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UMR/ Polydor

Cafe Bleu (Special Edition) Style Council

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Genre: Indie.
Format
Condition: Brand New
Release date: Jan 30, 2026
Catalogue number: 6515776
Barcode: 0602465157765
Condition: Brand New
Release date: Jan 30, 2026
Catalogue number: 6515728
Barcode: 0602465157284

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When the Style Council released Café Bleu in 1984, Paul Weller and Mick Talbot set out a new blueprint for British pop – folding jazz, soul and sharp songwriting into something cosmopolitan, daring, and self-defined. It didn’t feel like a debut so much as a declaration of a new direction.

This Special Edition gathers previously unheard studio material from the period – demos, alternate takes, and unreleased songs that capture how quickly the group were moving, and how far they were willing to push ideas in progress rather than simply polishing them. Alongside that, the set includes BBC session recordings and live material that show the group in full voice, with momentum and purpose.

Broadcaster Gary Crowley contributes new sleeve notes, offering context and perspective on why this remains such a pivotal moment in Weller’s creative arc – a period where his approach to songwriting and arrangement opened into something more expansive, curious and linked to European and American influences in equal measure.

Track List:
3LP
LP1 – Introducing Expanded
side A
1 Speak Like A Child
2 Party Chambers
3 Mick's Up
4 Headstart For Happiness (early version)
5 Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (Bert Bevans remix/club mix)
 
LP1 - side B
1 Long Hot Summer (extended version)
2 Le Depart
3 The Paris Match
4 Spring, Summer, Autumn
5 Mick's Company
 
LP2 – Original Album
side C
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
 
LP2 - side D
1 A Gospel
2 Strength Of Your Nature
3 You're The Best Thing
4 Here's One That Got Away
5 Headstart For Happiness
6 Council Meetin'
 
LP3 – Introducing Expanded / Post album singles and b-sides / Demos, outtakes and alternate versions
side E
1 My Ever Changing Moods (long version)
2 A Solid Bond In Your Heart
3 The Big Boss Groove (12" version)
4 You're The Dub Thing
 
LP3 - side F
1 Long Hot Summer (pre TSC demo)
2 Party Chambers (alternate version)
3 Up For Grabs (demo)
4 Mick’s Demo
5 Take It To The Top (demo)
6 Dropping Bombs on The White House (alternate version)
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