New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The Jam's 1979 masterpiece Setting Sons is being expanded and reissued on November 25, 2014, as a 2-CD
Deluxe Edition featuring the original album, singles, b-sides and a previously unreleased live show from Brighton, England recorded in 1979. The Jam - Setting Sons (Deluxe Edition) will also be available digitally including MFiT.
Setting Sons was originally conceived as a concept album that was never fully developed about old friends reunited after many years only to find they had nothing in common anymore. Brimming with brittle, white-knuckle rock music and muscular tracks boiling over with class hatred and spot-on insights into British life, Setting Sons was arguably The Jam's most thematically ambitious LP. Featuring a harder and grittier sound than its predecessor All Mod Cons, Setting Sons was recorded when
Paul Weller was only 21, with his song writing showing an amazing level of maturity.
"Thick As Thieves," "Wasteland," "Burning Sky": This idea may have seemed strange to the band's hardcore fans, but had a precedent with some of Weller's 60s heroes, notably The Kinks, Small Faces and The Who. Setting Sons took The Jam's musical template and added a narrative depth and compositional daring which would take their art to a totally new level. The anti-war song "Little Boy Soldiers," constructed in three parts, illustrates how the band were moving into a more experimental and ambitious style, while retaining the edge for which they were so famous. The album includes the U.K. hit single "The Eton Rifles" as well as Bruce Foxton's tour-de-force, "Smithers-Jones."
The Jam - Setting Sons (Deluxe Edition) traces the path of the classic album from the two U.K. hit singles, "Strange Town" and "When You're Young," that preceded the album; dynamic live performances, singles and b-sides, through to the point in early 1980 where The Jam's sound and success coalesced into "Going Underground" - the band's first U.K. No.1 single.
One of the most popular bands to emerge from the English punk rock scene of 1977, The Jam had a phenomenal impact on pop music and wider youth culture. In their short career, along with the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Buzzcocks, they influenced a generation with their music, style, politics and inspiration. Taking creative direction from a wide sphere of influences -The Who, Dr Feelgood, The Kinks and Motown to name a few, they achieved 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the U.K. (including four No. 1s) -they had a fanatical following, with their singles entering straight in the top 10, or No. 1 in some cases. Their gigs sold out within minutes. Still beloved of original fans and new supporters through Paul Weller's solo career -he still plays many of The Jam songs in his live sets today.
The Jam - Setting Sons (Deluxe Edition) [2CD]
Disc 1
1. Girl On The Phone
2. Thick As Thieves
3.
Private Hell
4.
Little Boy Soldiers
5. Wasteland
6. Burning Sky
7. Smithers-Jones
8. Saturday's Kids
9. The Eton Rifles
10. Heat Wave
11. Strange Town (single)
12. Butterfly Collector (b-side)
13. When You're Young (single)
14. Smithers-Jones (single version)
15. The Eton
Rifles (7" single version)
16. See-Saw (b-side)
17. Going Underground (single)
18. Dreams Of Children (b-side)
Disc 2
"BBC In Concert / Live At The
Rainbow Theatre, London / 1979"
1. Girl On The Phone
2. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
3. It's Too Bad
4. Burning Sky
5. Away From The Numbers
6. Smithers-Jones
7. The
Modern World
8. Mr. Clean
9. The Butterfly Collector
10.
Private Hell
11. Thick As Thieves
12. When You're Young
13. Strange Town
14. Eton Rifles
15. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
16. Saturday's Kids
17. All Mod Cons
18.
David Watts
