1. Radiohead Live From The Basement
2. Radiohead In Rainbows Live From The Basement
3. The Dead Weather

In Rainbows – From the Basement is a 2008 live video album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It features ten live performances of songs from Radiohead's 2007 album In Rainbows, including songs from the In Rainbows 'discbox' edition's second disc.

Radiohead Live From The Basement

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In Rainbows – From the Basement was filmed in a day[2] with sound by Nigel Godrich and video direction by David Barnard at The Hospital Club's TV Studio in London's Covent Garden for longtime Radiohead collaborator Godrich's podcast and television programme From the Basement. The Radiohead performance was the beginning of the second series of this programme.
In Rainbows - From the Basement premiered on Saturday, 3 May 2008 at 12am on VH1. The band performed songs from their album In Rainbows as well as older tracks such as 'Myxomatosis', 'Optimistic', 'Where I End and You Begin', and 'The Gloaming'
Track listing
'15 Step' – 3:56
'Bodysnatchers' – 4:16
'House of Cards' – 5:29
'Bangers & Mash' – 3:31
'Videotape' – 4:47
'Reckoner' – 5:03
'Go Slowly' – 3:54
'All I Need' – 4:21
'Nude' – 4:21
'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' – 5:20
Personnel
Ed O'Brien - guitar, FX, percussion, backing vocals
Colin Greenwood - bass guitar, keyboard, percussion
Jonny Greenwood - guitar, laptop, keyboard, percussion, glockenspiel
Phil Selway - drums
Thom Yorke - vocals, guitar, piano, drums

In Rainbows – From the Basement is a 2008 live video by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It features ten performances of songs from the 2007 album In Rainbows, including songs from the special edition.^[4] It is an exclusive iTunes Store digital release except in Japan, where it was given a DVD release packaged with a special edition of In Rainbows.

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Production[edit]

In Rainbows – From the Basement was filmed in a day^[5] with sound by Nigel Godrich and video direction by David Barnard at The Hospital Club's TV Studio in London's Covent Garden^[6] for longtime Radiohead collaborator Godrich's podcast and television programme From the Basement.^[7] The Radiohead performance was the beginning of the second series of the programme.^[8][9] Radiohead performed songs from their 2007 album In Rainbows, plus 'Myxomatosis', 'Where I End and You Begin' and 'The Gloaming' (from 2003's Hail to the Thief), and 'Optimistic' (from 2000's Kid A).^[6][10]

Release[edit]

VH1 broadcast[edit]

In Rainbows - From the Basement premiered on Saturday, 3 May 2008 at 12am on VH1.

iTunes[edit]

The performance that had aired on VH1 was made available through iTunes on 25 June 2008, to coincide with the band's series of outdoor concerts in the United Kingdom.^[8]

The iTunes version features live renditions of songs from In Rainbows and its bonus CD,^[5] omitting tracks from the VH1 performance that weren't on In Rainbows.^[9] It's available as 10 separate videos^[11] ($0.99 or £ 0.89 per video) or in full for $7.99 or £ 6.99.^[5]

Track listing[edit]

1. '15 Step' – 3:56
2. 'Bodysnatchers' – 4:16
3. 'House of Cards' – 5:29
4. 'Bangers & Mash' – 3:31
5. 'Videotape' – 4:47
6. 'Reckoner' – 5:03
7. 'Go Slowly' – 3:54
8. 'All I Need' – 4:21
9. 'Nude' – 4:21
10. 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' – 5:20

Personnel[edit]

• Ed O'Brien - guitar, FX, percussion, backing vocals
• Colin Greenwood - bass guitar, keyboard, percussion
• Jonny Greenwood - guitar, laptop, keyboard, percussion, glockenspiel
• Philip Selway - drums, percussion
• Thom Yorke - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, drums

References[edit]

Radiohead In Rainbows Live From The Basement

1. ^Malitz, David (11 October 2007). 'Radiohead's 'Rainbows': Is Free Release A Potential Pot of Gold?'. The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
2. ^Mendelsohn, Jason and Eric Klinger (3 May 2013). 'Counterbalance No. 127: Radiohead's 'In Rainbows''. PopMatters. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
3. ^Hyman, Dan (9 December 2011). 'The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #5 - #1'. OC Weekly. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
4. ^'Radiohead From The Basement on iTunes'. ateaseweb.com. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
5. ^ ^abc'Your Wednesday Just Got Better: RH Live Videos on iTunes'. greenplastic.com. 2008-06-25. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
6. ^ ^ab'Radiohead_In Rainbows_From The Basement'. VH1. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
7. ^'Radiohead's From The Basement Appearance Goes Online'. thespacelab.tv. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
8. ^ ^ab'Radiohead tunes in with live video album'. pe.com. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
9. ^ ^abKreps, Daniel (2008-06-24). 'Radiohead Rake in Praise From Bono, Release 'From the Basement''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
10. ^'VH1 broadcast Radiohead From The Basement'. ateaseweb.com. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
11. ^Allen, Dave (2008-06-25). 'Radiohead, From The Basement, videos on iTunes'. pampelmoose.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

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