Dig the New Breed [LIVE]

The Jam

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 29, 1990)
• Original Release Date: December 10, 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000008GYD
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #145,970 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. In the City

2. All Mod Cons

3. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)

4. It's Too Bad

5. Start!

6. Big Bird

7. Set the House Ablaze

8. Ghosts

9. Standards

10. In the Crowd

11. Going Underground

12. Dreams of Children

13. That's Entertainment

14. Private Hell

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Import only reissue of this album originally released in 1982 features live recordings from London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Reading and Birmingham all recorded between 1977 and 1982. Universal.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Jam's Greatest Album!, April 13, 2006

By	R. Berrington - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was a casual fan of the Jam until this album came out back in 1982. The studio efforts I had heard up to that point were good but seemed to lack that special spark that would make them great. This album doesn't have a spark, its on fire! The Jam are one of the few bands that sound so much better live, they seem to feed of the audience and let go of any inhibitions or restraints they seem to have in the studio. The three song set from The Hammersmith Palais: Start, Big Bird and Set the House Ablaze build on each other at a fiery tempo you think is impossible to maintain but they do it. Paul Weller's breathless acoustic version of That's Entertainment is the best ever of that great song. This is one of my all time favorite albums and I am so glad it is available again on CD.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks For A Lot Of Good Memories..For The Fans, February 23, 2006

By	Original Mixed Up-Kid "jg" (New York United States) - See all my reviews

Seeing the Jam many times throughout their life in New York it was quite a disappointment when this highly emotional heartfelt band of UK individualists broke up.
Coming at it's wake was this album of live cuts giving a total picture of a band performance creating a live atmosphere of a Jam gig.

1982 was the year of release and with performances ranging from 1977 this CD culled great performances from locations throughout
their run.
The tracks/set list here comprises 14 songs giving a good sampling of their evolution from the fast and furious guitar attack of it's earlier days to their later r&b infected days sandwiched within the serious sincerity of play as the latter day torch bearers of the earlier generation of bands such as the Faces,Who and Kinks..

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dig a Big Pit, December 15, 2008

By	Paul Ess. (Holywell, N.Wales,UK.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dig the New Breed (Audio CD)

At last a Jam album to pretty much avoid, 'Dig the New Breed' is horror versions of your favourite Jam songs played lacklustre fashion in venues like Hammersmith Palais and Edinburgh Playhouse.

Imagine listening to fuzzy, out of tune interpretations with a bit of muffled crowd roar and an aeroplane starting up in the back of the hangar and you've got 'Dig the New Breed'.

An appallingly condescending selection; singles, couple tracks from each album, one 'exclusive' song - a cover version of 'Big Bird' (No? Me neither) so the completists need buy it. All bases covered in relentlessly avaricious and insultingly contrived fashion.

So how about it pop-kids - come and get your souvenir live Jam album to commemorate the lousy farewell tour.
Sound much like Weller?