NewsGift to fans as Demon announce vast Wedding Present reissues
Demon Music’s deluxe editions of the output of British indie rockers The Wedding Present have been long in the planning and are finally due for release in October 2014.
Fans will surely agree it’s been worth the wait since each of the eight albums reissued (including compilations Tommy and Hit Parade and the 6-track EP Mini) will be a offered as very generous 3CD+DVD editions. Each set will include a host of additional material including B-sides, demos, radio sessions and live tracks. The DVDs each have promo videos, TV appearances and more. These are presented in Demon’s favoured casebound book packaging.
If you think you are likely to pick up more than a few (or even all of these sets), then it may well be worth considering one of Demon’s ‘fan bundles’ which are available exclusively through their Wedding Present online store.
The eight reissues are split into two bundles – 1987-1991 and 1992-1996 – and each comes with an exclusive seven-inch single with recordings made in 2014. The mega-bundle (“The Complete Collection”) brings everything together and you get all eight sets and two seven-inch singles. Or to put it another way 34-discs!!
These are all available individually on Amazon of course, and will be released on 20 October 2014. You will find full track listings below.
George Best
Tommy
Bizarro
Seamonsters
The Hit Parade
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Watsui
Mini
Saturnalia
Full Track listings
George Best
CD1
GEORGE BEST
- 01. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
- 02. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
- 03. Don’t Be So Hard
- 04. A Million Miles
- 05. All This And More
- 06. My Favourite Dress
- 07. Shatner
- 08. Something And Nothing
- 09. It’s What You Want That Matters
- 10. Give My Love To Kevin
- 11. Anyone Can Make A Mistake
- 12. You Can’t Moan Can You?
NON-ALBUM SINGLE TRACKS
- 13. All About Eve
- 14. Getting Nowhere Fast
- 15. Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
- 16. Nothing Comes Easy
- 17. Don’t Laugh
- 18. I’m Not Always So Stupid
- 19. Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?
- 20. Not From Where I’m Standing
- 21. Give My Love To Kevin (Acoustic Version)
- 22. Getting Better
- 23. Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue Si Raisonnable?
CD 2
ADDITIONAL EXTRA TRACKS
- 01. I’m Not Always So Stupid (Alternate Version)
- 02. Anyone Can Make A Mistake (Live Version)
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 3 March 1987
- 03. Give My Love To Kevin
- 04. Something And Nothing
- 05. A Million Miles
- 06. Getting Nowhere Fast
IN CONCERT LONDON TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB 11 October 1988
- 07. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
- 08. I’m Not Always So Stupid
- 09. Don’t Be So Hard
- 10. Anyone Can Make A Mistake
- 11. Be Honest
- 12. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
- 13. Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
- 14. My Favourite Dress
SWEDISH RADIO SESSION 27 March 1988
- 15. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
- 16. Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?
- 17. Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
- 18. A Million Miles
- 19. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
- 20. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
- 21. I’m Not Always So Stupid
- 22. Anyone Can Make A Mistake
- 23. It’s Not Unusual
CD 3
LIVE TAPE NO. 3 ROTTERDAM 30 March 1988
- 01. Introduction
- 02. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
- 03. Never Said
- 04. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
- 05. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
- 06. Not From Where I’m Standing
- 07. This Boy Can Wait
- 08. A Million Miles
- 09. Why are You Being So Reasonable Now?
- 10. Don’t Be So Hard
- 11. Nothing Comes Easy
- 12. Anyone Can Make A Mistake
- 13. I’m Not Always So Stupid
- 14. Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
DVD
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
- My Favourite Dress
- Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm
- Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?
ADDITIONAL LIVE VIDEOS
- I’m Not Always So Stupid
- Give My Love To Kevin
- Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
TV APPEARANCE
- Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm (‘Calendar’ Performance – March 1988)
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘George Best’, 2014
- + Something And Nothing (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
Tommy
CD 1
TOMMY
- 01. Go Out And Get ‘Em, Boy!
- 02. (The Moment Before) Everything’s Spoiled Again
- 03. Once More
- 04. At The Edge Of The Sea
- 05. Living And Learning
- 06. This Boy Can Wait
- 07. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
- 08. Felicity
- 09. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
- 10. Never Said
- 11. Every Mother’s Son
- 12. My Favourite Dress
ADDITIONAL EXTRA TRACKS
- 13. Living And Learning (Alternate Version)
- 14. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends (Alternate Version)
- 15. Living And Learning (Alternate Version)
- 16. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends (Alternate Version)
- 17. Go Out And Get ‘Em, Boy! (Live Version)
CD 2
BBC RADIO 1 ANDY KERSHAW SESSION 26 November 1985
- 01. My Favourite Dress
- 02. At The Edge Of The Sea
- 03. Once More
- 04. Living And Learning
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 11 February 1986
- 05. This Boy Can Wait
BBC RADIO 1 EVENING SHOW 20 April 1986
- 06. Felicity
- 07. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
- 08. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
- 09. Shatner
- 10. My Favourite Dress
- 11. I Found That Essence Rare
- 12. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 26 October 1986
- 13. All About Eve
- 14. Don’t Laugh
- 15. Never Said
- 16. Don’t Be So Hard
- 17. Hopak
CD 3
LIVE TAPE No.1 LEICESTER POLYTECHNIC 5 May 1987
- 01. This Boy Can Wait
- 02. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
- 03. All This And More
- 04. A Million Miles
- 05. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
- 06. I Regret Everything
- 07. Something And Nothing
- 08. It’s What You Want That Matters
- 09. My Favourite Dress
- 10. Never Said
- 11. Give My Love To Kevin
- 12. Go Out And Get ‘Em, Boy!
- 13. Getting Nowhere Fast
- 14. Once More
DVD – PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
- Once More
- My Favourite Dress
- At The Edge Of The Sea
- You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
ADDITIONAL VIDEOS
- This Boy Can Wait (Super 8 Footage)
- Go Out And Get Em’ Boy! (Super 8 Footage)
TV APPEARANCES
- My Favourite Dress (BBC Leeds TV – 1986)
- You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends (The Other Side Of Midnight – 1988)
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘Tommy’, 2014
- + My Favourite Dress (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
Bizarro
CD 1
BIZARRO
- 01. Brassneck
- 02. Crushed
- 03. No
- 04. Thanks
- 05. Kennedy
- 06. What Have I Said Now?
- 07. Granadaland
- 08. Bewitched
- 09. Take Me!
- 10. Be Honest
NON-ALBUM SINGLE TRACKS
- 11. Unfaithful
- 12. One Day This Will All Be Yours
- 13. It’s Not Unusual
- 14. Brassneck (Single Version)
- 15. Don’t Talk, Just Kiss
- 16. Gone
- 17. Box Elder
CD 2
ADDITIONAL EXTRA TRACKS
- 01. Don’t Dictate
- 02. Be Honest (Electric Demo Version)
- 03. Kennedy (Demo Version)
- 04. No (Demo Version)
- 05. Take Me! (Demo Version)
- 06. Unfaithful (Demo Version)
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 24 May 1988
- 07. Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?
- 08. Unfaithful
- 09. Take Me!
- 10. Happy Birthday
JOHN PEEL’S 50TH BIRTHDAY 29 August 1989
- 11. What Have I Said Now?
- 12. Crushed
- 13. Kennedy
- 14. Thanks
- 15. Bewitched
- 16. Granadaland
CD 3
LIVE TAPE NO. 6 FRANKFURT 3 November 1989
- 01. Brassneck
- 02. Don’t Talk, Just Kiss
- 03. Kennedy
- 04. Granadaland
- 05. Bewitched
- 06. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
- 07. I’m Not Always So Stupid
- 08. Crushed
- 09. Gone
- 10. Give My Love To Kevin
- 11. My Favourite Dress
- 12. Take Me!
- 13. What Have I Said Now?
DVD
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
- Kennedy
- Brassneck
ADDITIONAL VIDEOS
- Don’t Talk, Just Kiss (Live Version)
- Granadaland (Live Version)
- Bewitched (Live Version)
- Take Me! (Super 8 Video)
- What Have I Said Now? (Studio Footage)
TV APPEARANCES
- Brassneck (Top Of The Pops – February 1990)
- Happy Birthday (Club X – August 1989)
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘Bizarro’, 2014
- + Thanks (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
Seamonsters
CD1
SEAMONSTERS
- 01. Dalliance
- 02. Dare
- 03. Suck
- 04. Blonde
- 05. Rotterdam
- 06. Lovenest
- 07. Corduroy
- 08. Carolyn
- 09. Heather
- 10. Octopussy
NON-ALBUM SINGLE TRACKS
- 11. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
- 12. Crawl
- 13. Corduroy (Single Version)
- 14. She’s My Best Friend
- 15. Niagara
- 16. Mothers
- 17. Dan Dare
- 18. Fleshworld
CD 2
ADDITIONAL EXTRA TRACKS
- 01. Take Me! (Live Version)
- 02. What Have I Said Now? (Live Version)
- 03. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (Alternate Version)
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 14 October 1990
- 04. Dalliance
- 05. Heather
- 06. Blonde
- 07. Niagara
LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA 19 January 1991
- 08. Dalliance
- 09. Corduroy
- 10. Crawl
- 11. Brassneck
- 12. Don’t Talk, Just Kiss
- 13. Kennedy
- 14. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
BBC RADIO 5 ‘HIT THE NORTH’ SESSION 1991
- 15. Heather
- 16. Dalliance
- 17. Dare
- 18. Carolyn
- 19. Crawl
CD 3
LIVE TAPE NO.10 UPPSALA 13 November 1991
- 01. Dalliance
- 02. Go-Go Dancer
- 03. Corduroy
- 04. Crawl
- 05. Heather
- 06. Rotterdam
- 07. Brassneck
- 08. Come Play With Me
- 09. Blonde
- 10. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
- 11. Silver Shorts
- 12. Suck
- 13. Lovenest
- 14. Blue Eyes
- 15. Dare
- 16. Octopussy
DVD
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
- Crawl
- Dalliance
TV APPEARANCE – TOP OF THE POPS
- Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (27 September 1990)
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘Seamonsters’, 2014
- + Dare (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
The Hit Parade
CD1
THE HIT PARADE SINGLES
#1 6 January 1992
- 01. Blue Eyes
- 02. Cattle And Cane
#2 3 February 1992
- 03. Go-Go Dancer
- 04. Don’t Cry No Tears
#3 2 March 1992
- 05. Three
- 06. Think That It Might
#4 6 April 1992
- 07. Silver Shorts
- 08. Falling
#5 4 May 1992
- 09. Come Play With Me
- 10. Pleasant Valley Sunday
#6 1 June 1992
- 11. California
- 12. Let’s Make Some Plans
#7 6 July 1992
- 13. Flying Saucer
- 14. Rocket
#8 3 August 1992
- 15. Boing! (7” Version)
- 16. Theme From Shaft
#9 7 September 1992
- 17. Loveslave
- 18. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
#10 5 October 1992
- 19. Sticky
- 20. Go Wild In The Country
#11 2 November 1992
- 21. The Queen Of Outer Space
- 22. U.F.O.
CD 2
#12 7 December
- 01. No Christmas
- 02. Step Into Christmas
ADDITIONAL EXTRA TRACKS
- 03. Boing! (Single Version)
- 04. Blue Eyes (Radio Remix)
- 05. Cumberland Gap
- 06. Signal
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 17 March 1992
- 07. California
- 08. Flying Saucer
- 09. Softly Softly
- 10. Come Play With Me
BBC RADIO 1 MARK GOODIER SESSION 17 October 1992
- 11. Sticky
- 12. No Christmas
- 13. Loveslave
- 14. The Queen Of Outer Space
BBC RADIO LEEDS SESSION January 1992
- 15. Blue Eyes
- 16. Go-Go Dancer
- 17. Three
- 18. Silver Shorts
BBC WORLD SERVICE SESSION June 1992
- 19. Silver Shorts
- 20. Flying Saucer
- 21. Boing!
- 22. California
CD 3
LIVE TAPE NO. 11 DEN HAAG 30 October 1992
- 01. Boing!
- 02. Go-Go Dancer
- 03. Lovenest
- 04. Silver Shorts
- 05. Blue Eyes
- 06. Blonde
- 07. Kennedy
- 08. Suck
- 09. Loveslave
- 10. Silver Shorts
- 11. The Queen Of Outer Space
- 12. Bewitched
- 13. Crawl
- 14. Heather
- 15. Sticky
- 16. Come Play With Me
- 17. Brassneck
- 18. Corduroy
- 19. Dare
- 20. Dalliance
- 21. Flying Saucer
DVD
DICK YORK’S WARDROBE THE HIT PARADE VIDEOS
- No Christmas
- The Queen Of Outer Space
- Sticky
- LoveSlave
- Boing!
- Flying Saucer
- California
- Come Play With Me
- Silver Shorts
- Three
- Go-Go Dancer
- Blue Eyes
- Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
- Step Into Christmas
ADDITIONAL VIDEOS
- Blue Eyes (Alternate Version)
- Boing! (Alternate Version)
TV APPEARANCES – TOP OF THE POPS
- Blue Eyes (1992)
- Three (1992)
- California (1992)
- Flying Saucer (1992)
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘The Hit Parade’, 2014
- + The Queen Of Outer Space (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
WATUSI
CD 1
WATUSI
- 01. So Long, Baby
- 02. Click Click
- 03. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
- 04. Let Him Have It
- 05. Gazebo
- 06. Shake It
- 07. Spangle
- 08. It’s A Gas
- 09. Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
- 10. Big Rat
- 11. Catwoman
- 12. Hot Pants
NON-ALBUM SINGLE TRACKS
- 13. Le Bikini
- 14. Flame On
- 15. Him Or Me (What’s It Gonna Be?)
- 16. Jumper Clown
- 17. It’s A Gas (Acoustic Version)
- 18. Bubbles
- 19. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (Alternate Version)
- 20. Spangle (Alternate Version)
- 21. Gazebo (Alternate Version)
- 22. So Long, Baby (Alternate Version)
- 23. It’s A Gas (Single Version)
CD 2
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 22 March 1994
- 01. Gazebo (Electric Version)
- 02. So Long, Baby
- 03. Spangle (Electric Version)
- 04. Him Or Me (What’s It Gonna Be?)
BBC RADIO 1 EVENING SHOW 17 September 1994
- 05. Click Click
- 06. It’s A Gas
- 07. Hot Pants
- 08. Catwoman
LIVE AT PHOENIX FESTIVAL 14 July 1995
- 09. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
- 10. Kennedy
- 11. Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
- 12. Click Click
- 13. It’s A Gas
- 14. Spangle (Acoustic Version)
- 15. Gazebo (Acoustic Version)
- 16. Fleshworld
- 17. Sucker
- 18. The Queen Of Outer Space
BBC RADIO 5 ‘HIT THE NORTH’ SESSION 1993
- 19. Let Him Have It
- 20. Catwoman
- 21. Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
- 22. Bubbles
- 23. Flame On
CD 3
LIVE TAPE NO. 14 ROUEN 17 March 1995
- 01. So Long, Baby
- 02. Blue Eyes
- 03. It’s A Gas
- 04. Dare
- 05. Dalliance
- 06. Click Click
- 07. Silver Shorts
- 08. Spangle
- 09. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
- 10. Loveslave
- 11. Jet Girl
- 12. Kennedy
- 13. Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
- 14. Come Play With Me
- 15. Gazebo
- 16. California
- 17. Catwoman
DVD
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
- Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
TV APPEARANCE
- Swimming Pools, Movie Stars (The Esther Rantzen Show – 1994)
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘Watusi’, 2014
- + Gazebo (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
MINI
CD 1
MINI
- 01. Drive
- 02. Love Machine
- 03. Go, Man, Go
- 04. Mercury
- 05. Convertible
- 06. Sports Car
NON-ALBUM SINGLE TRACKS
- 07. Sucker
- 08. Waiting On The Guns
- 09. Jet Girl (Original Version)
- 10. Red Shoes By The Drugstore
CD 2
BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSION 3 December 1995
- 01. Drive
- 02. Love Machine
- 03. Sports Car
- 04. Go, Man, Go
BBC SOUND CITY 12 April 1996
- 05. John Peel Introduces The Wedding Present
- 06. Silver Shorts
- 07. Love Machine
- 08. Snake Eyes
- 09. Sports Car
- 10. Convertible
- 11. Click Click
- 12. My Favourite Dress
- 13. Real Thing
- 14. It’s A Gas
- 15. Skin Diving
- 16. Sucker
- 17. Corduroy
- 18. Mini Prize Draw
CD 3
LIVE TAPE NO. 16 DETROIT 21 March 1996
- 01. Sucker
- 02. Skin Diving
- 03. Dare
- 04. Love Machine
- 05. Convertible
- 06. Click Click
- 07. Drive
- 08. Go, Man, Go
- 09. Mercury
- 10. It’s A Gas
- 11. Corduroy
- 12. Snake Eyes
- 13. Bewitched
- 14. Real Thing
- 15. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
- 16. Sports Car
- 17. Flying Saucer
DVD
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘Mini’, 2014
- + Drive (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
Saturnalia
CD1
SATURNALIA
- 01. Venus
- 02. Real Thing
- 03. Dreamworld
- 04. 2, 3, Go
- 05. Snake Eyes
- 06. Hula Doll
- 07. Big Boots
- 08. Montreal
- 09. Skin Diving
- 10. Jet Girl
- 11. Kansas
- 12. 50s
NON-ALBUM SINGLE TRACKS
- 13. Project Cenzo
- 14. Where Everybody Knows Your Name (The Theme From ‘Cheers’)
- 15. Sports Car (Acoustic Version)
- 16. Jet Girl (Acoustic Version)
- 17. Real Thing (Acoustic Version)
- 18. Up
CD 2
LIVE AT READING FESTIVAL 25 August 1996
- 01. Go-Go Dancer
- 02. Sports Car
- 03. Kansas
- 04. 2, 3, Go
- 05. Bewitched
- 06. Venus
- 07. Loveslave
- 08. Real Thing
- 09. Drive
- 10. Montreal
- 11. Come Play With Me
- 12. Brassneck
- 13. Crawl
VIRGIN RADIO ACOUSTIC SESSION 1996
- 14. Rotterdam
- 15. Montreal
BBC RADIO LONDON ACOUSTIC SESSION 17 January 1997
- 16. Rotterdam
- 17. Real Thing
CD 3
LIVE TAPE NO. 17 MUNICH 21 December 1996
- 01. Drive
- 02. Gazebo
- 03. Venus
- 04. Loveslave
- 05. Real Thing
- 06. Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
- 07. Heather
- 08. Crawl
- 09. Montreal
- 10. 2, 3, Go
- 11. Blue Eyes
- 12. Snake Eyes
- 13. Sports Car
- 14. Kansas
- 15. Dreamworld
- 16. Kennedy
- 17. Come Play With Me
- 18. What Have I Said Now?
DVD
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
- Montreal
FEATURE INTERVIEW
- Keith Cameron interviews David Gedge about ‘Saturnalia’, 2014
- +Jet Girl (Live Acoustic Version) filmed in Hove, East Sussex
George Best
Tommy
Bizarro
Seamonsters
The Hit Parade
Watsui
Mini
Saturnalia
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