The Wedding Present – Locked Down And Stripped Back Volume Two

Locked Down And Stripped Back Volume Two features home recordings of Wedding Present classics along with a previously unreleased song: ‘That Would Only Happen In A Movie’.

The first volume in the series came about when David Gedge’s annual festival At The Edge Of The Sea went ‘virtual’ in 2020 and the band recorded semi-acoustic versions of songs to be streamed. An album of the tracks was compiled and released due to popular demand. The same thing happened the following year and so Volume Two features tracks initially recorded for 2021’s online festival.

There’s a bevy of guest stars on this second album! Jon Stewart [of Platinum-album-selling Sleeper fame] reprises his new role as Wedding Present guitarist but is joined here by some band members of old. Peter Solowka, from the band’s first line-up appears on ‘Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm’ playing his second instrument, the accordion, while Hit Parade guitarist Paul Dorrington contributes to a re-working of the Top 30 single ‘Blue Eyes’.

Vinyl, LP, Album, Pink

Tracklist:
A1 Brassneck
A2 No
A3 Careless
A4 Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
A5 What Have I Said Now?
A6 Perfect Blue
B1 Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
B2 That Would Only Happen In A Movie
B3 At The Edge Of The Sea
B4 Blue Eyes
B5 Dare
B6 Octopussy
CD-1 Brassneck
CD-2 No
CD-3 Careless
CD-4 Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
CD-5 What Have I Said Now?
CD-6 Perfect Blue
CD-7 Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
CD-8 That Would Only Happen In A Movie
CD-9 At The Edge Of The Sea
CD-10 Blue Eyes
CD-11 Dare
CD-12 Octopussy