Paul Weller has announced plans to release a compilation of his BBC live session recordings.
Entitled ‘Weller At The BBC Vol.2’ the three-disc collection is taken from various studio sessions at the corporation between 2008-2024.
Available as a triple LP and CD set, the collection features tracks from across his solo career, as well as The Jam and The Style Council‘s back catalogue including ‘Wild Wood’, ‘Start!’, ‘Broken Stones’, ‘My Ever Changing Moods’, ‘Aspects’, ‘The Eton Rifles’, ‘Wake Up The Nation’ and ‘Shout To The Top’. There are also covers of The Kinks, The Zombies and Billie Eilish.
It includes ‘When Your Garden’s Overgrown’ and ‘Boy About Town’ too, which featured on his recently-announced Record Store Day seven inch release.
The album is the follow-up to his 2008 compilation ‘Weller At The BBC’, which included BBC performances recorded between 1990 – 2008. It will be released on Parlophone on Friday, April 24 and can be purchased here.
The tracklisting for ‘Weller At The BBC Vol.2’ is:
Disc 1
‘Gravity’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show at Black Barn)
‘What Was I Made For?’ (Recorded for BBC Sofa Session at Maida Vale)
‘One Bright Star’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre
‘That Pleasure’ (Recorded for BBC Scotland, The Quay Sessions at Alhambra, Dunfermline)
‘From The Floorboards Up’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Woo Sé Mama’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Piano Room)
‘Aim High’ * (Recorded for Radio 2 Radcliffe & Maconie)
‘Time Of The Season’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Drivetime)
‘Drifters’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Pieces Of A Dream’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Movin On’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show at Black Barn)
‘That Dangerous Age’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 6 Music at Maida Vale)
‘Start!’ (Recorded for BBC Scotland, The Quay Sessions at Alhambra, Dunfermline)
‘Shout To The Top’ (Recorded for BBC Scotland, The Quay Sessions at Alhambra, Dunfermline)
‘Going My Way’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Days’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show at Black Barn)
Disc 2
‘Rise Up Singing’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Piano Room at Maida Vale)
‘No Tears To Cry’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Flying Fish’ (Recorded for BBC Sofa Session at Maida Vale)
‘When Your Garden’s Overgrown’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Wake Up The Nation’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Invisible’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Village’ (Recorded for BBC Scotland, The Quay Sessions at Alhambra, Dunfermline)
‘The Cranes Are Back’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Piano Room)
‘Fat Pop’ (Recorded for BBC Scotland, The Quay Sessions at Alhambra, Dunfermline)
‘Dragonfly’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Around The Lake’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 6 Music at Maida Vale)
‘Foot Of The Mountain’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘I’ve Never Found A Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do)’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show at BBC Wogan House Studios)
‘Have You Made Up Your Mind’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘The Attic’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 6 Music at Maida Vale)
‘White Horses (with the London Metropolitan Orchestra & Hannah Peel)’* (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Have You Ever Had It Blue (with the London Metropolitan Orchestra & Hannah Peel)’* (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre
Disc 3
‘Aspects (with the London Metropolitan Orchestra & Hannah Peel)’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Rip The Pages Up’ (Recorded for BBC Scotland, The Quay Sessions at Alhambra, Dunfermline)
‘Cosmic Fringes’ (Recorded for BBC Scotland, The Quay Sessions at Alhambra, Dunfermline)
‘Sea Spray’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Boy About Town (with the London Metropolitan Orchestra & Hannah Peel)’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘White Sky’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘The Eton Rifles’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘I Woke Up’ (Recorded for BBC Sofa Session at Maida Vale)
‘Wild Wood’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show at Black Barn)
‘Burn Out’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Piano Room at Maida Vale)
‘Long Time’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘These City Streets’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
‘Say You Don’t Mind’ (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Piano Room at Maida Vale)
‘My Ever Changing Moods’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 Piano Room)
‘Broken Stones’ * (Recorded for BBC Radio 2 In Concert at BBC Radio Theatre)
*CD only
Weller is set to hit the road later this year for some huge UK outdoor shows.
Kicking off at Scarborough Open Air Theatre on June 12, and continuing the following two nights with dates at Live at Lincoln Castle and The Piece Hall in Halifax, Weller will then play at the Pier Head in Liverpool and the Southampton Summer Sessions, before continuing the shows the following month.
There, he will make a stop at Margate’s Dreamland on July 3, and wrap things up with a performance at the Bedford Summer Sessions (5), Newcastle’s Exhibition Park (10) and Ludlow Castle (17).
Visit here for tickets and find a full list of dates here.
