Extras: A Collection of Rarities [IMPORT]

The Jam

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1992)
• Original Release Date: June 23, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B000001DWP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,621 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album is a MUST for any collector of The Jam, May 20, 1999

By A Customer

A real must for any collector of one of the best groups of the late 70s and early 80s. Who could resist such hidden lost classics like the acoustic Liza Radley? You will also get classics like "Burning Sky" and "Eton Rifles" - both sound like Weller was alone in the front room of his house. A real must have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A final collectors album, very worthwhile, May 9, 2008

By	David Gibbs (Kuwait) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In about 1990, I wrote to Polydor Records and asked them to release a load of Jam material that I had sitting on bootlegs, B-sides and various live tapes. I have no idea whether my letter worked, but two years later, this came out. And I was very glad.

The high points of the album are The Butterfly Collector and Tales From The Riverbank, which most Jam fans agree, was a better B-side than its A-side, Absolute Beginners. A Solid Bond In Your Heart also makes interesting listening, as you realise that the band made the right choice releasing Beat Surrender as their last single. Its still better than The Style Council's eventual release though....

While I was over the moon that 1992 saw the first Jam album of "new" (if you can call it that) material, it was also a missed opportunity. Apparently Polydor has lost all the early tapes of Jam B-sides like Carnaby Street, The Night and See Saw - songs on which Bruce Foxton all sang lead vocal. There are also other Jam songs that still have not seen the light of day on CD yet, notably the fan-club version of Riverbank, Rain (a Beatles cover) and other tracks like the 12" of Precious. How about an Extras II??

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this collection!, October 27, 2007

By	Greg K. Afuso (Corpus Christi, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Are you a middle-age working stiff sitting in a cubicle all day wondering if it's all worth it and secretly composing the revolutionary symphony which will someday overthrow the burning sky and restore the values we once had? Well relax realist, get yourself together and go back to the dream mixed in nostalgia because we are all absolute beginners taking a chance on beginner's luck. Good in'nit? Don't get it? Get the collection: amazing writing, tunes and songs - Weller's a poet and the Jam is end-of- the-century power-pop at its best.