Radiohead - The King Of Limbs From The Basement (December 2011)

Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London in December 2011.

Setlist:
00:00:40 Bloom
00:07:07 The Daily Mail
00:11:18 Feral
00:14:41 Little by Little
00:19:56 Codex
00:25:19 Separator
00:31:53 Lotus Flower
00:37:21 Staircase
00:42:35 Morning Mr Magpie
00:48:16 Give Up the Ghost
00:55:11 Supercollider

Produced and Mixed by Nigel Godrich
Directed and Edited by Vern Moen
Sound Engineer: Darrell Thorpe
Recording Assistant: Drew Brown
Directory of Photography: Daniel Landin
Producers: James Chads, Dilly Gent, Nigel Godrich, John Woollcombe
Drums: Clive Deamer
Brass: Noel Langley, Yazz Ahmed, Clare Moss, Trevor Mires, Owen Marshall, Ben Castle, Phil Todd

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[jeromycaballero]

Only Radiohead can have two drummers and still need their lead guitarist on the drums as well.

[gpeddino]

Clive Deamer (the second drummer, famous for working with Portishead and Robert Plant, among others) said in an interview that Phil Selway called him out of the blue and asked for his help to recreate the songs from TKOL, because they had no idea how to perform them organically without having to use samples and click tracks. Phil then went to Clive's house and played him the album way before it was released. He was baffled by the rhythmic complexity of songs such as "Bloom".

They both spent a week in a studio sorting out each part of each song, with the rest of the band accompanying from a distance and chiming in here and there. The idea was to have Clive only for the From The Basement recording, but those sessions sounded so good that their 2011 schedule expanded: some TV appearances, a couple of New York dates and a surprise gig at Glastonbury Festival. A full world tour then came in 2012.

Clive says this was his trial by fire and one of the defining moments of his career. The band must have enjoyed it as well, because Clive appears in A Moon Shaped Pool (he created some of the drumming parts in "Ful Stop" during the 2012 tour and got to add it to the final recording) and he was also in the 2016/2018 tour.

[jeppejuul]

I love the fact that they cloned Phil to play an extra set of drums! that's so innovative!

[nickism]

I love how Jonny can start playing literally any instrument if it's needed

[MicahBuzanMUSIC]

The King Of Limbs will grow on you, Little by Little.

[Bandstand]

Bloom always sounds like it can fall apart at any second live. Adds anxiety to an otherwise majestic song. Love

[anthonidanowski]

bloom live is a literal fucking masterpiece

[indy_jack]

53:33 "please tell me that sounded alright" ... after recording the most delicate beautiful thing ever

[burnu]

33:26 colin pulling that face has consistently cracked me up for 10 years now...what a legend

[hxrprxt]

More I listen to radiohead, more I appreciate Colin. His bass playing is phenomenal.
He’s one of goats!

[freshpots]

53:33 - “please tell me that sounded alright...” as if he hadn’t just performed one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard...wow.

[farflownfalcon]

I love how this recording elevates TKOL to a 10/10 album.

[kiyoaki]

I've heard people say Radiohead sounds depressing or "whiny". I don't get it. It's deeply comforting and nostalgic, like lullabies for adults.

[itspaddyd]

Jonny playing the drums on Bloom looks exactly like what a guitarist playing the drums looks like in my head

[skiptracerbob]

This is the definitive version of The Daily Mail. Makes the hairs stand up every time I hear it.

[ecko]

There should be a national Radiohead Day where you just have to watch this all day.

[JackDuncanmusic]

Setlist:
00:00:40 Bloom
00:07:07 The Daily Mail
00:11:18 Feral
00:14:41 Little by Little
00:19:56 Codex
00:25:19 Separator
00:31:53 Lotus Flower
00:37:21 Staircase
00:42:35 Morning Mr Magpie
00:48:16 Give Up the Ghost
00:55:11 Supercollider

[SpookyLuvCookie]

One of the many things I love about this band is ... they take you to some strange places but you're always aware that you're in safe hands.

[timtaxevasion]

I think that in about 15 or so years this album might slowly become an adored album among most fans similar to okc or kida - ‘the king of limbs will grow on you, little by little’

[jakeola]

This album is so criminally underrated. Granted, the live version definitely shines through more than the studio version, but the studio version is still really good.