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Artist:The Jam
Venue:Corn Exchange
City:  Cambridge, England, UK
Date:Friday, 10 Jun 1977
Collection:  Attended     Wishlist 
Community: 1 Attended


 LineupRating
1The JamRate
2Radio StarsRate


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Burton LeB SUBS
26th Nov 2020
 Review
(This is a review I wrote for a fanzine at the time)
"As soon as we paid to get in we were given a Jam badge, pretty good.. most bands would charge 50p or so for that.
Radio Stars were on first; their music was rock with heavy metal / commercial leanings but they tried to act like new wavers. At one point lead singer Andy Ellison took off his plain T-shirt and put on a paint-splattered one. Hmm.. 5 out of 10.
When The Jam came on everybody cheered but didn't really exert themselves so after a couple of songs Paul Weller (guitar, vocals) told the audience to dance. After a few more numbers then 'In The City' the place went wild. Almost everyone there was dancing. The band played 'Non-Stop Dancing', 'Time For Truth' (a killer), 'Takin' My Love', 'Slow Down', 'Art School', 'Changed My Address', 'London Girl', and the Batman theme among others.
The stage sound was clear as a bell, really ace. The individual musicians know how to play R'n'B, Paul Weller smashing the chords out of his Rickenbacker like there's no tomorrow (cliché), Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler (bass and drums respectively) are an A1 rhythm unit, moving through the set like a pair of bulldozers. That reminds me, 'Bricks And Mortar' is just about THE social commentary on the housing problem. Strong stuff. They went off, came back, went off, came back, went off, came back. Then went home I suppose. Three encores, really demanded by the crowd. Real value for money although you go home knackered through dancing so much."

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