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!

new flyers

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:

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

Catenary Wires video

 

77 days is too long - Pete Astor

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.



back at school Jim Little gave me a C90 tape, called Demented Folkies On Speed Extravaganza, and one side was the first Weather Prophets LP - all the songs seemed to be about rain, and I loved that... still do...


back in 2015, Pete and Dave Shepherd released a new Ellis Island Sound LP - if you don't have it yet, you should!


there was the Loft too:

 
and, of course, Pete wrote THIS:

release date - the Catenary Wires

yep - the first Catenary Wires single is released today

release date - Birdie

it's a lovely bank holiday weekend here in London, and to top it off, the new Birdie single is released today!



sorry to say the individual copies of the vinyl sold out very quickly, but you can still subscribe and get all seven of the 2018 singles club releases (so far announced - Spearmint, the Orchids, the Catenary Wires and Birdie)

to subscribe to wiaiwya-7777777 2018 (seven 7" singles)

incl UK p&p £42.00 GBP incl EUR p&p £49.00 GBP incl US & ROW p&p £56.00 GBP

add 2017 membership number

Release date - Spearmint

it's 7th April, which means release day for the final first seven inch single of the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club... following in the footsteps of the Wave Pictures, Jeff Mellin, Freschard, the Fairlight Myth, Deerful and Famous Problems here's the new single from Spearmint

sleeve approvals - The Catenary Wires

these are OK to go

77 days is too long - the Catenary Wires

yep - just 77 days until the release of the third single from the final year of the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club... and it's by the Catenary Wires!


(subscribers will of course get their copies, but there are 77 available for non subscribers too)

as I mentioned before, this year I have asked bands and artists I have been a fan of for 20 years or more for a single, and of course Amelia and Rob were right up at the top of that list... here's a song my first girlfriend put on a mix tape for me:


here's a song I was lucky enough to have joint released with K records

and finally - here's a video I was in!

news from The Orchids

this just in from Keith off the Orchids

... drums/bass are down and I was over at Ronnie’s recording my guitar today. James & John should have done their parts by the end of next week and then Ronnie will finish mixing etc so I think we are on track.

exciting!

77 days is too long - Birdie

here we go - the second single from the 2018 club is now available for non-subscribers to buy, and it's by Birdie!

yep, that's Debsey from Dolly Mixture and Paul from East Village



and here's a little reminder of their second single from 1999

the Catenary Wires are recording with Andy Lewis

yep - Amelia and Rob are in the studio recording for their new single, to be released as part of wiaiwya-7777777 2018

77 days is too long - Spearmint

the first release from this year's singles club comes from Spearmint - get your copy here



and a quick reminder of what made me fall for them 20 years ago: