The fact that this series is going off in all sorts of direction is down to my comrade-in-arms, strangeways.
I had all the things nicely set up in my head to get on with highlighting and bringing to you any singles and EPs by The Wedding Present that were widely available; strangeways really dug deep to bring you everything that was connected with Cinerama, both back when that group was going strong in the early 00s and the later, more occasional releases. I felt I was given no option but to look to do the same with TWP.
Which brings us to the 4 Songs EP, a release I had no idea whatsoever about until I was digging around on Discogs. It’s not even mentioned anywhere on the TWP/Cinerama website.
It is, and I quite from the notes over at Discogs:-
Available via download only through buying the book ‘Valentina – The Story of a Wedding Present Album’ (Scopitones, TONE BOOK 043). The book also provided downloads to all the tracks from the Valentia album, plus a 30 minute video documentary of the making of the album, which includes interviews with the band.
I have, by hook and by crook, managed to find copies of the songs on this EP, which I’m totally relieved about after last week’s debacle.
mp3: The Wedding Present – Journey Into Space
mp3: The Wedding Present – 1000 Fahrenheit
mp3: The Wedding Present – Pain Perdu
mp3: The Wedding Present – Can You Keep A Secret?
For such a low-key release, this is a very fine collection of songs….all of them, (in my opinion), would have improved the quality of Valentina if they had been included in its running order. The final track, at more than seven minutes in length, is one of the longest ever recorded in the band’s history.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
1000 Farenheit has long been my favourite from this set. You’re right, Valentina might have been a bit better had some of these tracks replaced some of those that were included.
I feel awfully guilty at having enticed you down these rabbit holes, JC. Not heard these tracks for ages, so will mend that via your post. Journey Into Space already sounding ace. Really enjoying this series.
Strangeways