STYLE COUNCIL - LONG HOT SUMMERS: THE STORY OF THE STYLE COUNCIL Vinyl LP

Triple vinyl LP pressing. When Paul Weller announced The Style Council's arrival in March 1983, he'd come a very long way. In fact, at the age of just 24, he was already a musical veteran with six albums and nine Top 10 singles under his belt with The Jam. As their leader he had become a deity-like figure and for his fans, The Jam's split was unimaginable. But creatively restless and of inquisitive mind, Paul jettisoned them at their height to form a collective with an eventual core line-up of Paul with Mick Talbot, Dee C Lee and Steve White. Over four albums and 17 singles, The Style Council made a stand and became the standard bearers of progressive soulful pop and social comment. This is their story.

LP One:

SIDE 1:

1. Headstart For Happiness
2. Long Hot Summer
3. My Ever Changing Moods
4. Walls Come Tumbling Down!
5. Party Chambers

SIDE 2:

1. Wanted (Or Waiter, There's Some Soup In My Flies)
2. Shout To The Top!
3. It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
4. Come To Milton Keynes
5. Why I Went Missing
6. Waiting

LP Two

SIDE 1:

1. Ghosts Of Dachau
2. Down In The Seine
3. The Paris Match
4. Life At A Top People's Health Farm (Remix)
5. Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse (Previously Unreleased)

SIDE 2:

1. Speak Like A Child
2. The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)
3. Money-Go-Round (Single Edit)
4. You're The Best Thing
5. How She Threw It All Away

LP Three

SIDE 1:

1. A Man Of Great Promise
2. The Piccadilly Trail
3. A Solid Bond In Your Heart
4. Sweet Loving Ways
5. Promised Land (Single Edit)
6. It Didn't Matter

Side 2:

1. Have You Ever Had It Blue (Uncut Version)
2. Spin' Drifting
3. Here's One That Got Away
4. Changing Of The Guard
5. My Ever-Changing Moods (Demo) [Previously Unreleased]

Label: Polydor / Umgd