THE UKRAINIANS -S/T- Original UK LP + Newsletters - WEDDING PRESENT Indiepop

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THE UKRAINIANS

The Ukrainians

Original UK LP released on Cooking Vinyl Records in 1991. Includes printed innersleeve.

Also includes four Ukrainians fan Newsletters, and two handwritten & signed letters from member Len Liggins.

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"It all began as a lighthearted, one-off bit of fun," the Ukrainians wrote of their beginning, and truer words were rarely spoken. Who would have thought that the Ukrainian songs the Wedding Present played as a joke would turn into a full-fledged band with four albums to their credit? Leeds-based band the Wedding Present already had their reputation as the Energizer Bunnies of British indie rock by 1988, when they started playing the traditional Ukrainian song "Hopak" at rehearsals. It had been brought in by second guitarist Pete Solowka, whose father had emigrated from the Ukraine.

Playing a session for BBC DJ John Peel, the band decided to add it, more for fun than any serious purpose, little anticipating the reaction it would bring. Adding singer/violinist 'The Legendary' Len Liggins (a student of Slavonic languages who was a friend of Solowka's) and authentic Ukrainian mandolin player Roman Remeynes, the band recorded three more Peel sessions of purely Ukrainian material, which was released as Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela, a disc that sold 70,000 copies, and was promoted by a national tour.

The acceptance whetted Solowka's appetite to do more with the music, so in 1991 he left the Wedding Present to form the Ukrainians with Liggins and Remeynes, releasing the single "Oi Divincho," an NME Single of the Week, followed by their self-titled debut (much of it original compositions), after which they toured throughout Europe. Their particular band of post-punk stridency meshed well with the emotive and hard-hitting Ukrainian music. It was rough, raw, and ready -- but it was also fun.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Oi Divchino
Hopak
Ti Moyi Radoshchi
Zavtra
Slava Kobzarya

Side Two

Dity Plachut
Cherez Richku, Cherez Hai
Pereyidu
Tebe Zhdu
Son

Released on 'Cooking Vinyl Records' in 1991

Catalogue No. COOK 044

Disc is in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in EX+ condition

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