KEN NELSON: Recording Coldplay's Parachutes

Ken Nelson favours the old school of recording, based around clean signal paths, live playing and analogue tape — but that hasn't stopped him working with some of the hottest new bands in Britain. Among them are Coldplay, whose debut Parachutes album crashed straight into the charts at number 1. Sam Inglis finds out how it was recorded.

KEN NELSON: Recording Coldplay's Parachutes

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KEN NELSON: Recording Coldplay's Parachutes