Radiohead Box Set

Infobox Album
Name = Radiohead Box Set
Type = box set
Artist = Radiohead


Released = December 10, 2007
Recorded = September 1992 - February 2003
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 334:23
Label = EMI, Parlophone, Capitol
Producer = Sean Slade, Paul Q. Kolderie, John Leckie, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead
Last album = "In Rainbows"
(2007)
This album = ""'Radiohead Box Set
(2007)
Next album = ""
(2008)

Radiohead Box Set is a collection of six studio albums and one live album recorded by Radiohead, reissued as a box set on December 10, 2007. The box set is available as seven CD box set, a digital download and a 4GB USB Stick.cite web|url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2207489,00.html|title=EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue|publisherGuardian.co.uk|accessdaymonth=22 November|accessyear=2007] The album peaked at #95 in Canada.

Contents

The box set contains all seven albums recorded by Radiohead for their former label EMI between 1993 and 2003:
*"Pablo Honey"
*"The Bends"
*"OK Computer"
*"Kid A"
*"Amnesiac"
*""
*"Hail to the Thief"The box set was released in physical form as a limited edition seven CD box set, with each album in original digipak sleeves, as a digital download as DRM-free 320 kbit/s MP3 files with digital artwork and as a 4GB USB Stick. The USB stick contains all seven albums as WAV audio files and digital artwork for each album.

Background

The band's contract with Parlophone lapsed in 2004 after the release of their sixth studio album "Hail to the Thief" in 2003. Without a record contract the band recorded the album "In Rainbows" which was released independently in October 2007 as a digital download for which the customer was able to name their own price and as a "discbox" which included the "In Rainbows" CD, a bonus CD from the recording sessions, a vinyl edition of "In Rainbows" contained in two vinyl records, and a hardcover book. [cite web |url=http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/radiohead-in-rainbows.html|title=Radiohead: Did Pre-orders Hit 3 Million Mark? |accessdate=2007-10-10 |format= |work= ] This discbox was available for purchase from the "In Rainbows" website for £40 (US$82), and was shipped to customers in early December 2007.

On 31 October, 2007 Radiohead announced that they were signing a new deal with XL Recordings and that "In Rainbows" would be released commercially as a CD release. [cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/32207|title=Radiohead sign 'conventional' record deal|publisher=NME.com|accessdaymonth=31 October|accessyear=2007] Very soon after, Parlophone announced the release of the box set. It was released exactly one week after the discbox was due to ship and the physical version retailed for about the same price as the discbox [ [http://www.amazon.ca/Radiohead-Limited-Box-Set/dp/B000YAPJHA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1200510043&sr=8-1 Amazon.ca: Radiohead: Limited Edition Box Set: Radiohead: Music ] ] . Radiohead were not involved in the decision to release the box set and will not promote it. It has been suggested that the release of the box set is an act of retribution for losing the rights to selling the commercially lucrative Radiohead albums. Parlophone have denied this and Radiohead have refused to comment on the release.

Early in November 2007, search results for the term "Radiohead" prominently displayed a sponsored link reading "Radiohead - New Album 'In Rainbows' now available as boxset". The advert, however, led not to the "In Rainbows" website, but to the website where Parlophone was selling the box set of the seven previously released albums. Parlophone soon corrected this error and Radiohead accepted it as a genuine mistake rather than an attempt to deceive. [cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/32494|title=Radiohead speak out about box set mix-up|publisher=NME.com|accessdaymonth=13 November|accessyear=2007]

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