Earlier in the holiday season, we mentioned the expanded U.K. version of Paul  Weller's "Wild Wood" was among the expanded versions of CDs that would make for a special gift. Now we're crossing it off the list and shouting, like some crazed Ronco salesman, "Wait!" Yep Roc has secured the rights to the disc along with bonus material and has it on its Feb. 5 slate of releases.
Considered Weller's post-Jam masterpiece, the 1993 album was dubbed by Q Magazine as a “pastoral coming of age masterpiece.”  Noel Gallagher of Oasis once commented, “The first time I heard 'Wild Wood,' it bent my head.” And as the Yep Roc folk point out: "'Wild Wood' single-handedly defined Weller as a solo artist while simultaneously wrenching British rock from the grips of techno in the UK and the imposing influence of grunge from the west."
Set includes  the original album, seven bonus cuts, demos of album tracks, covers of Neil Young's  “Ohio” and the Small Faces’ “I’m Only Dreaming,” and BBC session versions.