Safety EP
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Safety was the first public release by English
band Coldplay
. It was recorded over a weekend during May 1998, and was intended as a demo
for record companies. It was financed by the band and their manager Phil Harvey
for around £200.
Everyone involved was so pleased with the finished product that they decided to pay for 500 copies to be manufactured for distribution around London. Only about 50 copies ever made it to record stores, as they gave most of the copies away to record companies and their friends and families. The EP is unavailable on iTunes and therefore is such a rarity that it is known to fetch in excess of £2000 on eBay
.
Although this EP is not the most readily available of Coldplay releases (along with the Mince Spies EP), "Bigger Stronger" and "Such a Rush" (in an edited form) are both on the second proper Coldplay release The Blue Room EP and "No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground" appears as the B-side to "Yellow" on the UK CD release.
The cover photo of lead singer Chris Martin
was taken by John Hilton, a friend of the band.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
band Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
. It was recorded over a weekend during May 1998, and was intended as a demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
for record companies. It was financed by the band and their manager Phil Harvey
Phil Harvey (manager)
Phil Harvey is the former manager and sometime 'creative director' of the English rock group Coldplay....
for around £200.
Everyone involved was so pleased with the finished product that they decided to pay for 500 copies to be manufactured for distribution around London. Only about 50 copies ever made it to record stores, as they gave most of the copies away to record companies and their friends and families. The EP is unavailable on iTunes and therefore is such a rarity that it is known to fetch in excess of £2000 on eBay
EBay
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.
Although this EP is not the most readily available of Coldplay releases (along with the Mince Spies EP), "Bigger Stronger" and "Such a Rush" (in an edited form) are both on the second proper Coldplay release The Blue Room EP and "No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground" appears as the B-side to "Yellow" on the UK CD release.
The cover photo of lead singer Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin is an English song-writer, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay. He is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.-Early life:...
was taken by John Hilton, a friend of the band.
Track listing
- "Bigger Stronger" – 4:49
- "No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground" – 4:31
- "Such a Rush" – 4:57