Valentina Cinerama SKU: TONE052 Barcode: 5024545711219 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Scopitones Released Date: 4th May 2015 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Cinerama, David Gedge’s ‘other’ band, are set to release a new album, Valentina, on the 18th May via Scopitones. David is best known as the guiding force behind indie rock legends The Wedding Present and Valentina is actually a radical reworking of The Wedding Present’s eighth studio album of the same name, released in 2012 to critical acclaim. Harbouring a long-term dream to record one version of an album as The Wedding Present and another (with reworked songs) as Cinerama, David’s initial plan was to release two albums simultaneously but he soon realised that this was an undertaking that would take many years to accomplish. So, after deciding on using Valentina for this ambitious project, the decision was made to stagger the releases to allow time to complete the complex arrangements involved with the Cinerama version. Orchestral and cinematic in sound, Valentina still maintains the classic pop sensibilities with which David Gedge and The Wedding Present made their name. Inspired by his love of film scores and classic pop music, the album is unfettered by the traditional wall of raging Wedding Present guitars. From the first blast of horns to the last twinkle of piano keys, the record sparkles; a total departure from the original version, as David intended it to be. From album opener ‘You’re Dead’ with its delightful, easy-listening lounge feel, to the up-tempo, literate pop of ‘Back A Bit…Stop’, carefully crafted lyrics and charming vocal melodies blend effortlessly in this part orchestral, part big band setting. Gedge shines in his alternate guise as a chanteur – his personality, poetry, vulnerability and resilience are all evident on such tracks as the piano ballad ‘Mystery Date’ and the baroque pop of ‘Deer Caught In The Headlights’. Spanish indie legend Pedro Vigil was recruited to assist with arrangements and add some Las Vegas style swagger to the record. Pedro recruited musicians from his local area of Asturias and then the album was mixed in the picturesque town of El Puerto de Santa Maria with another Spanish celebrity… Paco Loco. Paco, in an impassioned dinner time speech, declared David’s voice on the record to be one of his ‘favourite vocals ever’. Forming The Wedding Present in 1985, the band released five critically acclaimed albums over the course of a decade. Loved by the British music press, they caught the attention of John Peel, who said: “The boy Gedge has written some of the best love songs of the rock ’n’ roll era. You may dispute this, but I’m right and you’re wrong!” With songs typically based around drums, bass, guitars and Gedge’s vocals the band was never afraid to experiment, even recording an entire album of Ukranian folk tunes called Ukrainski Vistupi v Johna Peela. They also displayed a taste for TV themes and film-score music, recording covers of the themes from Shaft and Twin Peaks among others. Putting the band on hold in 1997 to concentrate on his new project, Cinerama, Gedge elected to take a different path musically. Together with his then-girlfriend Sally Murrell and Wedding Present co-writer Simon Cleave, he went on to record three breathtakingly good Cinerama albums and celebrate them with multiple live tours until The Wedding Present ultimately returned in 2004. Alongside The Wedding Present and Cinerama, David runs his own record label, curates his own festival and publishes an autobiographical comic book series; ‘Tales From The Wedding Present’ – essentially his memoirs in graphic novel style. Artist Cinerama Genre Rock And Pop Label Scopitones Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings You’re Dead You Jane Meet Cute Back A Bit… Stop Stop Thief! The Girl From The DDR Deer Caught In The Headlights 524 Fidelio End Credits Mystery Date Cita a Ciegues Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Lemon Twigs, The Go To School Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 24th August 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lemon Twigs, The Go To School £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: 4AD0094LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo (Wooden Shijps Side Project) Killing Time E.P. 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