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![]() Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council (Polydor/UMC, 2020)ĢCD: Amazon U.S. The set is available for pre-order in 2CD and 3LP formats, with an exclusive color variant available through the uDiscover Music Store. version of The Office), a professed "superfan" of the group. The compilation, remastered at Abbey Road Studios, features new notes by Weller, essayist Lois Wilson, and actor Martin Freeman (star of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy and the U.K. Long Hot Summers will be available from UMC October 30 - the same day a new documentary about The Style Council, featuring interviews with Weller, Talbot, White and Lee, will premiere on Sky Arts in England. The Style Council My Ever Changing Moods Live. The latter's mixed critical reception was followed by the experimental Confessions Of a Pop Group (1988) the following year's Modernism: A New Decade was rejected by Polydor Records, after which Weller called the group off for a solo career. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of 'In Concert' on Discogs. The Style Council My Ever Changing Moods Label: Geffen Records GEF M5G 4029 Format: Cassette, Album, Dolby HX Pro Country: US Released: 1984 Genre: Rock. Suburb or Town: Watson State: VIC Payment Method: EFT PayPal cash Reason for selling: Space Further Information: the Cost of Loving US import My Ever Changing Moods Japanese Pr. Top 40 hit), 1985's chart-topping Our Favorite Shop and 1987's The Cost Of Loving. Guitarist/vocalist Paul Weller broke up the Jam, the most popular British band of. Item Condition: Excellent Shipping Options: Pickup available and you can audition.,Shipping is available at agreed cost. The group earned three straight gold records in England with 1984's Café Bleu (released in America as My Ever Changing Moods - the title track of which became a U.S. (Along with Billy Bragg and Jimmy Somerville, Weller was active in Red Wedge, a collective of Labour-sympathetic musicians working to drum up support against England's prime minister Margaret Thatcher.) But Weller's signature songwriting was still at the helm - as well as a growing political bent. Lee, Weller's work in The Style Council largely eschewed the punk leanings of The Jam for more overt New Wave, slick soul and sophisti-pop influences. Working with Dexys Midnight Runners keyboardist Mick Talbot, drummer Steve White and vocalist Dee C. Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council provides an extensive overview of Weller's work through the '80s after the dissolution of The Jam.The 37-track collection, available across 2 CDs or 3 LPs, includes a healthy mix of the group's biggest singles, album cuts, B-sides and two unreleased tracks: an extended version of 1984's "Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse" and a string-laden demo of the band's biggest worldwide hit, "My Ever Changing Moods." Ahead of a forthcoming documentary on the second famed band of Paul Weller's career, the revered British rocker has co-compiled a new collection devoted to The Style Council. ![]()
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