A RADIOHEAD sketchpad which was used to carve out ideas for The Bends could fetch £10,000 at auction.

The band rehearsed their second album, in 1993, in an unused barn at a fruit farm in Oxfordshire.

A man, who had lent the group instruments and a PA sound system, was given the A2 sketchpad as he cleared the studio space at the end of their sessions.

More than 20 years later, he is selling the piece of music memorabilia, which could fetch over £10,000 and features hand-drawn drawings, chords and lyrics.

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The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: “When the sessions were over I went to retrieve my equipment and clear out the room. The A2 sketchpad had been left with some carpeting that had been used as acoustic treatment.

Oxford Mail:

"I was informed that anything remaining in the room was not required by the band and should be thrown away or kept by me if I so wished. I kept the sketch pad and discarded the carpeting.”

The sketchpad even includes workings for two unknown songs, Too Easy and Idiot Boy.

A 1960 Fender Precision bass guitar used by Jonny Greenwood on the album is also going under the hammer.

The items will be sold at Omega Auctions in their Music Memorabilia sale on February 23.

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