THE WEDDING PRESENT SINGLES (Part Forty-Six)

 

So…. Part 42 of this series had a 4-track 10″ EP on clear vinyl for Record Store Day in 2012 on which The Wedding Present played and David Gedge sang in French.  Part 44 had a 4-track 10″ EP on clear vinyl for Record Store Day in 2013 on which The Wedding Present played and David Gedge sang in German.

I think you can guess what’s coming next……….

I don’t actually have the EP for Record Store Day 2014, but digital versions of the tracks have been sent to me by my dear friend The Robster.  I had an idea that this was a release Rob might have in his collection, given that this time around, the songs were sung in Welsh. 

The EP was named the 4 Cân EP.   And Rob, in his accompanying e-mail, made sure I wouldn’t mess this up as the accent above the ‘a’ is crucial

“……the little accent above the a (known in Welsh as a ‘to bach’) is important as it extends the sound of the letter, so it’s pronounced like “carn” without accentuating the r, rather than as in a can of beer. Also, Welsh for 4 is pedwar. Cymraeg lesson over…

I can’t thank him enough for the files and for keeping me right.

mp3: The Wedding Present – 1000 Fahrenheit (Welsh Version)
mp3: The Wedding Present – Meet Cute (Welsh Version)
mp3: The Wedding Present – Journey Into Space (Welsh Version)
mp3: The Wedding Present – Can You Keep A Secret? (Welsh Version)

It turns out that this was the third and last time TWP went down the road of EPs for Record Store Day with the vocal being delivered in a language other than English.

The next two vinyl ‘singles’ released by the band will, I’m sorry to say, not be featuring in this series.  These took the form of EPs, and were given the titles of Hove Sessions 1 and Hove Sessions 2. 

They were only made available to anyone who purchased the complete bundles of the 2014 CD reissues of all the Wedding Present studio albums being issued by Demon Records.  Both EPs contained four acoustic tracks, with EP 1 having songs from George Best, Tommy, Bizarro and Seamonsters, while EP2 had songs from Hit Parade, Watusi, Mini and Saturnalia.  They are incredibly difficult to find on the second-hand market, and when they do come up for sale, the prices tend to be on the stupid side.

Instead,  I’ll be leaping forward to 2017, and a themed EP about the UK that was issued on a Spanish label connected to the annual Primavera Festival.  I hope you’ll tune in.

JC