Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

~ Release by The Style Council (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Headstart for Happiness (early version)
2:52
2Long Hot Summer (extended version)
recording of:
Long Hot Summer
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
Stylist Music Ltd.
7:02
3My Ever Changing Moods (extended version)
5:43
4Walls Come Tumbling Down!
producer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) and Peter Wilson (UK Producer)
12 string guitar, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer [synth] and lead vocals:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Steve White (Style Council drummer) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
fortepiano [piano forte], Hammond organ and keyboard [electronic keyboards]:
Mick Talbot (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
piano:
Helen Turner (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
saxophone:
Mike Mower (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
trombone:
Chris Lawrence (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
trumpet:
David DeFries (from 1984-12 until 1985-03) and Stewart Prosser (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
vocals:
D.C. Lee (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
strings arranger:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
recorded at:
Solid Bond Studio in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
recording of:
Walls Come Tumbling Down (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
33:23
5Party Chambers (early instrumental version)
instrumental recording of:
Party Chambers
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
2:51
6Wanted (or Waiter, There’s Some Soup in My Flies)
recording of:
Wanted
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
3:24
7Shout to the Top!
producer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) and Peter Wilson (UK Producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor Ltd. (UK) (not for release label use; fka Polydor Records Ltd.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Shout to the Top
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Stylist Music Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
34:15
8It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
2:33
9Come to Milton Keynes
producer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) and Peter Wilson (UK Producer)
12 string guitar, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer [synth] and lead vocals:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Steve White (Style Council drummer) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
fortepiano [piano forte], Hammond organ and keyboard [electronic keyboards]:
Mick Talbot (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
strings arranger:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
orchestrator:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
recorded at:
Solid Bond Studio in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
recording of:
Come to Milton Keynes (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:05
10Why I Went Missing
4:44
11Waiting
4:27
12Ghosts of Dachau (“Dachau Was a Nazi Concentration Camp, the Scene of Mass Murders”)
2:50
13Down in the Seine
producer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) and Peter Wilson (UK Producer)
12 string guitar, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer [synth] and lead vocals:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
double bass [contra bass]:
Clark Kent (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Steve White (Style Council drummer) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
fortepiano [piano forte], Hammond organ and keyboard [electronic keyboards]:
Mick Talbot (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
strings arranger:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
recorded at:
Solid Bond Studio in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
recording of:
Down in the Seine (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
translator:
Paul Renee and Sara Silver
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:43
14The Paris Match (early version)
3:47
15Boy Who Cried Wolf
producer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) and Peter Wilson (UK Producer)
12 string guitar, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer [synth] and lead vocals:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Steve White (Style Council drummer) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
fortepiano [piano forte], Hammond organ and keyboard [electronic keyboards]:
Mick Talbot (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
sampler [keyboard sequencing]:
Jeremy Wakefield (from 1984-12 until 1985-03) and Peter Wilson (UK Producer) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
vocals:
Tracie Young (80s UK pop singer Tracie Young) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
strings arranger:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
recorded at:
Solid Bond Studio in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
recording of:
Boy Who Cried Wolf (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
55:14
16Life at a Top People’s Health Farm (extended remix / Um & Argh mix)
recording of:
Life at a Top Peoples Health Farm
lyricist, writer and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
5:47
17Homebreakers
producer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) and Peter Wilson (UK Producer)
12 string guitar, guitar and synthesizer [synth]:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
bass:
Camelle Hinds (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
bass guitar:
Camelle Hinds and Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Steve White (Style Council drummer) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
fortepiano [piano forte], Hammond organ and keyboard [electronic keyboards]:
Mick Talbot (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
saxophone:
Mike Mower (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
trombone:
Chris Lawrence (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
trumpet:
David DeFries (from 1984-12 until 1985-03) and Stewart Prosser (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
lead vocals:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) and Mick Talbot (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
vocals:
D.C. Lee (from 1984-12 until 1985-03) and Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician) (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
instruments arranger:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
strings arranger:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
recorded at:
Solid Bond Studio in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
recording of:
Homebreakers (from 1984-12 until 1985-03)
writer:
Mick Talbot and Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Stylist Music Ltd.
5:06
18Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse (extended version)
5:03
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Credits

Release

art direction and design:Mike Storey (design)
photography:Peter Anderson (photographer)
liner notes:Lois Wilson (English music journalist)
remastering:Geoff Pesche (mastering engineer)
compiler:Andy Street (product manager for Universal Catalogue Marketing)
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
remastered at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/16135731 [info]