6x CD

Café Bleu

Album by The Style Council

Released 23 March 1984

electronic sophisti-pop jazz

Tracklist

CD 1: Introducing Expanded
1
Speak Like a Child
3:18
2.0 ★
2
Party Chambers (first version)
3:21
3
Money‐Go‐Round (pts. 1 & 2, original full 12‐inch version)
7:42
4
Headstart for Happiness (early version)
2:51
5
Mick’s Up
3:10
6
Long Hot Summer (extended mix)
7:01
3.0 ★
7
The Paris Match (early version)
3:47
8
Party Chambers (instrumental version)
2:50
9
Le Depart
2:48
10
A Solid Bond in Your Heart
3:17
11
It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
2:32
12
My Ever Changing Moods (long version)
5:43
13
Spring, Summer, Autumn
2:22
14
Mick’s Company
2:49
5.0 ★
15
Money‐Go‐Round (pts. 1 & 2, Bert Bevan’s remix / club mix)
The Style Council & Bert Bevans
7:45
16
Long Hot Summer (club mix)
The Style Council & Bert Bevans
6:55
CD 2: Café Bleu
1
Mick’s Blessings
1:17
2
The Whole Point of No Return
2:42
5.0 ★
3
Me Ship Came In!
3:06
4
Blue Cafe
2:16
5
The Paris Match
The Style Council & Tracey Thorn
4:26
3.0 ★
6
My Ever Changing Moods
3:37
4.0 ★
7
Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse
3:14
8
A Gospel
4:44
9
Strength of Your Nature
4:19
10
You’re the Best Thing
5:41
2.0 ★
11
Here’s One That Got Away
2:37
12
Headstart for Happiness
3:21
5.0 ★
13
Council Meetin’
2:34
5.0 ★
CD 3: Singles, B‐Sides, Remixes
1
You’re the Best Thing (7″ version)
4:31
2
You’re the Dub Thing
The Style Council & Brian Robson
4:58
3
The Big Boss Groove (12″ version)
4:34
5.0 ★
4
Money‐Go‐Round (pts. 1 & 2, dance mix)
7:50
5
Long Hot Summer (7″ single)
4:02
6
A Solid Bond in Your Heart (instrumental version)
3:28
7
My Ever Changing Moods (single version)
4:05
5.0 ★
CD 4: Unreleased Demos, Outtakes & Alternate Versions
1
Long Hot Summer (pre‐TSC demo)
3:29
2
Party Chambers (alternate version)
1:56
3
Up for Grabs (demo)
3:18
4
Take It to the Top (demo)
3:06
5
Mick’s (demo)
3:29
6
Funk (interlude)
0:31
7
The Big Boss Groove (alternate version)
3:52
8
Summertime Song
4:02
9
The Paris Match (long version)
6:29
10
Come Away With Me (demo)
2:33
11
Me Ship Came In (alternate version)
3:24
12
Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse (alternate version)
3:35
13
That One in D minor (demo)
3:00
14
Boy Hairdresser
2:45
15
A Gospel (alternate instrumental version)
5:12
16
A Gospel (outtake)
2:00
17
Mick’s Company (alternate version)
2:44
18
I’m in the Mood for Gazza
0:30
CD 5: BBC Sessions & Live
1
Headstart for Happiness
2:51
2
Mick’s Up
3:06
3
Here’s One That Got Away
2:32
4
The Paris Match
4:20
5
Headstart for Happiness
2:51
6
Here’s One That Got Away
2:33
7
The Paris Match
4:18
8
Times Are Tight
4:17
9
My Ever Changing Moods
3:56
10
Mick’s Blessings
1:21
11
The Paris Match
3:58
12
Headstart for Happiness
3:05
13
Long Hot Summer
2:39
14
Meeting Over Yonder
3:11
15
My Ever Changing Moods -
5:50
16
It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
2:54
17
Mick’s Up
3:49
18
Here’s One That Got Away
2:51
19
Up for Grabs
3:39
20
Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse
3:56
21
Long Hot Summer
7:22
CD 6: Live Versions
1
Money‐Go‐Round
7:19
2
Speak Like a Child
3:34
3
Headstart for Happiness
3:40
4
Hanging on to a Memory
5:05
5
Meeting Over Yonder
3:11
6
My Ever Changing Moods
5:51
7
Speak Like a Child
3:33
8
The Whole Point of No Return
2:52
9
Le Depart
3:17
10
The Paris Match
4:31
11
Party Chambers
3:00
12
Money‐Go‐Round
7:30
13
Headstart for Happiness
3:29
14
Hanging on to a Memory
6:54
15
Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse
3:32
16
Long Hot Summer
7:24

Release credits

Annie Whitehead
trombone [4, 15]
Barbara Snow
trumpet [3, 7-8, 12]
Becky Bell
background vocals [7]
Ben Watt
guitar [5]
Bert Bevans
remixer [15-16]
Billy Chapman
saxophone [3, 7]
Bobby Valentino
violin [11]
Chris Bostock
bass [11], double bass [5]
Dee C. Lee
background vocals [4, 6, 15], vocal [9, 12]
Dizzi Heights
spoken vocals [8]
Guy Barker
trumpet [4, 15]
Hillary Seabrook
saxophone [8, 12]
Jean-Louis Roques
accordion [7]
Joe Dworniak
bass [4, 15]
Mick Talbot
Hammond organ [1.4, 1.6-7, 1.15-16, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13], additional [10], bass synthesizer [1.6-7, 1.16, 2.10], brass [12], clavinet [13], fortepiano [6-7, 16], keyboard [1.1, 2.10], performer [6], piano [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 1.4, 1.15], synthesizer [9], vocal [2.9-10, 2.12, 1.6-7, 1.16]
Paul Weller
bass [3, 7, 13], bass synthesizer [9], co [3], flute [13], guitar [2.2-4, 2.9-13, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.15-16], instrument [8], lead vocals [1, 4, 6-7, 15-16], performer [6], producer [2.1-13, 3.3, 3.7, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.15-16], synthesizer [2.9-10, 1.6-7, 1.16], vocal [2, 9-12]
Peter Wilson
arranger [3], double bass [4], drums (drum set) [8-10], producer [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.15-16, 2.1-13, 3.3, 3.7], strings [4]
Spegos
percussion [4, 15]
Steve White
drums (drum set) [6-7, 16], percussion [6-7, 16]
Tracey Thorn
lead vocals [5]
Tracie
background vocals [1]
Zeke Manyika
drums (drum set) [4, 15], membranophone [1]