The Jam discography [1977-2015]

 The Jam were the most popular band to emerge from the initial wave of British punk rock in 1977; along with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Buzzcocks, the Jam had the most impact on pop music. While they could barely get noticed in America, the trio became genuine superstars in Britain, with an impressive string of Top Ten singles in the late '70s and early '80s. The Jam could never have a hit in America because they were thoroughly and defiantly British. Under the direction of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Paul Weller, the trio spearheaded a revival of mid-'60s mod groups, in the style of the Who and the Small Faces. Like the mod bands, the group dressed stylishly, worshipped American R&B, and played it loud and rough. By the time of the group's third album, Weller's songwriting had grown substantially, as he was beginning to write social commentaries and pop songs in the vein of the Kinks. Both his political songs and his romantic songs were steeped in British culture, filled with references and slang in the lyrics, as well as musical allusions. Furthermore, as the Jam grew more popular and musically accessible, Weller became more insistent and stubborn about his beliefs, supporting leftist causes and adhering to the pop aesthetics of '60s British rock without ever succumbing to hippie values. Paradoxically, that meant even when their music became more pop than punk, they never abandoned the punk values -- if anything, Weller stuck to the strident independent ethics of 1977 more than any other punk band just by simply refusing to change. 

The Jam.1977 In The City

The Jam.1977 This Is The Modern World

The Jam.1978 All Mod Cons

The Jam.1979 Setting Sons

The Jam.1980 Sound Affects

The Jam.1982 Dig The New Breed

The Jam.1982 The Gift

The Jam.1983 Snap! (2006 Reissue)

The Jam.1991 Greatest Hits

The Jam.1992 Extras

The Jam.1993 Live Jam

The Jam.1996 Collection

The Jam.1997 Direction Reaction Creation [5 CD]

The Jam.1997 The Very Best of the Jam

The Jam.2002 The Jam At The BBC [2 CD]

The Jam.2012 That's Entertainment_The Collection

The Jam.2015 About The Young Idea The Very Best Of The Jam

Gov't Mule - Live At The Cotton Club, Atlanta, GA, February 20, 1997 (2021) FLAC

 

Gov’t Mule released Live At The Cotton Club Atlanta February 20, 1997 via Evil Teen Records. The live album is the third in the renowned rockers’ digital-only live archival series.

The remixed and remastered Live At The Cotton Club Atlanta February 20, 1997 features Mule’s original lineup of guitarist Warren Haynes, late bassist Allen Woody and drummer Matt Abts. Having formed just three years prior by Haynes and Woody as an Allman Brothers Band side project, the Atlanta ‘97 concert — a home state show as the band was born in Georgia — sees Gov’t Mule performing material from their 1995 self-titled debut, cuts from their yet to be released 1998 album, Dose, and covers from blues greats like Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim as well as the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, ZZ Top and more.

The recording also showcases Mule in their power trio days, following in the footsteps of legendary rock power trios like Cream and The Jim Hendrix Experience.

01 John The Revelator

02 Mule

03 Game Face

04 Temporary Saint

05 No Need To Suffer

06 Birth Of The Mule

07 Dolphineus

08 Painted Silver Light

09 Thelonius Beck

10 St. Stephen Jam

11 I Shall Be Released

12 Blind Man In The Dark

13 Drums

14 Blind Man In The Dark (Reprise)

15 Young Man Blues

16 Good Morning Little School Girl

17 Young Man Blues (Reprise)

18 Monkey Hill

19 I Want You (She's So Heavy) Jam

20 Mr. Big

21 Left Coast Groovies

22 Mother Earth

23 Goin' Out West

24 Gonna Send You Back To Georgia

25 I Can't Hold Out

26 Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (Reprise)

27 Just Got Paid

28 I've Been Working

29 Just Got Paid (Reprise)

Leadbelly - Leadbelly's Last Sessions (4 CD, 1994/FLAC)

 Recorded between September and November, 1948. Originally released on Folkways (241/2941, 242/2942). Includes liner notes by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. Moses Asch, Sean Killeen, Anthony Seeger, Jeff Place and Matt Walters.

Legend has it that when Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter was shown one of the first commercially available tape recorders--as opposed to the then-standard disc-cutting machines--in the fall of 1948, he immediately sat down in front of it for a marathon impromptu recording session. This fact comes across on the first of these discs taken from those tapes: most of its 35 tracks are traditional blues hollers without even his trademark 12-string guitar for accompaniment.

The other three discs are jam-packed with songs, fragments, and often fascinating conversations. Rather than edit the material--which the listener can do quite nicely with a programmable CD player and blank cassettes--the archivists at Smithsonian/Folkways wisely chose to release these four hours of material exactly as it was recorded. As a result, the sound quality is occasionally a bit dodgy, but the historical import and musical quality of these recordings are undeniable. 

 

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma The High Resolution Remasters (4 CD, 2019/FLAC)

 

Ummagumma is the fourth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It is a double album and was released on 7 November 1969 by Harvest Records. The first disc consists of live recordings from concerts at Mothers Club in Birmingham and the College of Commerce in Manchester that contained part of their normal set list of the time, while the second contains solo compositions by each member of the band recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The artwork was designed by regular Floyd collaborators Hipgnosis and features a number of pictures of the band combined to give a Droste effect. It was the last album cover to feature the band.

Although the album was well received at the time of release, and was a top five hit in the UK album charts, it has since been looked upon unfavourably by the band, who have expressed negative opinions about it in interviews. Nevertheless, the album has been reissued on CD several times, along with the rest of their catalogue. 

• Original Album Part One 
• Live Album Recorded at Mothers Birmingham & Manchester College of Commerce June 1969 
• Original Album Part Two + Alternate Live Album 
• More furious madness from Pink Floyd. 
• The massed gadgets of Auximenes. 
• The reconstructed unreleased The Man & The Journey album + Bonus tracks 
• Ummagumma revisited. The alternate studio album. 

 

The Shadows - The Early Years: 1959-1966 (6 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 This collection includes every studio title recorded by the Shadpws (and commercially released) from early 1959, right up to the very end of 1966. This new expanded edition contains 32 tracks in mono not previously available on CD, and three tracks which are released in stereo for the very first time.