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Today marks 25 years since the release of ‘Asleep in the Back’.

Originally released on 7th May 2001, elbow’s debut album introduced tracks including ‘Red’, ‘Newborn’, ‘Powder Blue’ and ‘Scattered Black and Whites’, and was later shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.

To mark the anniversary, a selection of archive videos, live footage and clips from the long out-of-print ‘Asleep in the Back’ film are now being made available on the band’s official YouTube channel for the first time.

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VINYL REISSUES OUT NOW

VINYL REISSUES OUT NOW

The vinyl reissues of elbow’s first three studio albums ‘Asleep in the Back’, ‘Cast of Thousands’ and ‘Leaders of the Free World’ are out now. 

Pressed on heavyweight vinyl, they’re available from the official elbow store, alongside re-pressings of B sides collection ‘Dead in the Boot’, and 2014’s ‘The Take Off and Landing of Everything’. 

Click here to buy. 

This week Jo Whiley made ‘Asleep in the Back’ her ‘vinyl revival’ on BBC Radio 2. Tune in to her show all week (19:30) and share your favourite tracks and memories with Jo.