MANSUN - BEFORE THE GREY LANTERN[RSD 2023] Price: €34.99 Format: LP Availability: Immediate Dispatch

RECORD STORE DAY 2023

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A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE PRE-ATTACK OF THE GREY
LANTERN ERA SINGLES & B-SIDES, RELEASED ON LP FOR THE FIRST
TIME FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2023.
In 1995, Mansun signed to the legendary record label Parlophone (home
to The Beatles & Radiohead) & headed to the studio to record their
seminal #1 album Attack Of The Grey Lantern
The debut album topped the charts & remains one of the classic brit pop albums
of the 90s. Formed in Chester in 1994, the band wrote & released a collection of
songs before the album sessions, released on CD/7-inch vinyl leading up to their
debut album. Now, for the frst time, these pre- Grey Lantern tracks has been
compiled on this essential album - Before The Grey Lantern.
Included in the compilation is Take It Easy Chicken (1995 Original Self Released
Version), the bands frst ever single & a song Mansun famously closed sets with,
right up until they disbanded in 2003. Elsewhere on the record, stand- out
moments include tracks from the bands One, Two, Three, Four & Five EPs & Bsides from the Stripper Vicar & Wide Open Space singles.
The exclusive LP is available as a Record Store Day 2023 release on black vinyl.
Kscope, having acquired this impressive catalogue, are running a thorough
reissue series that delves into a treasure trove of previously unreleased audio &
visual material, including the much- awaited 21st- anniversary remaster of their
experimental Top 10 album Six, which jumped back into the UK charts in 2019,
as #1 Vinyl album, #5 Indie album, #12 Physical album & #36 Album. Meanwhile
the labels reissue of Attack Of The Grey Lantern reached #28 in the UK album
chart & ultimate 25- disc box set Closed For Business (which chronicled the
bands entire career) gained critical acclaim upon its release in 2020 with Record
Collector describing it as a "truly monolithic collection".
Tracks: Take It Easy Chicken ( 1995 Original Self Released Version ) / Flourella /
The Greatest Pain / The Edge / Rebel Without A Quilt ( 2018 Remaster ) / No One
Knows Us / The Holy Blood & The Holy Grail / Skin Up Pin Up / Ski Jump Nose /
Things Keep Falling Off Buildings / Lemonade Secret Drinker ( Acoustic Version -
2018 Remaster ) / Drastic Sturgeon / Moronica / The Most To Gain