Style Council, in arrivo il cofanetto dell'album "Café Bleu"

Gli Style Council, la band che Paul Weller fondò insieme al tastierista Mick Talbot nel 1982 dopo avere lasciato i Jam, hanno annunciato una nuova edizione speciale del loro primo album del 1984, "Café Bleu", un cofanetto da 6 CD e in 3 LP in vinile, impreziosito da materiale inedito, demo iniziali, session alla BBC e registrazioni dal vivo.

Il gruppo (qui la sua storia) che esordì con l'EP “Introducing the Style Council” nel 1983 si sciolse nel 1989 dopo avere pubblicato quattro album, l'ultimo dei quali, "Confessions of a Pop Group” nel 1988.

Ora, a distanza di oltre quaranta anni, gli Style Council pubblicheranno la "Café Bleu Special Edition", con materiale proveniente dal loro archivio arricchito dalle note di copertina del conduttore radiofonico Gary Crowley.

Tracklist:

CD1 – ‘Introducing… The Style Council’ Expanded

1 ‘Speak Like A Child’

2 ‘Party Chambers’

3 ‘Money-Go-Round’ (Parts 1&2) (original 12 inch version)

4 ‘Headstart For Happiness’ (early version)

5 ‘Mick’s Up’

6 ‘Long Hot Summer’ (extended version)

7 ‘The Paris Match’ (early version)

8 ‘Party Chambers’ (instrumental)

9 ‘Le Depart’

10 ‘A Solid Bond In Your Heart’

11 ‘It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands’

12 ‘My Ever Changing Moods’ (long version)

13 ‘Spring, Summer, Autumn’

14 ‘Mick’s Company’

15 ‘Money-Go-Round’ (Parts 1&2) (bert bevans remix /club mix)

16 ‘Long Hot Summer’ (club mix aka 12″ mix)

CD2 – Original ‘Café Bleu’ album

1 ‘Mick’s Blessings’

2 ‘The Whole Point Of No Return’

3 ‘Me Ship Came In!’

4 ‘Blue Café’

5 ‘The Paris Match’

6 ‘My Ever Changing Moods’

7 ‘Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse’

8 ‘A Gospel’

9 ‘Strength Of Your Nature’

10 ‘You’re The Best Thing’

11 ‘Here’s One That Got Away’

12 ‘Headstart For Happiness’

13 ‘Council Meetin”

CD3 – Post album released singles, B-sides, single edits and remixes

1 ‘You’re The Best Thing’ (7″ version)

2 ‘You’re The Dub Thing’

3 ‘The Big Boss Groove’ (12″ version)

4 ‘Money Go Round’ (Dance mix)

5 ‘Long Hot Summer (Don’t Matter What I Do)’ (7″ single)

6 ‘A Solid Bond In Your Heart’ (instrumental)

7 ‘My Ever Changing Moods’ (7″ version)

CD4 – Demos, outtakes and alternate versions

1 ‘Long Hot Summer’ (pre TSC demo)

2 ‘Party Chambers’ (alternate version)

3 ‘Up For Grabs’ (demo)

4 ‘Take It To The Top’ (demo)

5 ‘Mick’s Demo’

6 ‘Funk Interlude’

7 ‘The Big Boss Groove’

8 ‘Summertime Song’

9 ‘The Paris Match (with Tracey Thorn)’ (long version)

10 ‘Come Away With Me’ (demo)

11 ‘Me Ship Came In!’ (alternate version)

12 ‘Dropping Bombs on The White House’ (alternate version)

13 ‘That One In D’ Minor’ (demo)

14 ‘Boy Hairdresser’

15 ‘A Gospel’ (alternate instrumental version)

16 ‘A Gospel’ (outtake)

17 ‘Mick’s Company’

18 ‘I’m In The Mood For Gazza’