{"id":2623,"date":"2021-07-06T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2021-07-05T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T12:07:49","slug":"paul-weller-an-orchestrated-songbook-3dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/paul-weller-an-orchestrated-songbook-3dec\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-sale of the week: Paul Weller \u2013 <em>An Orchestrated Songbook<\/em>, out 3 December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/paul-weller-an-orchestrated-songbook\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centre aligncenter\" title=\"Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/offer\/2112\/PaulWeller.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This extraordinary performance was a first for <strong>Paul Weller<\/strong>, performing with a full orchestra, and saw a quintessential selection of his vast catalogue exquisitely reworked and updated into 75 minutes of breath-taking music that was broadcast by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The set list includes classic tracks from The Jam, Style Council and Paul\u2019s solo career. It also features choice cuts from Paul\u2019s last three studio albums, (including his recent No 1 album\u2019s <em>On Sunset<\/em> and <em>Fat Pop Volume 1<\/em>). All tracks are given the most sublime orchestral treatments. Conductor Jules Buckley has clearly done his homework with a stunning atmospheric interpretation of The Jam\u2019s \u2018English Rose\u2019 with sweeping strings showcasing its sparse beauty. Special guest Celeste adds even more elegance to the classic \u2018Wild Wood\u2019, while fan favourite \u2018Broken Stones\u2019 soulfully shimmers with a scene stealing guest duet performance from James Morrison. To top things off, national treasure Boy George joins Paul for a version of The Style Council\u2019s hit single \u2018You\u2019re The Best Thing\u2019. The set comes to a close with sublime versions of the classic \u2018You Do Something To Me\u2019 and the majestic \u2018White Horses\u2019 from the album <em>True Meanings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re offering <a title=\"Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/paul-weller-an-orchestrated-songbook\"><em>An Orchestrated Songbook<\/em><\/a> at <strong class=\"darkred\">special pre-sale prices<\/strong>, which won\u2019t be available after release. <a title=\"Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/paul-weller-an-orchestrated-songbook\">Click here<\/a> for more details and to order your copy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This extraordinary performance was a first for Paul Weller, performing with a full orchestra, and saw a quintessential selection of his vast catalogue exquisitely reworked and updated into 75 minutes of breath-taking music that was broadcast by the BBC. The set list includes classic tracks from The Jam, Style Council and Paul\u2019s solo career. It&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,159],"tags":[36,182,829,830,194],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-promotions","tag-new-release","tag-paul-weller","tag-pre-sale-of-the-week","tag-pre-sale-offers","tag-special-offer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}