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Colin Greenwood on BBC Radio 6
Colin Greenwood is on BBC Radio 6 Music with Matt Everitt for the launch of the Radiohead Public Library, the band's online archive. The presenter lays out what is in it: artwork at high resolution, setlists, full concerts from around the world, festival sets, television and radio sessions, compilation tracks and b-sides, gathered in one place rather than scattered across fan uploads, with a library card and a membership number for anyone who wants one.
It took about a year to put together, Greenwood says, chasing down the orphans and strays across the digital wasteland. He calls it an audio-visual lending library with no late fees, no limit on what anyone takes out and no obligation to bring anything back. It includes material fans recorded and shared themselves, which the band chose to fold in rather than leave out.
He admits he cannot look at the recent material, because he is still in the middle of it. The older things have had enough burned away by time that he can look at them and simply think they are good.
20 January 2020 · BBC Radio 6 · Colin Greenwood
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