Happy Mondays Announce The Early EPs Box Set, Share Video: Watch

Featuring remastered editions of the Manchester band’s first four EPs on colored vinyl
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Happy Mondays, September 1985 (Kevin Cummins)

Manchester rock band Happy Mondays have announced a box set collecting their first four EPs: The Early EPs is due out in the United Kingdom on October 25 and in the United States on November 8 (via London Records). The EPs—1985’s Forty Five, 1986’s Freaky Dancin/The Egg, and 1987’s Tart Tart and 24 Hour Party People—have been remastered and are being released digitally for the first time. Below, check out a new animated video for “The Egg” (via NME).

Read Pitchfork’s Poptimist feature on Happy Mondays’ rise, “We'll Take a Bit of This and That.”