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Limited LP+CD : Limited edition blue vinyl with CD
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In the beginning, The Wedding Present were resolutely not an album band.
In fact, frontman David Gedge had often been quoted as saying that they would never release an LP. Pleased to have recorded and released that debut single... they just started on the next one. This continued for a couple of years, while the band went from organising their own concerts in pubs around Leeds to playing at Glastonbury Festival. That all changed, of course, when "George Best" became The Wedding Present’s first album in 1988. But "Tommy" – released one year later – was made up of the early songs from the singles and radio sessions that had catapulted them from being bedsit musicians into indie darlings.
Tommy 30 – a brand new re-recording of "Tommy" – did not come about simply as a ‘follow on’ to "George Best 30". The band felt – during a Tommy 30th anniversary concert tour – that the songs had grown and evolved. Enter a more confident vocalist... an altogether growlier guitar.
A bigger sound. The urgency of a 25 year old Gedge is replaced with a charming vocalist with years of experience. Everything’s warmer and, maybe, gentler... but in a satisfying way. It’s like your old friends have come home to see you. You’ve all changed, you’ve all had broken hearts... but you’re all still friends and you still enjoy each other’s company after all these years".
In fact, frontman David Gedge had often been quoted as saying that they would never release an LP. Pleased to have recorded and released that debut single... they just started on the next one. This continued for a couple of years, while the band went from organising their own concerts in pubs around Leeds to playing at Glastonbury Festival. That all changed, of course, when "George Best" became The Wedding Present’s first album in 1988. But "Tommy" – released one year later – was made up of the early songs from the singles and radio sessions that had catapulted them from being bedsit musicians into indie darlings.
Tommy 30 – a brand new re-recording of "Tommy" – did not come about simply as a ‘follow on’ to "George Best 30". The band felt – during a Tommy 30th anniversary concert tour – that the songs had grown and evolved. Enter a more confident vocalist... an altogether growlier guitar.
A bigger sound. The urgency of a 25 year old Gedge is replaced with a charming vocalist with years of experience. Everything’s warmer and, maybe, gentler... but in a satisfying way. It’s like your old friends have come home to see you. You’ve all changed, you’ve all had broken hearts... but you’re all still friends and you still enjoy each other’s company after all these years".
Tracklist
1/Go Out And Get ’Em, Boy!
2/(The Moment Before) Everything’s Spoiled Again
3/Once More
4/At The Edge Of The Sea
5/Living And Learning
6/This Boy Can Wait
7/You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
8/Felicity
9/What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
10/Never Said
11/Every Mother’s Son
12/My Favourite Dress
2/(The Moment Before) Everything’s Spoiled Again
3/Once More
4/At The Edge Of The Sea
5/Living And Learning
6/This Boy Can Wait
7/You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
8/Felicity
9/What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
10/Never Said
11/Every Mother’s Son
12/My Favourite Dress
Soundwave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UGoliUStdo