Diving into the Holiday weekend with a concert by The Jam, from the legendary CBGBs in New York, recorded on October 15, 1977. Proclaimed by many to be Britain’s Greatest Band, The Jam came on the scene and sparked the Mod revival at a time when Punk was at the forefront of new music. The Jam, with their tailored suits and influences of Motown and Soul, added another dimension to an already changing music scene. They were on the same page politically, but presentation-wise, they were poles apart.
From their debut in 1977 to their breakup in 1982, The Jam racked up a string of mega-hit singles and albums; with That’s Entertainment and Just Who Is The Five o’clock Hero two of the biggest selling singles of all time in the UK. That they didn’t reach mania proportions in the U.S. that they did in Britain is something of a mystery, but it could have been the sheer onslaught of new music coming out of Britain that simply overdosed American audiences, who were cultivating acts of their own. There was lot of competition in a playing field that was shrinking (radio was compartmentalized to the point of atrophy), and mainstream media was slow in warming to Punk.
This gig comes early on in their meteoric rise and is from their first tour of the U.S., coming some 6 months after the release of The Jam’s debut single “In The City” and the release of their debut album in May. The CBGBs gig winds up the U.S. tour, with two nights at the Whiskey in L.A. starting the tour and two nights at The Rat in Boston sandwiched in the middle. This show was the first of the two day gig in New York. They would come back the following March for a more extended tour, but this one was an introduction to American audiences – and American audiences an introduction to The Jam.
If you missed out of The Jam the first time around, and want to hear the band Paul Weller was in before he went solo, here’s a good place to start. The sound is a bit rough in spots, but we’re talking about a small club here – it was the spirit that mattered.
And there was a lot of that.
Play and brace yourself for Saturday, The Jam will help you get through it.
Tis the season – Thanksgiving, quickly followed by Christmas – quickly followed by New Years Eve. Long enough for you to wonder where the time, let alone the year, went. Yep, it’s moving fast and it’s moving crazy.
And you just want things to calm down – take it easy – not be so loud – not feel jostled all the time.
Not sure Past Daily can offer that all the time, but we try. If you’ve been around the past few weeks you noticed we made some changes. Not running concerts and sessions at night anymore. We figured you probably wanted to get to sleep and having your ears glued to something high-voltage is probably not conducive to much needed nods. So we shifted the concerts to the morning, where you are probably staggering out of bed or on your way to work or hitting the gym. It seems to be working, as a lot of you have discovered us (after all these years) – and nighttime is heading off into the gentle direction. Interviews – history that doesn’t blow up or land into hysterics. We’re tinkering with the idea of putting up some ASMR to actually help you sleep, but that might be pushing things a bit far.
In any event, we’re here – Past Daily is trudging along and we’re always looking for your help and encouragement to keep us up and going. Costs even more now than it did this time last year. But we’re still offering you the best of what’s in the archive – yes, this is all from our Collection (except the sessions and concerts – gotta give credit where credit is due – BBC 6 Music and Radio X in London are essential sources of finding new music) but everything is the result of yours truly digging into boxes, climbing on shelves, falling into dumpsters. It’s history, it’s important and it’s yours if you want it. All you have to do, if you’re up for it, is subscribe via Patreon (that little box at the bottom of this post) – click on it and you’ll be taken to their site where you can subscribe to Past Daily, let them know how much you want to donate – or check us out for free, test drive our site as it were and decide to become part of the Past Daily experience. Simple, painless and we’ll love you for it. Do it if you can and you’ll be able to download your own copy of all our posts and new ones as they appear. Kind of cool, don’t you think? But you have to become a Patron in order to do it. Think about it – no pressure – honest – really . . no pressure. But there is that landlord . . . .
The Jam – Live At CBGBs – 1977 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
Diving into the Holiday weekend with a concert by The Jam, from the legendary CBGBs in New York, recorded on October 15, 1977. Proclaimed by many to be Britain’s Greatest Band, The Jam came on the scene and sparked the Mod revival at a time when Punk was at the forefront of new music. The Jam, with their tailored suits and influences of Motown and Soul, added another dimension to an already changing music scene. They were on the same page politically, but presentation-wise, they were poles apart.
From their debut in 1977 to their breakup in 1982, The Jam racked up a string of mega-hit singles and albums; with That’s Entertainment and Just Who Is The Five o’clock Hero two of the biggest selling singles of all time in the UK. That they didn’t reach mania proportions in the U.S. that they did in Britain is something of a mystery, but it could have been the sheer onslaught of new music coming out of Britain that simply overdosed American audiences, who were cultivating acts of their own. There was lot of competition in a playing field that was shrinking (radio was compartmentalized to the point of atrophy), and mainstream media was slow in warming to Punk.
This gig comes early on in their meteoric rise and is from their first tour of the U.S., coming some 6 months after the release of The Jam’s debut single “In The City” and the release of their debut album in May. The CBGBs gig winds up the U.S. tour, with two nights at the Whiskey in L.A. starting the tour and two nights at The Rat in Boston sandwiched in the middle. This show was the first of the two day gig in New York. They would come back the following March for a more extended tour, but this one was an introduction to American audiences – and American audiences an introduction to The Jam.
If you missed out of The Jam the first time around, and want to hear the band Paul Weller was in before he went solo, here’s a good place to start. The sound is a bit rough in spots, but we’re talking about a small club here – it was the spirit that mattered.
And there was a lot of that.
Play and brace yourself for Saturday, The Jam will help you get through it.
Tis the season – Thanksgiving, quickly followed by Christmas – quickly followed by New Years Eve. Long enough for you to wonder where the time, let alone the year, went. Yep, it’s moving fast and it’s moving crazy.
And you just want things to calm down – take it easy – not be so loud – not feel jostled all the time.
Not sure Past Daily can offer that all the time, but we try. If you’ve been around the past few weeks you noticed we made some changes. Not running concerts and sessions at night anymore. We figured you probably wanted to get to sleep and having your ears glued to something high-voltage is probably not conducive to much needed nods. So we shifted the concerts to the morning, where you are probably staggering out of bed or on your way to work or hitting the gym. It seems to be working, as a lot of you have discovered us (after all these years) – and nighttime is heading off into the gentle direction. Interviews – history that doesn’t blow up or land into hysterics. We’re tinkering with the idea of putting up some ASMR to actually help you sleep, but that might be pushing things a bit far.
In any event, we’re here – Past Daily is trudging along and we’re always looking for your help and encouragement to keep us up and going. Costs even more now than it did this time last year. But we’re still offering you the best of what’s in the archive – yes, this is all from our Collection (except the sessions and concerts – gotta give credit where credit is due – BBC 6 Music and Radio X in London are essential sources of finding new music) but everything is the result of yours truly digging into boxes, climbing on shelves, falling into dumpsters. It’s history, it’s important and it’s yours if you want it. All you have to do, if you’re up for it, is subscribe via Patreon (that little box at the bottom of this post) – click on it and you’ll be taken to their site where you can subscribe to Past Daily, let them know how much you want to donate – or check us out for free, test drive our site as it were and decide to become part of the Past Daily experience. Simple, painless and we’ll love you for it. Do it if you can and you’ll be able to download your own copy of all our posts and new ones as they appear. Kind of cool, don’t you think? But you have to become a Patron in order to do it. Think about it – no pressure – honest – really . . no pressure. But there is that landlord . . . .
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