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Hats Off (EP)

1985 extended play by The Connells

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ5681787 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hats Off EP was The Connells' first release, preceding Darker Days. It includes early versions of "If It Crumbles", which also appears on Boylan Heights, and "Hats Off" which would later be re-recorded for the band's debut album Darker Days.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hats Off (EP)” is 1985 extended play by The Connells. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hats, extended and play, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current 40-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985. For this dossier, Hats, extended and play is the immediate research focus.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 28, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5681787. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hats Off (EP)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.