ポール・ウェラーはBBCでレコーディングされたライヴ音源のコンピレーション・アルバムが4月24日にリリースされることが決定している。
『ウェラー・アット・ザ・BBC Vol.2』と題された本作は2008年から2024年にわたって収録されたもので、ライヴ音源が3枚にわたって収録される。
本作にはポール・ウェラーによるソロでの楽曲のほか、ザ・ジャムやスタイル・カウンシルの楽曲も収録され、“Wild Wood”、“Start!”、“Broken Stones”、“My Ever Changing Moods”、“Aspects”、“The Eton Rifles”、“Wake Up The Nation”、“Shout To The Top”などが収録される。また、ザ・キンクスやザ・ゾンビーズ、ビリー・アイリッシュの楽曲をカヴァーしている。
今年のレコード・ストア・デイに7インチでリリースされる“When Your Garden’s Overgrown”と“Boy About Town”も本作には収められる。
トラックリストは以下の通り。
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)
ポール・ウェラーは2008年に『ウェラー・アット・ザ・BBC』をリリースしており、こちらには1990年から2008年にわたって演奏された音源が収録されている。
ポール・ウェラーは6月から7月にかけてUK＆アイルランドでツアーを行うことが決定しており、イギリス各地で屋外公演を行うほか、夏のフェスティバルに出演することが決定している。
