THE STYLE COUNCIL Cafe Bleu (Special Edition | The Classic Album Expanded 2026 UK/EU 91-track 6-CD deluxe box set. The Style Council’s debut album Caf Bleu finally receives a deep archival treatment with this Special Edition 6-CD set, bringing together the original album, an expanded edition of Introducing The Style Council, related singles, B-sides, remixes, demos, outtakes, alternate versions, BBC sessions and live recordings. First released in 1984,Caf Bleu found Paul Weller and Mick Talbot moving confidently through jazz, soul and pop, with “My Ever Changing Moods” and “You’re The Best Thing” among its best-known tracks. The original album also includes “Headstart For Happiness” and “The Paris Match”, the latter featuring Tracey Thorn on vocals. This expanded edition adds substantial vault material from the period, including an early pre-Style Council demo of “Long Hot Summer”, “Boy Hairdresser”, written for Respond artist Tracie Young, the early variant “Summertime Song”, alternate versions, instrumental pieces from Mick Talbot, and an extended 6:31 version of “The Paris Match”. Discs Five and Six focus on BBC sessions and live performances, including material recorded for Radio 1, Saturday Live, London’s Dominion Theatre and Goldiggers in Chippenham. New sleeve notes by broadcaster Gary Crowley complete the set. Recommended)

TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
CD One – Introducing Expanded
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’s 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’s Company
15. Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (Bert Bevans Remix / Club Mix)
16. Long Hot Summer (Club Mix aka 12″ Mix)

CD Two – Original Album
1. Mick’s Blessings
2. The Whole Point Of No Return
3. Me Ship Came In!
4. Blue Caf
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’re The Best Thing
11. Here’s One That Got Away
12. Headstart For Happiness
13. Council Meetin’

CD Three – Post-Album Singles, B-Sides, Single Edits and Remixes
1. You’re The Best Thing (7″ Version)
2. You’re The Dub Thing
3. The Big Boss Groove (12″ Version)
4. Money-Go-Round (Dance Mix)
5. Long Hot Summer (Don’t Matter What I Do) (7″ Single)
6. A Solid Bond In Your Heart (Instrumental)
7. My Ever Changing Moods (7″ Version)

CD Four – Demos, Outtakes and Alternate Versions
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’s 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’ Minor (Demo)
14. Boy Hairdresser
15. A Gospel (Alternate Instrumental Version)
16. A Gospel (Outtake)
17. Mick’s Company
18. I’m In The Mood For Gazza

CD Five – BBC Sessions & Live
-Radio 1 Session 5/5/83
1. Headstart For Happiness
2. Mick’s Up
3. Here’s One That Got Away
4. The Paris Match
-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’s One That Got Away
7. The Paris Match
8. Times Are Tight
-Saturday Live 31/12/83 In Session
9. My Ever Changing Moods
10. Mick’s Blessings
11. Paris Match
12. Head Start For Happiness
13. Long Hot Summer
-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’s Up
18. Here’s One That Got Away
19. Up For Grabs
20. Dropping Bombs On The White House
21. Long Hot Summer

CD Six – Live Versions
-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
-BBC Sight & Sound In Concert – 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

Key Features
Special Edition 6CD set built around The Style Council’s 1984 debut album Caf Bleu
Includes the original album plus an expanded edition of Introducing The Style Council
Features related singles, B-sides, single edits, club mixes and remixes from the era
Includes unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate versions
Features Long Hot Summer in early demo form, Boy Hairdresser, Summertime Song and the long version of The Paris Match with Tracey Thorn
Includes BBC session and live recordings from Radio 1, Saturday Live, the Dominion Theatre and Goldiggers
New sleeve notes by broadcaster Gary Crowley

Artist – The Style Council (click link for complete listing)
Title – Cafe Bleu (click link for more of the same title)
Release Date – 15 May 2026
Year of Release – 2026
Original Year of Release – 1984
Format – CD Album Box Set
Record Label – Polydor
Catalogue No – 6515728 (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United Kingdom (UK)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info – Sealed, Picture Sleeve
Barcode – 602465157284
Condition – Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No – STYDXCA892324
Alternative Names – Style Council.
Related Artists – A Craze, Bruce Foxton, Dee C. Lee, Dizzi Heights, Indian Vibes, King Truman, Leah Weller, M.E.F.F., Main T Posse, Paul Weller, Players (Jam), Sharp, Slam Slam, Stone Foundation, Suggs & Paul Weller, Talbot & White, The Casbah Club, The Family Silver, The Jam, The Main T. Possee, The Questions, The Songbook Collective, Time UK, Tracie, Trio Valore, Yada Yada.

GENRES
80’s Pop, Rock.

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