release date: May 21, 2002
format: digital (3 cd) (LTD.)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: Malcolm Brown; Jeff Griffin; Tony Wilson
label: Polydor / Universal - nationality: England, UK
An original 2 cd compilation album by The Jam with (almost) all tracks from BBC Radio sessions (including three John Peel sessions) recorded from May 1977 - Dec. 1981. The Limited Edition includes a bonus disc with a concert held at the Rainbow Theatre in London, Dec. 4, 1979. This is a fine album both showing what a great live band The Jam was. At the same time many of the tracks are mere studio recordings, alternate versions of the original tracks, but the album also contains two short interviews with the band, and two full radio concerts, including 10 tracks from a concert at the Paris Theatre, Jun. 1978, and a 12 tracks concert at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, Dec. 1981, both recorded, presented and broadcast by BBC Radio 1. Needles to say, the compilation is a collector's item but as such also quite interesting.
