's Court in Bath in 1996 and early 1997. The album would see great critic acclaim and praise and establish Radiohead as a household name.

This era of the band's production is the one that the community, as of 2024, has the most info about, and demos of, publically available.

Before OK Computer...

(03/13/1995) (The Bends is released)
(January 1996) (The band takes a break from touring The Bends to focus on the album)

The band, at this point in time, had just gotten off of The Bends and were touring the album. Midway into the tour, they were commissioned by Brian Eno to contribute a song to The Help Album, a charity compilation organised by War Child. The entire album was recorded on September 4, 1995 and was to be released in the same week. On that day, Lucky, the most influential track to the sound of OK Computer, would be recorded and mixed. Though Lucky as a single failed, Radiohead would take inspiration from the song, with Thom Yorke stating "'Lucky' was indicative of what we wanted to do. It was like the first mark on the wall (for OK Computer)." In January 1996, the band would take a break from the touring of The Bends, marking the severence between their old sound and their shift into their new sound of OK Computer.

OK Computer

Subterranean Homesick Alien [V1]
(Uptight)

An acoustic version of the track that was premiered on a KCRW Studio Santa Monica podcast on April 4th, 1995.

Apr 4, 1995

Demo

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https://pillows.su/f/ec436ebe353328b9dfea5c0f30fe5fdf

OK Computer

Lucky [V1]

Lucky was debuted publically by Thom and Jonny in the U.S. on a radio station in Atlanta. Has a very long intro. Mainly acoustic lacking any extra instrumental elements, but it's possible that the full band version existed at this time.

Jul 21, 1995

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OK Computer

Bishop's Robes [V1]

Bishop's Robes' was recorded on September 4th, 1995, during the same session that also produced 'Lucky'. Thom plays the guitar solo on this song. Probably different mixing from final.

Sep 4, 1995

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OK Computer

Lucky [V2]

An unmastered release version of Lucky. Lucky dates back to June 1995, when the band toured The Bends. During a soundcheck, bandmate Ed O' Brian made the high-pitched guitar sound heard on the song. On September 4th, 1995, Radiohead, with the attendance of Nigel Godrich, finished recording on the song in 5 hours.

Yorke would cite this song as the song that would shape the sound and mood of OK Computer, stating "Lucky was indicative of what we wanted to do. It was like the first mark on the wall." This version of the track was found on MD126, an early album copy for OK Computer.

Sep 4, 1995

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https://pillows.su/f/d7b6e718aaa60a72e0192656c2a2632a