Thanks for all the positive feedback on the previous postings which have featured the singles released by Cinerama between 1998 and 2003.As I've said previously, none of them made the singles charts but this is more an indictment on the failure of radio station producers to hear quality when put in front of them by pluggers than any other factor. Cinerama were a fabulous outfit....every bit as enjoyable as The Wedding Present....and all of their singles deserve to be better known.
Oh I say 'were' as if Cinerama had gone for ever. David Gedge is compering a day of music and frolics in Brighton this coming August, and there on the bill will be a very rare and welcome appearance by Cinerama.......
Anyway, today's offering is the band's 10th single, released in 2002. As ever, it has a quite astonishing Gedge lyric. It's one of his infidelity stories of the one-night stand variety. And a belter of a tune:-
mp3 : Cinerama - Quick Before It Melts
Sadly, this is a single I haven't been able to get my hands on, so the track is the extended version lifted from the LP Torino. If anyone has a copy of the singles that they would like to sell, I'd love to hear from you.
In the absence of the b-sides, here's a Peel Sessions version to enjoy:-
mp3 : Cinerama - Quick Before It Melts (Peel Session)
Thanks.
4 comments:
Hey mate,
please give me your postal adress (again ... perhaps one of these days I should track it down and keep it at a safe place *smile*) and I'll send my copy to you right after I return from my holiday mid June.
Cheers,
Dirk
Surely the Weddfing Present and Cinerama are now exactly the same group!
Hasn't Gedge said that the only difference now is the very slight change in musical style?
I personally don't think he should have brought back the Wedding Present name at all. He did it for commercial purposes, and I don't blame him for that, but chopping and changing now between Weddoes name and Cinerama is ridiculous and a waste of time I reckon!
I disagree with the above comment. I think the current Weddoes are less like Cinerama with each new release. Unfortunately El Rey did almost nothing for me. I played it over & over hoping to find just one song I could really latch on to. Gedge has gone back to burying his lyrics underneath the sound of the music.
With Cinerama the words and music were perfectly in balance, both adding & building off of each other. However, I also believe Cinerama grew weaker with each release - but those first two cd's - especially Va Va Voom - were just pure lush sophisticated sultry rock bliss!
So is Sally Murrell coming back to play the show in August?
Good question.....
The promo material merely ays Cinerama will be playing. Doesnt say anything about the line-up.
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