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- Date Released: April 1, 1998
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Cooking Vinyl / IODA
David Gedge and friends present some of the group’s finest moments from their latter-era Peel Sessions.
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We Say...
Some bands were so closely identified with John Peel that they're impossible to discuss without mentioning him, and the Wedding Present, formed in the early '80s by singer-guitarist David Gedge, is one of them. This compilation of the band's later work — before Gedge reconceived them as Cinerama — features committed versions of such fan favorites of "Him or Me (What's It Gonna Be?)," "Flying Saucer" and "So Long, Baby," which speed and/or lope along with the kind of chaotic precision the DJ prized above all about indie rock.
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They Say...
The songs on this CD come from a period in the Wedding Present's career that most fans' would admit to be less than inspirational. The frenzied jangle of their early days had slowed considerably and the frustrated growl and unrelenting mope of the classic Seamonsters LP had been replaced by a seemingly blasé attitude and even worse, a spot of light-heartedness here and there. Basically, David Gedge and his mates seemed to have lost the plot. Well, that may have been the case on the records released at the time but when the band entered the BBC studios it was a different story. The songs that just lay there on the records come to life full of all the fire and imagination of their better songs from the earlier albums. The guitars are loud and angry, the tempos are more insistent and Gedge sings it like he means it. It doesn't hurt that this CD is made up of most of the good songs the band recorded during those three years. They also deliver an absolutely storming version of Paul Revere & the Raiders' classic Him or Me (What's it Gonna Be?) Heartbreak, anger, bitterness, and loud guitars. That is what the Wedding Present are all about and that is what they deliver here.
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California |
3:04 |
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| 02. | |
Come Play With Me |
4:27 |
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| 03. | |
Flying Saucer |
4:49 |
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| 04. | |
Softly Softly |
3:18 |
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| 05. | |
Spangle |
3:14 |
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| 06. | |
So Long, Baby |
2:38 |
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| 07. | |
Gazebo |
3:28 |
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| 08. | |
Him Or Me (What's It Gonna Be?) |
2:44 |
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| 09. | |
Love Machine |
3:45 |
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| 10. | |
Go, Man, Go |
2:22 |
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| 11. | |
Drive |
2:11 |
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| 12. | |
Sports Car |
3:18 |
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12 Total Tracks, 39:18 Total Length
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Credits
- The Wedding Present - Main Performer // Paul Dorrington - Guitar // David Gedge - Guitar // David Gedge - Vocals // Keith Gregory - Bass // John Parkes - Guitar (Acoustic) // Mike Robinson - Producer // Miti - Producer // Ralph Jordan - Engineer // Mike Engles - Producer // George Thomas - Engineer
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