![]() ![]() Paul and Mick dressed most of the set, but we were all involved, and I shot it on a Mamiya RB6x7 on a 90mm lens. I’m happy to say it went straight to number 1 in the album charts, but it remains the only album cover I ever shot.” Click on the link below to see price and size options. The set was built by my assistant, and great friend, Ross Kerridge with Peter Chatterton. Fran Crawley was the stylist and she supplied the counter, book-rack etc. “Most of the stuff in the shop belonged to Paul and Mick, but the snooker cue and George Best coat hanger are mine. The other themes were Dallas, Arena and The Tube.” These were pictures of rooms based on a TV programme so we’d have Jewel In The Crown on the TV and all the props and food would be Indian. I was offered the job because Simon Halfon, the designer, had seen some photos I’d shot for the Observer Magazine Living Extra. I mostly shot magazine editorial in those days. I was based there for ten years. I wasn’t a rock photographer as such. “We shot the cover of Our Favourite Shop on a Sunday afternoon in London in April or May 1985, at Bow Street Studios in Covent Garden. Olly Ball’s recollections of the session are fascinating: Over on the left, you get to see more of the books in the bookstand than you can see on the actual album sleeve. You actually get to see more than you see on the album sleeve-for example the records on the wall on the top right section of the image are much more visible. If you are only familiar with the black and white cover shot, seeing the shoot in colour is the visual equivalent of a smack round the chops. Check out this beautiful panoramic colour session photograph, which is available to purchase in a range of sizes, each one signed and numbered by Olly Ball. But steer away from the sneers and jeers and there are more than a few selections that Style. If you would like to own a signed limited edition photograph from the session, then we have just the thing for you. After leaving one of punk rock's all-time greatest bands, Paul Weller took things in a very different direction with the Style Council, which led to a wave of groans and moans from Jam loyalists who hung on Weller 's every lyric. As an outside observer, you can’t help thinking how much they would have enjoyed putting it all together. Shop for stickers Get an exclusive The Style Council Confessions Of A Pop Group Album Cover Sticker from Record Stickers - 1000s of album cover stickers. It’s a classic cover-drawing the viewer in, forcing you to look closer and closer to identify the objects and, if you didn’t know the albums or books, track them down and have a listen or a read. The black and white cover photograph, a panoramic image wrapping around two sides of the gatefold sleeve, was taken by Olly Ball, and shows Paul Weller and Mick Talbot in a fantasy shop crammed full of their favourite things: albums, books, posters, clothes and more. The Style Council’s second album, Our Favourite Shop, was released on 8 June 1985. Our Favourite Shop was its culmination.” Paul Weller I meant every word, and felt every action. ![]() “I had a total belief in the Style Council. It’s on pre-order now, shipping on 15th July 2013.Our Favourite Shop: the limited edition photograph-from your favourite shop. With that in mind, it’s probably not a bad buy if you have a collection to complete or if you never got round to picking up all the Style Council albums on CD. Amazon is doing this six-disc set for £14.83, which is just over £2 per disc. The same tracklistings as the original albums, so it really is all about the packaging. The box is said to mark the 30th anniversary of the band, featuring all the band’s studio albums in slipcases (no booklets) in the black and orange box. At a guess, the Weller completist who wants the lot, because there’s nothing new here, packaging aside. Not sure who it is actually aimed at though. But it may contain affiliate links.Ī new Style Council box set? Well, on the off-chance you haven’t got Complete Adventures, you can always pick up the Style Council Classic Album Selection box set. Note that I independently write and research everything in this article. ![]()
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