the complete adventures of the style council

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These re-made versions alone make this disc worth having. No mention of these is made either on the cover or in the booklet, so the consumer would have no way of knowing without actually purchasing the disc. In addition, the 12' version of 'Long hot summer' was actually the above-mentioned '89 version. However, things were not all as they appeared to be.Īs it turned out, while 'Have you ever had it blue', 'My ever changing moods', 'A solid bond in your heart', and the single version of 'The lodgers' appeared in all their original glory, ' You're the best thing' and 'Money go round' were present in NEW versions, either remixed or re-recorded with new vocals. 1', while the single which preceded it, 'Promised land', cheekily announced it as 'he greatest hits long-player, from Britain's most successful girl group.' However, after one more single ('Long hot summer 89', which actually first saw release as the 'Tom mix' on the previous year's 'A Summer Quartet' EP), TSC were no more.Īt the time of its release, The Singular Adventures., in addition to being the first full-length TSC compilation (three EPs were released in late 1987, and a couple of CDVs followed in 1988), would have marked the first appearances of several tracks on CD: the single mix of 'You're the best thing', 'Have you ever had it blue', 'Money-go-round (parts 1 & 2)' (though the club mix was found on Introducing The Style Council), 'My ever changing moods (12' version)', the single version of 'The lodgers', and 'A solid bond in your heart'. was ambitiously billed on the cover as 'Greatest Hits Vol. Released in 1989 as the group were on their final tour, playing sets of full-on house to confused audiences everywhere, The Singular Adventures. A shame, really, because some of the music on this first TSC hits compilation cannot be found anywhere else. With the release of TSC's entry in Universal's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection discs, The Singular Adventures. Reviewer: Kevin O'Conner - See all my reviews (I've had it since 1989.)īetter get one now, before they're gone., May 4, 2003 We'll see.Ĭlick to expand.There are 3 12 inch mixes including:Īccording to an interesting review at there are a couple of other reasons to get this compilation. There's yet another comp, The Sound Of from 2003, which I may also buy, but I'm hesitant because the 2003 Jam comp, also called 'the Sound Of' was not so good sonically. I've just ordered Greatest Hits (remastered) from 2000, also a UK import. This has made me want to go on a quest, which I will dutifully report back on here. OK, it's not The Jam, but get over it, it is what it is, and what it is is GOOD!!!! I haven't really listened to them since I owned an ancient copy of The Singular Adventures Of way way back in the day. The critics were just plain *wrong* about Paul Weller's post-Jam band. Damn! I had forgotten how incredibly good this band was. Sound quality is good, but missing a little 'air', not perfect but solid and acceptable. It's 'Collection' a 20-track comp, a UK import, from 1996. Can You Still Love Me? (Extended Version)ġ0.OK, first Style Council CD is in.

#THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE STYLE COUNCIL FULL#

Long Hot Summer '89 (TOM Mix Full Extended Version)Ĥ. The Gardener Of Eden (A Three Piece Suite)Ģ. The Little Boy in a Castle / A Dove Flew Down from the Elephantĩ. The Cost of Loving (12' Slow Vocal Version)Ĩ. Wanted (or Waiter, There's Some Soup In My Flies)Ģ. The Lodgers (or She Was Only a Shopkeeper's Daughter)ġ. Headstart for Happiness (album version)ģ. Long Hot Summer (extended 12' version)ġ9. Headstart for Happiness (early version)Ħ.

The compilation included for the first time TSC's unreleased last album, 'Modernism: A New Decade'.Ĥ. 'The Complete Adventures of The Style Council' is a career retrospective of The Style Council's studio recordings. The style council The Complete Adventures of The Style Council 1998

The complete adventures of the style council