On September 14, Radiohead diehards will have their shot at owning an extremely rare demo tape — one recorded during the band’s mid-80s formative years as On a Friday. The demo cassette will be auctioned off at Omega Auctions in Stockport, England.
This On a Friday cassette has always been a Holy Grail relic for Radiohead worshipers. NME spoke with auctioneer Paul Fairweather, who predicted the sale price would exceed £1,000 (the equivalent of roughly $1,500). But for Radiohead fans, the high price is worth it:
“It has come directly from an old friend of the band who was at school with them at Abingdon School,” Fairweather says. “We have copies of his school yearbook from 85/86 showing him and all four members of the band.”
Some of the tracks are been circling in bootleg form for years. But this demo is more complete, featuring “Fragile Friend,” “Girl (In the Purple Dress),” “Lemming Trail,” “Mountains (On the Move),” “Everybody Knows,” and “Lock the Door” (with remixes of “Fragile Friend, “Lock the Door,” and “Lemming Trail”).
