Style Council - Cafe' Bleu - Special Edition - (CD)

Style Council – Café Bleu – Special Edition

Introduzione

Questa edizione speciale di “Café Bleu” propone un’esperienza completa dell’album d’esordio dei Style Council, arricchita da demo, versioni alternative e registrazioni dal vivo. Un cofanetto pensato per appassionati e collezionisti, che valorizza il percorso creativo della band.

Caratteristiche principali

• Formato: cofanetto 6 CD
• Genere: sophisti-pop / pop raffinato
• Etichetta e anno: UMR / Polydor, 2026
• EAN: 0602465157284

Tracklist

• CD1 – Introducing… Expanded: Speak Like A Child; Party Chambers; Money‑Go‑Round ; Headstart For Happiness ; Mick’s Up; Long Hot Summer ; The Paris Match ; Party Chambers ; Le Depart; A Solid Bond In Your Heart; It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands; My Ever Changing Moods ; Spring, Summer, Autumn; Mick’s Company; Money‑Go‑Round ; Long Hot Summer
• CD2 – Album originale: Mick’s Blessings; The Whole Point Of No Return; Me Ship Came In!; Blue Café; The Paris Match; My Ever Changing Moods; Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse; A Gospel; Strength Of Your Nature; You’re The Best Thing; Here’s One That Got Away; Headstart For Happiness; Council Meetin’
• CD3 – Singoli, B-side e remix: You’re The Best Thing ; You’re The Dub Thing; The Big Boss Groove ; Money Go Round ; Long Hot Summer ; A Solid Bond In Your Heart ; My Ever Changing Moods
• CD4 – Demo, outtake e versioni alternative: Long Hot Summer ; Party Chambers ; Up For Grabs ; Take It To The Top ; Mick’s Demo; Funk Interlude; The Big Boss Groove; Summertime Song; The Paris Match ; Come Away With Me ; Me Ship Came In! ; Dropping Bombs On The White House ; That One In D’ Minor ; Boy Hairdresser; A Gospel ; A Gospel ; Mick’s Company; I’m In The Mood For Gazza
• CD5 – BBC Sessions & Live: Radio 1 Session 5/5/83 – Headstart For Happiness; Mick’s Up; Here’s One That Got Away; The Paris Match; SBH: In Concert 11/6/83 – Head Start For Happiness; Here’s One That Got Away; The Paris Match; Times Are Tight; Saturday Live 31/12/83 – My Ever Changing Moods; Mick’s Blessings; Paris Match; Head Start For Happiness; Long Hot Summer; BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.1 14/3/84 – Meeting Over Yonder; My Ever Changing Moods; It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands; Mick’s Up; Here’s One That Got Away; Up For Grabs; Dropping Bombs On The White House; Long Hot Summer
• CD6 – Live versions: BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.2 14/3/84 – Money Go Round; Speak Like A Child; Headstart For Happiness; Hanging On To A Memory; BBC Sight & Sound In Concert – Live At Goldiggers Chippenham 10/3/84 – Meeting Over Yonder; My Ever Changing Moods; Speak Like A Child; The Whole Point Of No Return; Le Depart; The Paris Match; Party Chambers; Money Go Round; Head Start For Happiness; Hanging On To A Memory; Dropping Bombs On The White House; Long Hot Summer

Perché acquistarlo

Un’edizione curata che offre una visione approfondita del debutto dei Style Council, con materiale inedito e performance dal vivo che arricchiscono la storia dell’album. Ideale per chi desidera esplorare ogni sfumatura del periodo creativo della band.

Curiosità

• Include versioni demo risalenti al 1982, che mostrano l’evoluzione di “Long Hot Summer” da “Le Départ” .
• Contiene registrazioni live tratte da sessioni BBC e concerti al Dominion Theatre e Goldiggers, offrendo un ritratto autentico dell’energia dal vivo della band .
• Il cofanetto è accompagnato da note di copertina inedite scritte da Gary Crowley, che arricchiscono il contesto storico dell’album .