THE WEDDING PRESENT : SOMETIMES THESE WORDS JUST DON’T HAVE TO BE SAID ‘Sometimes These Words Just Don’t Have To Be Said’ - a Wedding Present ‘fanthology’ – was published by Red Planet on 15 September 2017. With an introduction and commentary from David Gedge, ‘Sometimes These Words Just Don’t...
On 22 September 2017, Scopitones released George Best 30, a re-recorded version of The Wedding Present's debut album, on LP and CD. It was early 2008 and The Wedding Present were in Chicago, recording their seventh album, El Rey. But they had also recently completed a successful ‘twentieth anniversary’ concert...
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...
The Wedding Present have released a four track instrumental EP called Home Internationals which features the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. The EP was released by the El Segell Del Primavera record label on vinyl on Record Store Day 2017 [22 April 2017] and on CD on 19 May 2017. Track-listing...
The Wedding Present have released a series of live albums on their own label, Scopitones. This series of re-mastered double CDs collects recordings from The Wedding Present's infamous 'live tapes'; cassettes that the band sold at shows and through their fanzine in the 1980s and 1990s. The recordings were not...
Going, Going… is the title of the ninth Wedding Present studio album. It was released by Scopitones on 2 September 2016 and is a collection of twenty 'linked' tracks, each with a beautiful accompanying film. Given the nature of this unique project, Going, Going… comes in a variety of audio-visual...
In April 2016, The Wedding Present’s classic Hit Parade series of 7" singles was re-released as a 10” vinyl box set by British label Vinyl180 Records. This collection, which comprises four lovingly packaged discs, features all the songs from the original singles plus sleeve notes by actor and Wedding Present...
Cinerama, David Gedge's 'other' band, released a new album, Valentina, in May 2015. In 1997 David Gedge decided to take a break from The Wedding Present. But he didn’t take a break from music. Oh, no. Instead, he elected to take a different path musically and write songs inspired by...
Scopitones have issued a new album featuring Cinerama recorded live in London in June 2015. This double disc release features the concert on both CD & DVD. Title : Live 2015 Release date : 9 November 2015 This year David Gedge finally realised a dream that he's had for about...
Scopitones released a mini-LP by Terry de Castro on 14 August 2015. Entitled ‘You Can’t Separate Light’ this six track mini-album comes on a beautiful clear vinyl 10" with download codes. Known primarily as the bassist for The Wedding Present and Cinerama, Terry de Castro was also a founding member...