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Coldplay 'Brothers & Sisters' EP 25th Anniversary Edition | Gatefold double 7" vinyl pressed on blue and pink colour BioViny | Silver laminate sleeve | Hot foil embossed colour inner sleeves | Includes the tracks 'Brothers & Sisters', 'Easy To Please', 'Only Superstition' and new addition 'The Story of Brothers & Sisters by Simon Williams (Fierce Panda Records)'
Limited Edition
Disc 1
Brothers & Sisters
Easy To Please
Disc 2
Only Superstition
The Story of Brothers & Sisters by Simon Williams (Fierce Panda Records)
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Gatefold double BioVinyl 7" single available for pre-order now for release on 15th Nov
Today, 26th April, marks 25 years to the day since Coldplay released the ‘Brothers & Sisters’ EP via Fierce Panda. In celebration, an anniversary edition is now available to pre-order, as a gatefold double BioVinyl 7" via Fierce Panda Records - the bands first record label.
The original ‘Brothers & Sisters’ release was a two-track 7” (‘Brothers & Sisters’ and ‘Easy To Please’) and a three track CD single, with ‘Only Superstition’ as the third song which, while not included on the original 7" vinyl release, appears on this special 25th anniversary edition. The release captured the essence of a young band, defining their sound and finding their fanbase. The three songs cost £450 to record and it roared to number 92 in the charts.
As a curious bonus, the fourth track on the EP is a new addition, ‘The Story of Brothers & Sisters'. This is a spoken word excerpt lifted from the audiobook of ‘Pandamonium! How Not To Run A Record Label’ by Fierce Panda founder Simon Williams. In ‘Knee-Trembler’ (Chapter 17, pages 159-168) he describes in raffishly intimate detail the how's, why's and wherefores of Coldplay’s early days shaking the timbers of the Camden Falcon, the Kentish Town Bull & Gate and Station Studios in Southgate, as well as being championed by Radio One’s Evening Session and getting their first reviews in the NME newspaper on their way to ‘Brothers & Sisters’, their debut release.
The Fierce Panda label is itself celebrating its 30th anniversary, which means they were not even five years old when they first encountered Coldplay at the Camden Falcon in November 1998.
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releases November 15, 2024
All Songs by Berryman / Buckland / Champion / Martin (Coldplay)
Produced by Crash & Coldplay
Engineered & Mixed by Mike Beever
Recorded at Station Studios
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios
Original Artwork & Photography by John Hilton
Chief Phil Harvey
(P) & (C) 1999 Fierce Panda Records
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