Re-issue out Nov 17th. Brighton Dec 79 gig is part of box set version.
http://www.resident-music.com/productdetails&product_id=32270
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The Jam - Setting Sons - Brighton Centre 79
- Thread starter Tarpon
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I really loved the Jam in 79, a fantastic album, and the singles of that year were their best imo, When you're young, Butterfly collector, Strange Town, all absolutely brilliant
Just seen the price of the box set, blimey, I'll have to do with the memory of that gig, ninety quid for three c.d.s and a dvd,a tad steep for me
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
Give it a few years it'll halve in price
Just look at the quality of the B-Sides! Weller was at his angry, passionate, imaginative best in those days. I was at that gig too, an amazing performance from an amazing group.
I think so (The Vapors). For me The Style Council were an abomination, his solo stuff is a bit like that of Morrissey, some high points but an overall feeling of Second best to a very high watermark.
Superphil
Dismember
Didn't mind some of the Style Council, but the solo stuff since has always left me cold
The Modfather
New member
This will be the 1st Weller related release that I will not be purchasing. These re-issues are taking the piss now. Ho him, at least their should be a new solo lp early 2015
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Going to be a bit more old school R&B apparently
Superphil
Dismember
I guess the capitalist may lurk in all of us.
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
I loved The Style Council. The first three years of TSC material was as good as any three-year period Paul Weller has had before or since, I think.
The Modfather
New member
Yeah seeing R&B and Motown banded about in interviews so should be interesting
The Modfather
New member
Not sure how much influence he has over the record company these days. How different to days of the Jam when they refused to release more than 1 single from an lp because they didn't want to rip off fans
The Modfather
New member
He was prolific 83-85. TSC will never get the recognition they deserve due to the band he was in previously
1234andcounting
Well-known member
- Mar 31, 2008
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Autumn 79 - some great gigs in Brighton. Was at this one, plus the Who, the Stranglers at the Centre and Specials/Madness/Selecter at the Top Rank. All topped off by the Seagulls being in the top flight for the first time.....Great days.
Brighton Mod
Its All Too Beautiful
Setting Sons was the real catalyst for the Jam, i'm not denying that All Mod Cons, wasn't a brilliants album. Originally Setting Sons had been planned as a concept album about three brothers going to war, but was changed during its writing. Album songs on here that could all be singles, Thick as Thieves my favourite, but equally Private Hell, Wasteland and Little Boy Soldiers. From The Jam are an excellent replacement for the real thing and play the Concorde 2 in December.
As for Weller, there is a time in all our lives when you really swim with the current and those purple years for him were phenominal, trouble is he is now saddled with the success that he can never replicate. Songs with feeling. passion and energy about what he saw in the world around him. For me, I can never see the Jam surpassed.
As for Weller, there is a time in all our lives when you really swim with the current and those purple years for him were phenominal, trouble is he is now saddled with the success that he can never replicate. Songs with feeling. passion and energy about what he saw in the world around him. For me, I can never see the Jam surpassed.
a tad sugary 4 my taste
Brighton Mod
Its All Too Beautiful
Specials/Madness/Selecter at the Suite, what a gig, some London skinheads gave Terry Hall a hard time to start with but they were won round. Such years were great, we had little money, compared to today, but made it go a long way. Chuck in Secret Affair, The Purple Hearts, The Chords, the Lambrettas and Merton Parkhas, happy, happy days. BTW going to see Secret Affair and the Lambrettas at Stamford Bridge on the 29th!!!