THE WEDDING PRESENT – 24 Songs: The Album (Deluxe Edition) – 3LP + 2CD & DVD – Solid Grey Vinyl

3LP – Limited Deluxe Edition Solid Grey Vinyl + 2CD + DVD with Lyrics and Sleeve Notes from David Gedge.Full versions of all the tracks from 2022s 7-single-a-month series, re-curated by David Gedge to include five bonus tracks.

Throughout 2022, The Wedding Presents 24 Songs series saw the legendary indie band release two new tracks a month as double A sided 7s, ultimately creating a much-sought-after box set. David Gedge has now re-curated full-length versions of all twenty-four tracks for a new compilation album that will also comprise five bonus recordings including one featuring The Wedding Presents first guitarist, Peter Solowka.

24 Songs was a doff of the cap to The Wedding Presents Hit Parade project of 30 years previous. That series proved to be a real milestone for the band with them becoming only the second-ever artist to achieve twelve Official UK Top 40 hits in a calendar year at the time something that only Elvis had achieved!

David Gedge says: When it came to compiling the 24 Songs album, I decided not to sequence the tracks in chronological order. With six sides of vinyl, you have six beginnings and six ends to play with, and I felt that the opportunity to build some kind of a musical journey was too good to miss! Listening back to this collection, I have to say that I genuinely believe that, for this project, The Wedding Present have recorded some of the best tracks in our history. I loved releasing the singles, but its satisfying to have them all rounded up together.

Tracklist:

1. I Am Not Going To Fall In Love With You
2. Memento Mori
3. That Would Only Happen In A Movie
4. We Interrupt Our Programme
5. We Should Be Together
6. Strike!
7. Science Fiction
8. Summer
9. Each Time You Open Your Eyes
10. We All Came From The Sea
11. Monochrome
12. Kerplunk!
13. Dont Give Up Without A Fight
14. X Marks The Spot
15. Youre Just A Habit That Im Trying To Break
16. Plot Twist
17. Whodunnit
18. A Song From Under The Floorboards
19. Telemark
20. Astronomic
21. Go Go Go
22. Once Bitten
23. La La La
24. The Loneliest Time Of Year

Bonus Tracks:

5 Songs
1. White Riot
2. Panama
3. Jump In, The Waters Fine [Japanese Edit]
4. We All Came From The Sea [Utah Saints Remix]
5. Teper My Hovorymo

DVD – 24 Songs Tour:
Featuring The Wedding Present playing tacks from the 2022 singles series together with other classics from their extensive repertoirelive during the 24 Songs Launch event at The Old Market, Hove, in January 2022, plus a fascinating fly-on-the-wall documentary filmed as the songs were being written, arranged and recorded.