The Jam - The Gift Super Deluxe Edition

A lot of these mega-boxes you can wait it out and the price comes down quite a bit in the months after the release date. I want this and the Pistols box, but I'm willing to gamble and wait for a better deal.

 

is that trans global show the same thing as the trans global video that was out about 20 years ago?if so great music but poor camera shots.and very dark.

 

I am afraid we will end up with limited numbered editions that cost £10 to produce priced at £300.
See the new King Crimson boxset where they explicitly say it is only 7000 copies so that people won't play the waiting game.

 

Yes, that's the one. The full show is available on YouTube, uncut and unedited.

 

Very true.

 

Yeah, pretty much my story. I became a fan in high school around 79. I loved the records they were putting out (and the earlier ones I caught up on) and then came 'The Gift'. At first, I was a bit disappointed. But, eventually, I did like the album and actually love some of the songs on it.

Think I'll skip this deluxe due to the price.

Now, the Style Council - never liked them. Still don't and don't think I ever will.

 

The 2nd and 3rd, bud. It's been mentioned elsewhere that it will be the 3rd, so I'm happy.

 

Excellent stuff.

 

Any confirmation this will be a limited edition? I think they're having a laugh with the pricing, but I don't want to risk waiting for price drop in case it IS limited...

 

Demos can be interesting but I know from experience that they will be played only once. I listen to music for the pleasure I get from it, not to study the mental patterns of the author of the music...
If this boxset was £30 I wouldn't mind getting that additional insight into PW's writing process, but at the price of this boxset then no, I don't care for the demos.

 

The thing about PW's demos is that they're - by and large - precise bare bones versions of the finished songs, right down to the lyrics and phrasing. The only that merit repeated listening is That's Entertainment and Precious.

 

Limited as in Universal will only make about 10,000. The recent Roxy Music Complete Studio Albums box is a case in point - only 10,000 were made. They've since had to do another run because they've sold out.

 

The thing is though is what's left any good? We've had two trawls through the vaults already, on the Direction box and on Extras, so if there was anything really good out there it would have seen release already surely?

 

£82 on Amazon now.

Btw, can anyone be so kind to tell me what unique material is on the DVD? What is on The Complete Jam already?

 

Looks like these premium priced collector sets are rapidly proliferating. I love the Jam, but will not buy this set. I like about half of the gift, but their 3rd, 4th and 5th records are haymakers. The gift did'nt knock me out the same way. Generally not a fan of their demos, but they do have some nice alternate mixes/versions on the box set.

 

Only one way to tell. My guess is no. PW has never held back his best material, like Dylan, Springsteen and Neil Young have/do (although Butch insists the original version of Sonic Kicks - Magic Box - was way better).

 

Bugger all, I think.

The book looks good though ...

 

Neither Spil Op nor Bingley Hall were on complete jam. So most of it is new,commercially at least

 

Let's hope it really is the gig from the 3rd, as they've a history of wrongly dating various live releases...Live Jam, Rainbow '79 etc.

 

This is the tracklisting from Townsend records, apparently still not 100% confirmed but I'll be surprised if it changes.

Tracks

1. Happy Together
2. Ghosts
3. Precious
4. Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero
5. Trans-Global Express
6. Running On The Spot
7. Circus
8. The Planners Dream Goes Wrong
9. Carnation
10. Town Called Malice
11. The Gift
12. Precious (12inch)
13. The Great Depression
14. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
15. Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
16. Pity Poor Alfie (swing version)
17. Beat Surrender
18. Shopping
19. Move On Up
20. Stoned Out Of My Mind
21. War

1. Skirt (demo)
2. Get Yourself Together (demo) Originally released on ‘Extras’
3. Ghosts (instrumental demo)
4. Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero (demo)
5. Running On The Spot (demo)
6. The Planners Dream Goes Wrong (demo)
7. Carnation (instrumental demo)
8. Precious (demo) Originally released on Direction Reaction Creation’
9. The Bitterest Pill (demo)
10. Alfie (demo 2)
11. Weve Only Started (old version)
12. Only Started (instrumental demo)
13. Shopping (AKA Pauls demo)
14. Beat Surrender (demo)
15. Solid Bond In Your Heart (demo)

 

"... I just can't help being cynical"

 

Thanks Helio. Bet they use the inferior Beat Surrender EP version of War again.

 

as they've included a song from the "Extras" CD,they might as well have included The Jam's version of "Solid Bond" on disc 1.

 

complete press release from Yep Roc today as follows:



THE JAM – THE GIFT
Super Deluxe Box Set – Released on November 19th on Universal Records

“Better stop dreaming of the quiet life -
Cos it's the one we'll never know”

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Jam’s final studio album and to mark the 30th anniversary of the bands’ startling split, Universal will release a super-deluxe box set of THE GIFT on November 19, 2012.

“I was very proud of it - I thought it was another advance on what we'd done before.” Paul Weller - 2012

Surprisingly this was the band’s only No. 1 album in the UK and marked the departure from the classic Jam sound to a more soul-influenced style, ushering in Weller’s ideas for the Style Council. THE GIFT includes the classic UK No. 1 single “Town Called Malice” plus other highlights “Running On The Spot” and “Carnation.”

THE GIFT, released in March 1982 was The Jam’s final studio album, in which Weller strove to bring as close to perfection as was humanly possible. Plenty of its songs number among The Jam’s best. It is also a fascinating glimpse of its time: of musical currents that were swirling around London and beyond. THE GIFT’s energy was not just focused on the state of society: it had a lot to say about where music was going, what had happened to the righteous fires lit by punk, and how to remain relevant and vital when music was taking some very wrong turns indeed. The challenge it answered was simple enough: if blaring guitars and rock poses had run out of road, what could embody the kind of passion that The Jam were all about? The answer lay in the soul music that had bled into their collective identity from the start, and a push to make it less of an influence, than a key part of who they were.

Looking back, some of The Jam’s associates have speculated about what lay behind Weller’s frantic drive to put everything he could into THE GIFT: increasingly of the belief that the group should break-up, Weller was simply trying ensure that their last album should be their best.

Since the breakup of The Jam, Paul Weller’s career has thrived and evolved. From his days fronting The Style Council to this year’s critically acclaimed new solo album SONIK KICKS, the reissue of THE GIFT can almost be viewed as the jumping off point for Weller’s long and illustrious career.

Full details of the track listing, artwork, added extras and bonuses of the 4-disc box set listed below which includes a “Live At Wembley 1982” CD and a compilation DVD of videos, Top Of The Pop appearances and other Jam nuggets.

The Jam – The Gift: 30th Anniversary (‘The Gift and beyond…’)

A ‘Super-Deluxe’ box set edition of The Gift album + last few singles (Great Depression, The Bitterest Pill, Beat Surrender)

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‘Gift-box’ ‘super-deluxe’ edition contents:


Four discs, in individual wallets

1. Disc 1 – original album re-mastered
+ 10 singles/b-sides from the period, up to the split.

2. Disc 2 – bonus tracks
15 demos & alternate tracks, 13 previously unreleased, re-mastered

3. Disc 3 – Live at Wembley December 1982
23 tracks, complete concert from the last ever Jam tour (previously unreleased), re-mastered

4. Disc 4 – DVD compilation
Promo clips (Town Called Malice / Precious / The Bitterest Pill)
Trans-Global Unity Express tour – live tracks from Birmingham show:
1. Town Called Malice
2. Carnation
3. Precious
4. Ghosts
5. Move On Up
6. Private Hell
7. Pretty Green
8. “Trans-Global Express”
9. The Gift
Danish TV special (DR) The band play the Gift album live in small studio with audience (previously unseen officially)
Top Of The Pops – 1982 - Town Called Malice / Precious

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Outer box in original striped bag style cover – ‘The Jam – A Gift’!

Hardback 72-page, full-colour book – including period and fan’s memorabilia, magazine cuttings (NME etc.), reviews, photos, new interviews (with Paul Weller and producer Peter Wilson)

Forward by Paul Weller and new essay by John Harris

Set of postcard prints

Replica 1982 tour programme

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Also available as…

2-disc deluxe digi-pak format
Deluxe digital version

Limited Edition 10” Vinyl of Danish TV Concert recorded 23/4/82

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Super-deluxe box tracklisting:

Disc One - Original album / Singles & B-Sides
1. Happy Together
2. Ghosts
3. Precious
4. Just Who Is The 5 O’clock Hero
5. “Trans-Global Express”
6. Running On The Spot
7. Circus
8. The Planner’s Dream Goes Wrong
9. Carnation
10. Town Called Malice
11. The Gift

12. Precious (12”)
13. The Great Depression
14. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
15. Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
16. Pity Poor Alfie (swing version)
17. Beat Surrender
18. Shopping
19. Move On Up
20. Stoned Out Of My Mind
21. War
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Disc Two – Demos & alternate tracks
Skirt (demo) #
Get Yourself Together (demo) Originally released on ‘Extras’
Ghosts (instrumental demo) #
Just Who Is The 5 O’clock Hero (demo) #
Running On The Spot (demo) #
The Planner’s Dream Goes Wrong (demo) #
Carnation (instrumental demo) #
Precious (demo) Originally released on ‘Direction, Reaction, Creation’
The Bitterest Pill (demo) #
Alfie (demo ‘2’) #
We’ve Only Started (‘old version’) #
Only Started (instrumental demo) #
Shopping (AKA ‘Paul’s demo’) #
Beat Surrender (demo) #
Solid Bond In Your Heart (demo) #

# Previously unreleased
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Disc Three - Live at Wembley (Dec. 3rd 1982)
1. Start!
2. It’s Too Bad
3. Beat Surrender
4. Away From The Numbers
5. Ghosts
6. In The Crowd
7. Boy About Town
8. So Sad About Us
9. All Mod Cons
10. To Be Someone
11. Smithers-Jones
12. That’s Entertainment
13. The Great Depression
14. Precious
15. Move On Up
16. Circus
17. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
18. David Watts
19. Mr Clean
20. Town Called Malice
21. But I’m Different Now
22. “Trans-Global Express”
23. In The City
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Disc 4 – DVD

Part 1 – Trans-Global Unity Express
Live video from Birmingham March 1982

Part 2 – The promo videos
1. Town Called Malice
2. Precious
3. The Bitterest Pill

Part 3 - Danish TV special
The Jam play songs from the Gift album. Recorded live in Studio 3,
TV-Byen, Copenhagen April 19 1982, broadcast April 23 1982.
Running On The Spot
Circus
Happy Together
Ghosts
In The Crowd
Town Called Malice
Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
Precious
Just Who Is The 5 O’clock Hero
The Gift
Move On Up
Trans-Global Express


Part 4 – Top Of The Pops
Recorded February 18 1982
1. Precious
2. Town Called Malice

 

Sadly so.

Am I imagining it, or did it only turn up on cd on some non-UK market budget compilation about 10 years ago ?