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The Gift [Deluxe Edition]

The Jam Audio CD
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The Jam exploded onto the punk scene in 1977. Led by guitarist/singer Paul Weller, a young, sharp suited mod, who was inspired by Otis Redding, Dr Feelgood, The Who and the Sex Pistols in equal measure, with Bruce Foxton, the Motown influenced bassist and Rick Buckler, the metronome time keeper, they delivered their ferocious mission statement – In The City, a musical tribute to London ... Read more in Amazon's The Jam Store

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  • Audio CD (19 Nov 2012)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Deluxe Edition
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B0098WZDVC
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 61,609 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Disc: 1
1. Happy Together
2. Ghosts
3. Precious
4. Just Who Is The 5 O'clock Hero
5. "Trans - Global Express"
6. Running On The Spot
7. Circus
8. The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
9. Carnation
10. Town Called Malice
See all 21 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Skirt (demo)
2. Get Yourself Together (demo) Originally released on 'Extras'
3. Ghosts (instrumental demo)
4. Just Who Is The 5 O'clock Hero (demo)
5. Running On The Spot (demo)
6. The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong (demo)
7. Carnation (instrumental demo)
8. Precious (demo) Originally released on 'Direction, Reaction, Creation'
9. The Bitterest Pill (demo)
10. Alfie (demo '2')
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Jam’s final studio album--as well as the band's startling split-- this deluxe version of The Gift has been put together. Disc 1 is the original album remastered and includes 10 singles and b-sides from the period, up to the point that the band split. Disc 2 is made up of 15 remastered demos and alternate tracks, 13 of which are previously unreleased.



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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Tando
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If The Gift had "Beat Surrender" and a decent arrangement of "A Solid Bond" (which doesnt seem to exist) on it in place of "circus" and "The planner's dream went wrong," then most of the Jam fans criticising this would then regard this as a classic. Maybe also dropping the red-wedge style preaching of "Transglobal express" to a b side status and swapping it for "The Great Depression" would have sealed the job. But unfortunately those two better tracks were written just after this album, as a farewell, with Beat Surrender getting the nod over Solid Bond as the final single. Still, the Jam were never ones to load up albums with singles and this is why it must have been a lot of pressure on Weller to write a whole album off the cuff,when he was also keeping most of the best tracks to release as singles,leaving them off the albums altogether. There seemed to be a one single per album rule with the Jam so as not to rip off the fans who already had the tracks.Most bands do the opposite.
The single that was released off the Gift is also the best track, and that is "Town called Malice." I can still remember the exact place i was standing when i heard this for the first time.It was the first song that had ever had such an effect on me, maybe because i was living in a town exactly like "Malice." The song is absolutely majestic,combining an absolute positive with an absolute negative but bringing them together somehow in perfect harmony. If that's the best track then it is followed by Happy Together, Running on the spot and Carnation. Those are the 4 exceptional tracks and worth the price of the album. "Ghosts" is slow,reflective and effortlessly melodic in a way that Weller rarely manages these days; "Just who is the 5 o clock hero" is something Weller could write in his sleep in 1981,and lacks that cutting edge lyrically, maybe because he was writing about a 9-5 worker,something which he never was.But again it is very melodic; "Precious" seems like an impersonation of another band albeit a great one, "Transglobal express" is a naive political rant,but then Weller was only 22 or 23 when he wrote it.He tried again with the style council on tracks like Internationists and Money go round, but these tracks never really work well, because it seemed like He was kind of saying "we need to do this and do that," but at the same time he was also saying "dont listen to anybody telling you what to do."
The Foxton instrumental Circus and the steel-drummed "Planner's dream" seem like fillers and at best should have been B sides.They are the 2 tracks that even hardcore Jam fans skip the most.
The title track was always an oddity for me,but maybe lyrically it offers the first clues as to what was about to happen to the band,and that's maybe why it was also the final track on the album. I don't know why Weller is so critical of the single that followed this album,"The bitterest pill," because that was much better to my ears than those 2 duff tracks he put on the Gift. I guess he can't write 10 classic tracks to order, only 6 or 7, which in itself was an amazing achievement for a young bloke who learnt about music by listening to records and by writing from the heart.It's 30 years since they split but no one has ever replaced the Jam in the hearts of most of their fans,including me.

ADDITONAL NOTE CONCERNING DELUXE EDITION TRACKLISTING: NO BEAT SURRENDER DEMO. Amazon has got the tracklisting of the 2nd disc wrong.Here is the tracklisting of the 2nd disc:
1.Beat surrrender single.Already released version.
2.shopping b side of Beat surrender.
3.move on up-part of original beat surrender release.
4.stoned out of my mind.Also nothing new,just a rehash of old material already released.
5.war-version from the just who is the five o clock hero b side,already released.
6.pity poor alfie (swing version)This has ALSO been available elsewhere.This is becoming a con.
7.skirt-Finally a demo unreleased.But the title may mislead you.It is an earlier version of "Absolute Beginners."
8.ghosts-a demo but why on earth bother with an instrumental version??????
9.5 o clock hero-demo.
10.planner's dream-demo.
11.carnation-another pointless instrumental version!!!!!
12.alfie-another demo of Alfie,like we really needed another version of this when so many tracks have been demoed and been ignored once again.
13.we only started-old version.This track has been shoved out before on compilations and this version adds nothing.
14.shopping-demo,and unfortunately almost identical to the released version.
15.solid bond-demo.Close to the version the style council played on "switch tv show" but needs to be remixed with the guitar higher in the mix.
Since most jam fans will be buying this for the 2nd disc,it would have been nice if amazon had got their facts right.I personally only bought it for the Beat Surender demo,which is NOT HERE. Where are the quality demos from the making of the Gift? where is the Malice demo? where is the Happy Together demo? The Running on the spot demo?
They must exist somewhere. I would be very curious as to who decided on the tracks to go on this cd.It certainly was NOT a jam fan,but quite possibly a record company executive who saw a "need" to hold back most of the interesting demos for a future release.When i think of the material that must be available,to offer up this with all the padding is a cynical insult to every Jam fan.Same goes to the "super-padded" super deluxe version trotting out the massively edited Bingley Hall dvd as an attachment to bang up the price in the hope you will pay £80 for a remastered wembley bootleg.Weller hopefully had nothing to do with any of this.

I WANT TO ADD NOW THAT YOU CAN BUY AS MP3 DOWNLOADS INDIVIDUAL TRACKS FROM THE SUPER DELUXE VERSION ON AMAZON,SO IF YOU BOUGHT THE DELUXE VERSION AND ARE RIGHTLY ANNOYED ABOUT THE MISSING DEMOS OF BEAT SURRENDER,RUNNING ON THE SPOT,PRECIOUS,AND A VERY GOOD DIFFERENT DEMO VERSION OF THE BITTEREST PILL, PLUS THE WEMBLEY GIG TRACKS, THESE CAN BE DOWNLOADED FOR 89P EACH,WHICH IS MUCH BETTER THAN PAYING £70 FOR THE CD PACKAGED VERSION WITH ALL THE STUFF THROWN IN THAT YOU HAVE BOUGHT ALREADY 10 TIMES BEFORE.YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LOT FOR £25, SO THAT MAY BE THE WAY TO GO FOR SOME PEOPLE. I MYSELF BOUGHT THE DELUXE VERSION AND THEN JUST DOWNLOADED THE MISSING DEMO TRACKS PLUS SOME OF THE GIG.I still have to say as a fan i don't appreciate the sly way they held back the best demo tracks for the outrageously expensive super-deluxe version and padded out a so-called deluxe version with a bunch of inconsequential instrumentals,and already-released stuff which just leaves fans feeling cheated.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Stop Dreaming of a Quiet Life! The Gift - 2012 3 Dec 2012
By Mrs. T. A. Papworth TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A good album gets the deluxe edition treatment. I remember buying this album in Clapham, as a young kid I strutted through the high street with the album clad in its lilac and white candy striped bag, singing 'A Town Called Malice' - those were the days. Never a classic album in my mind though, but one that helped shape my youth. My point in writing this review is this, in comparision to the remastered single version from 1997 this sounds a little less punchy and less vibrant. I'm slightly disappointed with the sound quality. However, the various demo's on the second disc make this a good purchase though - an early version of 'Absolute Beginners' ('Skirt')is very good as is the demo for 'A Solid Bond In Your Heart'.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Patchy - but containing the very best of the Jam 15 Dec 2001
Format:Audio CD
A lot of Jam fans haven't really listened to this album. Shame really - people always pick out the singles as the highlights (Malice, Carnation, etc) but this album has a track that is, for me, the quintessential Jam track - it distils the best of their power-pop arrangements with the best of Weller's lyrics: It's called 'Happy Together'. Sing it in the bath a few times, and you'll see. Especially the lines ..."I never let my feelings fool you...." and later the "...thought I was an angel with no wings". Sing it and hear the 'lift' that the best songs on Sound Effects or All Mod Cons gave you.

Nothing captures the essence of seeing the Jam quite as much as Happy Together. Worth the purchase on its own.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A matter of choice
Again bought for friend who was delighted to be able to obtain it without leaving home. He wears earphones so he can enjoy without annoy!!
Published 1 month ago by Joan Brooks
3.0 out of 5 stars Review of The Gift by The Jam.
I did hear this album back in the eighties when it was originally released and thought it was quite good at the time, however having recently purchased it for the first time I was... Read more
Published 1 month ago by darren thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars The Gift
Bought for my son, a massive fan of The Jam and Paul Weller, he was very pleased with it as although he has lots of their recordings this has some tracks he hadn't got .
Published 1 month ago by Tanya's
4.0 out of 5 stars Was it a Gift
The album was ok, but not as good as people said. I prefer Sound Affects and All Mod Cons. Glad there was a De Luxe alum, as someitmes demo are better than the ones released.
Published 2 months ago by Kangie
3.0 out of 5 stars Album Great but what happen to the plastic sleeve packaging
Album great but what happen to the plastic sleeve which other Deluxe Editions have so protecting the gatefold card sleeve
Published 2 months ago by poobum
5.0 out of 5 stars Jam
Great Song, Great Sound, Great Artist, Great Art work, Sounds great any time of the day on your own or with friends
Published 4 months ago by Bernard Mayers
5.0 out of 5 stars The Gift Deluxe edition -- not as it was described
A superb album which still sounds good today. But, be carefull there are several formats to choose from. Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. F. Laake
3.0 out of 5 stars Writing on the wall
This is a very patchy album and shows Paul Weller's ambitions outgrowing The Jam. The only songs I'd really choose to listen to now are A Town Called Malice (overexposed but... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Sean Farrell
5.0 out of 5 stars The Gift - a Classic Album
This has been a brilliant album since it was released. My brother had it on vinyl, so I eventually had to get round to replacing it! Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2010 by Neil Wanless
2.0 out of 5 stars If you're wondering by now who I am look no further than the mirror
The Gift was to be the final Studio album cut by The Jam, and it simply showcases how Weller ambitions had massively outgrown the band. Read more
Published on 9 July 2010 by P. Frizelle
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