The Jam - The Jam At The BBC (Remastered Limited Edition) (2002)

Released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first single and first John Peel session. 38 tracks from 1977-1981, including exclusive sessions and Radio One 'In Concert' recordings.

Twenty-five years ago this year, with a snotty little ditty called "In the City", The Jam--angry young men in undersized school uniforms, featuring a singer with a seemingly permanent pair of blocked sinuses--introduced their vibrant young proletarian vitriol to the refuge-strewn streets of jubilee punk Britain. It's time then, in typically silveresque anniversary fashion, to celebrate two and a half decades of Weller and co. with this portable three-CD box set of rarely heard sessions from the secretively maintained BBC archives. The 56 tracks are drawn from sessions and live shows, encompassing the years 1977 to 1981 and thereby concluding with the introduction of brass, borrowed Beatles bass riffs, blue-eyed soul, and ski-influenced knitwear.

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