Band Name: The Jam
Music Album: The Jam At The BBC
Album Release Date: June 2002
Music Genre: Punk Rock New Wave Mod
Record Label: Universal
Album Release Country: Europe
Music Record Type: 56 Tracks CD
Formed in Woking, England in 1976, The Jam consisted of three Members - Paul Weller (Lead Guitar, Vocals,) Rick Buckler (Drums & Percussion) and Bruce Foxton (Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals). Foxton, joined in 1977, leaving local Rock band 'Zita'. As time went on and the style of the Jam’s music progressed into the 1980s, additional musicians were recruited for brass sections, percussion and backing vocals; in the case of the latter, a young female vocalist from Telford called Tracie Young (who subsequently had her own top 10 UK hit in 1983 as a solo artist with the pop song "The House That Jack Built") also appeared on the group's last three singles and was an original member of Weller’s next group; The Style Council.
By his own admission (in The Jam’s official 1983 Biography 'A Beat Concerto', written by Paolo Hewitt) Weller was influenced into forming The Jam after going to a concert of London Punk band The Clash. The name of the group came from Weller’s sister who suggested the title at breakfast one day. The first Album ‘In The City’ (1977) reflected the period of New Wave Punk that was happening in London at that time. Other songs on the album, which reflected Weller’s Punk influences, are the fran (...)
| Peel Session: Recorded 26.4.1977: Transmitted 2.5.1977 | ||
| 1-1 | In The City | 2:19 |
| 1-2 | Art School | 1:59 |
| 1-3 | I’ve Changed My Address | 3:29 |
| 1-4 | Modern World | 2:41 |
| Peel Session: Recorded 19.7.1977: Transmitted 25.7.1977 | ||
| 1-5 | All Around The World | 2:19 |
| 1-6 | London Girl | 2:38 |
| 1-7 | Bricks & Mortar | 1:37 |
| 1-8 | Carnaby Street | 2:27 |
| "In Concert" 1.6.1978, Paris Theatre, Regent Street. | ||
| 1-9 | Billy Hunt | 3:41 |
| 1-10 | In The Street Today | 1:40 |
| 1-11 | The Combine | 2:40 |
| 1-12 | Sounds From The Street | 2:58 |
| 1-13 | Don’t Tell ‘em You’re Sane | 3:23 |
| 1-14 | Modern World | 2:40 |
| 1-15 | "A" Bomb In Wardour Street | 2:58 |
| 1-16 | News Of The World | 3:39 |
| 1-17 | Here Come The Weekend | 3:35 |
| 1-18 | All Around The World | 3:05 |
| Peel Session: Recorded 29.10.1979: Transmitted 5.11.1979 | ||
| 2-1 | Thick As Thieves | 3:51 |
| 2-2 | Eton Rifles | 3:44 |
| 2-3 | Saturday’s Kids | 2:53 |
| 2-4 | When You’re Young | 3:18 |
| Studio B15 Live: 25.10.1981 | ||
| 2-5 | Absolute Beginners | 3:01 |
| 2-6 | Tales From The Riverbank/Interview | 3:22 |
| 2-7 | Funeral Pyre/Interview | 4:06 |
| 2-8 | Sweet Soul Music | 2:04 |
| "In Concert" 19.12.1981, Hippodrome, Golders Green | ||
| 2-9 | The Gift | 3:32 |
| 2-10 | Down In The Tube Station At Midnight | 4:04 |
| 2-11 | Ghosts | 2:26 |
| 2-12 | Absolute Beginners | 3:02 |
| 2-13 | Tales From The Riverbank | 3:21 |
| 2-14 | Precious | 3:44 |
| 2-15 | A Town Called Malice | 3:18 |
| 2-16 | In The Crowd | 3:14 |
| 2-17 | Circus | 2:33 |
| 2-18 | Pretty Green | 3:30 |
| 2-19 | Start! | 2:34 |
| 2-20 | Boy About Town | 2:43 |
| "In Concert" 4.12.1979, Rainbow Theatre, London | ||
| 3-1 | Girl On The Phone | 3:06 |
| 3-2 | To Be Someone | 2:22 |
| 3-3 | It’s Too Bad | 2:57 |
| 3-4 | Burning Sky | 3:18 |
| 3-5 | Away From The Numbers | 3:36 |
| 3-6 | Smithers-Jones | 2:55 |
| 3-7 | Modern World | 2:43 |
| 3-8 | Mr Clean | 3:43 |
| 3-9 | The Butterfly Collector | 3:03 |
| 3-10 | Private Hell | 3:49 |
| 3-11 | Thick As Thieves | 3:29 |
| 3-12 | When You’re Young | 3:20 |
| 3-13 | Strange Town | 3:33 |
| 3-14 | Eton Rifles | 3:45 |
| 3-15 | Down In The Tube Station At Midnight | 4:45 |
| 3-16 | Saturday’s Kids | 2:52 |
| 3-17 | All Mod Cons | 1:17 |
| 3-18 | David Watts | 4:35 |
Remastered at Universal London.
℗&©2002 Polydor Ltd (UK). Made in the EU.
Limited edition 3CD set celebrating
the 25th anniversary of their first single and first John Peel session.
In a cardboard slipcase
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