{"id":6508,"date":"2025-11-06T15:55:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-style-council-cafe-bleu-to-get-the-deluxe-reissue-treatment-in-january-152081\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:55:50","slug":"the-style-council-cafe-bleu-to-get-the-deluxe-reissue-treatment-in-january-152081","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-style-council-cafe-bleu-to-get-the-deluxe-reissue-treatment-in-january-152081\/","title":{"rendered":"The Style Council\u2019s Caf\u00e9 Bleu to get the deluxe reissue treatment in January"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Style Council\u2019s 1984 debut album Caf\u00e9 Bleu<\/em> will be reissued as a 3-LP or 6-CD by Universal Music Recordings on January 30.<\/p>\n

Highlights from the collection include an early demo of \u201cLong Hot Summer\u201d (Aug 1982), an extended version of \u201cThe Paris Match\u201d and early variant \u201cSummertime Song\u201d, and unreleased instrumental gems from Mick Talbot including a jazzier \u201cParty Chambers\u201d. <\/p>\n

The CD box set includes live recordings from Chippenham\u2019s Goldiggers and London\u2019s Dominion Theatre, as well as 1983 BBC Radio One sessions for David Jensen and Saturday Live.<\/p>\n

Pre-order here<\/a> and check out the full tracklisting below.<\/p>\n

CD1 \u2013 Introducing Expanded
<\/strong>1 Speak Like A Child
2 Party Chambers
3 Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (original 12 inch version)
4 Headstart For Happiness (early version)
5 Mick\u2019s Up
6 Long Hot Summer (extended version)
7 The Paris Match (early version)
8 Party Chambers (instrumental)
9 Le Depart
10 A Solid Bond In Your Heart
11 It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
12 My Ever Changing Moods (long version)
13 Spring, Summer, Autumn
14 Mick\u2019s Company
15 Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (bert bevans remix \/club mix)
16 Long Hot Summer (club mix aka 12\u2033 mix)<\/p>\n

CD2 \u2013 Original album
<\/strong>1 Mick\u2019s Blessings
2 The Whole Point Of No Return
3 Me Ship Came In!
4 Blue Caf\u00e9
5 The Paris Match
6 My Ever Changing Moods
7 Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
8 A Gospel
9 Strength Of Your Nature
10 You\u2019re The Best Thing
11 Here\u2019s One That Got Away
12 Headstart For Happiness
13 Council Meetin\u2019<\/p>\n

CD3 \u2013 Singles, B-sides, single edits and remixes
<\/strong>1 You\u2019re The Best Thing (7\u2033 version)
2 You\u2019re The Dub Thing
3 The Big Boss Groove (12\u2033 version)
4 Money Go Round (Dance mix)
5 Long Hot Summer (Don\u2019t Matter What I Do) (7\u2033 single)
6 A Solid Bond In Your Heart (instrumental)
7 My Ever Changing Moods (7\u2033 version)<\/p>\n

CD4 \u2013 Demos, outtakes and alternate versions
<\/strong>1 Long Hot Summer (pre TSC demo)
2 Party Chambers (alternate version)
3 Up For Grabs (demo)
4 Take It To The Top (demo)
5 Mick\u2019s Demo
6 Funk Interlude
7 The Big Boss Groove
8 Summertime Song
9 The Paris Match (with Tracey Thorn) (long version)
10 Come Away With Me (demo)
11 Me Ship Came In! (alternate version)
12 Dropping Bombs on The White House (alternate version)
13 That One In D\u2019 Minor (demo)
14 Boy Hairdresser
15 A Gospel (alternate instrumental version)
16 A Gospel (outtake)
17 Mick\u2019s Company
18 I\u2019m In The Mood For Gazza<\/p>\n

CD5 \u2013 BBC Sessions & Live
<\/strong>Radio 1 Session 5\/5\/83
1 Headstart For Happiness
2 Mick\u2019s Up
3 Here\u2019s One That Got Away
4 The Paris Match<\/p>\n

SBH: In Concert 11\/6\/83. Recorded as part of the Respond Package night at the Paris Theatre London
5 Head Start For Happiness
6 Here\u2019s One That Got Away
7 The Paris Match
8 Times Are Tight<\/p>\n

Saturday Live 31\/12\/83 In Session
9 My Ever Changing Moods
10 Mick\u2019s Blessings
11 Paris Match
12 Head Start For Happiness
13 Long Hot Summer<\/p>\n

BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.1 14\/3\/84
14 Meeting Over Yonder
15 My Ever Changing Moods
16 It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
17 Mick\u2019s Up
18 Here\u2019s One That Got Away
19 Up For Grabs
20 Dropping Bombs On The White House
21 Long Hot Summer<\/p>\n

CD6 \u2013 Live versions
<\/strong>BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.2 14\/3\/84
1 Money Go Round
2 Speak Like A Child
3 Headstart For Happiness
4 Hanging On To A Memory<\/p>\n

BBC Sight & Sound In Concert \u2013 Live At Goldiggers Chippenham 10\/3\/84
5 Meeting Over Yonder
6 My Ever Changing Moods
7 Speak Like A Child
8 The Whole Point Of No Return
9 Le Depart
10 The Paris Match
11 Party Chambers
12 Money Go Round
13 Head Start For Happiness
14 Hanging On To A Memory
15 Dropping Bombs On The White House
16 Long Hot Summer<\/p>\n

LP1 \u2013 side A<\/strong>
1 Speak Like A Child
2 Party Chambers
3 Mick\u2019s Up
4 Headstart For Happiness
5 Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (Bert Bevans remix\/club mix)<\/p>\n

LP1 \u2013 side B
<\/strong>6 Long Hot Summer (Extended Version)
7 Le Depart
8 The Paris Match
9 Spring, Summer, Autumn
10 Mick\u2019s Company<\/p>\n

LP2 \u2013 side C
<\/strong>11 Mick\u2019s Blessings
12 The Whole Point Of No Return
13 Me Ship Came In!
14 Blue Caf\u00e9
15 The Paris Match
16 My Ever Changing Moods
17 Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse<\/p>\n

LP2 \u2013 side D
<\/strong>18 A Gospel
19 Strength Of Your Nature
20 You\u2019re The Best Thing
21 Here\u2019s One That Got Away
22 Headstart For Happiness
23 Council Meetin\u2019<\/p>\n

LP3 \u2013 side E
<\/strong>24 My Ever Changing Moods (Long Version)
25 A Solid Bond In Your Heart
26 The Big Boss Groove (12\u2033 version)
27 You\u2019re The Dub Thing<\/p>\n

LP3 \u2013 side F
<\/strong>28 Long Hot Summer (pre TSC demo)
29 Party Chambers (alternate version)
30 Up For Grabs (demo)
32 Mick\u2019s Demo
32 Take It To The Top (demo)
33 Dropping Bombs on The White House (alternate version)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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