RadioheadThe Bends

Label:

Parlophone – 7243 8 29626 1 8

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Repress

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Alternative Rock

Tracklist

A1 Planet Telex 4:22
A2 The Bends 3:58
A3 High And Dry
Co-producerJim Warren
EngineerNigel Godrich
Engineer [Assistant]Shelley Saunders
ProducerRadiohead
4:17
A4 Fake Plastic Trees 4:50
A5 Bones 3:07
A6 (Nice Dream) 3:51
B1 Just 3:52
B2 My Iron Lung 4:36
B3 Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was 3:28
B4 Black Star
Co-producerNigel Godrich
ProducerRadiohead
4:03
B5 Sulk 3:42
B6 Street Spirit (Fade Out) 4:13

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtRak Studios
  • Recorded AtThe Manor
  • Recorded AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Mixed AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Mixed AtFort Apache
  • Mastered AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Edited AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Pressed ByEMI Records

Credits

  • Arranged By [Strings]Thom*
  • Artwork [Fine Art By]The White Chocolate Farm
  • Artwork [Pasting]Green Ink
  • BassColin Greenwood
  • CelloCaroline Lavelle
  • DrumsPhil Selway
  • Guitar, Backing VocalsEd O'Brien
  • Guitar, Organ, Recorder, Synthesizer, PianoJonny Greenwood
  • Mastered By, Edited ByChris Blair
  • Mixed BySean Slade
  • ProducerJohn Leckie (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5, B6)
  • Viola, ViolinJohn Matthias
  • Vocals, Guitar, PianoThom Yorke
  • Written-ByRadiohead

Notes

Differences between this and the 1st 1995 pressing are:

Matte cover and inner sleeve.
Large pixelated 0% in lower left corner of b/w side of inner sleeve.
Matrix number stampings end in -2.
Red pound symbol in the black circle on labels (on left, between TRADE and MARK).
For a version with the same runouts but without the pound sign, and two concentric circles on labels, please see Radiohead - The Bends.
Please see Radiohead - The Bends for glossy jacket and inner, large pixelated 0%, Matrix ending -2, only one circle on labels, and no £ on record labels.

Matrix numbers stamped except the words in capital letters which are etched
Printed in UK [Jacket]
MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND [Labels]
Pressed on 120g standard weight vinyl.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 7 2438 29626 1 8
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): PCS 7372 A-01-01-2 D SHE'S OUT WITH HER ANSWERPHONE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): PCS 7372 B-01-01-2 D (NICE DREAM)

Other Versions (5 of 200)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
The Bends (Cassette, Album, Promo) Capitol Records none US 1994
Recently Edited
The Bends (CDr, Album, Test Pressing, Stereo) Not On Label none UK 1994
New Submission
The Bends (Cassette, Advance, Album, Promo) Not on label none UK 1994
The Bends (CD, Album) Parlophone 7243 8 29626 2 5, CDPCS 7372 UK 1995
Recently Edited
The Bends = ザ・ベンズ (CD, Album) EMI TO-8489, CDPCS 7372 Japan 1995

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Reviews

  • farty81's avatar
    farty81
    I have this record. Got all the right stuff in the dead wax. And correct label etc. Bought it in 1996, I think. It sounds incredible. I'd actually forgotten how good this album is
    • Lylecoyote's avatar
      Lylecoyote
      My pressing has pcs7372 A-01-01- (she's out with her answer phone) D .No 1 or 2 or 3 after the last dash. Its the same for side B. Has anyone else seen this?
      • Mjt510's avatar
        Mjt510
        Mine says Morcheeba! lol weird mispress, couldn't believe i had something rare on my hands.
        • Foo4Fun's avatar
          Foo4Fun
          My pressing has the Trade Mark w/ red £ both sides, the matrix is PCS 7372 A-01-01-2 D with hand etched words, and the giant pixelated 0% on the lower left read corner of the inner. However, my jacket and inner sleeve are glossy, as with the Later 1st Press.
          • cherp's avatar
            cherp
            My pressing has the pound symbol on side one and not on side 2, can anyone tell me if this is belongs under this press or not?
            • postblueink's avatar
              postblueink
              will buy original inner sleeve without " 0% " on it.
              • kyle15's avatar
                kyle15
                Edited 8 years ago
                Mine has the matrix info listed here, but with a £ on both labels and 0% on inner. Not 180g either. Old "made in England" sticker under barcode likely placed by whoever imported back in the day.
                • KristoKoppel's avatar
                  KristoKoppel
                  So this copy has no red "pound" sign on A side and a red pound sign on B side? At least it is so on the pictures. Someone wrote that this copy should have a blue inner sleeve (compared to the 2007 version), but as I can see from the pictures it is white. Total headache!
                  • barondavid09's avatar
                    barondavid09
                    My copy of The Bends has red pound signs on labels and Matrix ends in -1 consistent with first pressing however there is 0% symbol on inner. Can anyone shed any light on this please it's baffled me. Thank you.
                    Barcode: 7 2438 29626 1 8
                    Matrix / Runout (A Stamped): PCS 7372 A-01-01-1 SHE'S OUT WITH HER ANSWERPHONE D
                    Matrix / Runout (B Stamped): PCS 7372 B-01-01-1 (NICE DREAM) D
                    • gary.p.watson's avatar
                      gary.p.watson
                      I have just bought a copy on vinyl, and I have the same as cackman: pound sign on the label, 0% on the inner sleeve.

                      What I am interested in knowing is: seeing as they have the same runout codes, would that mean they were both pressed from the same 1995 master?

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