ザ・スタイル・カウンシル* – The Cost Of Loving = ザ・コスト・オブ・ラヴィング

The Style Council - The Cost Of Loving = ザ・コスト・オブ・ラヴィング album cover

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Label:	Polydor – 20MM 0557
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Promo
Country:	Japan
Released:	1987
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1	It Didn't Matter = イット・ディドゥント・マター Written-By – Weller*	5:44
A2	Right To Go = ライト・トゥ・ゴー Percussion – Steve Sidelnyk Written-By – White* Written-By, Rap – The Dynamic Three*	5:12
A3	Heavens Above = ヘヴンズ・アバヴ Bass – Camelle Hinds Congas – Steve Sidelnyk Mixed By – Matthew Kasha Saxophone – Billy Chapman Violin – Anne Stephenson Written-By – Weller* Bass – Camelle Hinds Congas – Steve Sidelnyk Mixed By – Matthew Kasha Saxophone – Billy Chapman Violin – Anne Stephenson Written-By – Weller*	6:11
A4	Fairy Tales = フェーリィ・テイル Congas, Percussion – Steve Sidelnyk Mixed By – Curtis Mayfield Trombone – Pete Thams Trumpet – Roddy Lorimer Written-By – Weller* Congas, Percussion – Steve Sidelnyk Mixed By – Curtis Mayfield Trombone – Pete Thams Trumpet – Roddy Lorimer Written-By – Weller*	4:09
B1	Angel = エンジェル Bass – Camelle Hinds Mixed By – The Valentine Brothers Written-By – Sully*	4:29
B2	Walking The Night = ウォーキング・ザ・ナイト Backing Vocals – John Valentine (2) Bass – Camelle Hinds Mixed By – Carl Beatty Trombone – Pete Thams Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Roddy Lorimer Written-By – Weller* Backing Vocals – John Valentine (2) Bass – Camelle Hinds Mixed By – Carl Beatty Trombone – Pete Thams Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Roddy Lorimer Written-By – Weller*	4:33
B3	Waiting = ウェイティング Mixed By – John Valentine (2) Written-By – Weller*	4:31
B4	The Cost Of Loving = ザ・コスト・オブ・ラヴィング Mixed By – Alan Leeming Written-By – Weller*	4:19
B5	Woman's Song = ア・ウーマンズ・ソング Written-By – Weller*	3:03

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polydor Ltd. (London)
Record Company – Polydor K.K.
Produced For – Solid Bond Productions Ltd.
Recorded At – Solid Bond Studios

Credits

Design – The Style Council
Drums, Body Percussion – Steve White (3)
Engineer – Alan Leeming
Engineer, Sequenced By – Jezar
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Dee C. Lee
Liner Notes – 鳥井賀句*
Orchestrated By – John Mealing
Organ [Hammond, Wurlizter], Fortepiano, Electric Piano, Synth – Mick Talbot
Photography By – Nick Knight
Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programming, Synth – Paul Weller

Notes

Japanese promotional issue with obi & 4 page insert with liner notes in Japanese & lyrics in English & Japanese.

White promotional labels have both 見本盤 ("Sample Disc") and 非売品 ("Not For Sale") printed on them.

Vertical Japanese text from right-hand side of obi front:
聴いて欲しい僕らの主張、こだわり主義の自信作。
お洒落な音の仕掛人、ザ・スタイル・カウンシルのサード・アルバム。

The spiky black circle on the front of the obi reads "Includes 'It Didn't Matter' - as seen in the Maxell cassette tape TV commercial"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: T4988005012845
Price Code: ¥2,000
Matrix / Runout (Label A): 20MM 0557A
Matrix / Runout (Label B): 20MM 0557B
Matrix / Runout (Stamped A): 〄 20MM-0557A 11 1 ✳︎ ✢ A
Matrix / Runout (Stamped B): 20MM-0557B 121 ✳︎ ✢
Rights Society: JASRAC

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Cost Of Loving (LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve)	Polydor	TSCLP 4	UK	1987
	The Cost Of Loving (LP, Album, Stereo)	Polydor	831 443-1		1987
	The Cost Of Loving (2×12", 45 RPM, Album, Gatefold )	Polydor	TSCLP 4, 831 525-1	UK	1987
Recently Edited	The Cost Of Loving (LP, Album, Stereo)	Polydor	831 443-1, 831443-1	Greece	1987
	The Cost Of Loving (2×LP, Album, Gatefold)	Polydor	831 443-1	Canada	1987