{"product_id":"sound-affects-vinyl-lp","title":"Sound Affects: Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most popular bands to emerge from the English punk rock scene of 1977; The Jam had a phenomenal impact on pop music and wider youth culture. In their short career, along with the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Buzzcocks, they influenced a generation with their music, style, politics and inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking creative direction from a wide sphere of influences – The Who, Dr Feelgood, The Kinks and Motown to name a few, they achieved 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the UK (including 4 number 1s) - they had a fanatical following, their singles entering straight in the top 10, or number 1 in some cases. Their gigs sold out within minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStill beloved of original fans and new supporters through Paul Weller’s solo career – he still plays many of the Jam songs in his live sets today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTellingly, when Weller came to record 2010’s Wake Up The Nation, it was Sound Affects that his collaborator and producer Simon Dine held up as a model. “He referenced it right at the start,” says Weller. “That was the sort of sound he imagined we should be going for: hard, metallic, quite stripped-down… jagged.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“I still feel it was our best record. There are loads of other things I like, but as an overall body work, I thought it was great. To me, it still sounds fresh.” Paul Weller – August 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSound Affects was originally released in November 1980 at a time when The Jam was considered the biggest band in Britain. The album followed the band’s first number one single – Going Underground and features the group’s second UK number one single, Start! – a track built around almost exact copies of the bass-line and guitar solos from The Beatles’ Taxman (at the time Weller considered the album a cross between Off the Wall and Revolver!).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt includes many of the band’s classic songs - That’s Entertainment (written in a caravan in Selsey, after the pub), never released as a single in UK, the German import was a UK hit (subsequently covered by Morrissey), the political Man in the Corner Shop, Pretty Green (now inspiration for Liam Gallagher’s clothing range!), the pure-pop of Boy About Town and Dream Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s regarded by critics and fans (as well as Weller) as their most adventurous and experimental collection of material, drawing musical influences from the ‘post-punk’ groups of the late-70s - Wire, Gang Of Four and Joy Division as well as neo-psychedelic touches from The Beatles and The Zombies etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe distinctive cover art is a pastiche of the artwork used on various BBC sound effects records of the 1970s, incorporating ‘pop-art’ imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n1. Pretty Green\u003cbr\u003e\n2. Monday\u003cbr\u003e\n3. But I'm Different Now\u003cbr\u003e\n4. Set the House Ablaze\u003cbr\u003e\n5. Start!\u003cbr\u003e\n6. That's Entertainment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n1. Dream Time\u003cbr\u003e\n2. Man in the Corner Shop\u003cbr\u003e\n3. Music for the Last Couple\u003cbr\u003e\n4. Boy About Town\u003cbr\u003e\n5. Scrape Away\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"The Jam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57432136778059,"sku":"3745912","price":3.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/image_of_3745912.png?v=1779703430","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/sound-affects-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}