Hands up if you can remember back a couple of weeks to Part 42 of this series?
Well done if you do….but don’t be too concerned if you don’t as it featured 4 Chansons, a 10″ EP on clear vinyl for Record Store Day 2012, on which The Wedding Present played and David Gedge sang in French.
We are about to go on a similar journey today, (and will do so again in the not too distant future).
There were two worldwide releases for Record Store Day 2013. One was a 7″ single, released via This Will Be Our Summer, a label based in Athens, GA. The single was called 2 Chansons, and it comprised, you won’t be surprised to hear, two of the songs that had been included on 4 Chansons EP, a release that hadn’t made it across to the other side of the Atlantic.
The UK release for Record Store Day was another 10″ single, again on clear vinyl, and once more offering up four other language takes on tracks from the album Valentina. Given the title of 4 Lieder, these were sung in German.
mp3: The Wedding Present – Back A Bit…Stop (German Version)
mp3: The Wedding Present – The Girl From the DDR (German Version)
mp3: The Wedding Present – You Jane (German Version)
mp3: The Wedding Present – 524 Fidelio (German Version)
I sent away for a copy of this via Discogs, and to my surprise, it came back from the seller with David Gedge’s signature on it.
It’s a Ronseal Woodstain sort of release…….
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
These EPs tend to be a bit pricey these days, if you can even find copies for sale at all. Good on you for getting hold of a copy, a bonus that it was signed.
I don’t have the EPs on vinyl, but I do have the 2 Chansons 7″.
As ever, vey impressed with your tenacity around this TWP era, JC. Have always liked clear vinyl, so am glad you got a physical copy – and autographed too.
Strangeways