EARLY RADIOHEAD / ON A FRIDAY

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RADIOHEAD OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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LEMMING TRAIL 

Here's a fifth song from the 1986 demo tape. Recorded at Abingdon School. Baby Radiohead minus Jonny. Saxophone heavy courtesy of Raz! Thanks Kloome !!

FAT GIRL 

Here's a fourth song from the 1986 demo tape. Recorded at Abingdon School. Baby Radiohead minus Jonny. First line "Jennifer she wanted more, she wanted everything".

Thanks Klootme

Dic 23/2011

It’s funny how certain music scenes have become legendary – Merseybeat in the 60′s, London’s summer of punk in the 70′s, Sheffield’s Electro 80′s and Manchester’s ‘Baggy’ 90′s. When you break them down, they’re just a small handful of bands making very similar music during a very short but high-profile period.

When people talk about regional music scenes, they never talk about Oxford. Yet Oxford’s tight music community has been steadily producing genre-defining bands of the highest quality and integrity for pushing 30 years.

RIDE – who created (and indirectly named) the Shoegaze genre, TALULAH GOSH – the enfant terribles of Riot Girl, Britpop legends SUPERGRASS, Creation’s Alt-Rock heroes SWERVEDRIVER, current Post-Punk/Math-Rock phenomenon FOALS and – oh yeah – RADIOHEAD all came directly from this one scene. They built and took inspiration from it, they got support and encouragement from it, they cut their teeth in its venues and ultimately were launched into worldwide success from it.

But nobody’s ever heard of it.

So now, all of those bands, along with their less-succesful friends and contemporaries and the promoters, managers, journalists, record label owners and gig-goers who built the scene tell their story.

Anyone Can Play Guitar is not like most music docs. Using the unheard stories of some of the greatest bands and the greatest stories of some of the unheard bands as the backdrop to a truly unique and epic saga of success, failure, good intentions and bad outcomes. It refuses to mythologise and explores what can be achieved with community and the harsh realities of the music industry.

From the DIY spirit of the early 80′s right through to  the  controversial corporatisation of Oxford’s best-loved venue, ACPG tracks three decades of highs and lows in a punchy, really engaging style.

The film is narrated by cult comedian Stewart Lee

ACPG was made completely independently by film-maker and music video director Jon Spira over the course of three years.

  more infomation ACPG

Klootme has added a demo  (1986) with On Friday's songs !!!!

The songs are: Girl (in the purple dress) and Everybody Knows

Thank you so much Klootme for your demo and story !! absolutely amazing !!!!!!

 About this demo Klootme told me:

"History behind the tape is that my husband was at school with the band and partied with them (before Jonny joined them!). Phil was at Uni with us both in Liverpool. The demo was given to my husband at 17 in school. We used to go and see them play in Oxford and was friends with them. They were fairly inactive from 1987 -1990 as a band. But when everyone had finished Uni they got back together and tried to make a go of it. They went to the States...we went backpacking to India for 6 months.

Six months later we retured from India...saw Colin with a binbag full of laundry at the lauderette....."so much for the States" we laughed......."

I remember seeing them in in Oxford where me and my husband made up an audience of 6!

They weren't COOL.

The rest is history..... "

Acerca de este demo Klootme me contó lo siguiente:

"La historia detrás de este demo es que mi esposo había ido a la escuela con algunos miembros de la banda y se juntaba con ellos (antes de que Jonny se sumara a la banda). Phil estudiaba con nosotros en la Universidad de Liverpool. El demo lo consiguió mi esposo cuando tenía 17 años. Nosotros éramos amigos y solíamos ir a verlos tocar a Oxford.

La banda estuvo inactiva entre 1987 y 1990 pero cuando cada uno terminó el colegio se volvieron a reunir.  Entonces ellos se fueron a USA y nosotros nos fuimos de viaje como mochileros a la India por 6 meses.

Seis meses después, cuando regresamos de India,  vimos a Colin  con una bolsa repleta de ropa sucia en la lavandería traída de USA y nos reímos ¡!

Yo recuerdo haber visto tocar a la banda en la vieja estación de bomberos de  Oxford, el público éramos solamente seis personas ¡

No eran nada cool ¡!

El resto ya es historia conocida   … "

FRAGILE FRIEND

Here's a third song from the 1986 demo tape. Recorded at Abingdon School. Baby Radiohead minus Jonny. Hear the '80's......Psychedelic Furs, The Waterboys, U2 and The Smiths influence but take note of the very Radiohead ending! Thom's voice as a 17 year old....And Phil's drumming!