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 first 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 band’s first 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 EP’s & B-sides from the ‘Stripper Vicar’ & ‘Wide Open Space’ singles. This exclusive album is available as a Record Store Day 2023 release on black coloured vinyl. (RSD2023)
- A1 Take It Easy Chicken
- A2 Flourella
- A3 The Greatest Pain
- A4 The Edge
- A5 Rebel Without A Quilt
- A6 No One Knows Us
- A7 The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail
- B1 Skin Up Pin Up
- B2 Ski Jump Nose
- B3 Things Keep Falling Off Buildings
- B4 Lemonade Secret Drinker
- B5 Drastic Sturgeon
- B6 Moronica
- B7 The Most To Gain