Into Tomorrow Deluxe Edition

Description

Author: Paul Weller
Format: Craft Bound
Publication date: 31/01/2015
Imprint: Genesis Publications
ISBN: INTOTOMORROW

INTO TOMORROW is published in a limited edition of only 2,000 copies. The first copies, numbered 1 to 350, are Deluxe copies.

Signed by the authors
350 Deluxe copies
Hand-bound in leather
Solander case
Artist signed print
7\” Rare vinyl

Each Deluxe book is personally signed by Paul Weller and Lawrence Watson, full-bound in leather and housed in a folding solander box with embossed artwork and coloured foils.
Deluxe copies additionally include an archival gicle (print size: 10\” x 12\”, suitable for framing) of a rare outtake from the Wild Wood sessions. This colour portrait is numbered to match your book, and jointly signed by both Paul Weller and Lawrence Watson.

A unique, limited edition vinyl record is discreetly housed inside the book’s back cover. This 7\” disc shares previously unreleased live recordings from a performance at the Hammersmith Apollo, selected by Paul Weller for inclusion with INTO TOMORROW.

Paul Weller has reviewed thousands of prints to decide the photographs that make up INTO TOMORROW.
Lawrence Watson: ‘Paul’s always very involved in choosing pictures; he’s got a great eye.’
Weller’s recording sessions are seen from an insider’s perspective, at work on albums such as Wild Wood. Similarly, his tours – from Amsterdam to New York and from the O2 to 100 Club. Shoots have produced album covers such as Modern Classics 1 and 2, As Is Now and Studio 150. Videos have included ‘The Changingman’ and ‘Out of the Sinking’. Weller and Watson are revealing the outtakes for INTO TOMORROW.

Paul Weller introduces INTO TOMORROW and provides a narrative commentary throughout. In commenting on more than 20 years of photographs, he revisits his entire solo career for the first time. Lawrence Watson tells the story from behind the camera, adding recollections of gigs, recording sessions and tours, from London to San Francisco, to Tokyo and back.

Weller and Watson’s working relationship started in 1988, with a chance opportunity for Watson to photograph the Style Council. Weller was impressed with Watson’s photography, so much so that the work was used for the Confessions of a Pop Group album cover.

Lawrence Watson: ‘I went home on Cloud Nine that night. I went in hoping I’d maybe get a press picture, or Paul might buy one for a couple of quid; next thing, I’ve got the sleeve of his album.’
Since the Style Council, Paul Weller has released 11 studio albums, five live albums, 39 singles and three EPs – nearly all of which feature Watson’s photography. INTO TOMORROW is Paul Weller’s second limited edition with Genesis Publications. A THOUSAND THINGS spanned The Jam and The Style Council; INTO TOMORROW is a detailed view of his solo career.