Product Description
The Deluxe Edition is a 36 page hard back book featuring 3 CDs.

Disc 1 - More Modern Classics featuring new single Brand New Toy plus the ultimate collection of Weller classics spanning 1999 – 2014.
Disc 2 - Additional bonus disc containing a further selection of tracks from 1999 – 2014.
Disc 3 - Previously unreleased Paul Weller live sessions.

1. He’s The Keeper
2. Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea
3. It's Written In The Stars
4. Wishing On A Star
5. From The Floorboards Up
6. Come On/Let's Go
7. Wild Blue Yonder
8. Have You Made Up Your Mind
9. Echoes Round the Sun
10. All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)
11. Push It Along
12. 22 Dreams
13. No Tears To Cry
14. Wake Up The Nation
15. Fast Car/Slow Traffic
16. Starlite
17. That Dangerous Age
18. When Your Garden's Overgrown
19. The Attic
20. Flame-Out!
21. Brand New Toy

Deluxe Edition Bonus CD2
1. Frightened
2. With Time And Temperance
3. A Bullet For Everyone
4. One X One
5. Don’t Make Promises
6. One Way Road
7. Birds
8. Blink And You'll Miss It
9. Roll Along Summer
10. The Pebble And The Boy
11. Empty Ring
12. Why Walk When You Can Run
13. Night Lights
14. 7 & 3 Is The Striker's Name
15. Trees
16. Up The Dosage
17. Green
18. Paperchase
19. Be Happy Children
20. The Olde Original

Deluxe Edition Bonus CD3
1. All I Wanna Do (The Sun Session)
2. From The Floorboards Up (XFM Session)
3. The Attic (Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music Session)
4. Around The Lake (Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music Session)
5. Andromeda (Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music Session)
6. That Dangerous Age (Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music Session)
7. When Your Garden's Overgrown (Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music Session)
8. Wake Up The Nation (Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music Session)
9. Savages (Capital Gold Session)
10. Time Of The Season (BBC Radio 2 Session)
11. Aim High (Black Barn Session)
12. Daydream (Loving Spoonful Cover) (XFM Session)

1CD Standard Edition
US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JOF2R6M/?tag=imwan-20
UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JOF2R6M/?tag=imwan-21

3CD Deluxe Edition
UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JOF2SC0/?tag=imwan-21

A vinyl single of "Brand New Toy" b/w "Landslide" will be Paul Weller's Record Store Day UK 2014 release. The A-side is scheduled to be the new track on a forthcoming compilation album, with the B-side remaining exclusive to this release. Right now they're saying that it won't be an American RSD item, but it will certainly be obtainable from Amazon UK:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IW4SCQ0/?tag=imwan-21

I want me some new Paul Weller!

This is what the Record Store Day single's label will look like. As he did for last year's RSD release, Weller has opted for the classic early '70s Virgin label design:



And there will be a limited number of these released to American retailers, so as soon as Amazon USA has a listing page for it, I'll add that upthread.

Bump: The compilation will be entitled More Modern Classics, and the CD editions will come in Standard and Deluxe flavours. Pre-order details are in the first post. (No word yet regarding a domestic release.) Note that the Deluxe Edition includes both sides of Weller's previous RSD vinyl single, "Flame-Out!" and "The Olde Original", now finally available on CD.

For ICErs who might be content with just Paul Weller's best-ofs, l should also link to the first volume of Modern Classics:



Standard Edition
US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000FDNW/?tag=imwan-20
UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00000FDNW/?tag=imwan-21

Deluxe Edition
US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000I2LW/?tag=imwan-20
UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00000I2LW/?tag=imwan-21

(Even Weller completists need the Deluxe Edition of this release, which comes with a bonus disc -- an official release of the Live From Victoria Park concert which had been a popular bootleg CD in the early '90s.)

And here's the new track on the new collection:

Interesting mix of tunes. Glad to see some of the non album singles are on there: The Olde Original, Flame-Out, Starlite, Wild Blue Yonder, there are a lot of them.

Really just want new material though. Longing to see what direction it might take.

Very, very Kinky. As in: it sounds like the Kinks.

I'm pretty sure that this is the performance of "Time Of The Season" that will be on the third disc of the Deluxe Edition:

Maybe they will get his version of "Riverman" by Nick Drake on there too.

Bump: A domestic release of the 1CD Standard Edition is now linked in the first post. The 3CD Deluxe is yet to appear here.

Here's the promo video for "Brand New Toy".



That's The Moons' drummer Ben Gordelier in the video. He had been serving as Weller's second percussionist on tour, but now I'm wondering if he's taken over Steve Pilgrim's seat altogether.

I've listened to the song three times now and like it more with each listen. Lots going on in it.

Still want a more "soul" direction for the new album though. Although maybe Paul's voice can't do that in the same way it did on, say, Above the Clouds or Strange Museum back in the day.

The video has already been taken down. I'll replace it with the official upload as soon as it's available.

The promo video for "Brand New Toy" is back, this time in HD courtesy of Amazon UK, who have exclusive rights to the video. (This also makes me wonder if the 3CD Deluxe Edition of More Modern Classics will end up being an Amazon UK exclusive.)

Further upthread is the first third party seller listing for the RSD vinyl single (with the exclusive B-side "Landslide"), fairly expensive so far.

It doesn't look like the 3CD set is going to be released domestically. However, Amazon UK has lowered the pre-order price by £4, to £16.99:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JOF2SC0/?tag=imwan-21

Universal made Amazon UK remove the embeddable video from their YouTube channel. Unbelievable. More concerned about their "rights" than they are about promoting their artists.

The video is still available for viewing at Amazon UK's listing page:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JOF2SC0/?tag=imwan-21

Linda, what do you think of his new song and his more recent material?

David,

I love where Weller is at musically, but it feels like this band is having trouble keeping up, and it's probably time to swap out the players again. I think he needs musicians who are as proficient as the old Canterbury bands he's been drawing influence from. That's my honest opinion.

Here's what the RSD B-side sounds like:

Third time's the charm? Now Vevo has been given the "Brand New Toy" video, so I've replaced the embed upthread again.

I'm in for the 3-disc set.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't always agree with which Weller songs are lifted from the albums to be released as singles.

I mean, CD2 on this set looks much more interesting to me than CD1.