The Jam was an English rock trio that released six albums between 1977 and 1982 on Polydor. They scored eleven UK Top 20 singles, including the No. 1’s “Going Underground,” “Start!,” “Town Called Malice,” and “Beat Surrender.” Members: Paul Weller (guitar, vocals, bass), Rick Buckler (drums), Steve Brookes (guitar, 1972-76), Dave Waller (guitar, 1972-73), Bruce […]
Skip Bifferty was an English pop-psych band from Newcastle that released three singles on RCA, culminating with a popular 1968 self-titled album. They moonlighted as Heavy Jelly for the 1969 Island single “I Keep Singing That Same Old Song,” a record-breaker for longest a-side. Select members also recorded with Every Which Way, ARC, and Glencoe. […]
Setting Sons is the fourth album by English pop/rock trio The Jam, released in 1979 on Polydor. Tracklist: A1. “Girl on the Phone” (2:57) A2. “Thick as Thieves” (3:40) A3. “Private Hell” (3:51) A4. “Little Boy Soldiers” (3:33) A5. “Wasteland” (2:52) B1. “Burning Sky” (3:32) B2. “Smithers-Jones” (3:00)* B3. “Saturday’s Kids” (2:53) B4. “The Eton […]
Skip Bifferty is an album by the namesake English psych-rock/pop band, released in 1968 on RCA Victor. The back cover features liner notes by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who featured the band multiple times on his program TOP GEAR. Regarding the band, he wrote “I am sure Skip Bifferty don’t expect to convince […]
All Mod Cons is the third album by English pop/rock trio The Jam, released in 1978 on Polydor. Tracklist: A1. “All Mod Cons” (1:18) A2. “To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)” (2:29) A3. “Mr. Clean” (3:28) A4. “David Watts” (2:55) A5. “English Rose” (2:48) A6. “In the Crowd” (5:40) B1. “Billy Hunt” […]
