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Radiohead lyric sketchbook sells at auction for £5,000

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Radiohead while they were writing and rehearsing for their second album ‘The Bends’ has sold at auction this week for £5,000.According to Omega Auctions, who conducted the sale, the book was picked up in 1993 by “a man who had lent the group instruments and a PA sound system” at the Oxfordshire barn they were working in.The A2 sketchbook contains hand-drawn sketches, chords and lyrics pertaining to ‘The Bends’, including the album’s closing track ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ and three unreleased songs: ‘Too Easy’, ‘Idiot Boy’ and ‘Dead Bank Clerk’.Omega auctioneer Paul Fairweather said that “the sketchpad gives an insight into a crucial period in the group’s history”.The seller, who wishes to remain anonymous, explained: “When the [Radiohead].

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