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| Art = Steve Conner, Phil Andrews
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| Publisher = [[Dangerous]]
| Publisher = [[Dangerous]]
| Format = CD, CD-R <small>(promo only)</small>, cassette <small>(demo only)</small>
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==Sawmills demo==
==Sawmills demo==
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| Name = 1998 Sawmills demo
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==Track list==
==Track list==
===CD, Sawmills; DE promo CD-Rs===
===CD, Sawmills; DE promo CD-R===
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
|01 = Muscle Museum | 01length = 4:20
|01 = Muscle Museum | 01length = 4:20
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===UK promo CD-R===
===[[Muse Mixes (promotional compilation) | UK promo CD-R (JULY 1998 WORK IN PROGRESS)]]===
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
|01 = Muscle Museum | 01length = 3:58
|01 = Muscle Museum (Full Lenght) |01link = Muscle Museum (song) | 01length = 5:29
|02 = Sober | 02length = 4:03
|02 = Sober | 02length = 4:03
|03 = Uno | 03length = 3:38
|03 = Uno | 03length = 3:38
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File:MM_EP_Promo.jpg|Sawmills promo  CD-R cover art
File:MM_EP_Promo.jpg|Sawmills promo  CD-R cover art
File:MM_EP_Promo_I.jpg|Sawmills promo CD-R back cover
File:MM_EP_Promo_I.jpg|Sawmills promo CD-R back cover
File:mmsawmillsinterior1.jpg| Sawmills CD booklet interior page
File:mmsawmillsinteriorbooklet2.jpg| Sawmills CD booklet interior page
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Revision as of 19:08, 9 October 2018

Cover art
Interior and disc
Back cover
Muse EP
Name Muscle Museum EP
Tracks 6
Total length 20:48
Recorded 1998, Sawmills Studio
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Paul Reeve
Art work Steve Conner, Phil Andrews
Publisher Dangerous
Format(s) CD, CD-R (promo only), cassette (demo only)
Catalogue № DREX CDEP 104
Release date January 11th 1999
EP chronology
Muse
Muscle Museum EP
Random 1-8


Information

The first glimpse of Muse's new direction, with the introduction of Muscle Museum. "Instant Messenger" would later be renamed to Pink Ego Box. The EP was a limited and hand numbered edition (999). Unnumbered editions were issued to radio stations and journalists. Numbered CDs were sold at local stores and at concerts.[1]

Matthew Bellamy handed the receptionist at BBC Radio 1's studio a copy of the EP, telling him or her to give it to DJ Steve Lamacq.[1] It came a surprise to both Bellamy and Christopher Wolstenholme to hear it played by Lamacq a few months later.[1] After its airing on Lamacq's show, Muse ended up in indie charts after the CDs sold out in shops.[1]

Pre-release

Some CD-Rs were made at the Sawmill recording studio before the release of the EP. Promo CD-Rs with a coloured sleeve were also made by Motor in Germany, although the EP itself was never released there.

Sawmills demo

demo chronology
1997 demo < 1998 Sawmills demo > Sunburn/Overdue

A cassette demo was made at Sawmills featuring tracks that later appeared on the Muscle Museum EP, as well as "Cave".

Track list

CD, Sawmills; DE promo CD-R

  1. Muscle Museum – 4:20
  2. Sober – 4:02
  3. Uno – 3:46
  4. Unintended – 3:56
  5. Instant Messenger – 3:31
  6. (Muscle Museum)#2 – 1:16

UK promo CD-R (JULY 1998 WORK IN PROGRESS)

  1. Muscle Museum (Full Lenght) – 5:29
  2. Sober – 4:03
  3. Uno – 3:38
  4. Unintended – 3:57
  5. Instant Messenger – 3:30

Sawmills demo

  1. Muscle Museum
  2. Instant Messenger
  3. Cave
  4. Untitled (Unintended)
  5. Sober
  6. Uno

Muscle Museum EP gallery

References

  1. a b c d Inside Trax (2005). Kerrang! TV. [verify]


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