Paul Weller releases the first single to be taken from his hotly anticipated album of cover versions.

The first taster from the album is a version of Jazz legend Gil Scott Heron’s “The Bottle”. “The Bottle” is one of three tracks on a limited edition covers EP which features 2 exclusive tracks which will not appear on the new album.

The additional covers on the EP are “Corrina Corrina” which is influenced by the Taj Mahal version, while the final track is a reworking of the Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Coconut Grove”

All tracks were produced by Jan “Stan” Kybert and Paul Weller for Solid Bond Productions.

The EP is released on CD and 2 7”. All formats feature all 3 tracks. However, second 7” is a dinked copy, featuring a Big Boss Man remix of “The Bottle” instead of the other version. The CD’s are a limited edition run of 5000 – all numbered. 7”1 is limited edition of 2500 (numbered) and 7”2 is a limited edition of 1500.

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