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For tonight’s Bond on Vinyl post, we’re listening to music from 18 different James Bond films. This includes For Your Eyes Only, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, and Skyfall!
Born in England in 1960, David Lewis Gedge studied at the University of Leeds, and within a few years of finishing school, started a band with fellow alumni called ‘The Wedding Present.’ As the guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter, Gedge has been the band’s only constant member for the past 40 years. More than thirty other musicians have been officially affiliated with the group during this time.
The band’s most commercially successful year was 1992, when they released twelve 7” singles throughout the year. Each one reached the Top 30 in the UK singles, matching Elvis Presley’s record for the most chart hits in one year.
During the 2020 pandemic, the band recorded acoustic versions of their previous tunes, with each musician recording their part from home. The band also teamed up with various former band members to release a 20-track compilation album of James Bond theme cover versions titled ‘Not From Where I’m Standing.’ Proceeds from the double LP, which included a CD, went to the UK mental health charity CALM (the Campaign Against Living Miserably).
While the album title is a callback to a retort delivered by both Sean Connery in Thunderball and Roger Moore in The Man With The Golden Gun, the delivery of the covers on the record is anything but familiar. Some titles do well with flipping the gender from the original versions, such as the acoustic version of A View To A Kill; other songs are just in a different key when the new artist has a different range, like the cover of Adele’s Skyfall, and some songs are just way out there.
Unfortunately, the songs are not in chronological order, and the Timothy Dalton era is skipped over to double-dip on music from Thunderball and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. It’s an interesting listen, and while I appreciate new takes on these familiar tunes, I wouldn’t recommend this album as a “must-buy” for the casual fan of James Bond music.
152. The Wedding Present & Friends – Not From Where I’m Standing
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