6.04.2006

Radiohead, The Band Formerly Known As On A Friday: 1988 Demos

I am sure everyone already knows that Radiohead used to be known as "On A Friday", because the only time the band could practice was on a Friday, obviously. As On a Friday, Radiohead released three demos, the first of which I now bring you. My grapevine tells me the second demo, which contains 15 tracks, will show up here later today, so stay tuned. Also, since I am in a post-like-there's-no-tomorrow mood today, some other rarities may show up, including some Electrelane live, the amazing Gillian Welch Revival demos (rare! rare!) and God help us to find the strenght, MOZ!

Btw, these demos are worth a listen, they sound more brit-poppish than experimental prog-rock Radiohead, except for "To Be A Brilliant Light" which viewed in retrospect, is kinda like a sign of things to come.

Happy Song
To Be A Brilliant Light
Sinking Ship

For those of you interested in things like this, here's the recording info:
Thom Yorke - Vocals, Guitar
Ed O'Brien - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jonny Greenwood - Keyboards
Colin Greenwood - Bass
Phil Selway - Drums, Backing Vocals
Rasmus Peterson - Saxophone
Liz Cotton - Saxophone
Charlotte Cotton - Saxophone

Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire
Engineered and mixed by Dave Pegg.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

are you sure "sinking ship" isnt a belle and sebastian song!?

1:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i just found out about your site a couple days ago.
it makes me sad that i cant get most of the stuff you've posted in the psst.is there any way i can? without extensive searching i mean.

9:42 PM  

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