THE JAM ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

Based on information input by Stefan Andersson

THE JAM UK LPs

Catalogue No.Title
Polydor 2383 447 IN THE CITY: Art School/I've Changed My Address/ Slow Down/I Got By In Time/Away From The Numbers/ Batman Theme/In The City/Sounds From The Street/ Non-Stop Dancing/Time For Truth/Takin' My Love/ Bricks And Mortar (5/77; No.20)
Polydor 2383 475 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD: The Modern World/London Traffic/Standards/Life From A Window/The Combine/ Don't Tell Them You're Sane/In The Street, Today/ London Girl/I Need You (For Someone)/Here Comes The Weekend/Tonight At Noon/In The Midnight Hour (11/77; No.22)
Polydor POLD 5008 ALL MOD CONS: All Mod Cons/To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)/Mr. Clean/David Watts/English Rose/In The Crowd/Billy Hunt/It's Too Bad/Fly/The Place I Love/"A" Bomb In Wardour Street [edit]/ Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (11/78; No.6)
Polydor POLD 5028 SETTING SONS: Girl On The Phone/Thick As Thieves/ Private Hell/Little Boy Soldiers/Wasteland/Burning Sky/Smithers-Jones (version)/Saturdays Kids/The Eton Rifles/Heatwave (11/79; No.4)
Polydor 2683 074 IN THE CITY/THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue of 1st and 2nd album as a double-back, 8/80)
Polydor POLD 5035 SOUND AFFECTS: Pretty Green/Monday/But I'm Diffe- rent Now/Set The House Ablaze/Start!/That's Enter- tainment/Dream Time/Man In The Corner Shop/Music For The Last Couple/Boy About Town/Scrape Away (11/80; No.2)
Polydor POLD 5055 THE GIFT: Happy Together/Ghosts/Precious/Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?/"Trans-Global Express"/ Running On The Spot/Circus/The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong/Carnation/Town Called Malice/The Gift (Early copies in candy-striped bag, 3/82; No.1)
Polydor POLD 5075 DIG THE NEW BREED: In The City/All Mod Cons/To Be Someone/It's Too Bad/Start!/Big Bird/Set The House Ablaze/Ghosts/ Standards/In The Crowd/Going Under- ground/The Dreams Of Children/That's Entertain- ment/Private Hell (live, 12/82; No.2)
Polydor SPECLP 27 IN THE CITY (reissue, 8/83)
Polydor SNAP 1 SNAP!: In The City/Away From The Numbers/All Around The World/The Modern World [censored]/News Of The World/Billy Hunt/English Rose/Mr. Clean/ David Watts/"A" Bomb In Wardour Street/Down In The Tube Station At Midnight [edit]/Strange Town/The Butterfly Collector/When You're Young/Smithers- Jones/Thick As Thieves/The Eton Rifles [edit]/ Going Underground/The Dreams Of Children [edit]/ That's Entertainment (demo)/Start! [edit]/Man In The Cornershop/Funeral Pyre (remix)/Absolute Beginners/Tales From The Riverbank/Town Called Malice/Precious [edit]/The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)/Beat Surrender (2 LPs, 9/83; No.2)
Polydor SPECLP 66 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue, 3/84)
Polydor SPECLP 107 DIG THE NEW BREED (reissue, 6/87)
Polydor 823 284-1 SOUND AFFECTS (reissue, 4/90)
Polydor 815 537-1 SNAP! (reissue, 6/90)
Polydor 810 041-1 DIG THE NEW BREED (reissue, 6/90)
Polydor 823 285-1 THE GIFT (reissue, 6/90)
Polydor 817 124-1 IN THE CITY (reissue, 7/90)
Polydor 823 281-1 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue, 7/90)
Polydor 831 314-1 SETTING SONS (reissue, 11/90)
Polydor 849 554-1 GREATEST HITS: In The City/All Around The World/ The Modern World [censored]/News Of The World/ David Watts/Down In The Tube Station At Midnight [edit]/Strange Town/When You're Young/The Eton Rifles [edit]/Going Underground/Start! [edit]/ That's Entertainment/Funeral Pyre/Absolute Beginners/Town Called Malice/Precious/Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?/The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)/Beat Surrender (7/91; No.2)
Polydor 513 177-1 EXTRAS: The Dreams Of Children/Tales From The Riverbank/Liza Radley (demo)/Move On Up/Shopping/ Smithers-Jones/Pop Art Poem/Boy About Town (ver- sion)/A Solid Bond In Your Heart/No One In The World/And Your Bird Can Sing/Burning Sky (demo)/ Thick As Thieves (demo)/Disguises/Get Yourself Together/The Butterfly Collector/The Great Depres- sion/Stoned Out Of My Mind/Pity Poor Alfie/Fever/ But I'm Different Now (demo)/I Got You (I Feel Good)/Hey Mister/Saturdays Kids (demo)/We've Only Started/So Sad About Us/The Eton Rifles (demo) (limited edition 2 LPs, 4/92; No.15)
Polydor 519 667-1 LIVE JAM: The Modern World/Billy Hunt/Thick As Thieves/Burning Sky/Mr. Clean/Smithers-Jones/ Little Boy Soldiers/The Eton Rifles/Away From The Numbers/Down In The Tube Station At Midnight/ Strange Town/When You're Young/"A" Bomb In Wardour Street/Pretty Green/Boy About Town/Man In The Cornershop/David Watts/Funeral Pyre/Move On Up/ Carnation/The Butterfly Collector/Precious/Town Called Malice/Heatwave (2 LPs, 10/93)
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THE JAM UK CASSETTES

Catalogue No.Title
Polydor 3170 447 IN THE CITY (5/77)
Polydor 3170 475 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (11/77)
Polydor POLDC 5008 ALL MOD CONS (11/78)
Polydor POLDC 5028 SETTING SONS (11/79)
Polydor POLDC 5035 SOUND AFFECTS (11/80)
Polydor POLDC 5055 THE GIFT (3/82)
Polydor POLDC 5075 DIG THE NEW BREED (12/82)
Polydor 3574 088 IN THE CITY/THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue of 1st and 2nd album as a double cassette, 2/83)
Polydor 3574 098 ALL MOD CONS/SETTING SONS (reissue of 3rd and 4th album as a double cassette, 2/83)
Polydor TWOMC 1 SOUND AFFECTS/THE GIFT (reissue of 5th and 6th album as a double cassette, 6/83)
Polydor SPECMC 27 IN THE CITY (reissue, 8/83)
Polydor SNAPC 1 SNAP! (limited edition with live EP tracks, 9/83)
Polydor SPECMC 66 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue, 3/84)
Polydor SPECMC 107 DIG THE NEW BREED (reissue, 6/87)
Polydor 823 284-4 SOUND AFFECTS (reissue, 4/90)
Polydor 815 537-4 SNAP! (reissue, 6/90)
Polydor 810 041-4 DIG THE NEW BREED (reissue, 6/90)
Polydor 823 285-4 THE GIFT (reissue, 6/90)
Polydor 817 124-4 IN THE CITY (reissue, 7/90)
Polydor 823 281-4 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue, 7/90)
Polydor 831 314-4 SETTING SONS (reissue, 11/90)
Polydor 847 730-4 IN THE CITY/THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue of 1st and 2nd album as a double cassette, 1/91)
Polydor 849 554-4 GREATEST HITS (7/91)
Polydor 513 177-4 EXTRAS (4/92)
Pickwick PWKMC 4129 WASTELAND: News Of The World/Burning Sky/Saturdays Kids/Art School/In The Street, Today/Non-Stop Dan- cing/Wasteland/In The City/Strange Town/Standards/ "A" Bomb In Wardour Street/In The Crowd/London Girl/David Watts/I Got By In Time/All Around The World (10/92)
Karussell 550 006-4 BEAT SURRENDER: Beat Surrender/Town Called Malice/ Pretty Green/That's Entertainment/The Gift/Carnaby Street/Batman Theme/In The City/All Mod Cons/The Modern World/When You're Young/Funeral Pyre/Pri- vate Hell/In The Midnight Hour (6/93)
Polydor 519 667-4 LIVE JAM (10/93)
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THE JAM UK CDs

Catalogue No.Title
Polydor 821 712-2 COMPACT SNAP!: In The City/All Around The World/ The Modern World [censored]/News Of The World/ David Watts/"A" Bomb In Wardour Street/Down In The Tube Station At Midnight [edit]/Strange Town/When You're Young/Smithers-Jones/The Eton Rifles [edit]/ Going Underground/The Dreams Of Children [edit]/That's Entertainment (demo)/Start! [edit]/ Funeral Pyre (remix)/Absolute Beginners/Town Called Malice/Precious [edit]/The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)/Beat Surrender (9/84)
Polydor 831 314-2 SETTING SONS (3/87)
Polydor 823 282-2 ALL MOD CONS (5/87)
Polydor 823 284-2 SOUND AFFECTS (4/88, possibly withdrawn)
Polydor 823 284-2 SOUND AFFECTS (reissue, 4/90)
Polydor 815 537-2 COMPACT SNAP! (reissue, 6/90)
Polydor 810 041-2 DIG THE NEW BREED (6/90)
Polydor 823 285-2 THE GIFT (6/90)
Polydor 817 124-2 IN THE CITY (7/90)
Polydor 823 281-2 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (7/90)
Polydor 847 730-2 IN THE CITY/THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (reissue of 1st and 2nd album on one CD, 1/91)
Polydor 849 554-2 GREATEST HITS (7/91)
Polydor 513 177-2 EXTRAS (4/92)
Pickwick PWKS 4129 WASTELAND (10/92)
Karussell 550 006-2 BEAT SURRENDER (6/93)
Polydor 519 667-2 LIVE JAM (10/93)
Startrax ALL THE CHOICE CUTS (1994)
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THE JAM ORIGINAL US LPs

Catalogue No.Title
Polydor PD 1-6110 IN THE CITY: same as UK (1977)
Polydor PD 1-6129 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD: The Modern World/All Around The World/I Need You (For Someone)/London Traffic/Standards/Life From A Window/In The Mid- night Hour/In The Street, Today/London Girl/Here Comes The Weekend/The Combine/Tonight At Noon/ Don't Tell Them You're Sane (1977)
Polydor PD 1-6188 ALL MOD CONS: originally same as UK (1978) but reissued in 1979 with The Butterfly Collector replacing Billy Hunt
Polydor PD 1-6249 SETTING SONS: Burning Sky/Saturdays Kids/The Eton Rifles/Heatwave/Girl On The Phone/Strange Town/ Thick As Thieves/Private Hell/Little Boy Soldiers/ Wasteland (1979; No.137)
Polydor PD 1-6315 SOUND AFFECTS: Start!/Pretty Green/Monday/But I'm Different Now/Set The House Ablaze/That's Enter- tainment/Dream Time/Man In The Corner Shop/Music For The Last Couple/Boy About Town/Scrape Away (1980; No.72)
Polydor PD 1-6344 THE GIFT: same as UK (1982; No.82)
Polydor PD 1-6365 DIG THE NEW BREED: same as UK (live, 1982; No.131)
Polydor 815 537-1 SNAP!: same as UK (2 LPs, 1983)
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THE JAM ORIGINAL US CASSETTES

Catalogue No.Title
Polydor CT 1-6110 IN THE CITY (1977)
Polydor CT 1-6129 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD (1977)
Polydor CT 1-6188 ALL MOD CONS (1978, reissued 1979)
Polydor CT 1-6249 SETTING SONS (1979)
Polydor CT 1-6315 SOUND AFFECTS (1980)
Polydor CT 1-6344 THE GIFT (1982)
Polydor CT 1-6365 DIG THE NEW BREED (1982)
Polydor 815 537-4 SNAP! (1983)
Polydor 849 554-4 GREATEST HITS: same as UK (1991)
Polydor 513 177-4 EXTRAS: same as UK (1992)
Polydor 519 667-4 LIVE JAM: same as UK (1994)
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THE JAM ORIGINAL US CDs

Catalogue No.Title
Polydor 821 712-2 COMPACT SNAP!: same as UK (1984)
Polydor 849 554-2 GREATEST HITS (1991)
Polydor 513 177-2 EXTRAS (1992)
Polydor 519 667-2 LIVE JAM (1994)
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NB: The CD reissues of the original LPs were the same as the UK versions (see UK discography).


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