In a Pitchfork interivew that ran last March, I asked Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood if he was frustrated by his old label, EMI/Capitol, going ahead and releasing last year's The Best Of even though the band wasn't crazy about the idea. The conversation went like this:
CG: It was upsetting because I remember when R.E.M. put out Out of Time and, around the same time, IRS re-released Murmur and the Chronic Town EP and Fables and stuff. It was just really nice for them to put out the back catalogue, because I think a lot of people got into R.E.M. around then. I would love for us to have people check out what we've done before in a cool way if they haven't already got it. But we're not traveling on that road at the moment. If you start taking stock, it's like the pathologist's knock on the door.
Pitchfork: So we won't see a double-disc version of the The Bends filled with alternate takes anytime soon?
CG: No, because the other versions weren't any good!
But even though Radiohead are still thriving, the same can't be said for EMI/Capitol. So the withering label is traveling down the nostalgia trail by repackaging the band's first three albums-- Pablo Honey, The Bends and OK Computer-- in expanded, double and triple disc formats for a March 24 release. Greenwood was right about the lack of alternate takes, though-- there's no previously unreleased material involved in any of these reissues.
Whether these retreads are "done in a cool way" is up for debate. They certainly don't lack raw content. Each album will now get its own Collectors Edition (2XCD sets featuring the original album and a comprehensive bonus disc full of B-sides and live performances) and Special Collectors Edition (basically the Collectors Edition plus an added DVD with music videos and live footage, snazzy packaging and, um, postcards). Almost everything Radiohead put to tape professionally between 1992 and 1997 is represented here. New fans won't have to scrounge around for elusive B-sides and show footage on YouTube, which is a good thing.
Tracklists:
Pablo Honey (Special Collectors Edition)
CD1:
01 You
02 Creep
03 How Do You?
04 Stop Whispering
05 Thinking About You
06 Anyone Can Play Guitar
07 Ripcord
08 Vegetable
09 Prove Yourself
10 I Can't
11 Lurgee
12 Blow Out
CD2:
01 Prove Yourself (Demo) (Drill EP)
02 Stupid Car (Demo) (Drill EP)
03 You (Demo)(Drill EP)
04 Thinking About You (Demo)(Drill EP)
05 Inside My Head ("Creep" B-side)
06 Million Dollar Question ("Creep" B-side)
07 Yes I Am ("Creep" B-side)
08 Blow Out (Remix) ("Creep" B-side)
09 Inside My Head (Live) ("Creep" B-side)
10 Creep (Acoustic) ("Creep" B-side)
11 Vegetable (Live) ("Creep" B-side)
12 Killer Cars (Live) ("Creep" B-side)
13 Faithless, The Wonderboy ("Anyone Can Play Guitar" B-side)
14 Coke Babies ("Anyone Can Play Guitar" B-side)
15 Pop Is Dead ("Pop Is Dead" single)
16 Banana Co. (Acoustic) ("Pop Is Dead" single)
17 Ripchord (Live) ("Pop Is Dead" single)
18 Stop Whispering (U.S. version)("Stop Whispering" B-side)
19 Prove Yourself (BBC Radio One session 6/22/92)
20 Creep (BBC Radio One session 6/22/92)
21 I Can't (BBC Radio One session 6/22/92)
22 Nothing Touches Me (BBC Radio One session 6/22/92)
DVD:
01 Creep (Music Videos)
02 Anyone Can Play Guitar (Music Videos)
03 Pop Is Dead (Music Videos)
04 Stop Whispering (Music Videos)
05 Creep ("Top of the Pops" 9/16/93)
06 You (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
07 Ripcord (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
08 Creep (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
09 Prove Yourself (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
10 Vegetable (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
11 Stop Whispering (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
12 Anyone Can Play Guitar (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
13 Pop Is Dead (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
14 Blow Out (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
The Bends (Special Collectors Edition)
CD1:
01 Planet Telex
02 The Bends
03 High and Dry
04 Fake Plastic Trees
05 Bones
06 (Nice Dream)
07 Just
08 My Iron Lung
09 Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was
10 Black Star
11 Sulk
12 Street Spirit (Fade Out)
CD2:
01 The Trickster ("My Iron Lung" B-side)
02 Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong ("My Iron Lung" B-side)
03 Lozenge of Love ("My Iron Lung" B-side)
04 Lewis (Mistreated) ("My Iron Lung" B-side)
05 Permanent Daylight ("My Iron Lung" B-side)
06 You Never Wash Up After Yourself ("My Iron Lung" B-side)
07 Maquiladora ("High and Dry"/"Planet Telex" B-side)
08 Killer Cars ("High and Dry"/"Planet Telex" B-side)
09 India Rubber ("Fake Plastic Trees" B-side)
10 How Can You Be Sure? ("Fake Plastic Trees" B-side)
11 Talk Show Host ("Street Spirit (Fade Out)" B-side)
12 Bishop's Robes ("Street Spirit (Fade Out)" B-side)
13 Banana Co. ("Street Spirit (Fade Out)" B-side)
14 Molasses ("Street Spirit (Fade Out)" B-side)
15 Just (BBC Radio One Session 4/14/94)
16 Maquiladora (BBC Radio One Session 4/14/94)
17 Street Spirit (Fade Out) (BBC Radio One Session 4/14/94)
18 Bones (BBC Radio One Session 4/14/94)
DVD:
01 High and Dry (UK Version) (Music Videos)
02 High and Dry (US Version) (Music Videos)
03 Fake Plastic Trees (Music Videos)
04 Just (Music Videos)
05 Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Music Videos)
06 Bones (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
07 Black Star (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
08 The Bends (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
09 My Iron Lung (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
10 Maquiladora (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
11 Fake Plastic Trees (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
12 Just (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
13 Street Spirit (Fade Out) (The Astoria, London – Live 5/27/94)
14 My Iron Lung (2 Meter Session, Holland 02/27/95)
15 High and Dry (2 Meter Session, Holland 02/27/95)
16 Fake Plastic Trees (2 Meter Session, Holland 02/27/95)
17 Street Spirit (Fade Out) (2 Meter Session, Holland 02/27/95)
18 The Bends ("Later With Jools Holland" 05/27/95)
19 High and Dry ("Later With Jools Holland" 05/27/95)
20 High and Dry (03/09/95) ("Top of the Pops")
21 Fake Plastic Trees (06/01/95) ("Top of the Pops")
22 Street Spirit (Fade Out) (02/01/96) ("Top of the Pops")
OK Computer (Special Collectors Edition)
CD1:
01 Airbag
02 Paranoid Android
03 Subterranean Homesick Alien
04 Exit Music (For a Film)
05 Let Down
06 Karma Police
07 Fitter Happier
08 Electioneering
09 Climbing Up the Walls
10 No Surprises
11 Lucky
12 The Tourist
CD2:
01 Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) ("Paranoid Android" B-sides)
02 Pearly* ("Paranoid Android" B-sides)
03 A Reminder ("Paranoid Android" B-sides)
04 Melatonin ("Paranoid Android" B-sides)
05 Meeting in the Aisle ("Karma Police" B-sides)
06 Lull ("Karma Police" B-sides)
07 Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7 Mix) ("Karma Police" B-sides)
08 Climbing Up The Walls (Fila Brazillia Mix) ("Karma Police" B-sides)
09 Palo Alto (No Surprises B-sides)
10 How I Made My Millions (No Surprises B-sides)
11 Airbag (Live in Berlin) (No Surprises B-sides)
12 Lucky (Live in Florence) (No Surprises B-sides)
13 No Surprises (BBC Radio One Evening Session 05/28/97)
14 Climbing Up the Walls (BBC Radio One Evening Session 05/28/97)
15 Exit Music (For a Film) (BBC Radio One Evening Session 05/28/97)
DVD:
01 Paranoid Android (Music Video)
02 Karma Police (Music Video)
03 No Surprises (Music Video)
04 Paranoid Android ("Later With Jools Holland" 05/31/97)
05 No Surprises ("Later With Jools Holland" 05/31/97)
06 Airbag ("Later With Jools Holland" 05/31/97)
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