Paul Weller - Home Concerts, London, Britain, 3-29-2020 to 6-11-2020

During the coronavirus pandemic, some musicians have pleasantly surprised me at how prolific they've been, such as Norah Jones, Neil Finn, Melissa Etheridge, and Grace Potter. Others have disappointed me with their relative inactivity, including Beck, Pete Townshend, the Posies, Aimee Mann, etc... 

One who has mostly disappointed me is Paul Weller. It's not that he's been completely inactive, but given what a musically hyperactive guy he is, I've expected more. And the acoustic format fits him like a glove. Furthermore, he's had a great new album to promote, "On Sunset," which came out in early June 2000. But he hasn't done a single home concert of any length, as far as I know.

Happily, he has played one or two acoustic songs here and there during the virus lockdown. I've gathered all that he's done (not including multiple versions of the same song), and made this album out of them. It's a bit short, at only 38 minutes. I had been waiting for him to do at least another song or two, so I could have about 45 minutes, which is an ideal album length. But I've waited two months and he hasn't done any new songs in that time. So I'm posting this now. If he does play a bit more in the acoustic format relatively soon, I'll add that to this album when it's available.

I'm guessing the reason that Weller hasn't been that prolific with acoustic performances is because he's been in a rocking mood lately. His new album "On Sunset" is excellent, but it also rocks in a way that needs a full band for most songs. Thus, it's not surprising that only two songs here, "Village" and "More," are from the new album. The rest are generally tracks from his very deep solo discography. There's only one surprise cover version, the Elvis Presley classic "Can't Help Falling in Love."

All the performances are unreleased, as one would expect for something so recent. The vast majority were done for radio shows or Internet shows.

01 Wishing Well (Paul Weller)
02 Mayfly (Paul Weller)
03 Light Nights (Paul Weller)
04 Can’t Help Falling in Love (Paul Weller)
05 Clues (Paul Weller)
06 Amongst Butterflies (Paul Weller)
07 Beautiful Blue (Paul Weller)
08 More (Paul Weller)
09 talk (Paul Weller)
10 Your Balloon Is Rising (Paul Weller)
11 Village (Paul Weller)
12 The Ballad of Jimmy McCabe (Paul Weller)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16013641/PaulW_2020_HomeConcrtsLondnBritain__3-29-2020_to_6-11-2020_atse.zip.html

The cover art uses a screenshot from one of the performances here. I believe he was playing "Village" at the time.