Now that Radiohead’s ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool, was released over the weekend for digital download, let’s talk about the physical edition.
A Moon Shaped Pool will be available June 17 for the CD and vinyl editions and September for the special limited collectors edition based on vintage package used for 78rpm releases in the 40s and 50s. The collectors edition will also include a piece of ½ inch master tape from the actual recording sessions of the albums.
The track list:
- Burn The Witch
- Daydreaming
- Decks Dark
- Desert Island Disk
- Ful Stop
- Glass Eyes
- Identikit
- The Numbers
- Present Tense
- Tinker Tailer Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
- True Love Waits
SPECIAL EDITION IN SEPTEMBER
- Case bound album, inspired by the albums for 78rpm shellac records in the library of La Fabrique, France
- 32 pages of artwork
- The 11 track album on two heavyweight 12″ vinyl records
- Two compact discs: one with the album and one with two extra tracks
- Recording tape belly band applied, This is a piece of a Radiohead ½ inch master tape from an actual recording session. Each loop contains about ¾ of a second of audio – which could be from any era in the band’s recording past going back to Kid A.
VINYL FROM JUNE 17TH
- Gatefold sleeve with silver foil cover
- The 11 track album on two heavyweight 12″ vinyl records
- Card to redeem a 320kbit MP3 or 16-bit WAV download of the 11 track album when you receive the vinyl
CD FROM JUNE 17TH
- Gatefold sleeve with silver foil cover
- 12 page full colour booklet
- The 11 track album on one CD
