The collection opens with a version of Exit Music (For a Film) with alternate lyrics, including the line “living in a glass house”, which later cropped up on Life in a Glasshouse on Amnesiac. Much praised on the Reddit forum is an alternate version of Lift, a song that was eventually included on the 20th anniversary reissue of OK Computer – the alternate version, at the 10-minute mark of the MD125 recording, features an anthemic arena rock arrangement. Along with demo versions of OK Computer tracks, they feature a full-band version of True Love Waits, a live favourite that was finally recorded in a piano arrangement for 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool. The files are a treasure trove for Radiohead fans. “According to, they got the whole 18 hours of material by trading some other rare/unreleased material for it.” “We originally considered pooling our money together, as our enthusiasm over the rare opportunity to share material of such high historical interest for a band we love peaked, but were concerned about the ethics of the situation,” they wrote. The hack was first discussed on a Radiohead page on website Reddit a week ago, where a user described being offered the files for sale.
Words are inadequate but actions do change the world.” “We are so grateful to Radiohead for showing us how that’s done, both now and in the lead-up to the April rebellion. “The climate and ecological emergency demands courage, truth-telling and generosity like never before,” the group said. Radiohead authorised the use of their song Idioteque for a new Extinction Rebellion promotional video. There’s a lot of it … as it’s out there it may as well be out there until we all get bored and move on.”Įxtinction Rebellion thanked the band, describing its gift as “unprecedented support”. Thom Yorke wrote of the 1.8 gigabyte collection: “It’s not v interesting. Never intended for public consumption (though some clips did reach the cassette in the OK Computer reissue) it’s only tangentially interesting. So for £18 you can find out if we should have paid that ransom. The band’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood confirmed the hack, and said: “Instead of complaining – much – or ignoring it, we’re releasing all 18 hours on Bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion. Proceeds will go to climate activists Extinction Rebellion. The band have now made the 18 MiniDisc recordings, most of them around an hour in length, available on Bandcamp for £18. Radiohead have released a vast collection of unreleased tracks made during the sessions for 1997 album OK Computer, after a MiniDisc archive owned by frontman Thom Yorke was hacked last week by an unnamed person, who reportedly asked for a $150,000 ransom to return the recordings.
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