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RANDB 171LP
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20,000 fans were there for The Beatles' first appearance in Canada at the open-air Empire Stadium, Vancouver. The boys' set lasted just under half an hour and they forgot to play 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'. The show was broadcast live by local radio station CKWX and the engineer only got the balance right on the fourth song, the vocals on the previous songs had too much distortion. It almost didn't happen as the airline pilot didn't have the correct paperwork for entering Canada, and the group only got to the venue at 9.15pm. The fans loved it but the critics were less impressed.
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RANDB 172LP
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Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and The Trinity are today best known for their hit recording of Dylan's then-unreleased "This Wheel's On Fire" which is included here, together with covers of songs by the Staple Sisters, Nina Simone, Donovan, Mose Allison and David Ackles. Add in some band-written originals and you have twelve cool tracks mixing jazz, r'n'b, psyche and pop. All songs were specially recorded for the BBC, sound quality is excellent throughout. Comes with full sleevenotes.
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REP 063EP
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On Tuesday 3rd September 1963, the Beatles recorded all eighteen tracks for the last three Pop Go The Beatles shows. The venue was the Aeolian Hall in Mayfair, used by the BBC for the recording and broadcast of concerts and recitals.
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REP 064EP
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During the first week in August 1963, the Beatles were touring in Lancashire, so they fulfilled their obligation to record the tracks for episodes 11 and 12 of Pop Go The Beatles at the BBC's Playhouse Theatre in Hulme, South Manchester on August 1st.
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SPACEY
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Matthias, head of Superluminal Recordings and parties in Berlin, offers the second Delicate Bloom. Four versatile, forward-thinking acidic analogue mutations to soundtrack to late-night drives. Follows cult EPs for CABARET, Faciendo, Craigie Knowes and Art Of Dark and plays from selectors including Jane Fitz, DJ Masda, and Desyn.
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TROUBADOUR
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A Colourful Storm launches Delicate Bloom, a new series of dancefloor sprouts. Klon Dump reinterprets a medieval choral song into two propulsive, forward-thinking wigglers. Follows EPs for Thomas Melchior's My King Is Light and tunes that found heavy rotation by the likes of Raresh, Christian AB, and Peach. Rave like it's 1299!
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ACR 015EP
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Recursivity is a reflection on inspiration, derivations, cycles of life, environments, and the consequence of time.
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WHYT 076LP
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Gaister (Olivia Salvadori, Akihide Monna, and Coby Sey) bring their self-titled LP out via AD 93. The record captures the embodiment of an encounter, one moment of the trio's ongoing relationship as artists who communicate with each other through sound, voice and music. After orbiting in the same circles at each other's shows around 2016 in London, Sey and Salvadori eventually crossed paths. In 2017 Sey joined Salvadori's artistic collective Tutto Questo Sentire on a residency in Capalbio, the southernmost part of Tuscany, Italy, and started working together. Down the line the pair ended up joining with Akihide Monna (of Bo Ningen), performing together in 2019 at Camden Art Centre on Cork Street in London. When the trio come together something new is created, brought out after laying dormant, like an Icelandic Geysir. The setting of this particular encounter amongst the trio is essential in the album's sonic palette, process and emotion. The album was recorded in Iceland at Greenhouse Studios, where the trio formalized a set of intuitions; how nature can provide a guideline in the choices of the instruments, their materials and related rhythms; reflections on the voice as a sculptural element, pure sound and words. A purity, spirit and essence, is pulled from the trio, in spite of their varying mother tongues (Italian, Japanese and English), musical genres, and identities to create something new. Olivia Salvadori's operatic vocals run free, flowing and moving in synergy with Monna's rhythmic drumming. Sey, who is arguably best known for rapping and producing, sings freely with Salvadori, their voices braided together like a waterfall. This flowing nature is reflected in the album itself, its timestamps and scores are marked by encounters rather than tracks themselves. This album can be considered as one constant piece and a journey of its own that is not foreclosed, in keeping with the band's ethos of constant conversation and collaboration. Gaister are able to synergize, hold and transform this varied emotional and primordial matter together through a deep shared trust and intuition.
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ANDOTHERS 001CD
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With Elsewhere, Grandbrothers open a bold new chapter. Known for crafting all their music from a single grand piano, the duo now expand their sonic palette with analog synths, drum machines, and a new sense of rhythm and physicality. It's their most transformative album to date -- a reinvention that ventures into unfamiliar territory while staying rooted in emotional depth and detail. Released via their own newly founded label __and__others.
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AUS 005EP
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Much sought-after funk 45 originally recorded and released in Tasmania on the Candle label in 1976. Written and performed by Lyn Thomas to celebrate the opening of the Silvers Nightclub at the Hobart Casino.
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AVE66 020-2EP
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Avenue 66 opens Series 33 with a Düsseldorf/Lyon connection. Jonquera first encountered Tolouse Low Trax a decade ago in a small Lyon club. The Düsseldorf artist's mechanical psychedelia, and the influence of the Salon collective have been a constant touchstone for Jonquera. After several LPs, Jonquera returns to the EP format with "Cause & Utility"/"Tales of Decay." Built from improvised drum, bass, and vocal recordings, the tracks are reworked through heavy looping and acoustic treatment, a method inspired by his recent live shows. The MPC sorcerer Tolouse Low Trax, aka Detlef Weinrich, brings his Düsseldorf circuitry and autobahn funk with two tracks of pure rhythm apparition. "Amp" is a quintessential Tolouse Low Trax cut, built on concealed rhythmic structures, swampy bass lines, and fragments of radio and voice samples. "Solid Rock" echoes this idea, first conceived as a variation on Amp where particles repeat themselves.
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BALMAT 018LP
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In the winter of 2023, Ingri Høyland and Ida Urd retreated to a Danish sommerhus, or summer house -- the tiny, tidy shacks that are a central feature of the national culture, where for generations, Danes have whiled away the warm months with their families. This sanctuary was the origin for Høyland and Urd's Duvet, a meditation on shelter, trust, and communication. They were motivated by the idea of nesting: finding ways of feeling safe and being at home while traveling, moving through seasons, enduring periods of change. Høyland and Urd both studied at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, which has turned out acclaimed artists like Clarissa Connelly, Smerz, and Fine; over the past few years, the two musicians have developed a collaborative method based on connection and trust. A practice, they write, "where composing, or rather suggesting, sounds and melodies for one another is a way of carefully talking, mending emotions and obstacles. Saying yes to one another. The compositional space becomes a nest for entangling whatever emotions, thoughts, or barriers one of the composers brings to the given day or moment." Sonically, Duvet feels like an extension of Høyland's last album, 2023's Ode to Stone, which also featured Urd along with ambient musician Sofie Birch and visual artist Lea Guldditte Hestelund. But where that album, created in response to an open call for work themed around Denmark's national parks, suggested rolling landscapes and endless horizons, Duvet turns inward, countering chill winds with glowing warmth. Its eight tracks seek a balance between abstraction and melody, intention and happenstance. "We had a truly inspiring and rewarding process working with Birk Gjerlufsen Nielsen from Vanessa Amara, who co-produced and mixed the album with us," Ingri adds. "He approached the material with great care and sensitivity, while also bringing his own distinct presence and creativity into the sound." Quiet and contemplative, Duvet is simple on the surface but rich in timbral, textural, and emotional complexity. Høyland and Urd sourced their sounds from an array of instruments and techniques -- electronic devices, modules, pedals, and also electroacoustic treatments of various wind instruments. Mixing primarily through analog tape units added further mystery and depth, weaving together wordless voices and unknown sounds -- breathing, rustling, perhaps the coppery gleam of Urd's electric bass -- into a dynamic matrix. Like a nest, pull one twig and the whole thing unravels.
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BTR 124EP
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Mysterious disco outfit Jiri Jiri deliver an essential EP -- four tracks of sublime, summery European cool hand-picked by Batov Records boss DJ Kobayashi for the label's brand new and carefully curated Give Me Disco 12" series, named after Raja Zahr's disco classic. Springing from the ranks of global grooves ensemble Muito Kaballa and psychedelic travelers YĪN YĪN, Jiri Jiri have honed their musical chops and crafted four Neapolitan funk and pan-European disco jams as hot as the Adriatic coastline. The songs on Give Me Disco: Vol. 1 were born in Naples. Collaborators Jan Janzen and Niklas Mündemann enlisted the production expertise of Pellegrino S. Snichelotto -- founder of Early Sounds Recordings, former Nu Genea producer, and a key architect of the Neapolitan funk renaissance, to further refine their sound. The Neapolitan connection shines brightest on opener "Gino". Gentle, breeze-like percussion interlocks with a gorgeous guitar line and a buttery bassline, laying the foundation for a seductive Neapolitan-style vocal. Flute and synth flourishes are the icing on the cake. Things crank up a notch on "Senza Benza". This uptempo, largely instrumental track fuses Afro disco rhythms with Azymuth-esque synths. The relentless groove hardly lets up, save for a brief, wordless vocal break. Elsewhere, "L'amour" does what it says on the tin, expanding the palette from Neapolitan funk to include Anglo-French vocals that both lament and celebrate love's ups and downs. Closer "Lummo Luvva" returns to instrumental territory with flair. The Give Me Disco: Vol. 1 EP marks the beginning of two exciting new ventures -- the emergence of Jiri Jiri, and inspired by their need for a home, the launch of Batov Records' Give Me Disco 12" series.
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BTR 127LP
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Eje Eje, the orbiting side project of Şatellites founder and multi-instrumentalist Itamar Kluger, shares Primordial Soup, his second album on Batov Records, stirring an even wider pot of influences from East to West that defies genre. Kluger launched his solo project, Eje Eje, with the 2023 Five Seasons LP (BTR 073LP), playing the majority of instruments himself and refining his production chops. Kluger's blend of traditional Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music with psych, funk, dub, and beat production, culminated in strong support from BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 2, and Songlines. Much like its predecessor, Primordial Soup was largely self-recorded by Kluger, blending meticulous studio work, recalling DJ Shadow or early Four Tet, with raw, expressive performances -- mainly himself on strings, bass guitar, percussion, and keys, including a new recently acquired microtonal keyboard -- perfect for exploring Eastern musical scales, plus musical friends such as drummer Raz Man of Sababa 5, Şatellites, and Project Gemini fame. Taking its name from the scientific theory on the origins of life, Primordial Soup is as much about sonic experimentation as it is a metaphor for existence itself. For Kluger, the title represents both a philosophical question and a creative mission. Kluger began work on Primordial Soup in October 2023, though many ideas had been gestating long before. The process was shaped by both creative compulsion and emotional necessity. Album opener, "Oyun Çorbası" is a playful fusion of Turkish folk and indie rock textures. Its title is a wordplay on "Oyun Havaları" (traditional dance tunes) and "çorba" (soup), reflecting the track's mix of influences. A tight, marshy groove from drummer Raz Man drives the rhythm, while a phased baglama riff leads, layered with swirling keys into a hazy, cymbal-driven bridge. "The Bride" is a collaboration between Eje Eje and rising flautist, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Elad Kimhi. Inspired by Lebanese weddings, the track blends tradition with dancefloor energy. Known for his work with Firqat El Nur Orchestra, Sharif, among others, Kimhi brings a deep understanding of Mediterranean music, from Andalusian to Moroccan and Turkish. From brooding cinematic rides to joyous wedding bangers, Primordial Soup explores what it means to be alive, connected, and creative in turbulent times and cements Eje Eje as one of the most exciting voices fusing Middle Eastern traditions with cutting-edge beat culture. For fans of: Sven Wunder, The Gaslamp Killer, Şatellites.
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BEC 5615942
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This ultimate 6LP boxset presents the works of Pascal Comelade from 1984 to 2024 and his 40 years producing instrumental music. Each vinyl has been thought as an album in itself, with its own identity, that could be listened as it is. According to the artist, Improperies: compositions et enregistrements magnétiques (1984-2024) is a music puzzle which doesn't obey to any rule with the exception of Pascal Comelade's creation and art thoughts that kept moving over the years. Limited numbered to 500 copies; 6LP Black Vinyl in spineless sleeve, heawyweight cardboard slipcase/custom numbered at the back, includes an insert-photo signed by the artist. The boxset artwork is an original creation by Miquel Barceló.
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ACRE 018CD
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Scaler are the electrifying Bristol-based band hailed as the city's "next national breakthrough" thanks to their pulverizing live show and meticulous, mind- warping sound. Now they're back with Endlessly, a sublime and stylistically expansive new album. Ten potent tracks written and recorded more collaboratively than ever before, as Scaler explore what it means to make music with no ceiling. Building on what they know and taking it in new directions has been a constant throughout the three-year journey behind Endlessly, which came together in the studio beneath Bristol's legendary The Louisiana. Inspired by time apart, the album finds them reconnecting with their diverse sonic touchpoints -- many tangled in their city's much-mused-on musical heritage -- and the creative energy of collaborators around them. Close friends and long-admired peers, including Akiko Haruna, Art School Girlfriend, Tlya X An, Shadow Stevie, Thomas Ridley and Cold Light's ELDON add color to Scaler's darkened palette and point to the left-turns they're leaning into.
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LP version. Scaler are the electrifying Bristol-based band hailed as the city's "next national breakthrough" thanks to their pulverizing live show and meticulous, mind- warping sound. Now they're back with Endlessly, a sublime and stylistically expansive new album. Ten potent tracks written and recorded more collaboratively than ever before, as Scaler explore what it means to make music with no ceiling. Building on what they know and taking it in new directions has been a constant throughout the three-year journey behind Endlessly, which came together in the studio beneath Bristol's legendary The Louisiana. Inspired by time apart, the album finds them reconnecting with their diverse sonic touchpoints -- many tangled in their city's much-mused-on musical heritage -- and the creative energy of collaborators around them. Close friends and long-admired peers, including Akiko Haruna, Art School Girlfriend, Tlya X An, Shadow Stevie, Thomas Ridley and Cold Light's ELDON add color to Scaler's darkened palette and point to the left-turns they're leaning into.
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BOND 12080EP
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Bondage-Music presents the new vinyl EP from Markus Homm, titled Twingo. Homm delivers four tracks that epitomize his deep, grooving sound. Homm blends influences from classic house with techno textures, continually evolving his sound across releases and DJ sets. Twingo showcases Homm's signature sonic palette, balancing uplifting grooves with a precise edge. The EP highlights his ability to fuse organic house vibes with driving techno energy, creating a cohesive journey for both dancers and listeners. Two of the tracks on the EP are vinyl-only, reinforcing Bondage-Music's commitment to offering exclusive material for vinyl enthusiasts.
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BB 498CD
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While working in Berlin Wedding at andereBaustelle studio on their upcoming album, Kreidler found also time to dig deep into the vaults of their Düsseldorf and Berlin archives. Thirty years ago, Kreidler's eponymous mini-album was released on Cologne-based label Finlayson; and RIVA, their first outing, on cassette tape, was released a year before that. Both released in limited physical formats and long unavailable. This edition documents the band's beginnings, with threads that can be followed throughout their whole history to their current work. Still, they are straight out of a certain scene, at a certain place, at a certain time. Kreidler -- formed from the encounter of the band Deux Baleines Blanches (Thomas Klein, Andreas Reihse, and Stefan Schneider) with DJ Sport (Detlef Weinrich) -- already in its initial years, and in those that followed, managed to hold seemingly contradictory strands, becoming a fluid form that could equally accommodate the various strengths and interests of its members. This ability has remained intact up to the present lineup of Thomas Klein, Alex Paulick, and Andreas Reihse. Oliver Tepel wrote of their mini-album in 1995 in Spex magazine: "On the basis of calm grooves from andante to moderato -- comparable to the dissolution of object and background in analytical cubism -- the contours of the instruments disappear in favor of mysteriously meandering waves of sound." In 1994, RIVA, the beginning: circuitous somehow, a spatial presence in the restraint, strangely physical in its beauty. Mounting with Das Wilde Heinefeld, with voice and bass clarinet by Fritz Sitterle. Produced for an unreleased Monarchie und Alltag cover version album, conceived by Joerg "Zappo" Zboralski as a follow-up to his Brücke Kaufen album The journey ends in a heated but once again taut textual space, familiar ground for Kreidler, after various gigs with spoken word artists. The photography incorporated on the front cover of this release depicts Kreidler in 1995 in the artists' club WP8.
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BSR 915R-LP
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"The Heptones are undoubtedly one of the most accomplished, significant and influential Jamaican vocal harmony trios. Amongst genuine lovers of Jamaican music their standing is beyond compare but, outside of the confines of reggae music, it is still nowhere near as assured. 1985's Swing Low reissued on red vinyl."
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BSR 931R-LP
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"Vinyl reissue of the Maytones' 1977 album, back in print since the original issue! Now on red vinyl."
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PLEXUS 001CD
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Hailing from the suburbs of Glasgow, this five-piece are best known for their three starry-eyed albums on the renowned Sarah Records -- this being an expanded version of their first (an eight-track 10" at the time). By the tail end of the 1980s the independent music scene in the UK was turning its back on the polish and over-indulgence of the mid-'80s with its gated drums and wallpaper production. And those who weren't stretching the boundaries of sonic innovation had tuned back to the post-punk ethos of ramshackle charm and zealous melody, even dousing the spirit with some political fervor once more. Influences were more likely to be Television and the Television Personalities than MTV. The Orchids and The Sea Urchins were the first two bands to release 7" singles on the Sarah label having previously begun their recording existence on a shared flexi disc in 1987 (The Sea Urchins went on to become Delta, whose classic album Slippin' Out from 2000 will be the second release on Circuitry). The Scottish five-piece released I've Got a Habit and Underneath the Window, Underneath the Sink as EPs before really finding their feet with Lyceum; the tracks, remastered from the original Toad Hall tapes are included on this reissue as are the three songs from the "What Will We Do Next?" 7" (this collection closes with the frazzled stretch that is "Yawn"). Lyceum was originally released in August 1989. The album opens with "It's Only Obvious" and its gloriously youthful chorus of "who needs tomorrow when all I need, all I needed was you." James Hackett somehow appears both forthright and rejected, something that one of their musical heroes The Go-Betweens also had down to a fine art. It barely takes a breath until midway through side two where "Hold On" (sounding suspiciously like an unlikely objective) descends into the intro of "Blue Light," the counted-in "1, 2, 3, 4" whispered like the most hopelessly dejected rally. If that sounds depressing it isn't. This record by The Orchids was a spirited source of comfort for an 18-year-old at the time and still shudders with the best type of melancholy, one that's spirited not indulgent. If you're not familiar with the band's charm, this is where you should begin.
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CCS 128EP
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Montreal duo Flabbergast -- aka Guillaume Coutu Dumont and Vincent Lemieux -- return to Circus Company, the label where it all began with their debut EP in 2015. Now seasoned veterans of leftfield club experimentation, they deliver Weirdo Active, a two-track vinyl release that distills their signature blend of groove, absurdity, and refined weirdness. Perfect for after-hours transitions or more openminded floors. Following standout releases on Yoyaku, Copier/Coller, and Chapelle XVI, Flabbergast continue to offer up dance music that's deeply heady, subtly unhinged, and always full of intent. A finely sculpted dose of dancefloor surrealism -- just the way Flabbergast likes it.
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CLUE 1985CD
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After Leeds alt-rock band The Lost Pandas disintegrated around them in the early 1980s, singer/guitarist David Gedge and bassist Keith Gregory decided to form a new group. In 1985, beguiled by pop radio, punk brashness, The Velvet Underground and David's erstwhile schoolmates, The Chameleons -- they launched The Wedding Present. That band was -- and remains -- uncompromising and unwaveringly authentic in every way and, as a result, Gedge, without intention, has become a legendary figure in alternative music. He has become one of the chief architects and originators of modern guitar rock and the mastermind behind one of the richest, catchiest and most consistently enthralling catalogues in pop history. Four decades on, and with 13 studio albums, 20 compilation albums and a whole host of singles, EPs, live albums and radio sessions The Wedding Present 40 is a commemorative reflection of this complex and fascinating catalogue. Available as four vinyl and four CD box sets, this is not your usual collection of "most popular" songs, but rather a chronological, aural journey of album tracks, singles and B-sides. The stunning artwork has been put together by Jonathan Hitchen -- who designed many of the band's original record covers -- and there are extensive sleeve notes by David Gedge himself along with esteemed music writer Mark Beaumont. Gedge's commentary provides a unique insight into the workings of the band and an absorbing track- by-track guide to the compilation.
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4LP version. After Leeds alt-rock band The Lost Pandas disintegrated around them in the early 1980s, singer/guitarist David Gedge and bassist Keith Gregory decided to form a new group. In 1985, beguiled by pop radio, punk brashness, The Velvet Underground and David's erstwhile schoolmates, The Chameleons -- they launched The Wedding Present. That band was -- and remains -- uncompromising and unwaveringly authentic in every way and, as a result, Gedge, without intention, has become a legendary figure in alternative music. He has become one of the chief architects and originators of modern guitar rock and the mastermind behind one of the richest, catchiest and most consistently enthralling catalogues in pop history. Four decades on, and with 13 studio albums, 20 compilation albums and a whole host of singles, EPs, live albums and radio sessions The Wedding Present 40 is a commemorative reflection of this complex and fascinating catalogue. Available as four vinyl and four CD box sets, this is not your usual collection of "most popular" songs, but rather a chronological, aural journey of album tracks, singles and B-sides. The stunning artwork has been put together by Jonathan Hitchen -- who designed many of the band's original record covers -- and there are extensive sleeve notes by David Gedge himself along with esteemed music writer Mark Beaumont. Gedge's commentary provides a unique insight into the workings of the band and an absorbing track- by-track guide to the compilation.
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