1984 " I wish we'd wake up one day, and everyone feel moved"

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January 1984

Recording Sessions Continue for Cafe Bleu

 

• Filming takes place for My Ever Changing Moods video
   

• New dates are announced for the 1st UK Tour in March

• 13/03/1984 Gaumont, Southampton

• 14/03/1984 Dominion, London

• 15/03/1984 Dominion, London

• 16/03/1994 The Odeon, Birmingham

• 17/03/1984 Gaumont, Ipswich

• 18/03/1984 The Sports Centre, Nottingham

• 19/03/1984 City Hall, Newcastle

• 20/03/1984 The Apollo, Glasgow

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February 1984

Plans for a another EP are set in motion but the project was shelved

Tracks to include Up For Grabs & Hanging Onto A Memory.

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February 1984

PW appears on the cover of NEW YORK magazine Rockbill

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10/02/1984 

TSC5 My Ever Changing Moods is released

Peaks at No_5 & spends 7 weeks in the UK charts

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• 7" Canada

• 7" France

• 7" Spain

• 7" Italy

• 7" Ireland

• 7" USA

• 7" New Zealand

• 7" Netherlands

• 7" Germany

• 12" Japan

• 12" Spain

• 12" Netherlands

• 12" New Zealand

• 12" France

• 12" Australia

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16/02/1984  

TSC perform My Ever Changing Moods on TOTP

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18/02/1984

TSC appear on kids TV - Saturday Superstore

They perform Moods & Headstart For Happiness

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20/02/1984

TSC appear on Dutch TV - Countdown

They perform My Ever Changing Moods inc PW Interview

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24/02/1984 

PW MT Interview on The BBC's Oxford Road Show

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March1984

Zig Zag magazine run a feature on TSC - PW is on the cover

Blitz magazine run a feature on TSC - PW is on the cover

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08/03/1984

BBC Radio 1 Kid Jenson Show

PW talks about Cafe Bleu, 4 songs are played

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05/03/1984 

1st Live date of 1984 - Golddiggers Chippenham

Broadcasted on BBC Sight & Sound, Broadcasted on Radio & TV

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10/03/1984 

PW features on the front cover of the NME

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??/03/1984 

Whistle Test 

PW & MT interview by Richard Skinner at Golddigers during the soundcheck

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16/03/1984 

TSCLP1 Cafe Bleu is released

Peaks at No_2 & stays in the charts for 38 weeks

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• Indonesia (Cassette Only)

• Spain
  Israel

• Italy

• Netherlands

• France

• New Zealand

• Australia

• Brazil

• Germany

• Italy

• Ireland

• Philippines

• Greece

• Japan

• USA - released with different title - My Ever Changing Moods

• Canada - released with different title - My Ever Changing Moods

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19/03/1984 

TSC Tour bus get broken into. PW later comments "They nicked my box of records"

Tour bus get stopped by the Police who believe they are Fly Pickets for The Miners

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24/03/1984 

Melody Maker run a feature on TSC - PW is on the cover

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25/03/1984 

Brussels - 1st Night of the European tour

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• 25/03/1984 Acienne Hall, Brussels

• 27/03/1984 Palis D'Hiver, Lyon

• 29/03/1984 L'Eldorado, Paris

• 30/03/1984 Bochun, Zeche

• 01/04/1984 Metropol. Berlin

• 03/04/1984 Vrendenburg, Utrecht
   

30/03/1984 

German TV - My Ever Changing Moods

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31/03/1984 (Broadcast Date)

PW appears on The Face to Face show

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01/04/1984 

Berlin - PW breaks his arm and has to play the rest of the tour in plaster.

The gig is filmed for German TV.

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04/04/1984 

Manchester Piccadilly Radio

PW guest DJ

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08/04/1984 

100 Club London - End of tour party gig. Select invite only

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11/04/1984 

PW & MT travel to France to appear in a short film.

Only broadcast on French TV

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18/04/1984 Onwards 

 TSC rehearse for a small tour of the Japan & the USA

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• 29/04/1984 Shinjuku Kouseinenkin Dai Hall, Tokyo

• 30/04/1984 Shinjuku Kouseinenkin Dai Hall, Tokyo

• ​02/05/1984 Kouseinenkin Dai Hall, Osaka

• 04/05/1984 Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo

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29/04/1984 

The 1st of four nights in Japan 

• Shinjuku Kouseinenkin Dai Hall, Tokyo

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May 1984 

Paul Weller & Tracie Young feature on the cover of Japan music magazine

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04/05/1984 

Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo

Filmed for video - released in September as Far East & Far Out

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06/05/1984 

Flights to America for 4 dates

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• 07/05/1984 Wilshire Theatre, Beverly Hills

• 08/05/1984 Wilshire Theatre, Beverly Hills

• 10/05/1984 The Savoy Theatre, New York

• 11/05/1984 The Savoy Theatre, New York

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08/05/1984 

USA  KIQQ Radio Station
Interview

 

12/05/1984 

Flights back to the UK

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18/05/1984 

TSC6 Groovin (You're The Best Thing / Big Boss Groove) is released

Peaks at No 5 & stays in the UK charts for 9 weeks

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• 7" Italy

• 7" New Zealand

• 7" Germany

• 7" Japan

• 7" Netherlands

• 7" Ireland

• 7" USA

• 7" Philippines

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24/05/1984 

TOTP - You're The Best Thing (music video)

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27/05/1984 

Groovin enters the charts and peaks at No_5

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28/05/1984 

A Trip to Italy to record two sessions for The St Vincent Show

A performance of You're The Best Thing is filmed,

then a quick change of clothes and another take is filmed

to be broadcast on a differant date

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31/05/1984 

London - Filming for The Big Boss Groove Video

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JUNE 1984 

Paul & Mick feature on the from cover of an Italian music magazine

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02/06/1984 

2 Songs are performed live on Channel 4's Ear Say

You're The Best Thing & The Big Boss Groove

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07/07/1984 

Liverpool Uni Mountford Hall - Benefit gig for The Miners

TSC, Madness & Bronski Beat

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20/08/1984 

Shout To The Top is recorded.

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03/09/1984 

Far East & Far Out is released on VHS & Laser Disc

The Piccadilly Trial & The Gost of Dachau are recorded

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20/09/1984 

Video shoot for Shout To The Top

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22-23/09/1984 

The Miners benefit single Soul Deep is recorded

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29/09/1984 

PW MT are interviewed on Saturday morning kids TV - Saturday Starship

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OCTOBER 984 

PW features on the cover of the NME

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PW & MT feature on the cover of the Record Mirror

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04/10/1984 

Wolverhampton Civic Hall - Another Miners Benefit Gig

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06/10/1984 

Oxford Apollo - First night of UK Tour

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• 06/10/1984 Apollo, Oxford

• 07/10/1984 Hippodrome, Bristol

• 08/10/1984 St David's Hall, Cardiff

• 09/10/1984 Coliseum, St Austell

• 11/10/1984 City Hall, Sheffield

• 12/10/1984 Apollo, Manchester

• 14/10/1984 The Playhouse, Edinburgh

• 15/10/1984 Royal Court, Liverpool

• 16/10/1984 De Montfort Hall, Leicester

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07/10/1984 

TSC7 Shout To The Top is released

Peaks at No_7 & stays in the UK charts for 10 weeks

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• 7" Spain                          

• 7" New Zealand

• 7" Canada

• 7" Australia

• 7" France

• 7" South Africa

• 7" Netherlands

• 7" Japan

• 7" Germany

• 7" Ireland

• 7" Peru

• 7" Philippines
   

11/10/1984 

TSC perform Shout To The Top on TOTP

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14/10/1984 

Shout To The Top enters the UK charts

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19/10/1984 

TSC perform live on Channel 4's The Tube

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22/10/1984 

Rome - 1st Night of the European Tour
 

• 22/10/1984 Rome

• 23/10/1984 Bologna

• 24/10/1984 Teatro Tenda, Milan

• 29/10/1984 Alabama-Halle, Munich - Filmed for German TV

• 01/11/1984 Robert Schumann Saal, Dusseldorf

• 02/11/1984 Liege Belgium

• 04/11/1984 Royal Theatre Carre, Amsterdam

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04/11/1984 

Norwegian TV show Rockens Ansikt

PW Interview & Soundcheck footage of My Ever Changing Moods

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12/11/1984 

Manchester Piccadilly Radio Timmy Mallet
Interview

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25/11/1984 

PW attends the Band Aid recording session

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30/11/1984 

Wales - Non striking Miner David Wilkie is killed when a concrete slab

is dropped onto his car by two striking miners.

The following days PW threatens to pull the release of Miners charity single Soul Deep

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01/12/1984 

Margate Winter Gardens - Benefit gig for Animal Rights

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08/12/1984 

BBC Radio 1 - PW & Jimmy Ruffin are interviewed about Soul Deep

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09/12/1984 

The Wag Club London. PW & MT DJ at a charity evening

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12/12/1984 

A Man Of Great Promise is recorded

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14/12/1984 

MINE1 Soul Deep is released under the name of The Council Collective.

Featuring Jimmy Ruffin, Junior Giscombe, Dizzy Hites & Vaughn Toulouse.

It raised almost £10,000 for Women Against Pit Closures 

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• 7" Netherlands

• 7" Australia

• 7" Ireland

• 7" Japan

• 12" Australia

 

14/12/1984 

The Council Collective preform Soul Deep Live on CH4 The Tube

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20/12/1984 

The Council Collective perform Soul Deep Live on TOTP

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22/12/1984 

PW & Boy George feature on the cover of No_1 magazine

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23/12/1984 

Soul Deep reaches N0_24 in the UK charts

Despite some shops refusing to stock it & some radio stations banning it

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December 1984 

TSC fan club send all its members a 7" flexi single containing 2 tracks

It Just Came to Pieces In My Hands, Live Coventry CND gig

Speak Like A Child London

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