What was surprising to many at the time was Mick Talbot taking the lead microphone on the opening of the track. Dropping the needle onto opener Headstart For Happiness, with just Weller at the microphone for this particular version, the version that appeared on Café Blue was a smart 80’s summer pop guitar number, just the tonic for boy and girl about town.
#Who played bass on long hot summer by the style council plus#
This fresh package features previously unseen pictures plus newly remastered tracks that shed fresh light on a band too often forgotten, which is criminal due to the quality of everything that appears here. Now marking nearly 40 years since the formation of the band have a new compilation Long Hot Summers, released via Polydor Records on 30 th October on coloured vinyl, CD and download. Very much revolving around the backbone of Weller, expert organ/keyboard player Mick Talbot, the world class drumming skills of Steve White plus the husky soulful voice of Dee C Lee, the rest of the band members that came and went within their ranks was just what the doctor ordered, which only helped elevate The Style Council to be the best band of the 80’s. Infact this was just the sort of thing that would become normal behaviour in The Style Council.
When Paul Weller left Foxton and Buckler to start a new band many might have thought will he still play a Rickenbacker? Will it be as good? Has he lost the plot? Whilst the first 2 questions were firmly answered with a yes, the final question was far from the truth.
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