What is THE rarest Coldplay release?

Black Dog · 16-08-2012, 01:06 PM

I find record collecting fascinating, so naturally I'm wondering: what's the rarest Coldplay recording of them all? I have heard there is a White Shadows promo out there but I've never seen one.

James. · 16-08-2012, 01:09 PM

Hmmmm.... maybe the Safety EP? Only 500 copies of that were ever made if I recall.

Black Dog · 16-08-2012, 01:11 PM

Oh that's right. That's probably it.

Black Dog · 16-08-2012, 01:12 PM

This one might be more obscure and rare (though less collectible). eBay seller claims only 300 copies made of it

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLDPLAY-Wha...item4d03effc70

Tash · 16-08-2012, 01:21 PM

Ode To Deodorant promo cassette, but that wasn't officially released so I guess that doesn't count

Black Dog · 16-08-2012, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tash;5386662
Ode To Deodorant promo cassette, but that wasn't officially released so I guess that doesn't count

Are there any copies out there though?

James. · 16-08-2012, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Dog;5386663
Are there any copies out there though?

There must be, as someone who owned one leaked it in 2006. Not sure how many exist though.

Tash · 16-08-2012, 01:53 PM

There are CD's and demo cassettes of it, but I don't know how many.

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March 22, 2010 - submitted by Evelien, Belgium

Q. Dear Oracle,
I was wondering the other day: was Ode to Deodorant ever burnt on a cd and given away or something? I know they made a cassette and sent it to a radio station for a competition, but a cassette seems very 'old school', even for those days.
( + saw one pass on ebay several months ago and I was wondering if it was a genuine copy).

Thanks in advance !

The Oracle replies:

Well the master copy of the track was certainly burned onto a cd. Cassettes were still circulating in the demo world but they were on their way out. It was more to send to Radio Stations to play although there was an Xfm competition they entered too. (The Safety EP -on cd- had been sent to Steve Lamacq at Radio 1 earlier than this though).
If the copy you saw was the same one that I also saw it was indeed an original.

66 · 17-08-2012, 02:09 AM

Aside from Safety and Ode, the What If promo CDs are super rare, and all the vinyl acetates are very hard to find. The Speed of Sounds were numbered out of 20, I think...or maybe it was 10.

DundahMifflin · 17-08-2012, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 66;5386956
Aside from Safety and Ode, the What If promo CDs are super rare, and all the vinyl acetates are very hard to find. The Speed of Sounds were numbered out of 20, I think...or maybe it was 10.

Wait, seriously? I have two Speed of Sound singles. Interesting!

James. · 17-08-2012, 02:35 PM

What about the Mince Spies EP? How limited was that?

Tash · 17-08-2012, 02:37 PM

^ 1000 copies

Denise · 17-08-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DundahMifflin;5387104
Wait, seriously? I have two Speed of Sound singles. Interesting!

She meant the acetate vinyls for Speed of Sound, not the cd or regular 10" version, which are not really hard to find

busybeeburns · 17-08-2012, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Tash;5387221
^ 1000 copies

and I've got 1/500th of them

Tash · 17-08-2012, 07:50 PM

^ You or you and Jen?

16-08-2012, 01:06 PM	#1
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16-08-2012, 01:12 PM	#4
Black Dog Live From Michigan! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 23,859 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 18 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	This one might be more obscure and rare (though less collectible). eBay seller claims only 300 copies made of it http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLDPLAY-Wha...item4d03effc70 __________________

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16-08-2012, 01:30 PM	#6
Black Dog Live From Michigan! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 23,859 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 18 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Tash;5386662 Ode To Deodorant promo cassette, but that wasn't officially released so I guess that doesn't count Are there any copies out there though? __________________

16-08-2012, 01:38 PM	#7
James. Let's use this dynamite Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,177 My Mood: Location: The next century, where the universal's free Gender: Country: Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: 42 or White Shadows Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 90 Thanks given: 160 Thanked 303 Times in 175 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Black Dog;5386663 Are there any copies out there though? There must be, as someone who owned one leaked it in 2006. Not sure how many exist though. __________________ Keeper of: Spoiler Murder - "What could it possibly gain?" White Shadows - "Part of a system, a plan, I am... I don't know why I feel so tongue tied, I don't know why I feel so skinned alive

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Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	There are CD's and demo cassettes of it, but I don't know how many. : Quote: March 22, 2010 - submitted by Evelien, Belgium Q. Dear Oracle, I was wondering the other day: was Ode to Deodorant ever burnt on a cd and given away or something? I know they made a cassette and sent it to a radio station for a competition, but a cassette seems very 'old school', even for those days. ( + saw one pass on ebay several months ago and I was wondering if it was a genuine copy). Thanks in advance ! The Oracle replies: Well the master copy of the track was certainly burned onto a cd. Cassettes were still circulating in the demo world but they were on their way out. It was more to send to Radio Stations to play although there was an Xfm competition they entered too. (The Safety EP -on cd- had been sent to Steve Lamacq at Radio 1 earlier than this though). If the copy you saw was the same one that I also saw it was indeed an original. __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

17-08-2012, 02:09 AM	#9
66 Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 713 Location: chicago Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Aside from Safety and Ode, the What If promo CDs are super rare, and all the vinyl acetates are very hard to find. The Speed of Sounds were numbered out of 20, I think...or maybe it was 10.

17-08-2012, 08:43 AM	#10
DundahMifflin He never rows. Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,897 My Mood: Location: Amarillo, TX Gender: Country: Seen CP: 1 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 362 Thanked 111 Times in 77 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by 66;5386956 Aside from Safety and Ode, the What If promo CDs are super rare, and all the vinyl acetates are very hard to find. The Speed of Sounds were numbered out of 20, I think...or maybe it was 10. Wait, seriously? I have two Speed of Sound singles. Interesting! __________________

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James. Let's use this dynamite Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,177 My Mood: Location: The next century, where the universal's free Gender: Country: Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: 42 or White Shadows Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 90 Thanks given: 160 Thanked 303 Times in 175 Posts	What about the Mince Spies EP? How limited was that? __________________ Keeper of: Spoiler Murder - "What could it possibly gain?" White Shadows - "Part of a system, a plan, I am... I don't know why I feel so tongue tied, I don't know why I feel so skinned alive

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17-08-2012, 07:50 PM	#15
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	^ You or you and Jen? __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42