These recordings were made over a five year period, and should give more than just ‘an account of songs played live’, or a ‘Greatest Hits’ type album. Dig the New Breed spent 16 weeks on the UK album charts, rising to No. 2. [3] In the U.S., the album spent 9 weeks on the Billboard 200 album charts and reached its peak position of No. 131 in February 1983. [4] Chart (1983) The band only existed for 5 years and the 95 songs on the first 4 disc of the boxset prove that The Jam made some great songs. In The City, The Modern World, Standards, David Watts, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, In The Crowd, The Eton Rifles, Private Hell, Going Underground, Start!, That’s Entertainment, Town Called Malice, Ghosts and Beat Surrender are all brilliant pop songs.

And, rightfully so. Just for this song alone, the name Paul Weller is a name that must not and can not be forgotten. The end of The Jam One month after The Jam’s demise, record company Polydor re-released all of The Jam’s 16 singles at the same time: nine of them actually re-entered the charts! Compilations I would like it to be treated with RESPECT! Something we always tried to give our audience, and hopefully they to us. One day earlier, December 10th, 1982, 35 years ago today, the farewell album was released: the live-compilation Dig The New Breed. Just over 5 years after the release of their debut single ( In The City: April 29th, 1977) The Jam chapter was closed indefinitely.Foxton had a small solo-hit in 1983 with Freak. His debut album and consecutive singles didn’t make any impact. He went on to play with the re-formed Stiff Little Fingers. After his stint there, he started the band Casbah Club, which released an album: Venustraphobia.

Loyalty from the fans has always surprised and amazed me. Traveling around the world to give us the support we badly needed in places such as the States. By far, the best The Jam song is That’s Entertainment. According to Weller, it was written in ten minutes. Some ten minutes! A beautiful song with impressive lyrics, about ordinary daily life, which provide a vivid image of ‘normal’ life at the time:Since the disbanding of The Jam, at least 6 compilation albums have been released, of which Snap! probably is the best-known. Each time the compilations sold well. The above mentioned Direction Reaction Creation, which contains all of The Jam’s studio material, was released in 1997 (20 years ago). It entered the album charts, number 8 being the highest position: an unbelievable feat for a box set (5 cd’s). After The Jam