| The King of Limbs - From the Basement | ||||
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| Video by Radiohead | ||||
| Released | 19 December 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | XL Recordings, Ticker Tape Ltd. | |||
| Producer | Nigel Godrich, Radiohead | |||
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The King of Limbs - From the Basement is a 2011 live video album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It includes performances of all eight tracks from The King of Limbs, plus singles "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase"; the DVD and Blu-ray editions include an additional performance of Record Store Day single "Supercollider", plus a download code and a 32-page hardback book of photos from the recording session. The album will also be available via iTunes.[1][2] It is the first BluRay disc released by Radiohead, the first official DVD released by the band in seven years, the first video release to receive a retail physical edition since Meeting People Is Easy in 1999, and the first to focus mostly on performance by the band since Live at the Astoria in 1994. Other video releases such as Radiohead for Haiti were endorsed by the band, but not released by them, and the 2008 programme In Rainbows – From the Basement received a digital-only release in most territories (in Japan, it was later included on a special re-release edition of In Rainbows).
In this performance the five members of the band are also joined by several guest musicians. Most notably, Clive Deamer, currently a touring member of both Portishead and Radiohead, performs the songs' complex percussion parts alongside Phil Selway. Horn players are also featured on "Bloom," "Codex" and "The Daily Mail." In between songs, the film briefly captures conversations between band members.
Originally filmed as a television special, From the Basement was aired on a number of channels internationally, but it ran into problems with its planned British distributor BBC Worldwide, who cancelled its planned air date on July 1, 2011. The band have uploaded selected songs from the performance to YouTube, and in August 2011 they uploaded the entire set (not including "Supercollider") for a limited time on YouTube.
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