The Wedding Present appreciation thread...
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The Wedding Present appreciation thread...
I got turned onto The Wedding Present when their first full album, "George Best" came out in '87 (I think) because they made the "years best" list in Melody Maker magazine that year. And absolutely LOVED it and the next 3 that followed: Bizzaro, Seamonsters, Hit Parade 1. Those 4 albums LIVED on my turntable, in my cassette deck, and CD player for years. I couldn't get enough.
I saw them at the 7th Street Entry (1st Avenue's smaller sideroom in Minneapolis) on the Seamonster tour ('91 I think). They were amazing. I think I've seen every US tour since.
During the last couple years I sort of drifted away from listening to them. I got back into it again with the Take Fountain album from '07. They are back in form again.
In the last couple weeks I've been hitting those first four records hard again.
Seamonsters in particular rocks my world. I LOVE the production on that record. There are tracks that I think Albini used a pair of mics to record lead vocals because the sound drifts a bit L/R when listening on headphones. And the rawness of the guitars. The cool use of slide on the lead guitar. It just has it's own sound.
Anyone else feeling the love for The Wedding Present? If you haven't checked them out before I'd recommend starting with Bizzaro or Seamonsters and then working your way forward/back.
I saw them at the 7th Street Entry (1st Avenue's smaller sideroom in Minneapolis) on the Seamonster tour ('91 I think). They were amazing. I think I've seen every US tour since.
During the last couple years I sort of drifted away from listening to them. I got back into it again with the Take Fountain album from '07. They are back in form again.
In the last couple weeks I've been hitting those first four records hard again.
Seamonsters in particular rocks my world. I LOVE the production on that record. There are tracks that I think Albini used a pair of mics to record lead vocals because the sound drifts a bit L/R when listening on headphones. And the rawness of the guitars. The cool use of slide on the lead guitar. It just has it's own sound.
Anyone else feeling the love for The Wedding Present? If you haven't checked them out before I'd recommend starting with Bizzaro or Seamonsters and then working your way forward/back.
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Saw them on the seamonster's tour as well at the old 9:30 club in DC. I'd been a fan ever since Bizarro came out on RCA. Seeing them play live was exhilarating, they were spot on the most professional players I'd ever seen just so tight. The lack of an encore (I mean, really? Even to this day? really....) bugs me to death.
Shit just remembered I also got to see them a William and mary college in Williamsburg in 94 or 95. It was completely surreal. At the time all I was listening to was the Hit Parade CDs. This was the Watusi (??) tour I think and they literally played in a cafeteria attached to a dorm hall. The door was $5 and beers were -- no joke -- 25 cents. Afterwards we got to hang out with most of the (except Gedge) at a party. From what I remember, they were all very cool. The entire experience again was so overwhelmingly surreal.
I still listen to Seamonsters all the damn time. Great, great record. Albini finally found his sound on that record.
Shit just remembered I also got to see them a William and mary college in Williamsburg in 94 or 95. It was completely surreal. At the time all I was listening to was the Hit Parade CDs. This was the Watusi (??) tour I think and they literally played in a cafeteria attached to a dorm hall. The door was $5 and beers were -- no joke -- 25 cents. Afterwards we got to hang out with most of the (except Gedge) at a party. From what I remember, they were all very cool. The entire experience again was so overwhelmingly surreal.
I still listen to Seamonsters all the damn time. Great, great record. Albini finally found his sound on that record.
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BTW yes -- this is one of the last songs on Hit Parade vol. 1 truly an amazing disk.Babaluma wrote:i loved the cover version single series they did, john peel used to play them all, i really liked the cover of the twin peaks theme song, is that still available anywhere?
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thanks, added to my amazon wishlist!DryCounty wrote:BTW yes -- this is one of the last songs on Hit Parade vol. 1 truly an amazing disk.Babaluma wrote:i loved the cover version single series they did, john peel used to play them all, i really liked the cover of the twin peaks theme song, is that still available anywhere?
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years ago, the previous ms morespace picked me up for a date. she had 'seamonsters' in the cd player. i'd never heard it. after 30 seconds or so i said "this sounds good!" after a minute i said "this sounds like steve albini recorded it."
she looked at me like i was nuts and said "you can tell who recorded it from listening to a minute's worth??????"
"erm...yeah...sometimes....when it's steve..."
she was entirely dubious and popped the cd out. and written right there "recorded and mixed by steve albini."
ms mse: impressed!
she looked at me like i was nuts and said "you can tell who recorded it from listening to a minute's worth??????"
"erm...yeah...sometimes....when it's steve..."
she was entirely dubious and popped the cd out. and written right there "recorded and mixed by steve albini."
ms mse: impressed!
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