Label : Clue Records
Released : 2024
Catalogue number : CLUE119CD
Product Information :
- 25th anniversary re-imagining of Cinerama's debut album – Va Va Voom
- Full studio re-recording of the original album plus a live recording of the album
- Includes 2 CDs featuring all tracks and a DVD featuring the live concert
- Stunning new sleeve design
- Signed copies available on request
Track-listing :
CD1 :
Maniac / Comedienne / Hate / Kerry Kerry / Barefoot In The Park / You Turn Me On / Ears / Me Next / Hard, Fast And Beautiful / Dance, Girl, Dance / Honey Rider – [all re-recorded in 2023]
CD2 / DVD :
Maniac / Comedienne / Hate / Kerry Kerry / Barefoot In The Park / You Turn Me On / Ears / Me Next / Hard, Fast And Beautiful / Dance, Girl, Dance / Honey Rider – [all recorded live in Brighton for 'At The Edge Of The Sea' in 2023]
David Gedge says: “In 1997, I took a break from being in The Wedding Present and began exploring the idea of writing songs on my own at home, using the new technology that had recently become available. That gave me the freedom to explore writing in the style of different kinds of music, such as the classic pop records of the 1960s and 1970s and the work of film composers like John Barry and Ennio Morricone. I used samplers and sequencers for the demos and session musicians in the studio, so there wasn’t a Cinerama ‘band’, as such, until we started playing live after ‘Va Va Voom’ had been released. In 2023, I decided to mark the 25th anniversary of that release by playing the album in full at my annual Brighton festival, ‘At The Edge Of The Sea’. I was struck by how different ‘Va Va Voom’ sounded, being played by a live band as opposed to those studio session musicians – there’s more vibrancy and energy – so I decided to re-record it!”
‘Va Va Voom’ – “Turbo-driven melodies and bittersweet vignettes” [The Times] – was the debut album from Cinerama but, of course, not the debut from the band’s protagonist – David Gedge. Originally released in 1998, it was David’s first musical project outside of The Wedding Present, who, by then, had released five albums and established themselves as one of the UK’s most uncompromising and influential indie rock bands.