The Jam were an English mod revival/punk rock band during the 1970s and early 1980s, which formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, in the county of Surrey. The band released 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four number one hits. As of 2007, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK. They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit number one on the UK Albums Chart. When the group disbanded in 1982, their first 15 singles were re-released and all placed within the top 100.
All Mod Cons is the third studio album by the British band The Jam, released in 1978 by Polydor Records. The title, a British idiom one might find in housing advertisements, is short for "all modern conveniences" and is a pun on the band's association with the mod revival. The album reached No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart.
This Is the Modern World is the second studio album by British band The Jam, released in November 1977. The album was released less than seven months after their debut album In the City, and reached No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart.
Setting Sons is a 1979 album by British band The Jam, their fourth since their debut in 1977. It reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart upon the first week of release, continuing the commercial favour that had begun with their previous album All Mod Cons.
"Absolute Beginners" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Released on 3 March 1986, it was the theme song to the 1986 film of the same name.
"Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" is a single by The Jam, and was the second single from their third album, All Mod Cons. Released in October 1978, it reached No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was backed by a cover version of The Who's song "So Sad About Us", and the song "The Night", written by Bruce Foxton.
"The Eton Rifles" was the only single to be released from the album Setting Sons by The Jam. Recorded at Townhouse Studios and released on 26 October 1979, it became the band's first top ten hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3. It is also the only official Jam single for which a video was not recorded.
"Absolute Beginners" was a single released by The Jam on 16 October 1981. Although it did not appear on any of the band's studio albums, it reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was named after the Colin MacInnes novel of the same name. The book was one of songwriter Paul Weller's favourites, being chosen by him when he appeared on Desert Island Discs.
Live Jam was a live album released in 1993 by Polydor after The Jam's split in 1982.
Compact Snap! is a greatest hits CD collection from The Jam. It is an abbreviated version of the vinyl double-album Snap!, originally released in 1984. Compact Snap! is the second greatest hits album by The Jam.
Greatest Hits is a compilation and the third greatest hits album from The Jam, released in 1991. It includes all of the band's eighteen hit singles plus "Precious". It includes two singles, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?", which made the UK charts without ever being released there, they charted after being heavily imported from Europe. It has a companion album of rarities, titled Extras. It was released in 1992.
Extras is a compilation by the British group The Jam. Released in April 1992 it includes 26 B-sides, rarities, and unreleased tracks.
Direction Reaction Creation is an anthology issued in 1997 by the British band The Jam. It includes 117 tracks over 5 discs, including all of the songs from their singles and six studio albums. The box set reached #8 in the UK Album Chart.
The Very Best of The Jam is the third greatest hits package from The Jam. The compilation was released on 25 October 1997, and features all of The Jam's singles in chronological order.
Collection is a compilation by The Jam. It includes only one of the band's singles which was unreleased in the UK, as it focuses on the group's album tracks and B-sides.
45 rpm: The Singles, 1977–1979 is a box set compilation by British rock band The Jam. The set contains the first nine singles released by the band between 1977 and 1979 in remastered formats with original artwork and reproduction sleeves.
45 rpm: The Singles, 1980–1982 is a box set compilation by British rock band The Jam. The set contains nine singles released by the band between 1980 and 1982 in remastered formats with original artwork and reproduction sleeves.
Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions is a boxed set by XTC released in 1998, just two months prior to Apple Venus Volume 1.
Hit Parade is a 2006 box set of Paul Weller's musical career. A single CD release and a double-disc DVD are also available.
Status Quo Live at the BBC is series of releases by English rock band Status Quo, issued by Universal Music on 24 October 2010. The release was available on a range of formats: 2-CD 'best of' collection, 4-CD box set and a limited edition collectors' 8-disc complete set.
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