The Jam: 25years old?

You know that wrinkley mod-bloke with the funny whispy hair Paul Weller? Well, he used to be in this mod band called The Jam - who inspired the likes of Ocean Colour Scene and Oasis - and 25 years a-frigging-go, back in 1977 (what a year that must of been!) they released a single, their debut, 'In The City'. The single was re-released on Monday, it's only available on 7" and priced as it was at the time, at 75p.

The single preceeds another 'Best of the Jam' compilation which is out on May 6th with the following tracks..

1 In The City
2 Away From The Numbers
3 The Modern World (Explicit Version)
4 David Watts (Album Version)
5 Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Single Version)
6 It's Too Bad
7 To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
8 Mr. Clean
9 English Rose
10 The Butterfly Collector
11 The Eton Rifles (Album Version)
12 Private Hell
13 Thick As Thieves
14 Smithers - Jones (Album Version - Strings)
15 Saturday's Kids
16 Going Underground
17 Start! (Alternative Version)
18 Liza Radley
19 Pretty Garden
20 Boy About Town
21 That's Entertainment (Previously Unreleased))
22 Tales From The Riverbank
23 Town Called Malice
24 Ghosts
25 Carnation
26 Beat Surrender