The Jam - Peel Session 1977

The complete session recorded by The Jam on 26 April 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 2 May 1977.
Tracklist:
1. In The City (0:07)
2. Art School (2:25)
3. I've Changed My Address (4:25)
4. Modern World (7:54)

[@DrunkenPostie]

Man, Foxton's bass is fucking magic!

[@stevewebster1455]

Best 3 Piece Ever. Lyrics, lead, bass, drums attitude. The Spirit of 77. Faultless.

[@sexobscura]

... until WHAM

[@lukausky]

goosebumps and shivers . what an outstanding trio they were .

[@frflinstone]

They were never better than this. Pure fire and skill !!

[@cliveedwards2958]

I agree..I think In the city album has aged the best aswell

[@gregordiezemann-io6zd]

Sound affects,1980!

[@Manu-wy7vr]

❤

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Love Peel sessions. Basically live demos.

[@buckoff4343]

And there's so many good bands that passed through.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

Tight as fuck right from the word go best band ever.

[@HermanWaldorf]

this is gold, still fresh in 2020

[@frankgoodall329]

WOW...Captured perfectly. The quality is second to none.

[@markdoughty8780]

Aside from The Who's My Generation, has there ever been a better youth anthem written than In The City? No, I couldn't think of one either. Thanks for uploading; timeless and classic.

[@LarzGustafsson]

Yes. "Rebel Radio" by Bizex-B. Studio and live versions available here on KZbin.

[@steve261brown]

In The City 👏👏 The Jam at their very best!

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

They sound so like The Clash -- a trio making that kind of racket, at that!!

[@daanje1062]

A few favorites off In The City LP. I've Changed My Address still sounds so cool!

[@LarzGustafsson]

All of the album if you ask me.

[@michaelplatter3281]

Brilliant Band

[@somemod8045]

The panning on the cymbals is sick

[@andrewtully9652]

Love John Peel sessions ..

[@winnemuccamangler7657]

Very tight

[@MKMKMK1986]

Because us kids knew were it's at ❤ 😊

[@markbrewin2728]

what a band ..

[@QuadMochaMatti]

I was a wee lad, 17 days away from turning five years of age at the time of this broadcast; clear across the big pond and an entire continent away from London, in the suburban hinterlands of the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Little did I know at that time how a scant 9 or so years later, this trio would come to mean so much during my nascent self-identification as an aspiring Mod, and in the decades to follow.

[@louistracy6964]

Aspiring mod was a good place to be for lots of us around UK in the late 70s, having a good time and looking good in difficult circumstances, as someone said. And yeah, it lasts.

[@louistracy6964]

@Nigel 61 No, because they came 10 or more years after the mods. The bandwagon was just a bunch of people not caring to be clever musicians and doing their own thing, which was always gonna be built on songs by The Who (Pistols), Clash played Kinks chords and borrowed from reggae, and the Rats were straight from pub rock and Irish showbands. All good.

[@ghandirubberneck519]

Have a good look at Weller''s haircut and suit in this pic. He was always a mod.

[@mickymac6571]

Weller said he took from the excitement and possibilities of punk but wasn't one,they toured on the anarchy tour in 1976 so hardly jumped the on the bandwagon in 1977.they were wearing mod suits in 1975 .

[@louistracy6964]

Took Weller a while to get this tight, the band fitted right in. Bands did that in incredible time, and it's good to hear Jam, Pistols, Buzzcocks, some of them working from scratch. Work, boys and girls, and obsession.

[@gwugluud]

Stunningly brilliant. Punk's 1st wave was so alive, highly original, and made of elevation and energy. Yesiknowthejamweremodsnotpunks...

[@BERTLEWEED]

They were Punks through and through, that's what Punk means: freedom of expression. xx ;-)

[@chrisyonts9652]

This is Punk.

[@LarzGustafsson]

The Jam had the punk energy.

[@gregordiezemann-io6zd]

A truly working class peoples band❤😊.

[@markdoughty8780]

Does it get any better than this? Nothing comes to mind...

[@vimtokenny]

splendid band, lucky enough to av been there at day 1,

[@pappatacio66]

What sound!

[@michaelplatter3281]

The JAM are Paul Weller - Bruce Foxton - Rick Butler

[@scottgrandrath5027]

Buckler

[@LarzGustafsson]

And Bizex-B WAS Zluggo Pop.

[@trailandale]

The Jam: the greatest band in the history of rock n' roll that never made it in America

[@ccff6161]

to good for the USA yeeha!

[@sderoski1]

Some of us knew them. WNEW radio in New York played That's Entertainment, and I was instantly a fan. Never got to see them, but I saw Style Council at the Ritz in NY.

[@markbegley8327]

Tbh no .... they came and went

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

So many of the all-time best bands in rock (and now post-rock) history were trios!: -Jimi Hendrix Experience -The Police -The Jam -Motorhead -Thin Lizzy -Minutemen/Firehose -Morphine -Nirvana (before Pat Smear joined. of course) -The Melvins -Dirty Three -Low (to name just a few)

[@robertelliott2216]

Sorry man you are well wrong as MOST of the great bands were four pieces.

[@cosmonauta2082]

Venom ZZ Top Rush Destruction and Sodom in their first years. The Cure also in their first years. Dinosaur Jr Soda Stereo from Argentina, the best by far.

[@aarthoor]

Rush Husker Du Erm, Budgie.... and Thin Lizzy were a 4 piece ;-)

[@krasteff]

Thin Lizzy weren't trio.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

@@krasteff: In their early years coming up before they wrote and recorded their biggest hits when they were a quartet, they were a trio.

[@madmickmilk]

great!!✨Oh yeah R&R～🎵

[@user-iv3in2ou3p]

That's plenty of good vibes in these songs. Like a lot of happiness. Right.

[@Colin-ro6lh]

Must say I like this version of In the City better than the album version.

[@drstevie]

Brilliant.

[@obirich6147]

Great stuff! And looks like a complete "Toilet" of a club in the pic!!

[@nuwavegurl]

Yoda Rich Yep, it sure does. Even has the Richard Hell song title "Love comes in spurts" on the door of one of the stalls.

[@electricleg207]

Foxton looks like he can`t wait for the smoking ban !

[@koont666]

They all looked like that back stage back in the day .

[@robertelliott2216]

I think that is the famous Roxy in London.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

Obi Rich It's the Roxy club

[@user-is3rr3fk9x]

les meilleurs, trop top!

[@maroualchicon1426]

whoaaaaaah !

[@alanwarren4587]

Very close to what happened on the final in the city album only faster and polished

[@ericcrawford9827]

''The kids know where it's at''.

[@kevinyarnold4132]

6. never too young

[@louistracy6964]

I would have loved a Weller/David Bowie collaboration. Both brought up with mod and RnB and fine pop music.

[@TheStick666]

there is a Weller Bowie colab on youtube as well as Weller with the cure

[@louistracy6964]

@@TheStick666 This one sad song? Okay.

[@paulthomas3374]

The bowie version is a fake !

[@duffymoony]

Weller goes a bit Johnny on 'brrright' in Art School.

[@janemillerick9614]

song called At Art School; bless em!

[@ladyb2423]

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@johnandkate1000]

Wished Paul could have done a few more years with the jam probably would have been better than wait for it the style council lol

[@scottmartin455]

You're in good company - I dislike the style council too.

[@jeffreycafferelli6973]

@@scottmartin455 Dislike is strong. The music is good but no comparison to The Jam.

[@MisterGee1968]

All Skids Peel sessions now on Skids "The Virgin Years" 6 CD BOXED SET. Are the Jam's sessions on CD ?

[@roberthplaversuch5835]

www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B0000669JS/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

[@majortom2772]

My 1st introduction yypl

[@N0wave333]

1:13 this sounded like sex pistols - holidays in the sun

[@paulthomas3374]

Steve Jones admitted he ripped the intro of Holidays off this track

[@LarzGustafsson]

True.

[@LarzGustafsson]

@@paulthomas3374 Naughty lad.

[@bristolblue3526]

This is way off pitch especially TMW.