The Jam - Extras (Collection of Extras)

Pity the oft-neglected B-side. Often just a throwaway track designed to back up but not supersede a band's 'official' new release, by the time the single is filed away alphabetically, it's usually forgotten by even the most zealous collector. Unless of course the B-side is by seminal English mod revivalists The Jam, in which case a closer listen is not only warranted, but required. For The Jam packed their B-side songs with more fire and brimstone than most bands did the A-sides. Unfortunately the vinyl days of yore are but a memory. Fortunately, EXTRAS collects most of The Jam's odds and sods on disc for fans young and old. A bonus is Paul Weller's always-eclectic taste in covers, which runs from the Who ("So Sad About Us") to the Beatles ("And Your Bird Can Sing")to the godfather of soul himself, Mr. James Brown ("I Got You [I Feel Good]"). EXTRAS is valuable not only as a chronology of the gems that Weller was tossing off in his spare time, but as a look at how truly eclectic The Jam were as a band. Universal.

1) The Dreams of Children
2) Tales from the Riverbank
3) Liza Radley
4) Move on Up
5) Shopping
6) Smithers-Jones
7) Pop Art Poem
8) Boy About Town
9) A Solid Bond in Your Heart
10) No One in the World
11) And Your Bird Can Sing
12) Burning Sky
13) Thick As Thieves
14) Disguises
15) Get Yourself Together
16) The Butterfly Collector
17) The Great Depression
18) Stoned Out of My Mind
19) Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
20) But I'm Different Now
21) I Got You (I Feel Good)
22) Hey Mister
23) Saturday's Kids
24) We've Only Started
25) So Sad About Us
26) The Eton Rifles
27) Disguises
28) Get Yourself Together
29) The Butterfly Collection
30) The Great Depression
31) Stoned Out of My Mind
32) Pity Poor Alfie/Fever
33) But I'm Different Now
34) I Got You (I Feel Good)
35) Hey Mister
36) Saturdays' Kids
37) We've Only Started
38) So Sad About Us
39) The Eton Rifles