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Wichita announce tenth birthday plans

By | Published on Thursday 1 April 2010

Wichita Recordings has announced a series of special releases and events to mark the label’s tenth anniversary.

First up are limited edition vinyl releases for Record Store Day on 17 Apr. All pressed onto 160g vinyl and limited to 1000 copies each will be Wichita’s debut release, Bright Eyes’ ‘Fever & Mirrors’ album, The Cribs’ eponymous debut, which will also include a CD of their original demos, Simian Mobile Disco’s ‘Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release’ and Bloc Party’s ‘Silent Alarm’, which will come with a bonus 7″ of the band’s 2004 single, ‘Little Thoughts’.

In addition, 500 copies of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ debut EP will be made available again on vinyl for the first time in six years, while First Aid Kit while Peggy Sue will release a special split 7″ single, limited to 700 copies.

There will also be a number of celebratory shows at the Great Escape and Stag & Dagger festivals in Brighton and London and at the launch party for Barcelona’s Primavera. Here are dates and details:

14 May: The Great Escape – Peggy Sue, Sky Larkin, Gold Panda and Dam Mantle.
21 May: Stag & Dagger – Sky Larkin, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Cold Pumas and Dam Mantle.
26 May: Barcelona, The Apollo – Los Campesinos!, First Aid Kit and Peggy Sue (Primavera launch party) tenth birthday plans



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