{"product_id":"long-hot-summers-the-story-of-the-style-council-vinyl-3lp","title":"Long Hot Summers - The Story of The Style Council: Vinyl 3LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Paul Weller announced The Style Council’s arrival in March 1983, he’d come a very long way. In fact, at the age of just 24, he was already a musical veteran with six albums and nine Top 10 singles under his belt with The Jam. As their leader he had become a deity-like figure and for his fans, The Jam’s split was unimaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut creatively restless and of inquisitive mind, Paul jettisoned them at their height to form a collective with an eventual core line-up of Paul with Mick Talbot, Dee C Lee and Steve White.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a quest for new sounds, the group travelled to realms previously unchartered for a pop group incorporating musical influences as wide ranging as Blue Note jazz and Chicago soul, Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, Chicago House and Jacques Brel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, as battle lines were drawn in a decade under Margaret Thatcher culminating in the miner’s strike of 1984-85, Paul’s lyrics spoke with the language of the activist and his state of the nation addresses were both fierce and eloquent. Over four albums and 17 singles, The Style Council made a stand and became the standard bearers of progressive soulful pop and social comment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Style Council was emblematic of its creator. Paul Weller, smart, fearless, audacious, with a social conscience and totally unafraid to push the possibilities of pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is their story…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“We set out to have fun, document the times and at the same time we wanted to elevate pop to an art form – I think we did that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Weller\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Style Council","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57432122294603,"sku":"894119","price":6.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/SharedImage-111898.png?v=1779703223","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/long-hot-summers-the-story-of-the-style-council-vinyl-3lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}