This is a message from Scopitones, the home of Cinerama and The Wedding Present.
Hello!
We hope that you are all safe and well. We are obviously currently in uncharted territory, but we’re in this together. Whatever you’re worried about, you are not alone. Whatever you’re facing, others are facing too. And, while we are keeping our distance from each other physically, in many ways we are coming closer together.
As you may know, the COVID-19 virus has hit the entertainment industry very badly. In particular, the technicians who work for bands and venues are particularly under pressure at the moment.
The Wedding Present’s own crew are no different to the rest. Although we have been fortunate, so far, in not having had any concerts that needed to be cancelled, the same cannot be said for many of the other bands and venues for which our crew work.
In an attempt to help them through the next few weeks, David has decided to launch a raffle of some of the ‘white labels’ (or test pressings) from his personal collection. 100% of the proceeds from these sales will go directly to our crew. Our engineers and technicians are part of what make a Wedding Present or Cinerama show what it is, and we could not exist without their support.
Details for the raffle :
‘Tickets’ cost £2 each. To buy a ticket, send us an amount via PayPal (preferably an even number).
The raffle will end at midnight GMT on Friday 27 March 2020 and the winners will be announced on 28 March.
David will randomly choose the 5 winning tickets (via a complicated database system of his own design!) and each winner will get 6-8 test pressings.
We will send out the prizes as soon as possible after that, if the Post Office will let us!
Our PayPal information is: info@scopitones.co.uk – please use the ‘send money’ option.
Finally, if you would simply like to make a donation, just send us an amount via PayPal (with a note explaining that it is a donation) and we’ll add it to the total.
Scopitones will pay for the postage of all records.
Bundles for the white label raffle are listed below. All records are by The Wedding Present and are first pressings, except where noted.
Bundle 1 – ‘Anyone Can Make A Mistake’ 12” single, ‘Anyone Can Make A Mistake’ 7” single, ‘Pourquoi Es Tu Si Raisonnable’ 7” single, ‘Club 8’ 7” single, ‘Superman (Cinerama)’ 7” heavy vinyl single, ‘Bizarro (Vinyl 180 reissue 2011)’ triple 10” EP set, ‘Seamonsters (Vinyl 180 reissue 2012)’ triple 10” EP set.
Bundle 2 – ‘This Boy Can Wait’ (rejected) 12” single, ‘My Favourite Dress’ 7” single, ‘Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm’ 7” single, ‘Superman (Cinerama)’ 7” heavy vinyl single, ‘George Best (Cooking Vinyl reissue 1997)’ 12” LP, ‘Take Fountain (American pressing) 12” LP, ‘El Rey’ 12” LP, ‘The Girl From The DDR (German Version)’ 7” single.
Bundle 3 – ‘Kennedy’ 7” single, ‘3 Songs’ 10” red vinyl EP, Dalliance (intended for 10” record) 12” EP, ‘4 Lieder’ 10” EP, ‘4 Chansons’ 10” EP, ‘I Wake Up Screaming (Cinerama)’ (rejected) 7” single, ‘George Best (PIAS reissue 2019)’ 12” LP.
Bundle 4 – ‘George Best promotional release (LEEDS 1X)’ 7” single, ‘My Favourite Dress’ 12” single, ‘Hit Parade “Free Sessions”’ 12” LP, ‘Dance, Girl, Dance (Cinerama)’ 7” single, ‘Club 8’ 7” single, ‘4 Lieder’ 10” EP, ‘4 Chansons’ 10” EP, ‘George Best (PIAS reissue 2019)’ 12” LP, ‘Go Out And Get ’Em, Boy! (Optic Nerve reissue 2019)’ 7” clear vinyl single.
Bundle 5 – ‘Once More’ 7” single, ‘Brassneck’ 12” single, ‘It’s A Gas’ 7” single, ‘Versions (Watusi promotional release)’ 10” EP, ‘Kerry Kerry (Cinerama)’ 7” single, ‘Disco Volante (Cinerama)’ 12” heavy vinyl LP, ‘Two Bridges’ 7” single, ‘Go Out And Get ’Em, Boy! (Optic Nerve reissue 2019)’ 7” clear vinyl single.
Many thanks for your support and thank you to all of you who are working on the front lines!
Finally, please note that, unfortunately, we have had to close the Scopitones online shop for the time being