‘In Rainbows’ cover ditched at last minute
Stanley Donwood decided to ditch the artwork for ‘In Rainbows’ just before the album’s download-only release on October 10, he said on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme
Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood, the band’s regular visual collaborator and university friend of Thom Yorke, confirmed he had designed artwork for the new album but the group had decided to hold it back. “There was one [album cover] but because it was an mp3 we decided not to use it,” he told Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme. “It was a last minute decision, it was all ready to go but ended up being left on the laptop. What did you miss out on? Well it’s very colourful – I’ve finally embraced colour! It’s a rainbow but it is very toixc, it’s more like the sort of one you’d see in a puddle.”
Meanwhile, Donwood confessed he did not pay for the album, after Radiohead let fans name their own price for the record, Stanley: “I paid no pence for the album. I was just checking the website was working. If you paid nothing the screen flashed up ‘we value your custom, you’re in a queue’, whereas if you paid for it you went straight to the download code, just a bit of irony that no one got as normal.”
Donwood recalled that Thom Yorke actually suffered a nightmare end to his degree course due to an early model computer.
“All of Thom’s stuff for his final degree show was done on computer,” Stanley explained. “One of those early ones with a thin slot for the disk in the front. I remember somebody wiped his final degree show by accident just before it was due in. He had to do it all again in two weeks which he wasn’t pleased about.” Fortunately, Thom Yorke graduated in the end. [transcript: NME]
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19 Responses to “‘In Rainbows’ cover ditched at last minute”
a wolf at the door
October 24th, 2007
barb
October 24th, 2007
since they ditched the album cover for the ‘mp3′ release, i’m sure that means we’ll get the album artwork for the regular cd release. also, what about for the discbox?
luckywaster
October 24th, 2007
Thom graduated?
Lame.
h_e_n_r_y
October 24th, 2007
graduated from oxford no less 
blofse
October 24th, 2007
not oxford, exeter and some art school i can’t remember the name of. funny story though, i’ve definitely had experiences like that 
macbethscrazywife
October 24th, 2007
very toixc, it’s more like the sort of one you’d see in a puddle.”
Mud puddle Rainbows for everyone. Sweet!!!
Raymond Swartz
October 24th, 2007
Can’t say I’ve ever seen a rainbow in a puddle. . . .
me
October 24th, 2007
Hey, “me”, haven’t you ever seen oil in a puddle of water…?
Michael K. Warren
October 25th, 2007
For some reason, I cannot even open radiohead.com! I have tried almost everything in the book. The site works fine at work,om but on both computers in my household, the website simply does not pull up. Any suggestions?
Casey
October 25th, 2007
up above the streets and houses….
flom k norke
October 25th, 2007
I hope they don’t argue (stanley and tom)for this
And i didn’t pay too.
demian
October 26th, 2007
lol
October 26th, 2007
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ ∞ﻕﯓ”Kind of like those rainbow you see in those puddle’s in parking lots and draining into lake’s and ocean’s. with oil.” love ly drinking w ATer! radiohead = 
[peace love unity respect.]
sans serif
October 27th, 2007
any on hear of all the tens-piracy going on??? any ideas or is it just dumb?? golden ratio??? ok rainbows in computer??? KidA in rainbows??? A Kid in rainbows??? im confused
Dodgy on the heart
October 27th, 2007
God that happened to me once. I had just completed a four-thousand word essay on Doctor Faustus when the PC crashed before I had saved it. Fucking nightmare
Cacophonaut
October 27th, 2007
you’ll never find what you think you’re looking for. you can’t reach what you want. i have more answers than you. and i understand radiohead more than all you people. seriuslee.
like totally dude.
good day mates.
sorry but fuck all of you
October 30th, 2007
We value your custom? Final degree show? Hehe, Brits talk funny.
Meatball
November 10th, 2007
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November 13th, 2007
i would have liked to see what it looked like