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The Jam was a typical British band. Therefore, it’s not very remarkable that The Jam was incredibly popular in the United Kingdom. The Jam has never made an impact in the USA. In March of 1982 they had their first chart-entry in The Netherlands with the song Town Called Malice, a Motown pastiche that did very well. The next chart success came in 1983 with the single Beat Surrender. By then, The Jam had already disbanded. 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)

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 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.

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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. I would like it to be treated with RESPECT! Something we always tried to give our audience, and hopefully they to us.

Playing live, to me, is still the roots of all music, it can be and should be a spontaneous and exciting event for those involved but to capture this atmosphere on record is near impossible for obvious reasons. I have never been a great fan of live albums that try and emulate a studio recording with a cast of thousands, but instead a more basic and honest account. 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.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

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:

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At the time, The Jam was accused of ‘quoting’ other people’s work, of which Start! (which is almost a remake of The Beatles’ Taxman) is just one example. I remember clearly that VARA (Dutch) radio station spent an hour analyzing The Jam songs and whether or not those songs were basically rip-offs or not. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the exact content of the radio show anymore. That’s Entertainment There are a lot of memories, emotions, laughs, drinks and hard work connected with this ‘live’ LP. To achieve the atmosphere of a Jam gig on an album is virtually impossible, but it does represent part of our 6 year career. In October 1982 Paul Weller announced that The Jam was about to disband. In a letter, which was published in the New Musical Express in November 1982, he explained his reasoning:

Dig the New Breed was the final album by the Jam, [2] excluding compilations released after the group's split in December 1982. It is a collection of live performances recorded between 1977 and 1982.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. 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. 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

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