The Jam - Direction Reaction Creation (1977-1982) / 5CD Box Set 1997 [Paul Weller] 320Kbps # DrBn

“A police car and a screaming siren
A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete
A baby wailing and stray dog howling
The screech of brakes and lamp light blinking
That's entertainment.”

Direction Reaction Creation is the most comprehensive Jam collection,
it contains all of their single A- and B-sides, every cut from their six albums, and every non-album EP track they recorded;
117 tracks, 22 of those previously unreleased or rare,
essentially the band's complete studio recordings.


The Jam

Direction Reaction Creation

1977 – 1982



5CD Box Set / 1997 / Remastered / 320Kbps


Disc 1:

1. In the City [Album Version]
2. Takin' My Love
3. Art School
4. I've Changed My Address
5. Slow Down
6. I Got by in Time
7. Away from the Numbers
8. Batman Theme
9. Sounds from the Street
10. Non-Stop Dancing
11. Time for Truth
12. Bricks and Mortar
13. All Around the World
14. Carnaby Street
15. Modern World [Album Version]
16. London Traffic
17. Standards
18. Life from a Window
19. Combine
20. Don't Tell Them You're Sane
21. In the Street Today
22. London Girl
23. I Need You (For Someone)
24. Here Comes the Weekend
25. Tonight at Noon
26. In the Midnight Hour


Disc 2 :

1. News of the World
2. Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)
3. Innocent Man
4. David Watts [Album Version]
5. "A" Bomb in Wardour Street [Album Version]
6. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight [Album Version]
7. So Sad About Us
8. Night
9. All Mod Cons
10. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)
11. Mr. Clean
12. English Rose
13. In the Crowd
14. Billy Hunt
15. It's Too Bad
16. Fly
17. Place I Love
18. Strange Town
19. Butterfly Collector
20. When You're Young
21. Smithers-Jones
22. Eton Rifles [Album Version]
23. See-Saw


Disc 3:

1. Girl on the Phone
2. Thick as Thieves
3. Private Hell
4. Little Boy Soldiers
5. Wasteland
6. Burning Sky
7. Smithers-Jones
8. Saturday's Kids
9. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
10. Going Underground
11. Dreams of Children
12. Start! [Album Version]
13. Liza Radley
14. Pretty Green
15. Monday
16. But I'm Different Now
17. Set the House Ablaze
18. That's Entertainment
19. Dream Time
20. Man in the Corner Shop
21. Music for the Last Couple
22. Boy About Town
23. Scrape Away


Disc 4:

1. Funeral Pyre
2. Disguises
3. Absolute Beginners
4. Tales from the Riverbank
5. Town Called Malice
6. Precious [12" Version]
7. Happy Together
8. Ghosts
9. Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?
10. Trans-Global Express
11. Running on the Spot
12. Circus
13. Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
14. Carnation
15. Gift
16. Great Depression
17. Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)
18. Pity Poor Alfie/Fever
19. Beat Surrender
20. Shopping
21. Move on Up
22. Stoned Out of My Mind
23. War!


Disc 5:

1. In the City
2. Time for Truth
3. Sounds from the Street
4. So Sad About Us
5. Worlds Apart
6. Billy Hunt [Alternative Version]
7. It's Too Bad
8. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)
9. David Watts
10. Best of Both Worlds
11. That's Entertainment
12. Rain
13. Dream Time
14. Dead End Street
15. Stand by Me
16. Every Little Bit Hurts
17. Tales from the Riverbank [Alternate Version]
18. Walking in Heaven's Sunshine
19. Percious
20. Pity Poor Alfie [Swing Version]
21. Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) [First Version]
22. Solid Bond in Your Heart


The Jam / Direction Reaction Creation