Band Name: The Jam
Music Album: Greatest Hits
Album Release Date: December 1991
Music Genre: Punk Rock Mod
Record Label: Polydor
Album Release Country: UK & Europe
Music Record Type: 19 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 (...)
| 1 | In The City | 2:18 |
| 2 | All Around The World | 2:23 |
| 3 | The Modern World | 2:29 |
| 4 | News Of The World | 3:26 |
| 5 | David Watts | 2:53 |
| 6 | Down In The Tube Station At Midnight | 4:01 |
| 7 | Strange Town | 3:47 |
| 8 | When You're Young | 3:10 |
| 9 | The Eton Rifles | 3:27 |
| 10 | Going Underground | 2:53 |
| 11 | Start! | 2:14 |
| 12 | That's Entertainment | 3:32 |
| 13 | Funeral Pyre | 3:28 |
| 14 | Absolute Beginners | 2:48 |
| 15 | Town Called Malice | 2:52 |
| 16 | Precious | 3:32 |
| 17 | Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero | 2:12 |
| 18 | The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) | 3:30 |
| 19 | Beat Surrender | 3:21 |
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Polydor Ltd (UK)
1-3 ℗ 1977 Polydor Ltd (UK)
4-6 ℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd (UK)
7-9 ℗ 1979 Polydor Ltd (UK)
10-12 ℗ 1980 Polydor Ltd (UK)
13-14 ℗ 1981 Polydor Ltd (UK)
15-19 ℗ 1982 Polydor Ltd (UK)
This compilation
℗ 1991 Polydor Ltd (UK)
℗ 1991 Polydor Ltd (UK)
Track 13: Stylist Music Ltd./Copyright Control
Tracks 14-19: Stylist Music Ltd
There are two errors on the release.
1 - Instead of saying: © 1991 Polydor Ltd (UK) on the back cover under it has ℗ 1991 Polydor Ltd (UK) listed twice under the text This compilation
2 - The rights society STEMRA is misspelt on the rear inlay (STERMA) but correctly spelt on the CD (STEMRA).
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