LIMITED 4x12″ BOX SET, REMASTERED from the original two-inch tapes held in the Factory/London Records archive. The artwork has been redrawn and digitised by original designers Central Station Design. All 4 12″ EPs coloured vinyl Forty Five EP 1 x Transparent Green Freaky Dancing/The Egg 1 x Transparent Orange Tart Tart 1 x Transparent Blue 24 Hour Party People 1 x Transparent Yellow London Records are to release Happy Mondays ‘The Early EPs’ on October 25, available as a 4 x 12″ coloured vinyl box set. The release brings together the seminal Manchester band’s first four EPs - ‘Forty Five EP’ (1985), ‘Freaky Dancin/The Egg EP’ (1986), ‘Tart Tart EP’ (1987), and ‘24 Hour Party People’ (1987). Leading UK artist Pete Fowler, internationally renowned for his work with Super Furry Animals and Heavenly Records, has created a new animated video for lost Mondays classic ‘The Egg’, watch here. The track is also available as an instant grat with pre-orders of ‘The Early EPs’. London Records will follow this release later this year with vinyl reissues of Happy Mondays first four albums - ‘Squirrel and G-man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)’, ‘Bummed’, ‘Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches’ & ‘Yes Please!’ - later this year. None of these albums has been available on vinyl for over a decade. ‘The Early EPs’, which have never before been available digitally, have been re-mastered from the original two-inch tapes held in the Factory/London Records archive. The artwork has been redrawn and digitised by original designers Central Station Design.

THE EARLY EPS’ TRACKLISTINGS:



Forty Five EP:

A: Delightful (Remastered)

B1: This Feeling (Remastered)

B2: Oasis (Remastered)



Freaky Dancin/The Egg EP:

A: Freaky Dancin' (Live) (Remastered)

B1: The Egg (Mix) (Remastered)

B2: Freaky Dancin'(Remastered)



Tart Tart EP:

A: Tart Tart (Remastered)

B1: Little Matchstick Owen (Remastered)



24 Hour Party People EP:

A: 24 Hour Party People (Remastered)

B1: Yahoo (Remastered)

B2: Wah Wah (Think Tank) (Remastered)