A lost demo recording associated with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is going up for auction, alongside other early-era band recordings. The item centers on an acoustic tape of a song titled “The World Is Not Enough,” reportedly created as a potential theme for the 1999 James Bond film of the same name. Details from the auction listing, published by Wax Poetics, describe the recording as something Martin and the band wrote for but did not ultimately submit for consideration.
Variety reports that the demo is about 27 years old and includes characterizations from later accounts that it was not considered “good enough.” The Guardian adds that the auction includes formative Coldplay materials made before the band’s Allison-produced second EP, “The Blue Room,” which was released in October 1999. Both outlets frame the release as the sharing of previously unreleased or rare recordings from Coldplay’s early development phase. The auction offering is presented as part of a wider archive created by the producer Chris Allison.
