47 track anthology of The Jam announced


The Jam album cover




Universal has announced the release of a comprehensive, 47-track anthology, ‘About The Young Idea – The Very Best Of The Jam‘ to tie in with a Jam exhibition of the same name at London’s Somerset House from 26 June – 31 August 2015

The collection includes all the classic singles – 13 top-20 hits, (including four number ones), key album tracks, b-sides and live favourites; as well as the unreleased demo – Takin’ My Love from 1977 and the rare radio ad for ‘In The City’, both exclusive to this release. The package also features sleeve notes by John Harris plus period photos and memorabilia.

Tracklisting:

CD One

1. In The City (radio ad)
2. In The City
3. Art School
4. Away From The Numbers
5. Takin’ My Love (demo – previously unreleased)
6. All Around The World
7. The Modern World
8. In The Street Today
9. News Of The World
10. David Watts
11. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
12. Billy Hunt
13. To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have A Nice Time)
14. English Rose
15. In The Crowd
16. ‘A’ Bomb In Wardour St.
17. Strange Town
18. The Butterfly Collector
19. When You’re Young
20. Smithers-Jones
21. The Eton Rifles
22. Thick As Thieves
23. Private Hell
24. Saturday’s Kids
25. Burning Sky (demo)


CD Two

1. Going Underground
2. Dreams Of Children
3. Start!
4. Liza Radley
5. Pretty Green
6. Monday
7. That’s Entertainment
8. Man In The Cornershop
9. Boy About Town
10. Funeral Pyre
11. Absolute Beginners
12. Tales From The Riverbank
13. Town Called Malice
14. Precious
15. Ghosts
16. Just Who Is The Five O’Clock Hero?
17. Carnation
18. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
19. Beat Surrender
20. Move On Up
21. Shopping
22. Pop Art Poem

(Double CD Released June 22nd)


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