Cinerama are an English

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band, headed up by

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, the

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for The Wedding Present. The band is known for combining rock guitar music with string and woodwind sounds."CD REVIEWS: Creed, The Smashing Pumpkins, Robbie Williams and many more"
''Chart Attack'', 20 November 2001

Career

Originally formed in 1998, Cinerama began as a duo comprising David Gedge and Sally Murrell. Initial releases were stylistically different from The Wedding Present, featuring soundtrack-like arrangements with string and

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accompaniment. Live performances included the many musicians required to create the orchestral accompaniment present in the recordings. Over time the band's sound returned to rock, with songs originally recorded by The Wedding Present incorporated into Cinerama's live set. During the

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of the album that became ''

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'', Gedge decided that the band's sound had changed so much that the album should be released as The Wedding Present.

Post 2004

Most Wedding Present set lists during this time included at least one Cinerama song. The band played and recorded occasionally and performed a short set at each of

's "At the edge of.." festivals. The line up usually comprised the current Wedding Present lineup but with the musicians switching their usual instruments. On 18 May 2015, Cinerama released a re-vamped version of the Wedding Present's album '' Valentina''. The re-recording of a Wedding Present

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by Cinerama had been a long-term ambition of

Discography

Singles

* "Kerry Kerry" (

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1998) –

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No. 71 * "Dance, Girl, Dance" (Cooking Vinyl 1998) * "Pacific/King's Cross" (double

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/ Elefant 1999) * "Manhattan" (Scopitones 2000) * "Wow" (Scopitones 2000) * "Lollobrigida" (Scopitones 2000) * "Your Charms" (Scopitones 2000) * "Superman" (Scopitones 2001) * "Health and Efficiency" (Scopitones 2001) * "Quick, Before It Melts" (Scopitones 2002) * "Careless" (Scopitones 2002) * "Don't Touch That Dial" (Scopitones 2003) * "It's Not You, It's Me" (GoMetric! Records 2004)

Albums

Studio albums * ''

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'' (Cooking Vinyl 1998) * ''Disco Volante'' (Scopitones 2000) * ''

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'' (Scopitones 2002) * ''Valentina'' (Scopitones, 2015) Compilations * ''This Is Cinerama'' (

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, Cooking Vinyl 2000) * ''John Peel Sessions'' (compilation, Scopitones 2001) * ''Cinerama Holiday'' (compilation, Scopitones 2002) * ''John Peel Sessions: Season 2'' (compilation, Scopitones 2003) * ''John Peel Sessions: Season 3'' (compilation, Sanctuary 2007) * ''The Complete Peel Sessions'' (

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compilation,

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2007) * ''Seven Wonders of the World'' (compilation, Scopitones 2014) Live albums * ''Live in Los Angeles'' (Scopitones 2002) * ''Live in Belfast'' (Scopitones 2003) * ''Live in New York'' (Download Album 2010) * ''Live 2015'' (Scopitones, 2015)

DVDs

* ''Get Up and Go'' (Scopitones 2004)

Members

The band has included the following members: * David Gedge (1998–date) * Andrew Black (2000–date) * Melanie Howard (2014–date) * Maria Scaroni (2017–date) * Bryan McLellan (1998–1999) * Sally Murrell (1998–2003) * Philip Robinson (1998–2000) * Terry de Castro (1998–2018) * Simon Cleave (1998–2004) * Richard Marcangelo (2000) * Kari Paavola (2000–2004) * Graeme Ramsey (2006–2011) * Charles Layton (2009–2019) * Samuel Beer-Pearce (2012–2016) * Danielle Wadey (2013–2019) * Katharine Walliger (2014–2016) * Simon Pearson * Nick Wellauer

References

External links

Scopitones – the home of The Wedding Present and CineramaTWP-CINERAMA Japan fan site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cinerama English pop music groups Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups disestablished in 2004 Musical groups reestablished in 2015 Cooking Vinyl artists