![]() It’s not easy or straightforward to find the exact 7″ mix of You’re The Best Thing among the many TSC collections, however the original Cafe Bleu album version is significantly different (and longer), while many releases use variants of the 12″ mix, or alternate extended mixes, or simply fade them out earlier.ħ. The presence of a corking new number, The Big Boss Groove, on the flip just made the AA-sided package even more alluring. Arguably an even better song than Long Hot Summer the year before, and deservedly a Top 5 hit. Weller tightened up the arrangement, made everything more commercial and focused, and gave the track a real sense of being a modern classic. You’re The Best Thing was quickly heralded as a highlight from Cafe Bleu another delicate, soulful meditation. Half-a-dozen singles in, and still none of them were available in 7″ form on any Style Council long-player! Greatest Hits, Hit Parade (4CD edition), Collection, The Collection.Ħ. True to form, the exquisite 7″ mix of the song wasn’t included on Cafe Bleu a pared-down acoustic piano version was nice enough but probably frustrated a lot of people expecting to hear the one being played on the radio. It became Weller’s highest-charting single in America (reaching #29), and went Top 5 in Britain to provide the perfect launchpad for its parent LP. 1st single ahead of debut LP).ĭeceptively slight on first hearing, the fifth TSC single was the one to finally launch an album, the eclectic sprawl of Cafe Bleu. MY EVER CHANGING MOODS (February 6th, 1984. TSC return with a lighter sound, reminiscent of The Isley Brothers at their most soulful and laid back.ĥ. Into The Gap by the Thompson Twins is about to be released. We’re into a new year, the dawn of Frankie Goes To Hollywood. ![]() I'll post up some more parts of my blog posts, and that will cover some of this Then, finally, How She Threw It All Away isn't edited or remixed as such, but on the LP it segues into the next song, so the versions on the single and on compilations have a proper/cold end. After that it's not quite so drastic.you get a special re-recording of The Lodgers, Have You Ever Had It Blue is edited down from 4.48 on the soundtrack/12" to 3.25, and the only other edit of note is about 50 seconds chopped off It Didn't Matter (though many compilations confusingly refer to the 5.44 album cut as the single version). There are also extra lyrics on the single mix, if memory serves.Įssentially, the first 7 TSC singles can't be found on albums at all, or else (MECG and YTBT) in very different form. YTBT on Cafe Bleu is about 75 seconds longer, and less "finished". That was probably the biggest single/album difference of all. Click to expand.Yes, the album mix of MECG was the piano take on it, the single was the band version. ![]()
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