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From the original vinyl LP
Cafebleu:
My Ever Changing Moods
(Weller)
Vocals and Guitars: Paul
Electronical Piano and Vocals: Mick
Hon. Councillors:
Bass synth: Pete Wilson
Trumpet: Barbara Snow
Saxophone: Hilary Seabrook
The Whole Point of No Return
(Weller)
Paul
Blue Cafe
(Weller)
Guitars: Paul
Hon. Councillors:
Double Bass and String Arrangement: Peter Wilson
The Paris Match
(Weller)
Piano: Mick
Hon. Councillors:
Guitar: Ben Watt (courtesy of Cherry Red Records)
Lead Vocal: Tracey Thorn (courtesy of Cherry Red Records)
Double Bass: Chris Bostock (courtesy of RCA Records)
Dropping Bombs On The White House
(Talbot - Weller)
Piano: Mick
Bass: Paul
Hon. Councillors:
Saxophone: Billy Chapman
Trumpet: Barbara Snow
A Solid Bond in Your Heart
(Weller)
Vocals, Guitar and Skeletal Keys: Paul
Piano, Vocals, Additional Keys and Padlocks: Mick
Hon. Councillors:
Drums: Zeke Manyika
Saxophone: Chris Hunter
SIDE TWO:
You're The Best Thing
(Weller)
Vocals, Guitars and Synth: Paul
Vocals, Bass Synth. & Additional Keyboards: Mick
Hon. Councillors:
Drum Programming: Pete Wilson
A Gospel
(Weller)
All other instruments: Paul
Hon. Councillors:
Rap: Dizzy Hite
Drum Programming: Pete Wilson
Trumpet: Barbara Snow
Saxophone: Hilary Seabrook
Strength Of Your Nature
(Weller)
Vocals, Bass Synth, Guitars, Synths: Paul
Vocals, Hammond Organ, Brass Synth: Mick
Hon. Councillors:
Drum Programming: Peter Wilson
Vocals: D.C. Lee (courtesy of CBS Records)
Here's One That Got Away
(Weller)
Vocals and Guitars: Paul
Hammond Organ: Mick
Hon. Councillors:
Violin: Bobby Valentino
Bass: Chris Bostock (courtesy of RCA Records)
Headstart For Happiness
(Weller)
Vocals and Guitars: Paul
Vocals, Piano and Brass Sound: Mick
Hon. Councillors:
Vocals: D.C. Lee (courtesy of CBS Records)
Saxophone: Hilary Seabrook
Trumpet: Barbara Snow
Mick's Blessing
(Talbot)
Piano: Mick
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Produced by Peter Wilson and Paul Weller
for Solid Bond Productions Ltd.
Photography: Peter Anderson
Design: Simon Halfon and Paul Wller
Thanks go to - my family, Ken, Dave, Den, Joe, Gill & Nick - Paul
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Smiling Paul Weller, once said a couple of words on behalf of his generation, now a cafe catalyst who has put a cheerful step forward onto the doormats of our lives. He asks for nothing in return except sanctimonious smiles and a peace of mind. For relaxation, he lists water polo as meeting deadlines as his main hobbies.
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Effervescent Mick Talbot, a cat who blissfully can't decipher between where and why, but certainly knows how to! He brilliantly applies this skill to his keyboard as much as he does
to bus rides. Rathbonish in is approach, he is the master of understatement and is currently engaged in updating his family trees.
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Steve White - The producers of this record wish to thank this drum warrior (of only 18 summers) for his work and help in making this L.P. Steve plays drums and percussion on all the tracks unless otherwise stated.
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Don't be deceived when they tell you things are better now. Even if there's no poverty to be seen because the poverty's been hidden. Even if you ever got more wages and could afford to buy more of these new and useless goods which industries foist on you and even if it seems to you that you never had so much, that is only the slogan of those who still have much more than you. Don't be taken in when they pat you paternally on the shoulder and say that there's no inequality worth speaking of and no more reason to fight because if you believe them they will be completely in charge in their marble homes and granite banks from which they rob the people of the world under the pretence of bringing them culture. Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they'll send you out to protect their gold in wars whose weapons, rapidly developed by servile scientists will become more and more deadly until they can with a flick of the finger tear a million of you to pieces.
Jean Paul Marat
18th Century French visionary
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You, and Your Genius
"Oh! What a square circle to live in! But yes, so, unfortunately. You see they say let it flow and all will come right in the end, but I say depends which side of the golden handshake you're on. Clever right?"
"Mister I'll tell you! We aren't the 'voice of a generation' or any of these nice marketable cliches, we are part of a generation, part of a growing mood and most of the future. So the Hue may be Blue at the moment but Boy! Gir! can do something about it with the colours we possess!"
"Having checked it, loved it, been brought down and moved on by it. I've come to see that the real world doesn't exist; only millions and millions of small individual ones, all rushing about with their heads cut off but their nervous system still tick-ticking."
"See people like to file things and have files to go to. It's far better if you elude their alphabet and devise your own code."
"Here we are in the Twentieth Century with all the technical know-how the science numbers have, all that the past has taught us, and yet we still can't guarantee a future!"
Excerpts from the mind of the Cappuccino Kid
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Lyrics reprinted by permission. All lyrics written by Paul Weller. (C) 1984 EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All administrative rights for the U.S. and Canada controlled by Colgems - EMI Music Inc. ASCAP except for "The Paris Match," "A Solid Bond In Your Heart" and "Headstart For Happiness" (C) 1983 EMI Publishing Ltd. All administrative rights for the U.S. & Canada controlled by Colgems - EMI Music Inc. ASCAP. (C) 1984 Polydor Ltd. London. Made in U.S.A.
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