Band Name: The Jam
Music Album: Snap!
Album Release Date: September 1983
Music Genre: Punk Rock Mod
Record Label: Metronome
Album Release Country: Germany
Music Record Type: 29 Tracks Vinyl LP
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 (...)
| A1 | In The City | 2:17 |
| A2 | Away From The Numbers | 3:59 |
| A3 | All Around The World | 2:25 |
| A4 | The Modern World | 2:30 |
| A5 | News Of The World | 3:26 |
| A6 | Billy Hunt | 3:01 |
| A7 | English Rose | 2:48 |
| A8 | Mr. Clean | 3:28 |
| B1 | David Watts | 2:54 |
| B2 | A Bomb In Wardour Street | 2:32 |
| B3 | Down In The Tube Station At Midnight | 4:03 |
| B4 | Strange Town | 3:49 |
| B5 | The Butterfly Collector | 3:05 |
| B6 | When You're Young | 3:12 |
| B7 | Smithers-Jones | 2:57 |
| B8 | Thick As Thieves | 3:38 |
| C1 | The Eton Rifles | 3:26 |
| C2 | Going Underground | 2:54 |
| C3 | Dreams Of Children | 2:57 |
| C4 | That's Entertainment | 3:16 |
| C5 | Start! | 2:17 |
| C6 | Man In The Corner Shop | 3:12 |
| C7 | Funeral Pyre | 3:27 |
| D1 | Absolute Beginners | 2:49 |
| D2 | Tales From The Riverbank | 3:34 |
| D3 | Town Called Malice | 2:53 |
| D4 | Precious | 3:33 |
| D5 | The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) | 3:24 |
| D6 | Beat Surrender | 3:28 |
Track C1 printed just as "Eton Rifles" on label.
Album titled just as "Snap" on all labels.
℗ 1983, © 1983
Made in Germany
'Funeral Pyre' was remixed in August 1983 as nobody was completely happy with the original mix.
It was decided to use the demo version of 'That's Entertainment' on this L.P. Although technically not as good as the later version recorded for 'SOUND FFECTS', the demo has a certain quality that was never captured again.
[Note: missing A in 'SOUND AFFECTS']
A1 to A4: P. 1977
A5 to B3: P. 1978
B4 to C1: P. 1979
C2 to C6: P. 1980
C7 to D2: P. 1981
D3 to D6: P. 1982
This Compilation P. 1983
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