… and this is just the start, wee bairns and funksters… Tracie xxīacked by The Soul Squad (Paul Weller appears courtesy of Polydor Records),sleeve design came from Simon Halfon and Paul Weller with Paul credited with production for Solid Bond Productions. Right? And so from the land of a thousand young hopefuls – from the influence of soul to the essence of pop – Respond Records asks you to try Tracie then decide. If records are for selling and you’re not buying it’s because you’re not hearing enough to want to buy. If youthclubs are for youth and discos are for dancing – why are you at home watching videos every Saturday night. And there’s no looking back – if this is to be the year of decision the who’s to decide. Tracie’s first single release was a Top Ten Hit with the sleeve noting…

This seemed to go down well on Facebook so…me, Mick Talbot and Nicky Weller in 1983 on the set of the Speak Like a Child vid and yesterday in Holborn at #AdventuresWithTheStyleCouncil /6VG08xFRYN- Tracie Young 💙 OctoTracie – The Discography & Some Info After spending a couple of hours chatting over Zoom one day – I’m so glad that I did. I was lucky enough to meet Tracie on the day and managed to persuade her to join the podcast. In October 2021, Tracie was a special guest at the Adventures of The Style Council event – along previous podcast guests – Stuart Deabill, Snowy, Bax, Lee Cogswell, Mick Talbot and Nicky Weller. Mr Cools Dream – Iain Munn – reports on a few spots in the crowd with Steve White, Hilary Robertson, Anthony Harty, Stewart Prosser, Billy Chapman and Prince Harry! As Tracie explained on the podcast, she had recently cycled from Lands End to John O Groats for charity and auctioned her silver disc for the charity too.ĭuring a radio interview in 2008 she sang Nothing happens Here But You and there was also a one off gig in 2009, supporting Billy Franks, where you could also buy a limited edition six-song EP of previously released material, titled It Happened One Night… And Other Songs. There have been a couple of live music performances since, with a gig at the 100 Club in 2007 where she sang backing vocals on a version of Speak Like a Child. Post-Pop Career, Tracie had a successful radio career for over 20 years, broadcasting hugely successful shows at various stations in the Essex area. Tracie eventually secured the rights to the recordings from Paul for a quid and No Smoke Without Fire was finally released in May 2014 by Cherry Red Records. Paul took the decision to close Respond in 1986 and Tracie was briefly shifted to Polydor, but the second album that she had recorded was shelved and the deal came to an end soon after. Tracie recorded with The Style Council again in 1985, contributing backing vocals to the song Boy Who Cried Wolf, a single taken from the album Our Favourite Shop. Hit singles followed with The House That Jack Built (Number 9 in March 1983) and Give it Some Emotion (Number 24 in July 1983) and her debut album, Far from the Hurting Kind, was released in 1984. She toured with TSC in 1983 while also performing as a solo artist as part of a Respond package tour with A Craze, Main T Posse and The Questions. Next Tracie became an Honorary Councillor, contributing vocals for The Style Council’s first single, Speak Like a Child and she also appeared in the promo video with Nicky Weller. Her first job was to sing backing vocals on The Jam‘s final single, Beat Surrender and joined the band for their final appearance on TOTP – complete with C&A ski-pants – with styling by Paul! (she refused on the option of goggles!). After an audition at Solid Bond, Tracie became a priority signing for Paul’s Respond record label. Tracie recorded a bedroom version of Shoorah Shoorah on her home tape deck and eventually popped it into the postbox. All you need is a strong voice and good technique. Paul would like to stress that you don’t have to be 60s maniac to qualify. SITUATIONS VACANT – “Paul Weller’s Respond Label are still looking for a female singer to record. We discover that it was the second ad placed in the magazine which read… Our story kicks off with a love of music and records as a kid to 1982, when Tracie answered an advert in Smash Hits magazine that would change her life and land her on Top of The Pops with the biggest band in the country – The Jam – in just a matter of months!

Paul weller young