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We are releasing a 2LP vinyl set collecting together the A and B-Sides of all 12 of the 7” singles. The vinyl package also includes CDs of all 24 tracks. The newly configured artwork drawing on the original 7” sleeves has been put together by Hitch, the original designer, and the whole project has been overseen by the band’s leader David Gedge. In addition to the 2LP release we will also be releasing an updated version of the 2CD product with the new artwork.
TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Blue Eyes
2. Go-Go Dancer
3. Three
4. Silver Shorts
5. Come Play With Me
6. California
SIDE B
1. Flying Saucer
2. Boing!
3. Love Slave
4. Sticky
5. The Queen Of Outer Space
6. No Christmas
SIDE C
1. Cattle And Cane
2. Don't Cry No Tears
3. Think That It Might
4. Falling
5. Pleasant Valley Sunday
6. Let's Make Some Plans
SIDE D
1. Rocket
2. Theme From Shaft
3. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
4. Go Wild In The Country
5. U.F.O.
6. Step Into Christmas

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- Ltd 7"
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CLUE109
- Release date
- 16 Sep '22

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- 7"
- £7.99
- Cat Number
- HAT29V7
- Release date
- 26 Aug '22

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- 7"
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CLUE108
- Release date
- 26 Aug '22

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- 7"
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CLUE107
- Release date
- 15 Jul '22

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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- TONE093
- Release date
- 1 Jul '22
- Format Info
Indies only pink vinyl edition.- Vinyl comes with CD version of the album enclosed.
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- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- TONECD093
- Release date
- 1 Jul '22
TRACK LISTING
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. Octopussy

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- 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- CLUE105
- Release date
- 17 Jun '22
Explaining 24 Songs, David Gedge said: “In 1991, The Wedding Present were rehearsing in a studio in Yorkshire when we hit upon an idea that immediately thrilled us all. Our bass player [Keith Gregory] had been a member of the ‘Sub Pop Singles Club’ - a service that allowed subscribers to receive 7”s released by that Seattle label on a monthly basis. Keith wondered if we, as a band, could attempt a similar thing. In that instant, The Wedding Present’s Hit Parade series was born and, during 1992, we managed to release a brand new 7” single each and every month.
“The Hit Parade went on to become something of a significant milestone in the history of the band and it’s a project about which I’m often asked. As its thirtieth anniversary approached, I began to wonder if we should celebrate it in some way. A ‘Hit Parade Part 2’ didn’t feel quite right, though. Then, someone said to me: “Other bands have released music in similar ways but there has been nothing like the Hit Parade.” And they were right! A 7” single a month seems, somehow, very ‘Wedding Present’.
So, inspired by that little idea from three decades ago, we’ve embarked on this new project, 24 Songs. “Even though The Wedding Present have never been known for taking the easy route, the idea of recording 24 tracks and releasing them in this way could seem daunting to any band. However, I’ve been inspired by the music that has been written since Jon and Melanie joined the group. The thought of celebrating this exciting new line-up with an exciting new series has motivated us all… and I suppose we also didn’t want any of these songs to be hidden away in the middle of an album!”

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- Ltd 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- CLUE106
- Release date
- 17 Jun '22

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- CD
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- HAT30CD
- Release date
- 13 May '22
- Format Info
CD + DVD.
CD + DVD.
Already forging a reputation as purveyors of the finest British indie rock of a generation, Leeds-based band The Wedding Present first played the traditional Ukrainian song ‘Hopak’ at rehearsals in 1987, suggested by second guitarist Pete Solowka, whose father had emigrated from Ukraine.
Proving a hit with the band, they soon decided to add to the song and it wasn’t long before the band’s next John Peel session for his popular BBC radio show had a distinct Ukrainian feel to it! Drafting in singer/violinist Len Liggins, a friend of Solowka’s and a student of Slavonic languages, the session was a surprising hit, and Peel would go on to air the session several times over. In fact, that first session is still being played today, most recently by Gideon Coe on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Due to the overwhelming success of that first session, two further BBC sessions were recorded at Peel’s request. With another Ukrainian, Roman Remeynes drafted in, the band eventually released the album ‘Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela’ (1989), which went on to sell 70,000 copies on its release and was supported by an 8-date UK tour. The record is famous as being the only Ukrainian language record to feature in the UK album charts (no.22)! With regular singer David Gedge relegated to guitar and backing vocals, Liggins takes centre-stage on vocal duties. His sonorous Ukrainian vocals on ‘Cherez Richku, Cherez Hai’ combined with Solowka’s edgy guitar make for an exciting mix of Ukrainian and western musical styles, and is something of a reference point for a genre of music which now exists in Ukrainian communities around the world.

The Wedding Present
Monochrome (7” Version) / You’re Just A Habit That I’m Trying To Break
Clue Records
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- 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- CLUE104
- Release date
- 15 Apr '22
Explaining 24 Songs, David Gedge said: “In 1991, The Wedding Present were rehearsing in a studio in Yorkshire when we hit upon an idea that immediately thrilled us all. Our bass player [Keith Gregory] had been a member of the ‘Sub Pop Singles Club’ - a service that allowed subscribers to receive 7”s released by that Seattle label on a monthly basis. Keith wondered if we, as a band, could attempt a similar thing. In that instant, The Wedding Present’s Hit Parade series was born and, during 1992, we managed to release a brand new 7” single each and every month. “The Hit Parade went on to become something of a significant milestone in the history of the band and it’s a project about which I’m often asked. As its thirtieth anniversary approached, I began to wonder if we should celebrate it in some way.
A ‘Hit Parade Part 2’ didn’t feel quite right, though. Then, someone said to me: “Other bands have released music in similar ways but there has been nothing like the Hit Parade.” And they were right! A 7” single a month seems, somehow, very ‘Wedding Present’. So, inspired by that little idea from three decades ago, we’ve embarked on this new project, 24 Songs. “Even though The Wedding Present have never been known for taking the easy route, the idea of recording 24 tracks and releasing them in this way could seem daunting to any band. However, I’ve been inspired by the music that has been written since Jon and Melanie joined the group. The thought of celebrating this exciting new line-up with an exciting new series has motivated us all… and I suppose we also didn’t want any of these songs to be hidden away in the middle of an album!”

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- 7"
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CLUE103
- Release date
- 18 Mar '22
Keith wondered if we, as a band, could attempt a similar thing. In that instant, The Wedding Present’s Hit Parade series was born and, during 1992, we managed to release a brand new 7” single each and every month. “The Hit Parade went on to become something of a significant milestone in the history of the band and it’s a project about which I’m often asked. As its thirtieth anniversary approached, I began to wonder if we should celebrate it in some way. A ‘Hit Parade Part 2’ didn’t feel quite right, though. Then, someone said to me: “Other bands have released music in similar ways but there has been nothing like the Hit Parade.” And they were right! A 7” single a month seems, somehow, very ‘Wedding Present’.
So, inspired by that little idea from three decades ago, we’ve embarked on this new project, 24 Songs. “Even though The Wedding Present have never been known for taking the easy route, the idea of recording 24 tracks and releasing them in this way could seem daunting to any band. However, I’ve been inspired by the music that has been written since Jon and Melanie joined the group. The thought of celebrating this exciting new line-up with an exciting new series has motivated us all… and I suppose we also didn’t want any of these songs to be hidden away in the middle of an album!”

The Wedding Present
I Am Not Going To Fall In Love With You/ A Song From Under The Floorboards
Clue Records
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- Ltd 7"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- CLUE102
- Release date
- 25 Feb '22

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- Ltd 7"
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CLUE101
- Release date
- 21 Jan '22
The notion of a monthly 7” single is not new to The Wedding Present, but 24 Songs shows us that even classic concepts can be reinvented.
The series also continues the band’s association with photographer Jessica McMillan, who has created stunning images and films as a visual accompaniment to the recordings.

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- 2xLtd LP
- £29.99
- Cat Number
- 19439878981
- Release date
- 28 May '21
- Format Info
2LP Black Vinyl in gatefold sleeve.- Vinyl comes with CD version of the album enclosed.
2LP Black Vinyl in... [ + ] -
- 2xCD
- £12.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 19439878982
- Release date
- 11 Nov '22
- Format Info
Double CD edition.
Double CD edition.
The package includes the studio album alongside the 3 Songs, Dalliance, and Lovenest EPs plus the John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session from 1991 featuring versions of four songs from the album.
The expanded artwork has been put together by Hitch, the original designer, and the whole project has been overseen by the band’s leader David Gedge.
TRACK LISTING
ORIGINAL ALBUM
SIDE A
1 Dalliance
2 Dare
3 Suck
4 Blonde
5 Rotterdam
SIDE B
1 Lovenest
2 Corduroy
3 Carolyn
4 Heather
5 Octopussy
EPs AND SESSION
SIDE C
1 Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
2 Crawl
3 Corduroy (Single Version)
4 She's My Best Friend
5 Niagara
6 Mothers
SIDE D
1 Dan Dare
2 Fleshworld
3 Dalliance (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session Version)
4 Heather (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session Version)
5 Blonde (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session Version)
6 Niagara (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session Version)

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- Hardback Book
- £21.99
- Cat Number
- TONEBOOK077
- Release date
- 25 Dec '20

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- 2xLP
- £21.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CPWM204LP
- Release date
- 25 Dec '20
- Vinyl comes with CD version of the album enclosed.
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- CD
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CPWM204CD
- Release date
- 4 Dec '20
“You should release a compilation of Bond songs,” he declared. And that was all that he needed to say, really. Most of the themes from the Bond films would effortlessly feature in a list of my favourite ever pieces of music, so I was never not going to be excited by the idea of re-imaginings of twenty of them! One of the defining moments of my career was when I per-formed with the BBC Big Band in 2009 and got to meet Derek Watkins, who had played the lead trumpet on every single one of the Bond themes up until his death in 2013. And then came another idea. Each of the artists on this proposed compilation would be required to have a physical connection to Cinerama or The Wedding Present. I liked the unifying feel of that. I suppose it appealed to the collector in me. None of the artists I approached asked for payment for their track and so the obvious thing to do was to make this a benefit album. The ‘CALM’ organisation was suggested to me as a charity that’s doing great work and, af-ter we’d heard more, we were keen to support it. Throw in a beautiful sleeve design and here, seven years after that fateful sound check in Auckland, you have The Wedding Pre-sent... and their lovely friends... saluting the astounding music of Bond. James Bond.”.
The Wedding Present are a band that have always been keen to explore new ways to showcase their music but this album also serves as a fascinating insight into the strength and diversity of the musicians that have been members... as well as revealing their favourite Bond tunes! In addition to the expected contributions from Cinerama and The Wedding Present, the album features a first ‘super-group’ outing for ‘Sleeper featuring David Gedge’ and also a solo rendition of Louis Armstrong’s classic ‘We Have All The Time In The World’ by David himself. There's also, potentially, the first-ever Ukrainian-language cover of a Madonna track!
TRACK LISTING
View To A Kill - Terry De Castro
James Bond Theme - The Sleazoids
Live And Let Die - The Donalds
Nobody Does It Better - Samuel Beer-Pearce
Die Another Day - The Ukrainians
You Only Live Twice - The Wedding Present
The World Is Not Enough - Maria Scaroni
For Your Eyes Only - Klee
Skyfall - Such Small Hands
Goldfinger - Simone White
Diamonds Are Forever - Cinerama
Thunderball - The Legendary Len Liggins
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - Shaun Charman
Goldeneye - Follow The Moths
Tomorrow Never Dies - Danielle Wadey & Charles Layton
Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Sleeper Featuring David Lewis Gedge
We Have All The Time In The World - David Lewis Gedge
The Man With The Golden Gun - Jetstream Pony
All Time High - Minitel
From Russia With Love - Graeme Ramsay

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- Coloured LP
- £18.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- PIASR456LP
- Release date
- 11 Oct '19
- Format Info
Limited edition white vinyl.
Limited edition white... [ + ] -
- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- PIASR456CD
- Release date
- 11 Oct '19
TRACK LISTING
1 Go Out And Get Em Boy!
2 (The Moment Before) Everything Spoiled Again
3 Once More
4 At The Edge Of The Sea
5 Living And Learning
6 This Boy Can Wait
7 You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
8 Felicity
9 What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
10 Never Said
11 Every Mothers Son
12 My Favourite Dress

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- Coloured LP
- £18.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- PIASR455LP
- Release date
- 11 Oct '19
- Format Info
Limited edition green vinyl.- Includes MP3 Download Code.
Limited edition green... [ + ] -
- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- PIASR455CD
- Release date
- 11 Oct '19
- Format Info
The 'Plus Edition' CD includes an additional 11 non-album tracks from the same era.
The 'Plus Edition' CD... [ + ]
TRACK LISTING
LP Tracklisting
Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
Don't Be So Hard
A Million Miles
All This And More
My Favourite Dress
Shatner
Something And Nothing
It's What You Want That Matters
Give My Love To Kevin
Anyone Can Make A Mistake
You Can't Moan Can You?
CD Tracklisting
1 Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
2 What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
3 Don't Be So Hard
4 A Million Miles
5 All This And More
6 My Favourite Dress
7 Shatner
8 Something And Nothing
9 It's What You Want That Matters
10 Give My Love To Kevin
11 Anyone Can Make A Mistake
12 You Can't Moan Can You?
13 All About Eve
14 Getting Nowhere Fast
15 Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
16 Nothing Comes Easy
17 Don't Laugh
18 I'm Not Always So Stupid
19 Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?
20 Not From Where I'm Standing
21 Give My Love To Kevin (Acoustic Version)
22 Getting Better
23 Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue Si Raisonnable?

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- CD/DVD
- £12.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- TONECD079
- Release date
- 6 Sep '19
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
TRACK LISTING
01. Heather
02. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
03. Interstate 5 [Dvd Only]
04. End Credits
05. Real Thing
06. Mystery Date
07. Brassneck
08. Crushed
09. No
10. Thanks
11. Kennedy
12. What Have I Said Now?
13. Granadaland
14. Bewitched
15. Take Me!
16. Be Honest.

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- LP
- £18.99
- Cat Number
- TONE082
- Release date
- 9 Aug '19
Tommy 30 – a brand new re-recording of Tommy – did not come about simply as a ‘follow on’ to George Best 30. The band felt – during a Tommy 30th anniversary concert tour – that the songs had grown and evolved. Enter a more confident vocalist... an altogether growlier guitar. A bigger sound. The urgency of a 25 year old Gedge is replaced with a charming vocalist with years of experience. Everything’s warmer and, maybe, gentler... but in a satisfying way. It’s like your old friends have come home to see you. You’ve all changed, you’ve all had broken hearts... but you’re all still friends and you still enjoy each other’s company after all these years. "The boy Gedge has written some of the best love songs of the 'Rock 'n' Roll' era. You may dispute this but I'm right and you're wrong!" - John Peel
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: There's no denying that the Wedding Present are one of the most respected and long-running bastions in indie music, and 'Tommy' was seen by many as their finest point. This 30 year reissue (30!?) is just as essential as the day it came out, and comes in a lovely indies-only blue vinyl version to brighten up the place too. Get on it.TRACK LISTING
1/Go Out And Get ’Em, Boy!
2/(The Moment Before) Everything’s Spoiled Again
3/Once More
4/At The Edge Of The Sea
5/Living And Learning
6/This Boy Can Wait
7/You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
8/Felicity
9/What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
10/Never Said
11/Every Mother’s Son
12/My Favourite Dress

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- 10"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- CPWM10V2
- Release date
- 2 Aug '19
- Format Info
One copy found.
One copy found.
Opening with squalls of feedback, ‘Jump In, The Water's Fine’ is an epic tale with trademark whirlwind Wedding Present guitar and a deceptively sweet melody. “Danielle came up with the solo bass part after I said I wanted to do a song that was ‘bass-driven’ and it just got fatter and heavier! We also now have three vocalists in the band so we used the opportunity to experiment with some a cappella singing, too,” says David.
B-side ‘Panama’, is a frenetic slice of indie-pop, where ferocious guitars and heavy drums collide with honest lyrics about love and friendship. Of the recording, David adds, “As well as including one of my favourite palindromes, ‘Panama’ references‘Earthrise’, the iconic photograph of Earth taken by astronaut Bill Anders (during the Apollo 8 mission) on Christmas Eve, 1968. We decided to incorporate samples of the astronauts talking to Mission Control.”
Rather surprisingly, this is The Wedding Present’s first ever picture disc. Close friend to the band Darren Hayman (Hefner, The French, etc.) was commissioned to do the artwork but his paintings were so impressive that the band decided that the time was right to embrace what is a new format for them. “It’s only taken us thirty-something years to get around to it!” says David. From their C86 roots in the mid-80s, John Peel favourites The Wedding Present have gone on to become one of the UK’s most loved bands, charting no less than 18 Top 40 hit singles. Emerging from Leeds with the classic debut album ‘George Best’ in 1987, The Wedding Present built a reputation for blending bittersweet love stories with everyday mundanity, set against a backdrop of heavy distortion and exquisite indie-pop.
In 2016, The Wedding Present released their ninth studio album, ‘Going, Going...’, which featured references to Gedge's previous work, including self-referential lyrical moments and has been described as his masterpiece. Loosely based on a road trip across the U.S.A., the double LP was described by Louder Than War as “A remarkable album. A joy from start to finish." The same year, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, ‘George Best’, The Wedding Present released ‘George Best 30’. This album featured brand new versions of the original twelve songs recorded by Steve Albini and mixed by Andrew Scheps. 2017 also saw the publication (by Red Planet) of ‘Sometimes These Words Just Don't Have To Be Said’ – a 450 page 'fanthology' of the band.
In 2018, KneejerkFilm released ‘Something Left Behind’ – a feature length documentary telling the story of the ‘George Best’ album. The film, which featured interviews with all four original band members and was produced and directed by Andrew Jezard, has appeared at several film festivals.
TRACK LISTING
1. Jump In, The Water’s Fine
2. Panama

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- HAT24CD
- Release date
- 15 Feb '19
An avid Wedding Present fan himself, Riley, with his team of producers, has formed a close bond with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge and the band. “The release of the Wedding Present sessions done for our 6 Music programme over the years is something of an honour. In the great tradition of the Peel / Selwood releases on the Strange Fruit label, this record proves that, even without John, the BBC can still be a place where great bands can continue to grow and be creative... amongst friends.”
Having received critical acclaim for releases 1 and 2, ‘Marc Riley Sessions Volume 3’, features 9 tracks recorded for the awardwinning BBC Radio 6 Music show in 2015 and 2016. “The two sessions on this compilation feature many songs that appear on ‘Going, Going...’ the studio album that The Wedding Present released in 2016. ‘Going, Going...’ itself was an extensive audio-visual project recorded over the space of eighteen months in Provence, Liverpool and Seattle. By the time of the 2016 session, however, the album had been completed and had actually been released the previous week. Consequently, The Wedding Present were touring the UK (playing ‘Going, Going...’ in its entirety) and so, in-between our Cardiff and Gateshead concerts, we stopped off in Salford to record some tracks for Marc. As a result, you can hear the ‘live’ feel in these performances. This was a band that was literally on the road!”, says David.
The album also features two glorious cover versions including a heartfelt cover of the theme music from the fifth James Bond film, ‘You Only Live Twice’. “I’ve always been fond of recording cover versions and there a couple of great ones on this LP. In 2015 we had a go at John Barry and Leslie Bricusse’s ‘You Only Live Twice’ - and enjoyed it so much that I’m now planning a compilation of Bond covers to be released on my label, Scopitones”, says David. The second cover is the off-kilter ‘Jumper Clown’, a Marc Riley composition. “Marc’s band The Creepers released this song – which poked fun at his previous band’s singer [Mark E. Smith from The Fall] – in 1983 and The Wedding Present covered it eleven years later for the B-side of our ‘It’s A Gas’ single. We decided that an unannounced rendering for a live session while Marc himself was sat in the room watching would be a great surprise to spring on our DJ pal. We managed to keep the whole thing secret with the help of the show’s producer Michelle. This involved hastily rehearsing and sound-checking the song whenever we got the nod from the recording engineer that Marc was out of earshot!”, says David.
TRACK LISTING
A. Recorded 04/11/15
1. Ten Sleep
2. Broken Bow
3. You Only Live Twice
4. 1000 Fahrenheit
B. Recorded 08/09/16
1. Rachel
2. Bear
3. Jumper Clown
4. Kill Devil Hills
5. Santa Monica

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- Ltd 10"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- HAT25V
- Release date
- 26 Aug '22 (originally released 9 Nov '18)
- Vinyl comes with CD version of the album enclosed.
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- CD
- £7.99
- Cat Number
- HAT25CD
- Release date
- 12 Oct '18
“The release of The Wedding Present sessions done for our programme over the years is something of an honour. In the great tradition of the Peel/Selwood releases on the Strange Fruit label this record proves that even without John the BBC can still be a place where great bands can continue to grow and be creative… amongst friends.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Step Inside Love
2. Lovin’ You
3. Our Lips Are Sealed
4. Back For Good

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- CD
- £7.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- PS033CD
- Release date
- 19 May '17
‘Wales’ is taken from The Wedding Present’s recent and critically acclaimed album ‘Going, Going...’ while the other three tracks have been specially written and recorded for this release.
David Gedge was inspired by the challenge of writing a number of instrumental tracks for ‘Going, Going...’ and decided to use ‘Wales’ as the starting point for an EP of further instrumental pieces.
Freed from the restriction of a lyrical narrative the music frequently becomes more experimental and delves deeply into David’s love of pop, rock and film scores for inspiration.
“Going, Going... is a remarkable album. A joy from start to finish” - Louder Than War.
The EP was also inspired by the ‘Home Internationals’ which was an annual football competition between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the last of whom competed as Ireland for most of the competition's history).
It started in 1883 and is the oldest international football tournament in the world. The competition ended in 1983 after 100 years.
TRACK LISTING
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales

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- Ltd 10"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- TONE054 (RSD14)
- Release date
- 28 Apr '14
The Wedding Present’s 'Record Store Day' releases seem to have become something of a little obsession for David Gedge. The yearly 10” EPs make him little profit; he just gets the satisfaction of singing and recording in other languages… and producing Extremely collectable records. In 2012 he tried his tongue at French and 2013 brought us his Teutonic warblings. This year, he’s really gone all out… this 10” vinyl only release has been sung in Welsh! A big fan of Wales and the Welsh in general, David doesn’t actually speak the language, but this didn’t stop him. He called in renowned Welsh actor, Andrew Teilo, who translated and created demos of four existing Wedding Present songs. David then travelled to Penarth where he and Andrew recorded the vocals with some recording expertise from Arwyn Davies. They kept the Welshness going with a little help from Andrew's fellow actor, Llinor ap Gwynedd, on backing vocals. The songs [recorded in the same session as the recent album, ‘Valentina’] are different from the songs on the other two ‘language’ EPs from Record Store Days past… and include the charming ‘Valentina’ album track ‘Meet Cute’. There were a few little hiccoughs during the translation from English into Welsh… the first song, 1000 Fahrenheit, had to be translated into Welsh as 10,000 (Deng Mil) Fahrenheit... not because there is no word for 1000, but apparently it just sounded better! Perhaps the songs all sound better in Welsh! All Welsh album next time Mr. Gedge?! The band will be promoting the release of ‘EP 4 Cân’ with a performance at the 'Wales Goes Pop’ festival in Cardiff during the evening of April 19 following an acoustic set at Spiller’s Records during the afternoon.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. 1000 Fahrenheit [Welsh Version]
2. Meet Cute [Welsh Version]
Side B
1. Journey Into Space [Welsh Version]
2. Can You Keep A Secret? [Welsh Version]
Sun 5th - 12:23
Fri 3rd - 12:34
Fri 3rd - 11:01
Fri 3rd - 9:47
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