The Style Council | Long Hot Summers: The Story Of The Style Council | VINYL

The Style Council were an English group led by Paul Weller and Mick Talbot whose sophisticated pop drew on soul, jazz, funk and European café culture. Their recordings pair political and romantic writing with elegant arrangements.

Long Hot Summers: The Story Of The Style Council brings Paul Weller and Mick Talbot’s blend of soul, jazz, pop and political observation together across three LPs. Alongside familiar singles, its thirty-two selections include album tracks, extended material and a demo of My Ever Changing Moods.

Edition: 3LP Gatefold Sleeve . Label: Polydor.

Track List

LP 1

1. Headstart for Happiness
2. Long Hot Summer
3. My Ever-changing Moods
4. Walls Come Tumbling Down!
5. Party Chambers
6. Wanted (Or Waiter, There's...)
7. Shout to the Top!
8. It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
9. Come to Milton Keynes
10. Why I Went Missing
11. Waiting

LP 2

1. Ghosts of Dachau
2. Down in the Seine
3. The Paris Match
4. Life at a Top People's Health Farm
5. Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse (Extended Version)
6. Speak Like a Child
7. The Lodgers (Or She Was Only...)
8. Money Go Round
9. You're the Best Thing
10. How She Threw It All Away

LP 3

1. A Man of Great Promise
2. The Piccadilly Trail
3. A Solid Bond in Your Heart
4. Sweet Loving Ways
5. Promised Land
6. It Didn't Matter
7. Have You Ever Had It Blue
8. Spin' Drifting
9. Here's One That Got Away
10. Changing of the Guard
11. My Ever-changing Moods (Demo)