The Jam - Band Demos, Volume 1: 1977-1978

It's been a good while I've posted anything by Paul Weller. So here's the first of two albums I'm posting today from his old band, the Jam.

I've already posted three albums of stray tracks by the Jam, as well as one album of acoustic demos. This is the first of two albums of band demos. Every single take here is with the full band, but is different from the final studio version. Admittedly, most of these takes aren't that different from the final versions, but it's great sound quality and it's a good excuse to hear more from this fantastic band.

The great sound quality is due to the fact that every single song here is officially released. But all of the versions are from deluxe versions of albums, or from the Jam's box set. In my opinion, it makes much more sense to gather them together like this, sorted chronologically, then scattering them over different releases.

01 Art School (Jam)
02 I Got By in Time (Jam)
03 I've Changed My Address (Jam)
04 Non-Stop Dancing (Jam)
05 Bricks and Mortar (Jam)
06 Takin' My Love (Jam)
07 So Sad about Us (Jam)
08 Slow Down (Jam)
09 In the City (Jam)
10 Time for Truth (Jam)
11 Sounds from the Street (Jam)
12 Mr. Clean (Jam)
13 Fly (Jam)
14 It's Too Bad (Jam)
15 To Be Someone [Didn't We Have a Nice Time] (Jam)
16 David Watts (Jam)

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The cover art photo is of Paul Weller jumping while on stage in 1978.