Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Safety EP was the first public release by English band Coldplay. It was recorded over a weekend during May 1998, and was intended as a demo for record companies. It was financed by the band and their manager Phil Harvey for around Pds. 200. Everyone involved was so pleased with the finished product that they decided to pay for 500 copies to be manufactured for distribution around London, but only 50 copies ever made it to record stores, as they gave most of the copies away to record companies and their friends and families.