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Wedding Present, The

Real Name:David Gedge, Peter Solowka, Keith Gregory, Shaun Charman
Profile:The Wedding Present, formed from the ashes of Lost Pandas, were founded in Leeds, England, in 1985. The only constant member throughout the group's history was singer/songwriter David Gedge. The initial line-up included guitarist Peter Solowka, bassist Keith Gregory, and drummer Shaun Charman.

Named in honor of the Northern Irish soccer player, "George Best", the Wedding Present's debut LP, appeared on their own Reception label in 1987. "Tommy (1985-1987)" - an overview of early singles, covers, and radio broadcasts - followed in 1988.

The next LP, "Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela", brought together John Peel session dates with a sampler of traditional Ukrainian folk tunes. It also marked the recording debut of new drummer Simon Smith, recruited after Shaun Charman exited to form Popguns. After reaching the Top 40 with the single "Kennedy," the Weddoes returned in 1989 with the LP "Bizarro" and the single "Brassneck," produced by Steve Albini. The 1991 release "Seamonsters" was also produced by Steve Albini and marked the departure of Peter Solowka, replaced by guitarist Paul Dorrington.

Instead of recording a new studio LP, the Wedding Present spent the whole year 1992 issuing a single on the first Monday of each month. Later compiled as the two-volume "Hit Parade" set, the singles featured original material on their A-sides and cover songs on the B-sides.

After the departure of Keith Gregory (to found Cha Cha Cohen), David Gedge remained the band's last original member; the Weddoes then resurfaced with new bassist Darren Belk for 1994's "Watusi", produced by Steve Fisk. After a rather uneventful 1995, the group returned in 1996 with the "Mini EP", later reissued with bonus tracks as "Mini Plus". The full-length "Saturnalia" appeared at the end of the year, followed early in 1997 by the single "Montreal".

In 1997, Gedge called a temporary halt to The Wedding Present and started to work on a solo project that eventually led to a new band, Cinerama. Cinerama actually started as a duo that Gedge shared with his then girlfriend Sally Murrell together with a shifting line-up of collaborators.

At the end of 2002, Gedge split up with Sally and moved to Seattle, where he worked on new stuff for an album. In 2004, he reformed The Wedding Present and the band released their sixth studio LP "Take Fountain".

In 2008 the band release the new LP "El Rey", engineered by Steve Albini, the man behind 1991's success "Seamonsters".
URLs:http://www.scopitones.co.uk/
http://www.westnet.com/weddoes/
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/C.A.Severien/mainmenu.htm
Aliases:Le Cadeau De Mariage
Members:Darren Belk, David Gedge, Jayne Lockey, Kari Paavola, Keith Gregory, Paul Dorrington, Peter Solowka, Shaun Charman, Simon Cleave, Simon Pearson (2), Simon Smith, Terry De Castro
Name Variations: All | Wedding Present, The | Theweddingpresent | TWP | Wedding Present
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Releases:
Demo Tape (Cass, Promo)   Not On Label 1984
Go Out And Get 'Em Boy (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Reception ... 1985
Don't Try and Stop Me, Mother (12")   Reception 1986
Once More (7")   Reception 1986
The Peel Sessions (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Strange Fruit 1986
This Boy Can Wait (12")   Reception 1986
You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends ◄ (2 versions)   Reception 1986
Anyone Can Make A Mistake (12")   Reception 1987
George Best (Album, Comp) ◄ (5 versions)   Reception ... 1987
My Favourite Dress ◄ (2 versions)   Reception 1987
Nighttracks - Radio One Session (12")   Strange Fruit 1988
Nobody's Twisting Your Arm (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions)   Reception 1988
The BBC Sessions (CD)   Dutch East India Trading 1988
Tommy (Comp, Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Reception ... 1988
Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions)   Reception 1988
Bizarro (Comp, Album) ◄ (6 versions)   RCA ... 1989
Brassneck (EP) ◄ (4 versions)   RCA 1989
Kennedy (Single, Maxi) ◄ (3 versions)   RCA 1989
Live Tape No. 6 - Frankfurt 3 November 1989 (Cass, C60)   Not On Label 1989
Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela / Українські Виступи В Івана Піла (10")   RCA 1989
3 Songs (EP) ◄ (3 versions)   RCA ... 1990
All The Songs Sound The Same (10", Ltd, EP)   RCA 1990
Corduroy (7")   RCA 1990
Dalliance (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   RCA 1991
Lovenest (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   RCA 1991
Seamonsters (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   RCA ... 1991
10, 11, 12 (CD, EP, Promo)   RCA 1992
Blue Eyes / Cattle And Cane (7")   RCA 1992
Boing! / Theme From Shaft (7")   RCA 1992
California / Let's Make Some Plans (7")   RCA 1992
Come Play With Me / Pleasant Valley Sunday (7")   RCA 1992
Flying Saucer / Rocket (7")   RCA 1992
Go-Go Dancer / Don't Cry No Tears (7")   RCA 1992
Hit Parade 1 (Comp) ◄ (4 versions)   RCA ... 1992
Hit Parade 2 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   RCA ... 1992
Loveslave / Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family (7")   RCA 1992
No Christmas (7", Single)   RCA 1992
Shaft (CD, EP, Promo)   RCA, BMG France 1992
Silver Shorts / Falling (7")   RCA 1992
Sticky / Go Wild In The Country (7")   RCA 1992
The Hit Parade (Box, Emp)   Not On Label 1992
The Queen Of Outer Space / U.F.O. (7")   RCA 1992
Three / Think That It Might (7")   RCA 1992
Hit Parade 3 (CD, MiniAlbum, Ltd, Comp, MP)   BMG 1993
John Peel Sessions 1987-1990 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Strange Fruit ... 1993
Miss Sky / Undercurrent (Flexi)   Ablaze! Magazine 1993
It's A Gas (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Island Records 1994
Watusi (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Island Records ... 1994
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Island Records 1994
Pop Culture Press #33 (Flexi, 7", S/Sided, Red)   Pop Culture Press, Eva-Tone Soundsheets 1995
Sucker (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Merge Records ... 1995
Versions (10", Promo)   Island Records 1995
2, 3, Go (CD, Maxi)   Cooking Vinyl 1996
Mini ◄ (4 versions)   Cooking Vinyl ... 1996
Saturnalia (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Cooking Vinyl 1996
Evening Sessions 1986-1994 (CD)   Strange Fruit 1997
Montreal (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions)   Cooking Vinyl 1997
John Peel Sessions 1992-1995 (CD)   Cooking Vinyl 1998
Singles 1989-1991 (2xCD, Comp)   Manifesto (2) 1999
Singles 1995-97 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Cooking Vinyl ... 1999
Ukranian John Peel Sessions (CD)   Fresh Ear Records 2000
The Hit Parade (2xCD, Album, Comp)   BMG UK & Ireland, Camden 2003
Interstate 5 (CD, Single)   Scopitones, Scopitones 2004
I'm From Further North Than You (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Scopitones 2005
Ringway To Seatac (CD, Single)   Scopitones 2005
Take Fountain (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Scopitones ... 2005
Search For Paradise: Singles 2004-5 (CD + DVD)   Manifesto (2) 2006
An Evening With The Wedding Present (DVD-V, PAL)   Secret Films 2007
Live 1987 (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Talitres Records ... 2007
Shepherd's Bush Welcomes (CD, Album, Dig)   Secret Records Limited 2007
The Complete Peel Sessions (6xCD, Album, Comp)   Castle Music 2007
Yé Yé: The Best Of The RCA Years (CD, Comp)   Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2007
El Rey (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Vibrant Records ... 2008
How The West Was Won (4xCD, EP, Ltd, Box)   Vibrant 2008
How The West Was Won (CDr, Promo)   Vibrant 2008
The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend (File, MP3, Dow)   Vibrant Records 2008
Dick York's Wardrobe - The Hit Parade Videos (DVD-V, Reg)   Pearson Productions Limited 2009
You're Alive / Go Out And Get 'Em Boy! (Live Version) (Flexi, 7", Single)   Sound Affects  
Production:
Indie Top 20 Vol IV Part 1 - State Of Independents (LP) Nobody's Twisting Your... Beechwood Music 1988
Volume Five (CD, Comp) Signal Volume 1992
Step Right Up: The Songs Of Tom Waits (CD, Comp) Red Shoes By The Drugs... Manifesto (2) 1995
Appears On:
"Yurp Thing" (CD, Album, Spl) My Favourite Mess Allied Recordings (US) 1994
The Covers EP - Five Rounds (CDr, EP) Kennedy Better Weird Than Dead Records 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Raging Sun (LP, Comp) Living And Learning Rouska 1985
C86 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) This Boy Can Wait (A B... Rough Trade (UK) ... 1986
10 Years After The Goldrush (LP, Comp) Once More Constrictor 1987
Indie Top 20 Volume I (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) You Should Always Keep... Band Of Joy ... 1987
GOSH! (CD) Once More Constrictor 1988
Indie Top 20 CD88 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Nobody's Twisting Your... Beechwood Music 1988
Indie Top 20 Vol IV Part 1 - State Of Independents (LP) Nobody's Twisting Your... Beechwood Music 1988
Indie Top 20 Volume III - War Of Independents ◄ (2 versions) Anyone Can Make A Mistake Beechwood Music ... 1988
Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father (LP) Getting Better New Musical Express 1988
Sounds - Waves 3 (7") Go Out And Get 'Em Boy... Sounds (Magazine) 1988
Strum & Drum (Cass, Comp) Give My Love To Kevin ... Underground (6) 1988
The Peel Sessions - The Sampler (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) This Boy Can Wait Strange Fruit ... 1988
Untitled (7") Unfaithful House Of Dolls 1988
Diamonds And Porcupines (LP, Comp) It's Not Unusual (Live) Beat All The Tambourines 1989
Indie Top 20 Volume VI - Pride Of Independents (2xLP) Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue... Beechwood Music 1989
Lie To Me: A Compilation Of Guitar Use And Abuse (CD, Album) I'm Not Always So Stupid Umbrella 1989
Pride Of Independents - Indie Top 20 Vol.6 (CD, Comp) Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue... Beechwood Music 1989
The Best Of The Radio 1 Sessions Vol. One (CD, Comp) Everyone Thinks He Loo... Nighttracks 1989
Vinile No.4 (7") Anyone Can Make A Mist... Stampa Alternativa 1989
Alvin Lives (In Leeds) ◄ (2 versions) Make Me Smile (Come Up... Midnight Music 1990
Best Of Peel Sessions (Par Bernard Lenoir) ◄ (2 versions) You Should Always Keep... Fnac Music 1990
Heaven & Hell - A Tribute To The Velvet Underground - Volume One (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) She's My Best Friend Imaginary Records ... 1990
Product 2378 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Kennedy Telstar 1990
A Lump Of Coal ◄ (2 versions) Stepping Into Christmas First Warning Records 1991
Knowing Where It All Leeds (CD) Crushed Stolen Sounds (2) 1991
New Season - The Peel Sessions (CD) Felicity Strange Fruit 1991
Out Of Time - The Very Best Of The Imaginary Tribute Series (CD, Comp) She's My Best Friend Imaginary Records 1991
The Best Of Indie Top 20 (CD, Comp) Why Are You Being So R... Beechwood Music 1991
The Best Of Indie Top 20 (Vols 6-10) (2xLP, Comp) Why Are You Being So R... Beechwood Music 1991
IndieHits (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Three Telstar 1992
Lime Lizard Indie Compilation Cassette 3 (Cass, Comp) Come Play With Me Lime Lizard 1992
Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty (Comp, Album) ◄ (3 versions) Cumberland Gap New Musical Express 1992
Volume Five (CD, Comp) Signal Volume 1992
Off The Street (CD, Comp) Bewitched (Live) Thank You Very Much Records 1993
Rock Furore CD7 (CD) Falling Rock Furore 1993
Singles Of The Week 1992 (CD, Comp) California New Musical Express, RCA 1993
CMJ New Music October - Volume 15 (CD, Promo) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Yeah College Music Journal 1994
CMJ Presents Certain Damage! - Volume 61 (CD, Promo, Comp) It's A Gas College Music Journal 1994
Fifteen Minutes - A Tribute To The Velvet Underground (CD) She's My Best Friend Imaginary Records 1994
Volume Eleven (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Spangle Volume 1994
Saturday Night Special - Silence Is Golden EP (7", Ltd, Num) Jet Girl Leadmill Records 1995
Step Right Up: The Songs Of Tom Waits (CD, Comp) Red Shoes By The Drugs... Manifesto (2) 1995
The Camden Crawl (CD) Jet Girl Love Train 1995
The Radio 1FM Sessions Vol 2 (Cass) Hot Pants (The Evening... Vox Magazine 1995
Cooking Vinyl Sampler Volume 5 (CD, Comp) Go Man Go, Venus Cooking Vinyl 1996
Introducing Vol. 4 (CD, Comp) Convertible Indigo (2) 1996
No Compromize (2xCD) Sports Car Delerium Records 1996
Opscene 50 (CD, Album) Sucker Gap Recordings (NL) 1996
Truebrit - 40 Essential Indie Hits (2xCD, Comp) Come Play With Me PolyGram TV 1996
WRAS 88.5FM Presents: Radio Oddyssey (CD, Comp) Gazebo Hypnotic Records 1996
Cooking Vinyl Sampler Vol 7 1998 (CD, Smplr) Nobody's Twisting Your... Cooking Vinyl 1998
Rare Trax Vol. 3 - Der Andere Soundtrack: Coole Filmmusik-Versionen (CD, Comp, Car) Where Everybody Knows ... Rolling Stone (Germany) 1998
Cooking Vinyl In Rockdelux (CD, Promo) Convertible Sinedín Music 2000
Delicatessen Two - Cooking Vinyl Sampler 2000 (CD, Album, Smplr) Sports Car Cooking Vinyl 2000
Dark Side Of The 80's (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Brassneck BMG Belgium NV/SA ... 2003
Crash! Indie Anthems (2xCD) Kenndy Telstar TV 2004
Rough Trade Shops - Indiepop 1 (2xCD) Once More Mute Records Ltd. 2004
Benicàssim 2005 (3xCD, Comp) Always The Quiet One Festival Internacional de Benicàssim 2005
John Peel - A Tribute (2xCD, Comp) Brassneck Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2005
John Peel's Festive 15 (CD, Comp) Everyone Thinks He Loo... Uncut Magazine 2005
La Route Du Rock 15 (CD) Queen Anne La Route Du Rock 2005
Rare Trax Vol. 37 - Boys Will Be Girls (CD, Comp, Car) This Boy Can Wait Rolling Stone (Germany) 2005
SPEX CD #48 (CD) Interstate 5 Spex Magazine 2005
With A Little Help From My Fans (CD, EP) Getting Better Les Inrockuptibles 2005
1989 (CD) Kennedy CDcard Company 2006
CD86 - 48 Tracks From The Birth Of Indie Pop (2xCD, Comp) This Boy Can Wait Castle Music 2006
Classics From John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (CD) Brassneck Universal Music Catalogue 2006
Do It Again: A Tribute To Pet Sounds (CD, Album) Caroline No Houston Party Records 2006
Talitres Is 5 (2xCD) American Tan, Shivers Talitres Records 2006
Indie Cool (CD, Comp) Dalliance The Independent 2008
Just Like Heaven A Tribute To The Cure (CD, Album) High American Laundromat Records 2008
New Noises Vol. 90 (CD, Comp, Car) Spider-Man On Hollywood Rolling Stone (Germany) 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Get Flexed Again (Flexi)   Overcome Some 1994
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