Thursday, January 26, 2017

The Jam






















Artist:  The Jam
Origin:  Woking, Surrey, England
Genre:  Punk Rock, Mod, New Wave, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, British Punk, Mod Revival, Contemporary Pop

Original line-up:

Paul Weller:  Lead Vocals, Guitar
Bruce Foxton:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Rick Buckler:  Drums, Percussion

The Jam were an English Trio Punk Rock Band from Woking, Surrey in 1972, formed by Paul Weller (Vocals, Guitar), Bruce Foxton (Bass), and Rick Buckler (Drums).  The Jam were one of the most popular band of New Wave British Punk Rock, along with The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Buzzcocks, while Paul Weller played Guitar style like the Mod Bands:  The Who and The Small Faces.  They had 18 Singles Hit in Top 40 in UK, including 4 No. 1 Hits.  They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit No. 1 on the UK Album Charts.

















Title:  The Jam About The Young Idea (Deluxe Box Set - 2 DVD+CD+Book)  (2015)
Genre:  Punk Rock, Mod, New Wave, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, British Punk, Mod Revival, Contemporary Pop
Label:  Eagle Rock
Rating:   *****

Disc 1:  CD:  Live At Rockpalast:

 1.  Dream Time  (3:12)
 2.  Thick As Thieves  (3:50)
 3.  Boy About Town  (2:06)
 4.  Going Underground  (3:04)
 5.  Pretty Green  (3:00)
 6.  Man In The Corner Shop  (3:16)
 7.  Set The House Ablaze  (4:30)
 8.  Private Hell  (4:13)
 9.  Liza Radley  (2:22)
10. Dream Of Children  (4:01)
11. Modern World  (2:29)
12. Little Boy Soldiers  (3:09)
13. But I'm Different Now  (2:13)
14. Start  (2:30)
15. Scrape Town  (3:53)
16. Strange Town  (3:58)
17. When You're Young  (4:18)
18. In The City  (2:20)
19. To Be Someone  (2:31)
20. David Watts  (4:17)
21. The Eaton Rifles  (4:24)
22. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight  (4:13)

Disc 2:  DVD:  Live At Rockpalast:

 1.  Dream Time  (3:12)
 2.  Thick As Thieves  (3:50)
 3.  Boy About Town  (2:06)
 4.  Going Underground  (3:04)
 5.  Pretty Green  (3:00)
 6.  Man In The Corner Shop  (3:16)
 7.  Set The House Ablaze  (4:30)
 8.  Private Hell  (4:13)
 9.  Liza Radley  (2:22)
10. Dream Of Children  (4:01)
11. Modern World  (2:29)
12. Little Boy Soldiers  (3:09)
13. But I'm Different Now  (2:13)
14. Start  (2:30)
15. Scrape Town  (3:53)
16. Strange Town  (3:58)
17. When You're Young  (4:18)
18. In The City  (2:20)
19. To Be Someone  (2:31)
20. David Watts  (4:17)
21. The Eton Rifles  (4:24)

22. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight  (4:13)

Disc 3: About The Young Idea -  Bonus Features:

-Additional Interviews
-The Rainbow, London, December 1979-"It's Too Bad" + "Saturday's Kids"
-The Ritz, NYC, May 1981 - "The Modern World" + "The Eton Rifles

Personnel:

Paul Weller:  Lead Vocals, Guitar
Bruce Foxton:  Bass, Backing Vocals

Rick Buckler:  Drums, Percussion

The Jam About The Young Idea is the story of The Jam, in Deluxe Box Set 2 DVD + CD, contains About The Young Idea on Disc one and When You're Young, The Jam's Previously unreleased performance on famous German TV Show Rockpalast from 1980 on Disc Two, and Bonus DVD additional interviews and live tracks from The Rainbow, London 1979 and live tracks from The Ritz, New York City, May 1981, was released on November 27, 2015 by Eagle Rock.


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