Friday, 8 October 2021

The Jam - In The City, This Is The Modern World, All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, Sound Affects & The Gift


The Jam were a British punk band during the 1970s and early 1980s, which formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, in the county of Surrey.
The band released 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four number one hits.
They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Band members:
Paul Weller - vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Bruce Foxton - vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Rick Buckler - drums, percussion.
Other members:
Steve Brookes – vocals, lead guitar (1972–1975)
Dave Waller – rhythm guitar (1972–1974).

"In The City" is the debut studio album by The Jam, released in May 1977 on Polydor and reissued in 1997 on Polydor.

Tracklisting:
1. Art School
2. I've Changed My Address
3. Slow Down
4. I Got By In Time
5. Away From The Numbers
6. Batman Theme
7. In The City
8. Sounds From The Street
9. Non-Stop Dancing
10. Time For Truth
11. Takin' My Love
12. Bricks And Mortar

VBR ~270K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




The Jam's second studio album "This Is The Modern World" was released in November 1977 on Polydor and reissued in 1997 on Polydor.

Tracklisting:
1. The Modern World
2. London Traffic
3. Standards
4. Life From A Window
5. The Combine
6. Don't Tell Them You're Sane
7. In The Street Today
8. London Girl
9. I Need You (For Someone)
10. Here Comes The Weekend
11. Tonight At Noon
12. In The Midnight Hour

VBR ~262K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"All Mod Cons" is the third studio album by The Jam, released in 1978 on Polydor and reissued in 1997 on Polydor.

Tracklisting:
1. All Mod Cons
2. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
3. Mr. Clean
4. David Watts
5. English Rose
6. In The Crowd
7. Billy Hunt
8. It's Too Bad
9. Fly
10. The Place I Love
11. 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
12. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

VBR ~251K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




The Jam's fourth studio album "Setting Sons" was released in 1979 on Polydor and reissued in 2014 on Polydor.

The 2014 box set includes 4 discs housed in individual wallets:
Disc 1 LP Setting Sons and singles & B-sides
Disc 2 The Demos, extras and BBC John Peel Session, recorded 29/10/1979
Disc 3 Live At The Brighton Centre, December 1979
Disc 4 The DVD EP promo videos.


Tracks disc 1:
1-10 LP Setting Sons
11-12 7" Strange Town, released in 1979
13-14 7" When You're Young, released in 1979
15-16 7" The Eton Rifles, released in 1979
17-18 7" Going Underground, released in 1980.

Tracklisting:
1. Girl On The Phone
2. Thick As Thieves
3. Private Hell
4. Little Boy Soldiers
5. Wasteland
6. Burning Sky
7. Smithers-Jones
8. Saturday's Kids
9. The Eton Rifles
10. Heat Wave
11. Strange Town
12. The Butterfly Collector
13. When You're Young
14. Smithers-Jones
15. The Eton Rifles
16. See-Saw
17. Going Underground
18. Dreams Of Children

VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracks disc 2:
1-2 Alternative versions
3-18 Demos
19-22 BBC John Peel Session, recorded 29/10/1979.

Tracklisting:
1. Strange Town
2. When You're Young
3. The Eton Rifles
4. See-Saw
5. Girl On The Phone
6. Thick As Thieves
7. Private Hell
8. Little Boy Soldiers
9. Wasteland
10. Burning Sky
11. Simon
12. Strange Town
13. The Butterfly Collector
14. Burning Sky
15. When You're Young
16. Best Of Both Worlds
17. Along The Grove
18. The Eton Rifles
19. Thick As Thieves
20. The Eton Rifles
21. Saturday's Kids
22. When You're Young

VBR ~248K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracks disc 3:
1-20 Live At The Brighton Centre, 15 December 1979.

Tracklisting:
1. Introduction/Girl On The Phone
2. To Be Someone
3. It's Too Bad
4. Burning Sky
5. Away From The Numbers
6. Smithers-Jones
7. Little Boy Soldiers
8. Strange Town
9. Mr. Clean
10. The Butterfly Collector/Private Hell
11. Thick As Thieves
12. When You're Young
13. The Eton Rifles
14. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
15. Saturday's Kids
16. All Mod Cons
17. David Watts
18. The Modern World
19. Heat Wave
20. 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street

VBR ~267K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Sound Affects" is the fifth studio album by The Jam, released in 1980 on Polydor and reissued in 1997 on Polydor.

Tracklisting:
1. Pretty Green
2. Monday
3. But I'm Different Now
4. Set The House Ablaze
5. Start!
6. That's Entertainment
7. Dream Time
8. Man In The Corner Shop
9. Music For The Last Couple
10. Boy About Town
11. Scrape Away

VBR ~251K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




The Jam's sixth and final studio album "The Gift" was released in 1982 on Polydor and reissued in 2012 on Polydor and UMC.

The 2012 box set includes four discs in individual wallets:
Disc 1 LP The Gift and singles & B-sides
Disc 2 Demos
Disc 3 Live At Wembley, 3 December 1982
Disc 4 DVD 1982 compilation.


Tracks disc 1:
1-11 LP The Gift
12 12" Town Called Malice/Precious, released in 1982
13-15 12" The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow), released in 1982
16 recorded during The Gift sessions
17-21 12" Beat Surrender, released in 1982.

Tracklisting:
1. Happy Together
2. Ghosts
3. Precious
4. Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero
5. "Trans-Global Express"
6. Running On The Spot
7. Circus
8. The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
9. Carnation
10. Town Called Malice
11. The Gift
12. Precious
13. The Great Depression
14. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
15. Pity Poor Alfie/Fever
16. Pity Poor Alfie (Swing Version)
17. Beat Surrender
18. Shopping
19. Move On Up
20. Stoned Out Of My Mind
21. War

VBR ~254K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracks disc 2:
1-15 Demos.

Tracklisting:
1. Skirt
2. Get Yourself Together
3. Ghosts
4. Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero
5. Running On The Spot
6. The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
7. Carnation
8. Precious
9. The Bitterest Pill
10. Alfie
11. We've Only Started
12. Only Started
13. Shopping
14. Beat Surrender
15. Solid Bond In Your Heart

VBR ~225K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracks disc 3:
1-23 Live At Wembley, 3 December 1982.

Tracklisting:
1. Start!
2. It's Too Bad
3. Beat Surrender
4. Away From The Numbers
5. Ghosts
6. In The Crowd
7. Boy About Town
8. So Sad About Us
9. All Mod Cons
10. To Be Someone
11. Smithers-Jones
12. That's Entertainment
13. The Great Depression
14. Precious
15. Move On Up
16. Circus
17. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
18. David Watts
19. Mr Clean
20. Town Called Malice
21. But I'm Different Now
22. "Trans-Global Express"
23. In The City

VBR ~245K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracks disc 4:
1. Trans-Global Unity Express
2. The Promo Videos: Town Called Malice, Precious and The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
3. Danish TV Special
4. Top Of The Pops.



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