Two years on from their debut album, the Wedding Present delivered a proper sophomore effort, one quite distanced from the jangle punk days of 1987's George Best. Though David Gedge's obsession with the lovelorn had by no means disappeared, the band finally found a way to frame his lyrics properly, resulting in a darker album with more emotional weight where needed. "Brassneck," the Weddoes' first collaboration with engineer Steve Albini, became their biggest hit yet, peaking at Number    [ read more ]

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Two years on from their debut album, the Wedding Present delivered a proper sophomore effort, Bizarro [Camden Deluxe Bonus Tracks]; one quite distanced from the jangle punk days of 1987's George Best. Though David Gedge's obsession with the lovelorn had by no means disappeared, the band finally found a way to frame his lyrics properly, resulting in a darker album with more emotional weight where needed. "Brassneck," the Wedding Present' first collaboration with engineer Steve Albini,   [ read more ]

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If you've waited for the inevitable all-encompassing box, opting to avoid the various forms of compilations tracking the Wedding Present's BBC sessions for the late, great John Peel -- or if you ever had a low-level panic attack wondering if there might've been an elusive 1991 volume between John Peel Sessions 1987-1990 and John Peel Sessions 1992-1995 -- you are now in luck (and indeed certain that there were no 1991 sessions). Containing six CDs in slimline cases and a thick booklet of text   [ read more ]

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The band returned from an eight-year hiatus in early 2005 with the release of Take Fountain. This long-awaited album brought them back into the spotlight with all the style and sophistication associated with a legendary group, but fans were also pleased to see the band had lost none of the growling angst with which they had burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut. That intensity has been turned up even further for the new album, El Rey, The Wedding Present's first collaboration with the leg   [ read more ]

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This huge collection summarizes the early portion of the Wedding Present's career, the C-86 era of jangly, revved-up indie-pop. The release compiles the band's first album and its first two singles ("Nobody's Twisting You Arm" and "Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now") -- 23 tracks worth of the hyper pop the band is known for. Apart from the dark and majestic Seamonsters, George Best + is easily the best possible introduction to the band's work; it's also a fine introduction to the entire C-8   [ read more ]

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It was a stunt of sorts, yet it was also an idea, and as the Legend! points out in the liner notes to this 2003 reissue, ideas in music are few and far between. It suckered weak-willed casual fans into apprehensively buying a Wedding Present single once a month for an entire year, but it also produced a handful of the group's best singles -- all 12 of which reached the Top 40 of the U.K. chart -- and several covers that were either completely unlikely or just the opposite. While the Hit Parade 1 CD   [ read more ]

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"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.TRACKS 1 & 2 WRITTEN BY DAVID GEDGE / TERRY DE CASTRO TRACK 3 WRITTEN BY IRVING BERLIN AND PUBLISHED BY WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC. SPECIAL GUEST VOCALS ON TRACK 1 BY SIMONE WHITE, WHO APPEARS COURTESY OF HONEST JON'S RECORDS.

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Thanks for the reminder! David Gedge and his two bands (the other: Cinerama, 1997-2004) have done such yeoman mid-tempo work for 17 years, since Seamonsters, that it's easy to forget that Leeds' Wedding Present began as the fastest jangle pop band in history (still never equaled in speed!). This first-official live LP is two complete 1987 soundboard gigs from England and Germany, originally given away with their fan magazine, Invasion of the Wedding Present. As such, both capture them at the height of their   [ read more ]

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Registry compiles the Wedding Present's first two albums (George Best and Tommy) with their last two (Mini and Saturnalia), which were previously out of print in the U.S.. The group's multi-faceted indie-rock shines on tracks like "My Favourite Dress," "Anyone Can Make a Mistake," "At the Edge of the Sea," "Mercury," "Jet Girl," and "Dreamworld." Registy is a handy and comprehensive set from an underrated band whose influence can mostly likely be heard on one of you   [ read more ]

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Steve Albini's production gives Seamonsters a noisy, discordant feel in some spots, but David Gedge's suberb songwriting lies just under the surface. He manipulates his limited vocal range into a rich, wistful voice just about to crack. The Wedding Present work best on this album when Gedge's plaintive love songs explode into a distorted fury, as on "Dalliance," and "Suck." [Camden Deluxe's 2001 edition features remastered sound and eight bonus tracks appended to the original running order   [ read more ]

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This CD plus DVD collection features the three singles from last year's critically-acclaimed Take Fountain album, plus all the B-sides, previously unreleased acoustic versions of the A-sides and a track remixed by the German pop group, Klee. It comes with a bonus DVD of videos made for the singles and the outstanding album track "Don't Touch That Dial" together with a film made for an acoustic live version of "Perfect Blue," and bonus behind the scenes footage.

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The Wedding Present was, and is, one of the most influential and successful indie bands in Britain. Active from 1986 to 1996, the band, fronted by songwriter and only constant member David Gedge, had seventeen Top 40 UK hit singles, patronage by the late renowned DJ John Peel, and acclaimed albums released on RCA/BMG, Island, and Cooking Vinyl. Among other notable achievements, the band had twelve chart singles - one each month -- in 1992, equaling Elvis' 35-year-old British record for "most hits in one yea   [ read more ]

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