Coldplay - The Blue Room Sessions Archive [Bundle 1]

The flagship lot of the Chris Allison Coldplay collection, this archive brings together a group of original DAT masters / alternate versions and mixes created during the recording of material associated with The Blue Room EP and Parachutes Coldplay’s earliest professional studio sessions.Produced, mixed and recorded by Chris Allison in 1999, these recordings document a crucial moment in the band’s development, shortly after the members had left university and begun recording professionally. The archive includes multiple mix DATs labelled Coldplay Mixes #1, Mixes #2 and Mixes #3, alongside a reference CD-R of final master mixes (recorded and mixed at Orinoco Studios) and a CD-R of the final mastered versions (mastered at The Town House) containing early versions of tracks including ‘Spies’, ‘High Speed’, ‘See You Soon’, ‘We Never Change’, ‘Don’t Panic’, ‘Shiver’ and ‘Bigger Stronger’Several of these tracks differ from the final commercially released versions, providing a rare opportunity to examine the band’s creative and production process during one of the most important periods in their history. These working masters capture songs as they evolved in the studio, before final sequencing, mastering and release.This archive represents one of the most significant and direct surviving documents of Coldplay’s formative years.Collectibility & Provenance Original Coldplay DAT masters including mix masters, alternate mixes and alternate recordings. Created during the The Blue Room EP and early Parachutes era (1999) Includes Mixes #1, Mixes #2 and Mixes #3 studio DATs Features early versions of ‘Spies’, ‘High Speed’, ‘See You Soon’, ‘We Never Change’, ‘Don’t Panic’, ‘Shiver’ and ‘Bigger Stronger’ Documents the band’s earliest professional recording sessions Produced, mixed and recorded by Chris Allison Alternate and pre-release versions of key early Coldplay recordings Direct provenance from the Chris Allison archive Among the earliest surviving studio materials connected to Coldplay’s recorded catalogue