Radiohead - The Bends Paperback – June 1, 2007

First off it is a great album, so that is the draw. The tabs look good. It lists that it has Vocal, Guitar, Tablature and Cord Boxes. I usually just look for tabs, but it is all there, and it is a nice compilation of everything (just comparing to the two dozen other tab books I own). And I really wanted the correct tabs for the songs, and so I highly suggest this to any online tabs you will find. As for service, the service was excellent. I bought the "popular matching folios mass market paperback" version, not really knowing what the difference was between that and your regular guitar tablature book. I found out that there are no differences. It is just the regular book, with some cool Radiohead info with it. They even have an open spread (two pages) with all of the lyrics on it. So if you don't want to read the lyrics spaced out over the music (which they also have), then you can do a quick read.On to service. I bought this on a Friday and got it the following Tuesday. So even though I bought it used from a non-Amazon seller and used Standard Shipping, I got it in what you can consider 2-3 days, accounting for when I placed the order on Friday, and the fact that there is no postal service on Sundays. SO yeah, that was amazing. The quality of the actual book was good, the outside of the book on showing minor wear and tear (well no tears, just stickers). And the top corner was a little bent, but I actually like that, "The Bends" was bent. Anyway, I bought the book used with quality of good, so the description was right. I'm very happy.

Christmas gift very well received.

As an avid Radiohead fan and amateur musician, this purchase was a no-brainer. After trying to keep up with Jonny on guitar, I'll take on Thom at the piano. This book has a nice variety of hits and lesser known songs ("Fog (Again)" was a pleasant surprise). The few guitar-to-piano transcriptions are accurate and thorough. The print is clear with uncomplicated song structures, time signatures and the real keys. Each song has the chord changes above the staff which is great for transposing to other instruments. The vocal lines and lyrics are accurate, something online sheet music seemed to struggle with from my experience. The price is a few dollars cheaper than at a music store. Perfect for intermediate and expert pianists or even as a vocal songbook.

Hi! I play classical music and grew up playing classical for 18 years so I find rock work to be very challenging to me personally for some crazy reason. But, from what I have learned from the Radiohead book so far, it is beautiful! I am a huge Radiohead fan and truly enjoy messing around with these pieces. Have fun and enjoy the beauty of Radiohead :)

I was so excited to see that Fog(Again) & How I Made my Millions were finally published on sheet music. That was how this songbook got my attention. Overall is very good & faithfull to the recordings. It amazed me that it also contains lots of synth parts the band play both live & on the recordings. It has chord boxes above the melody line for the guitar player; though, not always handy because some pieces feature unusual chords, but you can still figure out lots of guitar parts from the scores. Don't buy this if you have never been in front of a piano. To fully enjoy this, be an intermediate at least or you will lose it.

Includes some great songs never released in paper form before, but I'd say it's a far cry from Radiohead's best. It has only two songs from In Rainbows or King of Limbs. Songs I would have liked to see in here from those two albums include: Reckoner, 15 Step, Codex, Bloom, and Jigsaw Falling Into Place (among others).Also, there are a few songs in here that I feel were either not noteworthy enough to include in a "best of" compilation, or did not lend themselves to piano arrangements so well. These include: We Suck Young Blood (imo the weakest track from Hail to the Thief), Sit Down. Stand Up, which needs the synthesized drum track to bring it to life, and Life In a Glass House (which is a great song, but you need to hear the studio version for full effect).Overall though, I'm not sorry I bought this. I especially enjoy having Last Flowers and How I Made My Millions in paper form. Also, the live version of Like Spinning Plates is breathtaking when you play it on the piano. Overall, very good compilation.

Music book was in excellent condition when it arrived. Love giving a second life to things!

Several pieces included in this book should REALLY be taken out. They do not sound good transcribed for piano...And songs like 'Kid A' need to be in this book.But I like the book, the pages fold well on your piano stand, and the layout of the staffs and size of the notes is very easy to look at. usually piano books mess up the size and clarity of the song, making you turn the page in the middle of a phrase or something