The Style CouncilOur Favourite Shop

Label:

Polydor – 825 700-1

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Unipak

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Soul

Tracklist

A1 Homebreakers
BassCamelle Hinds
Lead VocalsMick*
SaxophoneMike Mower
TromboneChris Lawrence
TrumpetStuart Prosser
VocalsD.C. Lee*
Written-ByWeller*
A2 All Gone Away
Contrabass [Contra Bass]Clark Kent (4)
FluteMike Mower
PercussionGary Wallis
Written-ByWeller*
A3 Come To Milton Keynes
Orchestrated By [Orchestration]John Mealing
Written-ByWeller*
A4 Internationalists
BassCamelle Hinds
VocalsD.C. Lee*
Written-ByWeller*
A5 A Stones Throw Away
Arranged By [String Arrangement]John Mealing
CelloAudrey Riley
ViolaJocelyn Pook
Violin [1st Violin]Anne Stephenson
Violin [2nd Violin]Charlie Buchanan
Written-ByWeller*
A6 The Stand Up Comic's Instructions
BassCamelle Hinds
VocalsLenny Henry
Written-ByWeller*
A7 Boy Who Cried Wolf
Arranged By [String Arrangement]John Mealing
Sequenced By [Keyboard Sequencing]Peter Wilson
VocalsTracie Young
Written-ByWeller*
B1 A Man Of Great Promise
Flugelhorn [Flugel Horn]Stuart Prosser
French HornPatrick Grundy-White
Synth Bass [Bass Synth]Paul*
TromboneChris Lawrence
VocalsD.C. Lee*
Written-ByWeller*
B2 Down In The Seine
Contrabass [Contra Bass]Clark Kent (4)
Translated By [French Translation]Sara Silver
Written-ByWeller*
B3 The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)
VocalsD.C. Lee*
Written-ByWeller*
B4 Luck
Written-ByWeller*
B5 With Everything To Lose
BassKevin Millar
FluteMike Mower
SaxophoneBilly Chapman
VocalsD.C. Lee*
Written-ByWhite*
B6 Our Favourite Shop
Written-ByTalbot*
B7 Walls Come Tumbling Down!
PianoHelen Turner
SaxophoneMike Mower
TromboneChris Lawrence
TrumpetStuart Prosser
VocalsD.C. Lee*
Written-ByWeller*

Companies, etc.

  • Marketed ByPolydor Ltd.
  • Distributed ByPolydor Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Polydor Ltd. (London)
  • Copyright ©Polydor Ltd. (London)
  • Produced ForSolid Bond Productions
  • Produced ForSolid Bond Productions Ltd.
  • Lacquer Cut AtMaster Room
  • Pressed ByPRS Ltd.
  • Published ByEMI Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
  • Published ByStylist Music
  • Published ByEMI Music Pub. Ltd.

Credits

  • Band [The Style Council Are], Electric Organ [Hammond Organ], Fortepiano [Piano Forte], Keyboards [Electronic Keyboards], VocalsMick Talbot
  • Band [The Style Council Are], Guitar [6 String Guitars], Twelve-String Guitar [12 String Guitars], Bass Guitar, Synth, Lead VocalsPaul Weller
  • DesignSimon Halfon
  • Drums, PercussionSteve White (3)
  • Liner NotesThe Cappuccino Kid
  • Make-UpLynne Easton
  • Photography By [Cover]Olly Ball
  • Photography By [Inside]Nick Knight
  • Producer [Produced By]Peter Wilson
  • Score [Strings Scored], Arranged By [Strings Arranged By]John Mealing

Notes

Label variation, artist and album title are printed in white, track titles printed in orange.

Issued in a Unipak sleeve with a printed inner sleeve. Includes 23cm × 23cm (~9" × 9") B&W photo.

Some copies contained a postcard-sized ment flyer insert of the book "Introducing The Style Council."

Some copies may have blank labels (i.e., a manufacturing error).

Catalogue number TSCLP 2 on back cover, labels; TSCLP2 on spine; (825 700-1) on labels.

Track title variations:
A6 inside Unipak: The Stand Up Comics Instructions
B3 on label, inside Unipak: The Lodgers
B7 on inner sleeve: Walls Come Tumbling Down

Inside Unipak: Produced (for Solid Bond Prod.)
Labels: Produced (for Solid Bond Prod. Ltd.)

Back cover:
℗1985 polydor ltd(london) ©1985 polydor ltd(london)
Marketed and distributed in the UK by Polydor Ltd.

Labels:
℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (London)
Original sound recording made by Polydor Ltd. (London)
Made in England

"Keeps On Burning" logo appears on front cover.

Track publishers:
A1, A4, B3 to B5: EMI Music Pub. Co. Ltd./Stylist Music/EMI Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
A2, A3, A5 to B2, B7: EMI Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
B6: Stylist Music/EMI Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of EMI Music Pub. Ltd.

Runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 4228 257001
  • Barcode (Scanned): 042282570017
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): TSCLP 2 A//1▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): TSCLP 2 B//4▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): TSCLP 2 A//2▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): TSCLP 2 B//4▽420R
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): TSCLP 2 A//1▽420R 1 1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): TSCLP 2 B//4▽420R 1 1 1

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Our Favourite Shop (LP, Album, Stereo, Wallet Gatefold) Polydor 825 700-1 1985
Our Favourite Shop (The International Edition) (LP, Album, Limited Edition) Polydor POLR 2006 Canada 1985
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Our Favourite Shop (LP, Album) Polydor 2223163, 825 700-1 Yugoslavia 1985
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Our Favourite Shop (LP, Album) Polydor 825 700-1 Australasia 1985
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Our Favourite Shop (Cassette, Album) Polydor TSCMC 2, 825 700-4 UK 1985

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Reviews

  • mundayschild's avatar
    mundayschild
    Edited 6 years ago
    This is just a brilliant work of art. Do yourself a favour. Get the first 3 Council LP's they're all brilliant. Goes without saying that Weller's in top form throughout but Mick Talbot is a genius! Special mention as well to D C Lee whose contribution often goes unsung.
    • totallyvinyl's avatar
      totallyvinyl
      Edited 8 years ago
      There are at least two Test Pressings: 1, marked '2nd cut' on the A label which has the matrices A1 and B1 (and a 2nd) 2. no markings but has the matrices A1 and B4. Both are typical Polydor white labels with a large '1' and '2' on the respective labels.

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