The bulk of the collection centers on Coldplay's "Blue Room" sessions at London's Orinoco Studios.
Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
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An archive of early Coldplay recordings — studio tapes, alternate mixes and demos from the formative sessions that predated and helped shape the band’s debut album, Parachutes — is heading to auction this week through Wax Poetics, offering a rare look at the band before it broke worldwide.
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