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First volume of John Peel Sessions which also includes selections from live performances recorded by the BBC at Maida Vale and Peel's home studio.Visit product page →
Tracklisting:
1. Comedienne2. Maniac3. You Turn Me On4. Honey Rider5. Pacific (Acoustic Version)6. Dance, Girl, Dance (Acoustic Version)7. 146 Degrees8. Reel 2, Dialogue 29. Film10. Elenore11. Kerry Kerry (Live Version)12. Hard, Fast And Beautiful (Live Version) -
This year David Gedge finally realised a dream that he's had for about 15 years.Visit product page →
He's been doing The Wedding Present since they released their first single in 1985, of course, but, since the late 1990s, he's also had a side project called Cinerama whose music is less guitar-orientated and features more in the way of strings, orchestral brass, vintage keyboards - ¦ and anything else from classic pop arrangements that's taken his fancy, to be honest. Last June Cinerama performed live for the first time in what you might call 'all its glory'... with a string quartet, trumpeter, flautist and assorted other guest contributors.
This spectacular event, which was held at London's 'O2 Academy Islington', was something of a one-off, so David decided to film it and record it for posterity. Live 2015'is the result of his endeavours. From the first twang of guitar to the last twinkle of piano keys, this recording sparkles; a total departure from The Wedding Present, as David intended it to be, of course. Cinerama bring to life favourites selected from each of their four studio albums.
With its "musical set pieces and vocal nuances fine enough to rival Bacharach and David", Cinerama's recent studio album Valentina' was described as "a truly sparkling and uplifting concerto for the modern age" by Vive Le Rock Magazine.
Tracklisting:
CD:
1. 146 Degrees
2. Kerry Kerry
3. You're Dead
4. Ears
5. Careless
6. Hard, Fast And Beautiful
7. Mystery Date
8. You Jane
9. Honey Rider
10. Your Charms
11. The Girl From The Ddr
12. Dance, Girl, Dance
13. Quick, Before It Melts
14. Airborne
15. Après Ski
16. End Credits
17. Cat Girl Tights
18. Wow
DVD as CD tracklisting plus:
Model Spy [Live]'
Mystery Date Promotional Video'Deer Caught In The Headlights Promotional Video'Behind The Scenes' -
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David Gedge 'Go Out And Get "Em, Boy! Tales From The Wedding Present: Vol One' Book
£20.99
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David Gedge 'Go Out And Get "Em, Boy! Tales From The Wedding Present: Vol One' Book
£20.99
Visit product page →The first instalment of David Gedge's long-awaited memoir-in-comic-book-form'will be released by Scopitones Books on 6 November 2020. The stories featured in this stunning 176-page, matt-laminated, hardback book have previously only been available to readers of the Tales From The Wedding Present comic book series. This collected edition comes with forty pages of never-before-seen additional material and an introduction by Ian Rankin.
David has written this autobiography together with long-time musical associate Terry de Castro, and the stories are illustrated by virtuoso artist Lee Thacker. It's in chronological order, beginning with David's childhood in England and South Africa and continues up to the inception of The Wedding Present. On the way we learn about some of the romantic experiences that may have informed his writing, how he first met his hero - the legendary BBC presenter John Peel - and the true story behind the classic Wedding Present song My Favourite Dress'.
Reviews
'An autobiography of The Wedding Present would be great on its own. An autobiography in beautiful graphic novel form? Even better!' Dan Vebber (Writer, The Simpsons)
'This is brilliant! It's like the storyboard for a Wedding Present biopic.' Marc Riley (Broadcaster, BBC)'As informative, funny and essential as David Gedge himself. Can I be in the movie when all this is franchised?' Tony Gardner (Actor)
'This is the graphic novel indie music mash up that we have all been waiting for and only David Gedge could deliver. It's amazing!' Stella Creasy (Member, British Parliament)
'This is a Wedding Present fan's dream come true. Pure unfiltered Gedge; the inside track on what makes him tick and anecdotes aplenty. Essential!' Mike Gayle (Author)
'It's very typical of The Wedding Present to do an autobiography differently to everyone else... but the stunning illustrations in this book really bring David's stories to life.' Louise Wener (Writer, musician) -
Visit product page →Terry de Castro takes a novel approach to her solo debut, one that is especially charming, likable, and well, curious. She's chosen to take a wonderfully unusual course and recorded an album comprised entirely of cover versions, but these are not necessarily well-known songs by famous artists.
Each song is a story unto itself, and all of the songs hang together in a vivid and illuminating way. Nationality comes into play here as well: A Casa Verde is replete with the intrinsically soothing and unmistakably American strains of steel guitar and banjo, among other instruments.
"A low key delight (8/10)" [NME]
"I like de Castro's voice a lot" [Pennyblack Music]
"A glorious alt-pop gem¦ this is one of the most intimate and affecting records in years" [Rock 'n' Reel]
"A winningly intriguing collection¦ in a word: magical" [Rock-A-Rolla]!
1. Dalliance2. East St. O'Neil3. The Sun Is Always Sweetest4. Sleep Drives5. Like You Believe It6. America In '547. Glorious8. The Great Avalanche9. Perfect Movie10. Sodium11. Starry Eyed12. To Love You -
Visit product page →The Wedding Present's 7th studio album.
1. Santa Ana Winds2. Spider-Man On Hollywood3. I Lost The Monkey4. Soup5. Palisades6. The Trouble With Men7. Model Actress Whatever8. Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk9. The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend [Santa Monica And La Brea Version]10. Boo Boo11. Swingers -
Visit product page →A double CD featuring two live concerts from 1987. These recordings were the first two releases in the band's bootleg cassette series. With new sleeve notes by the original drummer (Shaun Charman).
CD 1:
Leicester Polytechnic (5th May 1987)1. This Boy Can Wait2. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft3. All This And More4. A Million Miles5. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends6. Anyone Can Make A Mistake7. Something And Nothing8. It's What You Want That Matters9. My Favourite Dress10. Never Said11. Give My Love To Kevin12. Go Out And Get 'Em Boy!13. Getting Nowhere Fast14. Once MoreCD 2:
München Alabama - Halle (22nd November 1987)1. Never Said2. Don't Be So Hard3. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft4. Once More5. Nobody's Twisting Your Arm6. This Boy Can Wait7. A Million Miles8. I'm Not Always So Stupid9. Anyone Can Make A Mistake10. It's What You Want That Matters11. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?12. Give My Love To Kevin13. Shatner14. My Favourite Dress15. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends16. Felicity17. It's Not Unusual18. Getting Nowhere Fast -
Visit product page →This is the third in the series of these much-demanded, re-mastered recordings. 'Live 1987² was released in 2007 and 'Live 1988² was released earlier this year, both to popular acclaim. 'Live 1989² is especially interesting because it includes some early versions of tracks that went on to appear on the band's major label debut, 'Bizarro'.
This year the band are celebrating the 21st Anniversary of the release of Bizarro by playing the album live. One of the discs also features The Wedding Present in 'Ukrainian' style, as they perform their versions of Ukrainian folk music.
CD 1:
Manchester Middleton Civic Hall - 30th April 19891. Katrusya2. Davni Chasy3. Sertsem I Dusheyu4. Oi Divchino5. Vasya Vasyliok6. Hude Dnipro Hude7. Zavtra Ya Buda Did Nesom Chuzin8. Buv Holodin, Konya Vrkraw9. Vesna10. Tiutiunyk11. Cherez Richku, Cherez Hai12. Svitit Misyats13. Hopak14. VerkhovynoCD 2:
Frankfurt Batschkapp - 3rd December 19891. Brassneck2. Don't Talk, Just Kiss3. Kennedy4. Granadaland5. Bewitched6. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft7. I'm Not Always So Stupid8. Crushed9. Gone10. Give My Love To Kevin11. My Favourite Dress12. Take Me!13. What Have I Said Now? -
'LIVE 1992' takes the eleventh of The Wedding Present's infamous 'live tapes' - cassettes that the band sold at concerts and through their fanzine in the 80s & 90s ' and pairs it with a previously unreleased live recording. The Wedding Present's 'live tapes' were unavailable anywhere else. Fans eagerly collected them and they became very rare.Visit product page →
This is the sixth in the series of Scopitones' much-demanded and beautifully mastered CD re-releases - Lives 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1991 have all been graciously received by the press and the band's loyal record buying public.
'Live 1992' includes mixing-desk recordings of Wedding Present concerts in The Netherlands and at Brixton Academy in London and contains 38 tracks.
The live set at this time drew heavily from The Wedding Present's critically acclaimed 'Hit Parade' series where the band released a single a month throughout 1992, equalling Elvis Presley's 1957 record of twelve hits in a year.
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1. Boing!2. Go Go Dancer3. Lovenest4. Three5. Blue Eyes6. Blonde7. Kennedy8. Suck9. Loveslave10. Silver Shorts11. The Queen Of Outer Space12. Bewitched13. Crawl14. Heather15. Sticky16. Come Play With Me17. Brassneck18. Corduroy19. Dare20. Dalliance21. Flying SaucerLondon Brixton Academy 12th December 19921. Dalliance2. Dare3. Boing!4. Three5. Blue Eyes6. Crawl7. Come Play With Me8. Sticky9. Heather10. Blonde11. Loveslave12. Silver Shorts13. The Queen Of Outer Space14. Suck15. Corduroy16. Lovenest17. Flying Saucer -
In November 2007 The Wedding Present performed their classic debut album 'George Best' live, in its entirety, in Dublin, Ireland. The concert, which took place in front of a thrilled crowd at the city's Village'venue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the LP, was recorded and filmed for posterity is now released for the first time here on DVD and CD.Visit product page →
The NME described George Best as 'an unmitigated delight' upon its release and included it in its 2014 list of 'The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.'
Allmusic says 'It would be nearly impossible to name the standout tracks, since... every tune is so solid.'
The album has achieved legendary status in the hearts and minds of alternative music fans everywhere. The band returns to Dublin on 17 June to perform George Best live once again... but this time it will be for the final time ever.
Tracklisting:
1. Blonde
2. Brassneck
3. Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk
4. King's Cross
5. Convertible
6. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [Extended Version]
7. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
8. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
9. Don't Be So Hard
10. A Million Miles
11. All This And More
12. My Favourite Dress
13. Shatner
14. Something And Nothing
15. It's What You Want That Matters
16. Give My Love To Kevin
17. Anyone Can Make A Mistake
18. You Can't Moan, Can You?
19. Perfect Blue
20. Kennedy
21. Flying Saucer -
The Wedding Present, recorded and filmed at the Atomic Café, Munich, on 24 October 2010. This double disc release includes both a CD and a DVD of the concert.Visit product page →
Of the original Bizarro release, Allmusic says: The Wedding Present's second proper studio album, Bizarro, cut down a bit on the frenetic jangle the band was known for in its early days and replaced it with healthy doses of darkness and power. Adding some fuzzy, crunchy distortion to give the guitars some hefty impact, slowing the tempos down to speeds that allow vocalist David Gedge to squeeze more heartbroken despair and bleak sarcasm out of every line, and generally upping their game in every way, the album was the fullest realization of The Wedding Present's sound yet.
Leading off with the unstoppably hooky Brassneck'which features a brilliant Gedge reading of lines that rhyme "grow up" and "throw up," the album plays like a collection of thematically related singles. The most single-y among them is Kennedy'which has some brilliant sing-along lyrics and an intensely dramatic guitar strum buildup that crescendos into a maelstrom of sound.
The rest of the record isn't far behind; whether it's the sparse What Have I Said Now?'or the slowly grinding Bewitched'one could extract any song and it would feel like a highlight - even the epic-length Take Me!'which closes the album in a fury of strums, drum fills, and chugging bass that builds and builds until it seems like the song is going to levitate and take the listener right along with it.
The Wedding Present didn't necessarily need to improve their already winning template, but they did and it pays off big time on Bizarro.
Tracklisting:
1. Heather
2. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
3. Interstate 5 [Dvd Only]
4. End Credits
5. Real Thing
6. Mystery Date
7. Brassneck
8. Crushed
9. No
10. Thanks
11. Kennedy
12. What Have I Said Now?
13. Granadaland
14. Bewitched
15. Take Me!
16. Be Honest
Release Date: 06/09/2019 -
Visit product page →Locked Down And Stripped Back Volume Two features home recordings of Wedding Present classics along with a previously unreleased song: ‘That Would Only Happen In A Movie’.
The first volume in the series came about when David Gedge’s annual festival At The Edge Of The Sea went ‘virtual’ in 2020 and the band recorded semi-acoustic versions of songs to be streamed. An album of the tracks was compiled and released due to popular demand.
The same thing happened the following year and so Volume Two features tracks initially recorded for 2021’s online festival. There’s a bevy of guest stars on this second album! Jon Stewart [of Platinum-album-selling Sleeper fame] reprises his new role as Wedding Present guitarist but is joined here by some Wedding Present members of old.
Peter Solowka, from the band’s first line-up appears on ‘Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm’ playing his second instrument, the accordion, while Hit Parade guitarist Paul Dorrington contributes to a re-working of the Top 30 single ‘Blue Eyes’. Long-time Wedding Present bass player Terry de Castro returns to infuse the album with her own unique style, while current Wedding Present bass player Melanie Howard takes over the lead vocal duties on a beautiful version of 1986’s ‘At The Edge Of The Sea’. Last, but certainly not least, Amelia Fletcher – backing vocalist on George Best and Bizarro – also returns to the party!
Tracklisting:
1. Brassneck
2. No
3. Careless
4. Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
5. What Have I Said Now?
6. Perfect Blue
7. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
8. That Would Only Happen In A Movie
9. At The Edge Of The Sea
10. Blue Eyes
11. Dare
12. Octopuss
As on the first volume, each musician recorded and filmed their parts at home and, as before, it is fascinating to see how stripped-back arrangements bring out different aspects of these brilliant songs.
Tracklisting:
1. Brassneck
2. No
3. Careless
4. Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
5. What Have I Said Now?
6. Perfect Blue
7. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
8. That Would Only Happen In A Movie
9. At The Edge Of The Sea
10. Blue Eyes
11. Dare
12. Octopuss -
Visit product page →At the time of its release in 2005, Take Fountain was the first Wedding Present album for nine years. David Gedge had spent the intervening period releasing recordings by Cinerama and you can certainly hear the influence of his 'other' group on this LP.
Take Fountain is as eloquent an emotional discourse as he has mustered [Mojo].
Fans have long since recognised Gedge as more poet than pop star. Like Byron without the marsh fever, Take Fountain confirms his status as an extraordinary songwriter [The Times].
Fountain, incidentally, is a main East to West avenue in Los Angeles. When an aspiring starlet asked the film-star Bette Davis for advice on "the best way to get into Hollywood", Ms Davis replied "Take Fountain!"
Tracklisting:
1. On Ramp2. Interstate 5 (Extended Version)3. Always The Quiet One4. I'm From Further North Than You5. Mars Sparkles Down On Me6. Ringway To Seatac7. Don't Touch That Dial (Pacific Northwest Version)8. It's For You9. Larry's10. Queen Anne11. Perfect Blue
