(Edited to add release details provided by milesthedawg)



[title]Paul Weller at the BBC[/title] is a stunning seventy-four track, all digitally-remastered, four CD hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions and live concert tracks from 1990 – 2008, fully sanctioned by Weller and including his introduction to the liner notes.

Discs one and two feature key session tracks from 1992 – 2008 and include forty unreleased versions, many with interview snippets and Paul’s song introductions. Many of these sessions are show-casing material from new or forthcoming albums and are presented in band versions as well as solo, acoustic settings. There are some rare gems within these sessions, including an exhilarating rendition of Ronnie Lane’s 1974 single 'The Poacher' from 1997. From 2006 are highlights of Radio 2's 'Sold On Song' show, where Paul, armed with acoustic guitar, provided a fascinating song-writing tutorial as he explained the process behind 'Amongst Butterflies', 'Frightened' and 'That’s Entertainment', amongst others.

From 2008 come stunning interpretations of 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)', 'Cold Moments' and 'Push It Along' from the recent critically-acclaimed '22 Dreams' set.

Discs three and four feature thirty-four of the best live concert tracks from six BBC-recorded shows from 1990–1998, including an early solo gig at the Town and Country club from December 1990 with previously-unreleased tracks 'Just Like Yesterday' (a Weller original) and The Isley Brothers’ 'Work To Do'. Another unreleased song is Marvin Gaye’s classic 'What’s Going On' from the Royal Albert Hall October 1992.

Also featured is the triumphant July 1995 headlining performance at the Phoenix Festival where he performs dazzling versions of live favourites, 'Porcelain Gods', 'Stanley Road', 'Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)' and 'Shadow Of The Sun'.

The package includes a sixty-four page booklet with extensive new sleevenotes, brand new interviews with Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie, Tim Burgess, Steve White and others. The booklet also features scores of rare and unseen photos from the Lawrence Watson archive.

CD One
1. Fly On The Wall - Johnnie Walker - Live 5.9.92
2. Pink On White Walls - Saturday Sequence - Johnnie Walker - Transmitted 2.10.93
3. Amongst Butterflies - Saturday Sequence - Johnnie Walker - Transmitted 2.10.93
4. Wild Wood - Saturday Sequence - Johnnie Walker - Transmitted 2.10.93
5. Hung Up - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
6. Out Of The Sinking - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
7. Clues - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
8. Whirlpools' End - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
9. Out Of The Sinking - Lunchtime Show 01.11.94
10. Broken Stones - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
11. Time Passes - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
12. The Changingman - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
13. I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
14. Broken Stones - Simon Mayo - Transmitted 08.05.95
15. You Do Something To Me - Simon Mayo - Transmitted 08.05.95
16. Brushed - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
17. Peacock Suit - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
18. Up In Suzes' Room - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
19. Friday Street - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
20. Mermaids - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
21. The Poacher - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97

CD Two
1. Driving Nowhere - Mark Goodier - Transmitted 23.11.97
2. Friday Street - Kaledoscope Live In The Studio 19.9.97
3. Science - Jo Whiley Recorded 97
4. Wishing On A Star - The Drivetime Show With Jonnie Walker Date 01.09.04
5. Thinking Of You - The Drivetime Show With Jonnie Walker Date 01.09.04
6. Corrina, Corrina - Mark Lamarr For Jonathan Ross 08.01.05
7. Early Morning Rain - Mark Lamarr For Johnathan Ross 08.01.05
8. Foot Of The Mountain - Mark Lamarr For Johnathan Ross 08.01.05
9. To The Start Of Forever - Janice Long 04.03.05
10. Out Of The Sinking - Janice Long 04.03.05
11. Paper Smile - The Drivetime Show With Stuart Maconie
12. Come On.Let's Go - The Drivetime Show With Stuart Maconie
13. Amongst Butterflies - Mark Lamarr - Sold On Song 11.02.06
14. Frightened - Mark Lamarr - Sold On Song 11.02.06
15. That's Entertainment - Mark Lamarr - Sold On Song 11.02.06
16. All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.2008
17. Cold Moments - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.08
18. Push It Along - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.08
19. Pretty Flamingo - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.08

CD Three
1. My Ever Changing Moods - Town And Country - 05.12.90
2. A Man Of Great Promise - Town And Country - 05.12.90
3. Kosmos - Town And Country - 05.12.90
4. Speak Like A Child - Town And Country 05.12.90
5. Just Like Yesterday
6. Work To Do - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
7. Pity Poor Alfie - Town And Country - 05.12.90
8. What's Goin On - Royal Albert Hall
9. Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!) - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
10. Hercules - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
11. Bull-Rush/Magic Bus - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
12. Above The Clouds - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
13. Everything Has A Price To Pay - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
14. Headstart For Happiness - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
15. Into Tomorrow - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
16. Porcelain Gods - Phoenix Festival - 13.7.95
17. Stanley Road - Phoenix Festival - 13.7.95
18. Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) - Phoenix Festival - 13.7.95

CD Four
1. Shadow Of The Sun - Phoenix Festival - 13.07.95
2. I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Phoenix Festival - 13.07.95 (With Noel Gallagher)
3. Out Of The Sinking - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96 (With Jools Holland)
4. Hung Up - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
5. Sunflower - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
6. Broken Stones - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96 (With Jools Holland)
7. Fly On The Wall - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
8. Tales From The Riverbank - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
9. Peacock Suit - Victoria Park - 08.08.98
10. Heavy Soul - Victoria Park - 08.08.98
11. Science - Victoria Park - 08.08.98
12. I Didn't Mean To Hurt You - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
13. Brand New Start - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
14. Wild Wood - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
15. Friday Street - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
16. The Changingman - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98 (With Ian McLagan)

Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EMPUI0/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001EMPUI0/?tag=imwan-21

More info here, including cover. Looks terrific.

http://www.recordstore.co.uk/home.jsp?w ... g9qN3IEb-1

Jeff

Thank you, Jeff. What a great compilation this is going to be!

This does look fantastic, and of course I will have to buy it, but ouch, my Weller habit has sure been expensive to feed over the last few years ...

The price looks better from amazon.uk

Just pre-ordered

£26.90 = total minus VAT, plus shipping.

Nice to see the Ronnie Lane song on the tracklist....and Mac on the last song.

Looks like a Christmas present.

Got it over the weekend. I'm listening to the live discs first - so far, so good (great).

(later)

Listened to all of it - this is a great set, well worth the money. The live tracks are really good (don't believe Uncut's review) - nice What's Going On. The highlight (and reason I bought it right away) was The Poacher. I saved it for last - was worth the wait.

Anxiously awaiting the delivery of mine. Found some additional info on this release, on Paul's website:

http://www.paulweller.com/bbc_recordings.php

Released the same day is a DVD featuring the best of Paul’s BBC TV performances recorded throughout his solo career. Essentially, an alternative ‘greatest hits’ set, the DVD includes versions of 16 hits singles, some classic Jam tracks and some intriguing cover versions. All of this material is completely unreleased and includes performances with Amy Winehouse, Carl Barat of the Dirty Pretty Things and Richard Archer from Hard Fi.

Also available - highlights versions on double CD and 3-piece vinyl as well as a digital box set



The DVD has various appearances from Top Of The Pops, Later With Jools Holland, etc, none of which appear on the 4-cd set. The digital download set contains more than double the number of tracks than on the 4-disc box!!


From 10th November you will be able to purchase the digital boxset of 'Weller at the BBC' featuring an incredible 179 digitally-remastered BBC sessions and live concert tracks from 1990 – 2008. The set comprises all of Paul Weller's BBC recordings over this 18-year period, and will be available exclusively from losttunes.com and islandtunes.co.uk, either as single track downloads or as one entire set for £60.

Purchasers of the 4CD box set will receive a £20 discount off the price of the complete digital box set at losttunes.com. To gain access to the discounted price go to http://www.paulweller.com/bonus from 10th November and insert CD1 from the 4CD set. Follow the instructions on the screen and you will then be redirected to the exclusive discounted £40 digital boxset on losttunes.com.

The digital release features exclusive material including a BBC concert from Radio Theatre in May 2000 and a live concert in Cardiff from May 1997

Weller's "Live at the BBC" DVD from Universal Int'l is listed as a New Release for Nov. 25, 2008:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GTQTH2/?tag=imwan-20


Also, a similar listing for a few dollars less is listed as a December 2 pre-order:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001IDBU8Y/?tag=imwan-20

Later With Jools Holland:
1. Sunflower - 9/7/1993
2. Has My Fire Really Gone Out? - 9/7/1993
3. You Do Something To Me - 9/5/1995
4. I Should Have Been There To Inspire You - Nov 1997
5. Heavy Soul - Nov 1997
6. Picking Up Sticks - 15/4/2000
7. From The Floorboards Up - Nov 2005
8. Savages - 11/11/2005
9. Come On/Let's Go - 11/11/2005
10. Push It Along - May 2008
11. 22 Dreams - May 2008

Later With Jools Holland Presents Paul Weller In Concert 23/2/1996:
12. Out Of The Sinking
13. Broken Stones
14. Porcelain Gods
15. Wild Wood
16. Tales From The Riverbank
17. Foot Of The Mountain
18. Into Tomorrow

2006 Electric Proms 5/11/06:
19. Blink And You'll Miss It
20. From The Floorboards Up
21. Don't Go To Strangers - With Amy Winehouse
22. Porcelain Gods / I Walk On Gilded Splinters
23. In The City - With Carl Barat
24. Wild Blue Yonder
25. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - With Richard Archer
26. Broken Stones
27. Town Called Malice

Top Of The Pops:
28. Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!) - 20/8/1992
29. The Changingman - 14/6/1996
30. Peacock Suit - 14/6/1996
31. Mermaids - 5/15/1997
32. From The Floorboards Up - 17/7/2005
33. Town Called Malice - 11/7/2006

Both appear to be all-regions, NTSC encoded.

BUMP !!

http://store.yeproc.com/album.php?id=13840

YepRoc site is currently selling the 4-CD "At The BBC" set for $43.99 (supposedly w/ free shipping) !

Other Weller deals include the "As Is Now" and "Catch-Flame" deluxe editions ($4.99 each !!), and the "Wild Wood" 2-disc reissue for only $16.99

The BBC set is wonderful, by the way.

And anybody who doesn't have the Wild Wood 2-disc version should grab it at that price. It's excellent.

Oh, and 22 Dreams may be my favorite new release of the year.

If you're a Weller fan, there just aren't enough hours in the day.