Pity the oft-neglected B-side. Often just a throwaway track designed to back up but not supersede a band's 'official' new release, by the time the single is filed away alphabetically, it's usually forgotten by even the most zealous collector. Unless of course the B-side is by seminal English mod revivalists The Jam, in which case a closer listen is not only warranted, but required. For The Jam packed their B-side songs with more fire and brimstone than most bands did the A-sides. Unfortunately the vinyl days of yore are but a memory. Fortunately, EXTRAS collects most of The Jam's odds and sods on disc for fans young and old. A bonus is Paul Weller's always-eclectic taste in covers, which runs from the Who ("So Sad About Us") to the Beatles ("And Your Bird Can Sing")to the godfather of soul himself, Mr. James Brown ("I Got You [I Feel Good]"). EXTRAS is valuable not only as a chronology of the gems that Weller was tossing off in his spare time, but as a look at how truly eclectic The Jam were as a band. Universal.
Track List
The Dreams Of Children
Tales From The Riverbank
Liza Radley
Move On Up
Shopping
Smithers-Jones
Pop Art Poem
Boy About Town
A Solid Bond In Your Heart
No One In The World
And Your Bird Can Sing
Burning Sky
Thick As Thieves
Disguises
Get Yourself Together
The Butterfly Collector
The Great Depression
Stoned Out Of My Mind
Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
But I'm Different Now
I Got You (I Feel Good)
Hey Mister
Saturday's Kids
We've Only Started
So Sad About Us
The Eton Rifles
DISGUISES
GET YOURSELF TOGETHER
THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
STONED OUT OF MY MIND
PITY POOR ALFIE/FEVER
BUT I'M DIFFERENT NOW
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)
HEY MISTER
SATURDAYS' KIDS
WE'VE ONLY STARTED
SO SAD ABOUT US
THE ETON RIFLES
This is a new, unopened CD in its original packaging.