Rewind: 1979 Setting Sons - The Jam

Fourth album from The Jam. It started out as a concept album but after a few songs lost its way a bit but overall it was yet another brilliant album from the Woking Wonders. A magnificent follow up to what many have said is their best album ever (All Mod Cons), though Weller thinks that Sound Affects is the best one.

There's loads of links here so click on them to enjoy further music from The Jam.

This is a bumper edition of Rewind with Promo videos, Live videos, TV performances, Live Shows, the Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions of the album, Peel Session, Singles A's and B's, and a bonus of Paul Weller playing a couple of songs of The Jam and Bruce Foxton's outfit From The Jam performing the songs of the Setting Sons album taken from different shows between 2014-15.

Setting Sons - The Jam

Polydor

Produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven

Released 17th November 1979

UK Chart #4

US Chart #137

 Personnel
    Paul Weller
    Bruce Foxton
    Rick Buckler
    "Merton" Mick - piano
    Rudi - saxophone
    The Jam Philharmonic Orchestra - cello, timpani, recorder

All songs by Paul Weller except as noted.
Side one
    "Girl on the Phone"
    "Thick as Thieves"
    "Private Hell"
    "Little Boy Soldiers"
    "Wasteland"

Side two
    "Burning Sky"
    "Smithers-Jones" (Bruce Foxton)
    "Saturday's Kids"
    "The Eton Rifles"
    "Heat Wave" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)

On 17th November 2014 to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of its release Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions of Setting Sons were issued.

Here's the Deluxe Edition that includes various bonus tracks and also the live recording of the show at Brighton in 1979.

The Super Deluxe Version came with a further disc of Demos and Alternative Takes and the John Peel Session from 1979 and a DVD of Promos and Top of the Pops performances and also BBC2's Something Else.

Further songs/performances related to Setting Sons.

Singles

Strange Town / Butterfly Collector

March 1979

UK Chart #15

When You're Young / Smithers-Jones

August 1979

UK Chart #17

The Eton Rifles* / See-Saw

November 1979

UK Chart #3

Going Underground / Dreams of Children.

March 1980

UK Chart #1

*The only single actually taken from the album. The others were added to the Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions. It was also the only single by The Jam not to have a video shot for it.

The Eton Rifles - BBC Something Else

When You're Young - BBC Something Else

Strange Town - Top of the Pops.

Butterfly Collector - Live in Paris 1981.

When You're Young - Live at Bingley Hall 1982.

Smithers-Jones - Wembley 1982 (Audio only).

The Eton Rifles - Top of the Pops.

Going Underground - Rockpalast 1980.

Dreams of Children - Rockpalast 1980.

Live at The Rainbow, London 04/12/79 (Audio).
John Peel Session October 1979.

 Bonus

Paul Weller

Strange Town - Royal Albert Hall 2010.

Strange Town - Live at Abbey Road Studios.

Butterfly Collector - Live 2008.

Going Underground (ft Noel Gallagher).

From The Jam (ft Bruce Foxton)

Setting Sons Album (various shows)

Thanks to Nigel Adams for the videos

 Girl on the Phone.

 Thick as Thieves.

 Private Hell.

 Little Boy Soldiers.

 Wasteland.

 Burning Sky.

Smithers-Jones.

 Saturday's Kids.

The Eton Rifles.

 Heatwave.

Official From The Jam Live

Strange Town.

When You're Young.

The Eton Rifles.

Going Underground.