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Release Date - The Wedding Present and Cinerama

The Wedding Present and Cinerama release 49th single:

London indie label wiaiwya is very excited to be putting out a new split single from The Wedding Present and Cinerama on 7th December 2018, featuring covers of two hits originally released in 1977 – The Clash’s ‘White Riot’ and ABBA’s ‘The Name Of The Game’.


I’m sure I don’t need to tell you this, but The Wedding Present formed in Leeds in 1985, Peel loved them, they signed to RCA in 1989. Steve Albini produced Seamonsters, which came out in 1991, and the following year they had a run of twelve top-30 singles, equalling a record set by Elvis Presley.

The band’s singer and songwriter, David Gedge, recorded the first Cinerama album, Va Va Voom, in 1998, this project became his full time band until, in 2004, Cinerama morphed back into The Wedding Present. Since then both bands have been alternating between celebrating anniversaries of classic albums and releasing all new classics.

To date, The Wedding Present have released 35 singles, including 1992's Hit Parade series. Their first, “Go Out And Get 'Em, Boy!” was released 33 years ago.

Cinerama have released 13 singles since 1998.

Making this the 49th single released by both bands and their first as a joint release.

This is also the 49th (and final) single of the wiaiwya-7777777 7” singles club and the pressing is limited to 777 copies – it’s almost like we planned it!

release date - Saint Etienne

London indie label wiaiwya is extraordinarily thrilled to be putting out the new single from POP heroes Saint Etienne.



You know this already, but Saint Etienne formed in 1990. Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs had previously written Caff, the fanzine that was also a record label (they released 17 singles between 1989 and 1992, including releases by Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Galaxie 500 and the Orchids)
The first Saint Etienne album, Foxbase Alpha, was released in 1991 – for me it was a dance record for an indie fan, for my friends it was an indie record for dance fans, and it was one of very few records we agreed on. Pete and Bob also released two Cola Boy singles.

In 1993 they collaborated with Kylie, and released ‘So Tough’ (I shoplifted it on tape from WHSmiths, but that didn’t stop it reaching No. 7 in the UK albums chart). 1994’s ‘Tiger Bay’ reached No. 8, and two years later they released a compilation album, ‘Too Young to Die’, which came with a companion disc of amazing remixes.

20 years ago, ‘Good Humor’ came out on Creation Records (and Sub Pop in the US) – they have just finished an anniversary tour.

They’ve made five more albums to date, and in 2005 they made a film, ‘What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?’ documenting the Lea Valley before it was transformed into the 2012 Olympic site. In 2007 they were artists-in-residence at the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall in London.

Sarah has also released a couple of solo albums, Bob has written a few books, and Pete has recorded a few soundtracks

And now they’ve done a single for wiaiwya!

Peter Cook by Pete Astor live at the launch party

sleeve approvals - the Wedding Present and Cinerama

Pete Astor single launch

if you are in London on 10th October, why not come along to Pete Astor's single launch at the Betsey

release date - Pete Astor

Earlier this year Pete Astor spent a day in the studio with The Wave Pictures’ rhythm section, Johnny Helm and Franic Rozycki.


Back in 1980 Pete Astor was in The Living Room, who went on to become The Loft, who signed to Creation – releasing the label’s 9th and 15th singles. In 1986 he was in The Weather Prophets, who released two albums for Creation. By 1990 he had gone solo, releasing another two long players for the label. 1992 saw a move to Danceteria in France for a further two albums.

After a busy start, the 1990’s were a quiet decade for Pete musically, but he returned before the millennium with Ellis Island Sound (who signed with Heavenly Recordings) and The Wisdom of Harry (who eventually signed to Matador Records).

The 21st century has seen regular solo and Ellis Island Sound releases on hip young labels, most recently Static Caravan, Fortuna POP!, Slumberland and Tapete.

He works as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, where he teaches, researches and writes about music; in 2014, he published his study of Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation, as part of Bloomsbury's 33⅓ series.

Peter Cook was part of a four-man group satirical stage show, Beyond the Fringe, with Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and Dudley Moore. In the 60’s, Cook opened The Establishment club in Soho, provided financial backing for the satirical magazine Private Eye, made the tv show Not Only... But Also, as well as the film Bedazzled, both with Dudley Moore. He co-hosted Saturday Night Live, released three Derek and Clive LPs, and in 1978, Cook appeared on the British music series Revolver as the manager of a ballroom where emerging punk and new wave acts played… AND he was the Impressive Clergyman in The Princess Bride. He died on 9 January 1995, aged 57.

“When I was thinking about who to ask for new seven inches to be a part of the seventh (and final) wiaiwya-7777777 singles club it occurred to me that the person I had consistently been a fan of for the longest was Pete Astor - I came to Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, the Spice Girls, Scott Walker and Kraftwerk much later, and I may have liked the Smiths, Peter Gabriel, the Kids From Fame and Nik Kershaw before I heard Mayflower by the Weather Prophets, but I think we can agree they have all gone off the boil a little in the last 30 years. Pete Astor, on the other hand, is always great.”

new flyers

all the records

here they are, all 109 songs released on the wiaiwya-7777777 singles over the last seven years:

the Wave Pictures - Salt
the Wave Pictures - Sugar Maple Charcoal
the Wave Pictures - New Born Deer
the Werewandas - Dig My Grave
the Werewandas - Nothing Left To Do But Cry
the Werewandas - Now and Forever
Tally Ho! - I Never Will Marry
Tally Ho! - Kid
Tally Ho! - Nature Boy
Standard Fare - At The Lake
Standard Fare - Girlfriend
Standard Fare - Keeps Me Going
Shrag - Unseasonal Thoughts
Shrag - Obscenity Begins At Home
Shrag - Gutless Wonder
Eux Autres - Tilt The Crown
Eux Autres - Smollis Theme
Eux Autres - What It Is
Allo Darlin - Only Dust Behind
Allo Darlin - Dear John
Allo Darlin - Kings And Queens
Jeff Mellin - Smile Like A Lemon Peel, Kiss Like A Paper Cut
Jeff Mellin - Don't Go Crazy Before I Do
Hong Kong In The 60s - Patricia
Hong Kong In The 60s - Sea Sketch 1912
Hong Kong In The 60s - Terre Des Hommes 1967
Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament - Old Man
Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament - I Don't Want To Get Used To It
Sourpatch - You Knew
Sourpatch - Let's Get Educated
Pups - Month Long Sleep
Pups - Park Ghost
Pups - Double
Comet Gain - Avenue Girls
Comet Gain - Envelopes
the Middle Ones - McBee
the Middle Ones - OMC
Freschard (with the Wave Pictures) - Monsters
Freschard (with the Wave Pictures) - And The Rain
Trick Mammoth - Candy Darling
Trick Mammoth - Doll
the Leaf Library - the Greater Good
the Leaf Library - Goodbye Four Walls
the School - When I Fall In Love
the School - Just Let Me Be Here
My Favorite - Second Empire
My Favorite - Dance With A Stranger
the Human Hearts (with Franklin Bruno and Jenny Toomey) - Loyal Opposition
the Human Hearts (with Franklin Bruno and Jenny Toomey) - Distracted
eagleowl - Clean the Night
eagleowl - Life We Knew
the Fairlight Myth - Alpha November
the Fairlight Myth - Love Repeats
World Of Fox & Amelia Fletcher - Be Kind To My Love
World Of Fox & Amelia Fletcher - Oh My Love
Bel Étage - Quiet Town
Bel Étage - Lonesome Heartache Constellation
Woodpigeon & Norman Blake - Brutish Birds
Woodpigeon & Norman Blake - Tokyo Hotel Room
Fever Dream & Laura K - Ghost
Fever Dream & Laura K - the Squall
Bill and Hannah Botting - Flags and Windchimes
Bill and Hannah Botting - Brisbane on Everything
Bill and Hannah Botting - No Thank You Sir
the Friday Swaps - Hot Dog Race
the Friday Swaps - Half Past
Deerful - Moon Maps
Deerful - Hush Me
Hate Week - Nights By The Lake
Hate Week - Blunt Claws
Hate Week - Amplified Heart
Citizen Helene - How Can You Find Someone To Love
Citizen Helene - Bridges
Nancy Sin - Again and Again
Nancy Sin - Room For Rent
Milk Skin - Syrupy
Milk Skin - Spacerace
Whoa Melodic - Goodbye Good Luck and See You
Whoa Melodic - Hey Hey My Reflection
Parenthesis... - Your Excellency
Parenthesis... - CATS HOME/DOGS HOME
Famous Problems - Riot Reunion
Famous Problems - Moon Thinking
The Smith Garrett Band - List Of Things To Do
The Smith Garrett Band - Computer Love
Scrabbel - All Night
Scrabbel - Summer's End
the Great Electric - Recognizer (Part 1)
the Great Electric - Recognizer (Part 2)
Emma Kupa - 4:35 In The Office
Emma Kupa - Fast Charlie
DJ Downfall - Coming Apart At The Seams
DJ Downfall - Black Sails
Elva - Dreaming With Our Feet
Elva - Tailwind
Spearmint - Senseless (A Stranger)
Spearmint - The Music They Love Us To Hate
Birdie - Tomorrow
Birdie - Bowling Green
the Catenary Wires - Was That Love?
the Catenary Wires - What About The Rings?
the Orchids - I Never Learn
the Orchids - Echos (Have Hope)
Pete Astor - Peter Cook
Pete Astor - Petrol And Ash
Saint Etienne - Camel Coat (Browning Version)
Saint Etienne - Little Chef
The Wedding Present - White Riot
Cinerama - The Name Of The Game

all the sets of wiaiwya-7777777 2018 have now sold

but don't worry, there are still sets of 2017, 2016 and 2015 available - seven amazing, and beautiful, singles per year

the Wedding Present are awesome!

back at Loughborough University, Andy Dean (and Dave and Tony's surf-o roadshow disco (and, probably Sammy's on a Monday night)) introduced me to the Wedding Present - this was the first of their singles that I bought (a cassingle, cos it was in French)


and then, of course, for a good few years, you couldn't have a night out without this:


and something a little more recent:

i love Saint Etienne

I was already a Faith Over Reason and Field Mice fan (thanks, I think, to Mike Jones and Andy Dean) when I heard Saint Etienne's versions of 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' and 'Kiss and Make Up'... it would have been in the Bear in Maidenhead, or maybe Skindles





Fox Base Alpha would have been played on the record counter when I worked university holidays in Boots, and I'm pretty sure I shoplifted the second album, on tape, from WHSmiths - it was in the sale section, so the tape was in the box, rather than behind the counter

then there was that Glastonbury in 1994 that Cath and Dave I went to - the one where the Manics said they should build a motorway through it:


there is just hit single after solid gold hit single, Hug My Soul, Pale Movie, Sylvie and the Bad Photographer!



ans then, more recently (I've got the Monkees Head soundtrack... ON TAPE!)


I think what i'm trying to say is - Saint Etienne singles are always amazing, and here's another one!

https://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/

just five set of wiaiwya-7777777 2018 left

so get them while you can:

the last two releases of wiaiwya-7777777

the time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things...

mostly, who are the 48th and 49th bands to release 7"es on the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club

well, the wait is over:

on 7th November there will be a new 7" from Saint Etienne - 'Camel Coat' and 'Little Chef'

and on 7th December there will be a split 7" from the Wedding Present and Cinerama - 'White Riot' and 'The Name Of The Game'

subscribers will of course get their copies in the mail as usual (in an all new tote) - but if you haven't subscribed this year, 250 (hand numbered, transparent vinyl) copies will be available to pre-order from 6pm (UK time) on 27th September from the usual bandcamp page:

wiaiwya.bandcamp.com

here's a handy countdown timer for you:

the last two singles

on 25th Sept i'll be announcing the final two acts for this year's wiaiwya-7777777 singles club

the singles will then go up for pre-sale on 6pm (UK time) on Thursday 27th

keep 'em peeled

Pete Astor's records have arrived

came home last night to find these on the doorstep - the 47th single of 49

and you can get your copy here:

the final single

the two tracks for the 49th wiaiwya-7777777 single arrived today - a band I've loved for around 30 years sent over covers of two songs released in '77

perfect

sleeve approvals - Pete Astor

Pete gave these the nod this week

release date - the Orchids

the Orchids formed in Glasgow in 1985, releasing their first flexi, on the Sha La La label in 1987

"I've Got A Habit" came in 1988 - it was the second single release on the legendary Sarah Records

Their fourth single, "An Ill Wind That Blows" was released on Caff, the label run by Bob Stanley (of the band Saint Etienne) - the label also released 7"es by Pulp and the Manic Street Preachers

In 1989 the Orchids released Lyceum, the first long player on Sarah Records (described by Melody Maker as "Another fountainhead of unqualified greatness")

This was followed by Unholy Soul (1991 - "A beautiful album – timeless melodies for sure."), Epicurean (a compilation) and Striving For the Lazy Perfection (1994 - "Encompassing everything from dream pop to trip-hop, it's certainly a product of its time and place, yet it also possesses a certain timeless quality")

All three albums were produced by Ian Carmichael, a member of One Dove

In 1995 the Orchids played at the Sarah Records farewell party on board the Thekla in Bristol

The band then when quiet for just over a decade before releasing their fourth album proper in 2007 - Good To Be A Stranger - "it doesn’t matter if this is just a one-off because the Orchids have added another classic album to their already impressive back catalogue"

Fans just had a three year wait for The Lost Star, and their sixth album, Beatitude#9 came out in 2014

I Never Learn / Echos (Have Hope) is their 10th single, and is released by wiaiwya on 7th August 2018