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The Piper (The Attic single B-Side, also featured on a limited 3000 edition 12″ Dragonfly EP with cover artwork by Sir Peter Blake)

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I should add that I have made some assumptions on the versions of these songs and will update the page as more becomes clear on the countdown to release day. Pre-order here: Confirmed Track-listing (and added info from me) The release includes sleeve notes from writer and broadcaster John Wilson ( Podcast 63 guest!) I’m sure there will be some tracks that you’d have loved to have seen included but given that this collection has been compiled by Paul Weller himself, it’s difficult to argue with what’s included and Paul has provided artwork ideas and sketches for the design. Like its predecessor not only does it make for some great listening but it’s a superb way to hear all those hard to get solo tracks that haven’t been featured on an album before. Will Of The People brings us a similar mix of rarities, this time spanning the period 2002 to 2021, including Mother Ethiopia, Devotion, Cosmic Fringes (Pet Shop Boys Remix) and Birthday (released and deleted on the day of Paul McCartney’s 70th birthday). This was pre-digital downloads by the way. Furthermore, in many instances, they’d become highly sought after as the original 7”, 10”, 12” and CD singles and promo’s that first aired them were fetching significant sums from fans and collectors. The B-sides, 12” EP tracks, single remixes and ‘live’ recordings featured all had one thing in common, namely that they hadn’t been included on any of his hugely successful solo albums. Personal highlights included The Loved, A Year Late, Black Sheep Boy, Bang-Bang and the Lynch Mob Bonus Beats’ remix of Kosmos. Hot on the heels of a bunch of vinyl re-issues with 22 Dreams and Modern Classics comes a follow up to fan favourite Fly on The Wall, with official news now revealed of Will of the People and a confirmed release date of 28th October 2022.Ĭast your mind back to the autumn of 2003, the original 3LP & 3CD collection came off the back of Paul’s sixth solo studio album Illumination and brought together a wealth of solo recordings that stretched back to 1991. * yes I know bloody Muse just had an album of the same name.Facebook 79 Tweet 0 LinkedIn 0 Pin 0 Print 0 Email 0Ī few whispers of something new coming and a bit of an Amazon leak earlier this Summer only seem to have helped with the buzz and excitement of a new Paul Weller album before the year is out.

Super Lekker Stoned – Richard Fearless mix

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The full track-listing for Will Of The People goes like this:

Paul Weller & Noel Gallagher - Birth of an Accidental Hipsterģ. This features 4 unreleased tracks including a demo of a track Paul wrote with Noel Gallagher for The Monkees last album.ġ. Preceding this will be a digital only EP entitled the Whoosh EP, available from 29th September. The album features sleeve notes written by writer and broadcaster John Wilson. Will Of The People is released on triple vinyl, 3CD and digitally. Scattered across the tracks are appearances from the likes of Primal Scream, Simon Tong & Graham Coxon. It also includes Paul’s first foray into film soundtracks with the sublime “Ballad Of Jimmy McCabe” from the film Jawbone. Here you will find such gems as Paul’s cover of The Beatle’s “Birthday”, released to celebrate Macca’s 70th, and the sparkling disco-ball banger remix of Cosmic Fringes by none other than the Pet Shop Boys. Will Of The People follows up Fly On The Wall and takes the listener through a similar mix of rarities, this time spanning the period 2002 to 2021.įrom covers to eclectic remixes, Will Of The People delivers a scintillating array of songs which skirt across many genres. Furthermore, in many instances, they’d become highly sought after in their original formats and were fetching significant sums from fans and collectors. The story begins back in the autumn of 2003, when the Fly On The Wall 3LP & 3CD collection brought together a wealth of Paul Weller solo recordings that stretched back to 1991. The B-Side, and the remix, is a space in which to explore, experiment, or to flex a different set of artistic muscles. Here is a collection which reminds us that there has always been a parallel narrative to the main recorded output of Paul’s albums and singles.

Handpicked by Paul himself, Will of The People* is a carefully curated collection of 31 tracks from Weller’s extensive cornucopia of tunes that never quite made it to one of his 9 studio albums since 2002.

Just one of many musings from Paul Weller when selecting tracks for his eagerly-awaited forthcoming B-sides and rarities album Will Of The People.