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JOURNEYS IN SOUND - PAUL WELLER: THE MUSICAL UPS AND DOWNS OF MY LIFE (320lbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th May 2024
Paul Weller shares the pivotal moments that have made him the multi-talented musician and composer he is today. Talking to Nemone who combines her roles of DJ and practising psychotherapist, Paul reveals how his relationship with music has grown over the six decades he's been releasing and the experiences that have had an impact on his work.
The prolific award-winning singer songwriter, affectionately known as 'The Modfather' by his fans, burst onto the music scene back in the late 70s fronting The Jam. A string of hits followed such as 'Eton Rifles', 'A Town Called Malice', 'Going Underground', 'That's Entertainment' and 'The Bitterest Pill'. This led to further musical adventures with The Style Council in the 80s and solo material under his own name from 1992 onwards. Nemone and Paul chat in his studio ahead of the release of new album '66'. They talk about life growing up with the Wellers in Woking, teenage musical influences, the impact of The Jam's success and band's subsequent split, working with his musical partner-in-crime Ocean Colour Scene's Steve Craddock, the joy of playing live, the process of writing songs and the making of the new album which will be released the day before his 66th birthday on the 24th of May. Paul also talks about how life has changed since giving up alcohol and how he tries to look after himself.
During this intimate conversation Paul picks music that has sound-tracked his life from The Beatles, Little Richard, The Four Tops, The Who, Sex Pistols, The Clash and Frankie Knuckles, and shares his love of artists such as Liam Bailey and Vegyn. He also chooses his ultimate 'Self Care' track, one that helps him relax and re-set.
Paul Weller - Rise Up Singing [Polydor]
The Beatles - She Loves You (Mono / Remastered) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly [Acrobat]
Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) [UNI/Motown]
Small Faces - Tin Soldier [Sanctuary]
The Kinks - Dead End Street [Sanctuary]
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows [Universal Music]
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock [RCA/Legacy]
Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog
The Who - My Generation
Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right [EMI]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
The Clash - White Riot [Sony Music UK]
The Jam - That's Entertainment [Polydor]
Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle
Paul Weller - Soul Wandering
Paul Weller - I Woke Up [Polydor]
Paul Weller - The Changingman [Universal/Island]
The Jam - A Town Called Malice [Polydor]
Paul Weller - Nothing [Polydor]
Frankie Knuckles (feat. Satoshi Tomiie & Robert Owens) - Tears [Telstar]
Vegyn (feat. John Glacier) - A Dream Goes On Forever [PLZ Make It Ruins]
Ed Harcourt - Duet For Ghosts [Point Of Departure]
NOEL GALLAGHER'S PAUL WELLER PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th May 2024
A Playlist selected and hosted by Noel Gallagher spanning Paul Weller's career from The Jam to recent releases interspersed with personal recollections, anecdotes and impressions. The programme also includes highlights from The Jam recorded live during what Noel Gallagher describes as their 'imperious phase' at the Rainbow Theatre in 1979 & the Golders Green Hipodrome in 1981.
The Jam - Start! [Polygram Tv]
The Jam - That's Entertainment [Polydor]
The Jam - A Town Called Malice [Polydor]
The Jam - Shopping [UMC]
The Jam - No One In The World [UMC]
The Style Council - Speak Like A Child [Polydor]
The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods [Polydor]
The Style Council - Shout To The Top [Polydor]
The Style Council - It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands [Polydor]
The Paul Weller Movement - Into Tomorrow [Island]
Paul Weller - Wild Wood [Island]
Paul Weller - Broken Stones [Island]
Paul Weller - Push It Along [Universal]
Paul Weller - Have You Made Up Your Mind [Island]
Paul Weller - White Horses [Parlophone]
The Jam - It's Too Bad (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - Thick As Thieves (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - Away From The Numbers (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - Butterfly Collector (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - The Gift (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - In The Crowd (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Pretty Green (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Absolute Beginners (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Tales From The Riverbank (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Circus (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Boy About Town (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
PAUL WELLER LIVE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th May 2024
Paul Weller recorded live at the Phoenix Festival in 1995 and the BBC Radio Theatre in 2010.
Paul Weller - Uh Huh Oh Yeh (Phoenix Festival 13/07/1995)
Paul Weller - The Changingman (Phoenix Festival 13/07/1995)
Paul Weller - Whirlpools' End (Phoenix Festival 13/07/1995)
Paul Weller - Porcelain Gods (Phoenix Festival 13/07/1995)
Paul Weller (feat. Noel Gallagher) - The Swamp Song (Phoenix Festival 13/07/1995)
Paul Weller - I Walk On Gilded Splinters (Phoenix Festival 13/07/1995)
Paul Weller - Sea Spray (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller - Pieces Of A Dream (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller - Strange Town (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller - Strange Town (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller - Start! (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller - Broken Stones (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller (feat. Rox) - Wild Wood (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller (feat. Rox) - You Do Something To Me (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
Paul Weller - Fast Car, Slow Traffic (BBC Radio Theatre 15/04/2010)
PAUL WELLER AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th May 2024
Paul Weller in conversation from the BBC 6 Music archive. The programme features highlights from interviews with Lauren Laverne, Shaun Keaveny & Matt Everitt.
Paul Weller - Village [Polydor]
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
Terry Callier & Paul Weller - Brother To Brother
The Jam - But I'm Different Now [Polydor]
Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me (Live Royal Festival Hall)
The Style Council - Headstart For Happiness [Polydor]
The Style Council - Speak Like A Child
The Jam - Move On Up [Polydor]
WHEN BRADLEY WIGGINS MET PAUL WELLER (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th May 2024
As cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins becomes Britain's most successful Olympian with another gold medal win at the Rio Games, here's another chance to hear him in conversation with musician Paul Weller.
The 2012 Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medallist took time out of his busy training schedule to meet his musical hero. They spent time swapping tunes and stories about the first records they bought, their first gigs, their shared love of northern soul and r'n'b, and the music that shaped their "mod" style.
This programme was first broadcast in 2012.
Paul Weller - Into Tomorrow
The Kinks - Wonder Boy
Junior Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner
Robert Wyatt - A Beautiful War
The Rifles - Peace & Quiet
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
Gladys Knight & The Pips - No One Could Love You More
Bobby "Blue" Bland - These Hands (Small But Mighty)
The Jam - That's Entertainment
The Who - I'm A Boy
Dantalion's Chariot - Madman Running Through The Fields
July - Dandelion Seeds
Paul Weller - In The Crowd (Radio 2 Session, 12 Mar 2003)
Paul Weller - Wild Wood (Radio 2 Session, 14 Sep 2018)
PAUL WELLER AT 60 WITH MARTIN FREEMAN (320kbs-m4a/259mb/1hr53mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th October 2018
Actor Martin Freeman takes us on a personal journey through the many musical faces of Paul Weller who turned 60 this year.
Often referred to as The Modfather, this reductive tag has tended to pigeonhole Weller's music within the public's psyche. Martin is on a two hour mission to convince you otherwise. For him, there's always been a clear push and desire to explore sonic possibilities whilst avoiding treading water within Weller's music. When boundaries present themselves and the straps of the genre straightjacket start to tighten, Weller isn't afraid of downing tools in order to seek a completely new approach to his musical output.
First breaking through in the late 70s with his group The Jam, Paul stunned fans and followers alike when he broke the band up at the height of their game in 1982. To compound things further, he then formed The Style Council with keyboardist Mick Talbot. In a way, this is the band that allows you to understand the true complexities of Weller's musical journey as it distorts the straight line from his former punk glories in The Jam to his renaissance as the Modfather.
Martin Freeman is an English actor known for roles such as Tim Canterbury in The Office, Dr. John Watson in Sherlock, Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy and Lester Nygaard in the drama TV series Fargo.
His film work includes Love Actually, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Nativity!, The World's End, Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther.
The Jam - I Got By In Time
The Jam - Liza Radley
Paul Weller - As You Lean Into The Light
Paul Weller - Out Of The Sinking
The Style Council - The Story Of Someone's Shoe
The Style Council - Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
Paul Weller - Has My Fire Really Gone Out?
Paul Weller - Gravity
The Jam - Boy About Town
The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
The Jam - In The Crowd
Paul Weller - All The Pictures On The Wall
The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue
The Jam - Fly
The Jam - Thick As Thieves
Paul Weller - Find The Torch, Burn The Plans
The Style Council - Headstart For Happiness
The Style Council - Changing Of The Guard
Paul Weller - She Moves With The Fayre
The Jam - Ghosts
Paul Weller - No Tears To Cry
The Jam - When You're Young
Paul Weller - Empty Ring
The Style Council - You're The Best Thing
The Jam - Happy Together
Paul Weller - I Didn't Mean To Hurt You
Paul Weller - Sunflower
The Style Council - The Piccadilly Trail
The Jam - Absolute Beginners
The Style Council - The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter) (Extended Single Version)
The Style Council - Shout To The Top
MASTERTAPES SERIES 1 - 6. PAUL WELLER (THE B-SIDE) (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th March 2018
John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question in the A-side, and then the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 3, the B-side. Having discussed the making of "The Gift", the final album from the Jam (in the A-side of the programme, broadcast on Tuesday 13th November and available online), Paul Weller responds to questions from the audience and performs acoustic live versions of some to the tracks from the album which was released 30 years ago.
Complete versions of the songs performed in the programme (and others) can be heard on the 'Mastertapes' pages on the Radio 4 website, where all the programmes of the series can also be downloaded and other musical goodies accessed.
Producers: Paul Kobrak & India Rakusen.
MASTERTAPES SERIES 1 - 5. PAUL WELLER (THE A-SIDE) (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th March 2018
John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 3, A-side. "The Gift" - 30 years after the band's split, Paul Weller talks about 'The Gift' - the last album for The Jam. The band's only No 1 album, it marked a musical departure from the classic Jam sound to a more soul-influenced style, and it ushered in Weller's ideas for the Style Council. It was an album that didn't just focus on the state of society, it also had a lot to say about where music was going in the 1980s - and it included the classic No 1 'Town Called Malice' as well as 'Running On The Spot' and 'Carnation'. Paul also plays exclusive live versions of some of the tracks on the album.
In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions and that programme can be heard next Monday at 11.00pm.
Producers: Paul Kobrak & India Rakusen.
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 17 - 3. PAUL WELLER (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th February 2018
Paul Weller talks Matt through the seminal musical firsts of his life. He discusses his very earliest influences, the early days of The Jam, the formation of The Style Council and the evolution of his solo career.
Paul Weller - Sunflower [Island]
Paul Weller - Kosmos
Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires - King Creole [RCA]
The Kinks - Wonder Boy [Castle Communications]
The Beatles - Getting Better [Parlophone]
Nina Simone - Mood Indigo [Polydor]
The Jam - In The City [Polydor]
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me [Motown]
Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern [Parlophone]
The Jam - That's Entertainment [Polydor]
The Impressions - Choice Of Colours [Charly]
The Style Council - Speak Like A Child [EMI]
Paul Weller Movement - Into Tomorrow [Island]
Villagers - Courage [Domino]
DESERT ISLAND DISCS: PAUL WELLER (128kbs-m4a/40mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 21st December 2007
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the musician Paul Weller. As the lead singer of The Jam, the founder of The Style Council and a hugely successful solo artist, he is one of the most revered music writers and performers of the past 30 years and is cited as an influence by countless other singers.
In a rare interview, he describes the chronic shyness he had to overcome; how he is still gripped by fear before each performance and how, after he had been dumped by his record label, he was unable to write songs and found that even picking up a guitar felt alien to him. His father has been a constant support to him - as his mentor as well as his manager - and has always believed that his son had something special.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Tin Soldier by The Small Faces
Book: Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
Luxury: A settee to sit on.
Small Faces - Tin Soldier [Castle Music]
Dinah Washington - September In The Rain [Mercury]
Charles Mingus - Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul [MCA]
James Brown - Don't Be A Dropout [Pye]
Claude Debussy - Arabesque No. 1 [CBS]
Declan O’Rourke - Galileo (Someone Like You) [V2 Music]
Nick Drake - River Man [Island]
Roscoe Robinson - That's Enough [Wand]