About the Young Idea: The Very Best of the Jam

The Jam

Overview

"Punk pioneers The Jam were a seminal voice in the British music scene, merging mod style with a stripped-down modern rock sound to the delight of audiences in the '70s and '80s. This DVD/Blu-ray set includes the feature-length career retrospective About the Young Idea, as well as When You're Young, a rarely seen 1980 performance aired on Germany's legendary Rockpalast TV show. Extras include live performances at The Rainbow in London and The Ritz in NYC, additional interviews and more."

Product Details

Release Date:	01/22/2016
UPC:	0801213352791
Original Release:	2015
Source:	Eagle Rock Ent
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	31:32:00
Sales rank:	36,240

Special Features

Additional interviews; The Rainbow, London, December 1979 - "It's Too Bad"; + "Saturday's Kids"; The Ritz, NYC, May 1981 - "The Modern World" + "The Eton Rifles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

The Jam	Primary Artist
Steve Brookes	Primary Artist
David Pottinger	Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Paul Weller	Composer
David Waller	Composer
Curtis Mayfield	Composer
Rick Buckler	Composer
Bruce Foxton	Composer
Ray Davies	Composer

Editorial Reviews

A companion compilation to the museum exhibit About the Young Idea that ran at the Somerset House in the summer of 2015, this double-disc set covers familiar territory: all the hits and all the album tracks that regularly show up on Jam collections through the years. This has a couple of rarities -- a radio ad for "In the City," the flexi-disc release "Pop Art Poem," demos of "The Burning Sky" and "Takin' My Love" (the latter previously unreleased) -- but they're buried underneath the march from "In the City" to "Beat Surrender," a journey that's enjoyable whenever it's taken, but most Jam fans will have a similar voyage somewhere in their collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine