From fan club ezine:

We're pleased to announce that, for the first time, all 14 of Coldplay's singles are to be collected together in a box set. 'The Singles 1999-2006' will be released internationally on March 26th.

Each single will be pressed on heavyweight 7-inch vinyl and sleeved in its original artwork. The box set will contain five singles which have never previously appeared on 7-inch vinyl. They include 'The Blue Room EP', Coldplay's rare first release for Parlophone in October 1999, which has been split into two 7-inch singles. The box set will also feature the international singles, 'Don't Panic', 'God Put A Smile Upon Your Face' and 'What If', none of which were released in the UK. It will also include 'The Hardest Part', which was previously only available as a download in the UK.

Please note that this collection will only be released as a 7-inch vinyl box set, there will not be a CD release. For full track details, please go to www.coldplay.com.

We'll be in touch with presale info for the box set as soon as we have it.

Oh, and if you haven't checked out Coldplay's new, improved MySpace profile, head to www.myspace.com/coldplay, where you can whet your appetite for the box set by checking out one of the tracks from 'The Blue Room EP'.

Cool. I'll definitely be checking it out. And I think I'll actually use it (the vinyl) to play on my record player. Unless a similar collection becomes available for CD.

Seems neat, though I feel like they could wait another LP or so before releasing a 'greatest hits'

Also, you can get the Blue Room EP on emusic.com if you're into that kind of thing.

I really don't see a point to this, like say the die hard fans like myself who have all the cd-singles, will there be any b-sides that will be exclusive to this box set release?

You do miss the point badly my friend. These are extremely hard to get, especially the early singles and EPs. This is geared towards fans not only as a collectible, but to acquire at a reduced cost some of the singles are HTF.

Plus, it does include 'The Hardest Part', which was previously only available as a download in the UK.

I don't have a record player, and thanks to eMusic and AOMP3, I was able to get MP3s of the songs, but this would be cool to have anyway.

but what does that mean exactly, since the song is actually on the album it self, I mean I just bought an import CD single from Virgin megastore up in NYC with an extra exclusive live song?

well at least for once, all the songs wont be copy protected like the CD versions of the singles.

here's the tracklisting:

‘The Blue Room EP’ * (original UK release date 25/10/1999) * indicates never before released on 7 inch

Disc 1
A. Bigger Stronger
B1. Don’t Panic
B2. See You Soon

Disc 2
A. High Speed
B. Such A Rush


‘Shiver’ (06/03/2000)
A. Shiver
B1. For You
B2. Careful Where You Stand


‘Yellow’ (26/06/2000)
A. Yellow
B. Help Is Around The Corner


‘Trouble’ (13/10/2000)
A. Trouble
B. Brothers & Sisters


‘Don't Panic’ * (Single not released in UK)
A. Don’t Panic
B. You Only Live Twice (Live From Norway)


‘In My Place’ * (05/08/2002)
A. In My Place
B. One I Love


‘The Scientist’ (11/11/2002)
A. The Scientist
B1. 1.36
B2. I Ran Away


‘Clocks’ (24/03/2003)
A. Clocks
B. Crests Of Waves


‘God Put A Smile Upon Your Face’ * (Single not released in UK)
A. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
B. Murder


‘Speed of Sound’ (23/05/2005)
A.Speed Of Sound
B.Things I Don’t Understand


‘Fix You’ (05/09/2005)
A.Fix You
B.The World Turned Upside Down


‘Talk’ (19/12/2005)
A.Talk
B.Gravity


‘What If’ * (Single not released in UK)
A. What If (Tom Lord Alge Mix)
B. How You See The World (Live From Earls Court)


‘The Hardest Part’ * (10/04/2006 Download only release)
A. The Hardest Part
B. Poor Me (Live At The Hollywood Bowl)

XFM online goes on to add:

"Not that we’re being overtly pedantic, but the box set it doesn't feature all their singles, as their first ever release ‘Brothers and Sisters’ which came out on Fierce Panda, isn’t included. Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to get a life."

What price tag would you guys put on a set like this?