The Jam - Setting Sons * ORIGINAL 1979 1st ISSUE UK VINYL LP * LYRIC INNER * EX
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The Jam - Setting Sons, Polydor POLD 5028 Matrix Information (A Side: Stamped) : POLD 5028 A//2▼ESTR 1 2 1 | (B Side: Stamped) : POLD 5028 B//3▼E STR 1 7 6 ORIGINAL 1979 1st PRESS UK VINYL LP * EMBOSSED COVER FRONT & BACK * LYRIC INNER First issue with embossed sleeve (front & back) without track listing on the back.
Weller's concept for the album was of three schoolhood friends growing up together, but parting ways as their political views force them apart - one goes hard right-wing, one goes hard left-wing and one remains neutral. Eventually their escalating political viewpoints result in a civil war, causing the death of one of the boys, leaving the other two discussing the future that is left.
"Thick As Thieves", describing the three boys schooldays when they were best of friends; "Little Boy Soldiers", an awesomely ambitious song describing the escalating friction between the boys, causing the start of the war and the subsequent death of one of themThe �I�m up on the hills paying little boy soldiers� line is fantastically evocative as a metaphor of boys playing at war; "Wasteland", where the two surviving boys sit in the smouldering embers and talk about what happened to cause the war; "Burning Sky", written from the viewpoint of one boy, discussing his hard-line right-wing views; "The Eton Rifles", where the hard-line left-wing boy talks about fights between the working class and upper-class boys.
Of the other tracks, "Girl On the Phone" is a nod to the Nerves and the Kinks in sound and humor, with the music preceded by a ringing phone, which continues through the first verse with all the music keeping in time with the ringing. "Private Hell" is a catchy bass-driven song with a great chorus The song uses a similar phasing technique on the vocals as the Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park" "Smither's-Jones" by Bruce Foxton is one of the best songs on the record. The song was originally released as an electric version, a B-side to the "When You're Young" single that preceded the album. The song was then given an orchestral re-working "Saturday’s Kids", captures working class life with its insults, beer and half-time results. "Heatwave" – essentially a cover of The Who’s cover of the Martha Reeves And The Vandellas hit, featuring future Style Councillor Mick Talbot’s first keyboard work with Weller
All of the songs are catchy as hell, using the classic Beatles/Clash trick of using backing vocals on every other lyric, driving the choruses and verses straight into your head (though not in an annoying as hell Andrew Lloyd Webber way where you wish to drive the pencil nearest you into your skull). And the band sounds great, Bruce Foxton's bass and Rick Buckler's drums perfectly serving Weller's propulsive guitar.
Grading scale: NM > EX > VG+ > VG > Good > Poor)
Vinyl: EX. Stunning showing only slight tiny signs of use. The finish is shiny with some light marks where the vinyl has been in and out of the inner sleeve a few times. Labels are superb, clean and bright without marks. Spindle shows no sign of wear. And no warps.
Cover: EX. SPINE: Clear, readable text | SEAMS: Top & Bottom intact without splits | CREASES: None or minor only | RING WEAR : None | DEFACING: None | (Actual images so you can check the condition)
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Records are packed well with extra protection and LPs taken out of sleeves. Double-LP usually works as 1LP but no extra protection.
Tracks:
A1 Girl On The Phone 2:54A2 Thick As Thieves 3:39A3 Private Hell 3:50A4 Little Boy Soldiers 3:34A5 Wasteland 2:50B1 Burning Sky 3:32B2 Smithers-Jones 2:59B3 Saturdays Kids 2:52B4 The Eton Rifles 3:58B5 Heatwave 2:23
