THE JAM – SOUND AFFECTS LP – EXC/VG+ UK 1980 PAUL WELLER MOD PUNK

The Jam – Sound Affects
(Polydor Records  1980  POLD5035)
Matrix No’s: A7/B8 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners, small sticker tear top left – back cover has small tear at opening edge near bottom
Inner Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some small creases at edges but no splits

Vinyl in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
(there are quite a few surface marks visible on the vinyl which do give light pops/crackles but sound quality is excellent overall – Side 2 is a bit cracklier)

The Jam were an English punk rock/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the “angry young men” outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped clothes, and they incorporated a number of mainstream 1960s rock and R&B influences rather than rejecting them, placing The Jam at the forefront of the mod revival movement.

They had 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four number one hits. As of 2007, “That’s Entertainment” and “Just Who Is the 5 O’Clock Hero?” remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK. They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit number one on the UK album charts. When the group disbanded in 1982, their first 15 singles were re-released and all placed within the top 100.

The band drew upon a variety of stylistic influences over the course of their career, including 1960s beat music, soul, rhythm and blues and psychedelic rock, as well as 1970s punk and new wave. The trio was known for its melodic pop songs, its distinctly English flavour and its mod image. The band launched the career of Paul Weller, who went on to form The Style Council and later had a successful solo career. Weller wrote and sang most of The Jam’s original compositions, and he played lead guitar, using a Rickenbacker 330. Bruce Foxton provided backing vocals and prominent basslines, which were the foundation of many of the band’s songs, including the hits “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”, “The Eton Rifles”, “Going Underground” and “Town Called Malice” mainly using a Rickenbacker 4001 and a Fender Precision Bass and rarely an Epiphone Rivoli.

Sound Affects is the fifth studio album by British rock band The Jam. The cover art is a pastiche of the artwork used on various Sound Effects records produced by the BBC during the 1970s.

Track listing

• All tracks written by Paul Weller except as noted.

Side One:

1. “Pretty Green” – 2:37
2. “Monday” – 3:02
3. “But I’m Different Now” – 1:52
4. “Set the House Ablaze” – 5:03
5. “Start!” – 2:33
6. “That’s Entertainment” – 3:38

Side Two:

1. “Dream Time” – 3:54
2. “Man in the Corner Shop” – 3:12
3. “Music for the Last Couple” (Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton, Paul Weller) – 3:45
4. “Boy About Town” – 2:00
5. “Scrape Away” – 3:59

Personnel

• Paul Weller – lead vocals, guitar
• Bruce Foxton – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Rick Buckler – drums, percussion