''Radiohead Box Set'' is a

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of albums by the English rock band

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, released on 10 December 2007. It collects their first six studio albums and one live album, recorded while Radiohead were signed to

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''.'' The albums are included on CDs, a

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and as a

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. Radiohead had no input into the release. Commentators saw it as retaliation from EMI after Radiohead did not renew their contract with them. The box set reached #95 on the

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''Radiohead Box Set'' set contains Radiohead's first six studio albums and one live album, recorded while Radiohead were signed to

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'' (1993) *''

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'' (1995) *''

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'' (1997) *''

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'' (2000) *''

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'' (2001) *'' I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings'' (2001) *''

Hail to the Thief ''Hail to the Thief'' is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 9 June 2003 through Parlophone internationally and a day later through Capitol Records in the United States. It was the last album released ...

'' (2003) The box set was released in physical form as a limited edition seven CD box set, with each album in original

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sleeves, as a download as

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320 kbit/s

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files with digital artwork and as a 4GB USB Stick. The USB stick contains all seven albums as

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files and artwork for each album.

Release

Radiohead's record contract with EMI ended in 2003 with the release of their sixth album, ''Hail to the Thief''. EMI hoped to negotiate a new contract for their seventh album, ''

In Rainbows ''In Rainbows'' is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download, followed by a physical release internationally through XL Recordings and in North America ...

'' (2007)'','' but Radiohead instead self-released it on their website and signed to

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for the retail release. EMI announced the Radiohead box set days after Radiohead signed to XL, and released it in the same week as the special edition of ''In Rainbows''. Radiohead had no creative input into the release and were reportedly "incensed". Commentators including the ''

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'' saw it as retaliation for the band choosing not to sign a new contract with EMI. The EMI owner,

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, defended the releases as necessary to boost EMI's revenues, and said that "we don't have a huge amount of reasons to be nice o Radiohead. The box set was promoted on

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with an advert reading: "Radiohead – New album ''In Rainbows'' now available as boxset". The advert led to an EMI site selling the box set, which does not include ''In Rainbows''. EMI removed the advert, saying it was a "data source glitch". A spokesperson for Radiohead said they accepted the advert was a genuine error.

References

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