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...
Scopitones released two double LPs on 180gm vinyl featuring The Wedding Present and Cinerama for 'Record Store Day 2015' - which took place on 18 April. The albums are : Take Fountain - an 18 track double LP with download codes featuring The Wedding Present's sixth studio album plus bonus...
Edsel Records re-released eight deluxe versions of classic Wedding Present albums on 27 October 2014. The result of an extensive mining of the Wedding Present archive, each of these special re-issues comes in the form of a hardback book containing three CDs, a DVD and a booklet. David Gedge worked...
On 8 September 2014, Scopitones released a new double album by Cinerama, David Gedge’s ‘other’ band. ‘Seven Wonders Of The World’ comes as a 24-track double CD and 18-track double LP that compiles EPs, obscurities, songs in German & French and a cover of ‘Diamonds Are Forever’. The album is...
EP 4 CÂN The Wedding Present’s Record Store Day releases seem to have become something of an obsession for David Gedge. The yearly 10” EPs make him little profit; he just gets the satisfaction of singing and recording in languages other than English… and producing extremely collectable records! In 2012 he...
In 2013, to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the "Hit Parade" series of 7" singles, The Wedding Present undertook a ten date British tour and, in conjunction, released a limited edition new 7” single on their own label, Scopitones. 'Two Bridges', which was released on 21 October 2013, featured a...
Last year's 'Record Store Day' EP took The Wedding Present to France. This year, in what seems to have become another tradition for a man who loves traditions, David Gedge takes us to Germany... via Switzerland. Obviously loving last year's challenge to sing in French, David has taken advantage of...