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the wedding present

Mellow and just a tad, shall we say, playful, so that’s how it’s shaping up then. Four decades on and there is a pressing danger that the Weddoes might be becoming ‘stupidly cool’. With its hushed pop peculiars and pristine … Continue reading

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the wedding present

I suspect I’m walking into a whole hullabaloo (created purely by myself) whereupon I’m expecting complaint letters and corrections aplenty about this. Now I’ve got to admit, I never saw this on the finalised list of Record Store Day releases … Continue reading

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Heading out of the hatch imprint sometime mid February, the third volume of the Wedding Present’s ‘Marc Riley Sessions’ – this particular release concentrating on radio broadcasts transmitted between 2015 and 2016. Featuring nine tracks in total, the sessions yielded … Continue reading

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Look what we sneaked online while you were sleeping… Transmission 40.0

Look what we sneaked online while you were sleeping… Transmission 40.0…. w/e 8/10//2017 Revolutions of a 33 and 45 kind….   … opening groove ….   … features …. The Telescopes, W H Lung, W.I.T.C.H., the KVB, Is Bliss, Loop, … Continue reading

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the wedding present

Out soon, well tomorrow to be precise, the welcomed second volume of a trilogy of releases featuring the extensive session catalogue of recordings made by the Wedding Present for Marc Riley on 6music. This set concentrates itself on celebrate appearances … Continue reading

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Look what we sneaked online while you were sleeping… Transmission 36.0….

Look what we sneaked online while you were sleeping… Transmission 36.0…. w/e 10/09//2017 Revolutions of a 33 and 45 kind….   Opening credits …. …some sad departures from pop world …. firstly, Walter Becker of Steely Dan … … and … Continue reading

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the wedding present

A little bit of background on this one. It’s 2008, having just completed recording sessions for ‘El Rey’ and fresh from a 20th anniversary tour of ‘George Best’. Gedge and Co are holed up in the studio with Steve Albini … Continue reading

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Always draws a fond glow when it comes into earshot, here’s the Weddoes session version of ‘everyone thinks he looks daft’ recorded for Marc Riley on his 6music show way back in 2007, no doubt tying in and festooned with … Continue reading

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Alas no pledge option to have the Gedge and his Wedding Present compatriots come around to your gaff for a cup of tea and a slice of cake followed by a live rendition of the album from a room of … Continue reading

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