With all the hype around Radiohead's new album, surely some kind of catalogue re-release ahead of Christmas is in order, no?
Ah, yes. EMI have announced they will release a limited edition seven CD box set on 10 Dec including all the studio albums Radiohead released while with the major, plus a live album. Those who prefer their music digital will be able to buy a DRM free MP3 box set of Radiohead's EMI catalogue, while those who like their music on a good old fashioned USB stick, will be able to buy a special USB device shaped like that bear logo from the 'Kid A' era which will include WAV files of all of Radioheads songs plus some digital artwork. You can pre-order all this nonsense via http://www.radioheadstore.com.
Confirming the special Radiohead packages, Parlophone MD Miles Leonard said this: "We are particularly excited about the USB stick which gives fans an easy and portable way to carry the box set and provides another way of bridging the world between on-line and off-line content".
As previously reported, the special physical box set version of Radiohead's new album 'In Rainbows' will be mailed to those who ordered it last month before 3 Dec. A full CD release of that album will come via XL Recordings sometime soon, probably January.