{"id":2053,"date":"2012-09-30T17:11:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T17:11:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-09-30T17:11:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T17:11:26","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"The Jam – ’The Gift’ Super Deluxe Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Jam\u2019s final studio album and to mark the 30th anniversary of the bands startling split Universal release a super-deluxe box set of \u201cThe Gift\u201d On November 19th 2012<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very proud of it – I thought it was another advance on what we’d done before\u201d. Paul Weller – 2012<\/p>\n

Surprisingly this was the band\u2019s only No 1 album and marked the departure from the classic Jam sound to a more soul-influenced style, ushering in Weller\u2019s ideas for the Style Council. \u201cThe Gift\u201d includes the classic No 1 \u2018Town Called Malice\u2019 plus other highlights \u2018Running On The Spot\u2019 and \u2018Carnation\u2019 all still featured in Weller\u2019s live sets today.<\/p>\n

The Gift, released in March 1982 was The Jam\u2019s final studio album, which Weller strove to bring as close to perfection as was humanly possible. Plenty of its songs number among The Jam\u2019s best. It is also a fascinating glimpse of its time: of musical currents that were swirling around London and beyond. The Gift\u2019s energy was not just focused on the state of society: it had a lot to say about where music was going, what had happened to the righteous fires lit by punk, and how to remain relevant and vital when music was taking some very rum turns indeed. The challenge it answered was simple enough: if blaring guitars and rock poses had run out of road, what could embody the kind of passion that The Jam were all about? The answer lay in the black music that had bled into their collective identity from the start, and a push to make it less of an influence, than a key part of who they were.<\/p>\n

Looking back, some of The Jam\u2019s associates have speculated about what lay behind his frantic drive to put everything he could into The Gift: increasingly of the belief that the group should break up, Weller was simply trying ensure that their last album should be their best.<\/p>\n

The box set will be available from:<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/p>\n

2CD – http:\/\/zaphod.uk.vvhp.net\/v-v\/120912152431<\/a> <\/p>\n

SDE – http:\/\/zaphod.uk.vvhp.net\/v-v\/120912152459<\/a> <\/p>\n

Box set store http:\/\/zaphod.uk.vvhp.net\/v-v\/120912164514<\/a> <\/p>\n

Full details of the tracklisting, artwork and added extras and bonuses of the 4-disc box set listed below which includes a \u201cLive At Wembley 1982\u201d CD and a compilation DVD of videos, TOTP appearances and other Jam nuggets<\/p>\n

The Jam \u2013 The Gift: 30th anniversary (\u2018The Gift and beyond\u2026\u2019)<\/p>\n

\u2022\tA \u2018Super-Deluxe\u2019 box set edition of The Gift album + last few singles (Great Depression, The Bitterest Pill, Beat Surrender) <\/p>\n

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\u2018Gift-box\u2019 \u2018super-deluxe\u2019 edition contents:
\nCat Number: 3711933<\/p>\n

\u2022\tFour discs, in individual wallets<\/p>\n

1.\tDisc 1 \u2013 original album re-mastered
\n+ 10 singles\/b-sides from the period, up to the split.<\/p>\n

2.\tDisc 2 \u2013 bonus tracks
\n15 demos & alternate tracks, 13 previously unreleased, re-mastered <\/p>\n

3.\tDisc 3 \u2013 Live at Wembley December 1982
\n23 tracks, complete concert from the last ever Jam tour (previously unreleased), re-mastered<\/p>\n

4.\tDisc 4 \u2013 DVD compilation
\no\tPromo clips (Town Called Malice \/ Precious \/ The Bitterest Pill)
\no\tTrans-Global Unity Express tour \u2013 live tracks from Birmingham show:
\n 1. Town Called Malice
\n 2. Carnation
\n 3. Precious
\n 4. Ghosts
\n 5. Move On Up
\n 6. Private Hell
\n 7. Pretty Green
\n 8. \u201cTrans-Global Express\u201d
\n 9. The Gift
\no
\no\tDanish TV special (DR) The band play the Gift album live in small studio with audience (previously unseen officially)
\no\tTop Of The Pops \u2013 1982 – Town Called Malice \/ Precious<\/p>\n

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\u2022\tOuter box in original striped bag style cover \u2013 \u2018The Jam \u2013 A Gift\u2019!<\/p>\n

\u2022\tHardback 72-page, full-colour book \u2013 including period and fan\u2019s memorabilia, magazine cuttings (NME etc.), reviews, photos, new interviews (with Paul Weller and producer Peter Wilson)<\/p>\n

\u2022\tForeword by Paul Weller and new essay by John Harris <\/p>\n

\u2022\tSet of postcard prints <\/p>\n

\u2022\tReplica 1982 tour programme<\/p>\n

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Also available as\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022\t2-disc deluxe digi-pak format
\n\u2022\tDeluxe digital version<\/p>\n

Limited Edition 10\u201d Vinyl of Danish TV Concert recorded 23\/4\/82<\/p>\n

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Super-deluxe box tracklisting:<\/p>\n

Disc One – Original album \/ Singles & B-Sides
\n1. Happy Together
\n2. Ghosts
\n3. Precious
\n4. Just Who Is The 5 O\u2019clock Hero
\n5. \u201cTrans-Global Express\u201d
\n6. Running On The Spot
\n7. Circus
\n8. The Planner\u2019s Dream Goes Wrong
\n9. Carnation
\n10. Town Called Malice
\n11. The Gift<\/p>\n

12. Precious (12\u201d)
\n13. The Great Depression
\n14. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
\n15. Pity Poor Alfie \/ Fever
\n16. Pity Poor Alfie (swing version)
\n17. Beat Surrender
\n18. Shopping
\n19. Move On Up
\n20. Stoned Out Of My Mind
\n21. War
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Disc Two \u2013 Demos & alternate tracks
\n1.\tSkirt (demo) #
\n2.\tGet Yourself Together (demo) Originally released on \u2018Extras\u2019
\n3.\tGhosts (instrumental demo) #
\n4.\tJust Who Is The 5 O\u2019clock Hero (demo) #
\n5.\tRunning On The Spot (demo) #
\n6.\tThe Planner\u2019s Dream Goes Wrong (demo) #
\n7.\tCarnation (instrumental demo) #
\n8.\tPrecious (demo) Originally released on \u2018Direction, Reaction, Creation\u2019
\n9.\tThe Bitterest Pill (demo) #
\n10.\tAlfie (demo \u20182\u2019) #
\n11.\tWe\u2019ve Only Started (\u2018old version\u2019) #
\n12.\tOnly Started (instrumental demo) #
\n13.\tShopping (AKA \u2018Paul\u2019s demo\u2019) #
\n14.\tBeat Surrender (demo) #
\n15.\tSolid Bond In Your Heart (demo) # <\/p>\n

# Previously unreleased
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Disc Three – Live at Wembley (Dec. 3rd 1982)
\n1. Start!
\n2. It\u2019s Too Bad
\n3. Beat Surrender
\n4. Away From The Numbers
\n5. Ghosts
\n6. In The Crowd
\n7. Boy About Town
\n8. So Sad About Us
\n9. All Mod Cons
\n10. To Be Someone
\n11. Smithers-Jones
\n12. That\u2019s Entertainment
\n13. The Great Depression
\n14. Precious
\n15. Move On Up
\n16. Circus
\n17. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
\n18. David Watts
\n19. Mr Clean
\n20. Town Called Malice
\n21. But I\u2019m Different Now
\n22. \u201cTrans-Global Express\u201d
\n23. In The City
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Disc 4 \u2013 DVD<\/p>\n

Part 1 \u2013 Trans-Global Unity Express
\nLive video from Birmingham March 1982<\/p>\n

Part 2 \u2013 The promo videos
\n1. Town Called Malice
\n2. Precious
\n3. The Bitterest Pill<\/p>\n

Part 3 – Danish TV special
\nThe Jam play songs from the Gift album. Recorded live in Studio 3,
\nTV-Byen, Copenhagen April 19 1982, broadcast April 23 1982.
\n1.\tRunning On The Spot
\n2.\tCircus
\n3.\tHappy Together
\n4.\tGhosts
\n5.\tIn The Crowd
\n6.\tTown Called Malice
\n7.\tPity Poor Alfie \/ Fever
\n8.\tPrecious
\n9.\tJust Who Is The 5 O\u2019clock Hero
\n10.\tThe Gift
\n11.\tMove On Up
\n12.\tTrans-Global Express<\/p>\n

Part 4 \u2013 Top Of The Pops
\nRecorded February 18 1982
\n1. Precious
\n2. Town Called Malice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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