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1-1	–The Jam	In The City Written-By – Paul Weller	2:20
1-2	–The Jam	Takin' My Love Written-By – Paul Weller	2:16
1-3	–The Jam	Art School Written-By – Paul Weller	2:02
1-4	–The Jam	I've Changed My Address Written-By – Paul Weller	3:32
1-5	–The Jam	Slow Down Written-By – Larry Williams	2:40
1-6	–The Jam	I Got By In Time Written-By – Paul Weller	2:08
1-7	–The Jam	Away From The Numbers Written-By – Paul Weller	4:03
1-8	–The Jam	Batman Theme Written-By – Neal Hefti	1:31
1-9	–The Jam	Sounds From The Street Written-By – Paul Weller	3:15
1-10	–The Jam	Non-Stop Dancing Written-By – Paul Weller	2:28
1-11	–The Jam	Time For Truth Written-By – Paul Weller	3:11
1-12	–The Jam	Bricks And Mortar Written-By – Paul Weller	2:37
1-13	–The Jam	All Around The World Written-By – Paul Weller	2:24
1-14	–The Jam	Carnaby Street Written-By – Bruce Foxton	2:24
1-15	–The Jam	The Modern World Written-By – Paul Weller	2:31
1-16	–The Jam	London Traffic Written-By – Bruce Foxton	1:51
1-17	–The Jam	Standards Written-By – Paul Weller	2:30
1-18	–The Jam	Life From A Window Written-By – Paul Weller	2:54
1-19	–The Jam	The Combine Written-By – Paul Weller	2:22
1-20	–The Jam	Don't Tell Them You're Sane Written-By – Bruce Foxton	3:22
1-21	–The Jam	In The Street Today Written-By – Dave Waller, Paul Weller	1:33
1-22	–The Jam	London Girl Written-By – Paul Weller	2:42
1-23	–The Jam	I Need You (For Someone) Written-By – Paul Weller	2:43
1-24	–The Jam	Here Comes The Weekend Written-By – Paul Weller	3:31
1-25	–The Jam	Tonight At Noon Written-By – Adrian Henri, Paul Weller	3:03
1-26	–The Jam	In The Midnight Hour Written-By – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett	1:53
2-1	–The Jam	News Of The World Written-By – Bruce Foxton	3:29
2-2	–The Jam	Aunties And Uncles (Impulsive Youths) Written-By – Paul Weller	2:34
2-3	–The Jam	Innocent Man Written-By – Bruce Foxton	4:18
2-4	–The Jam	David Watts Written-By – Ray Davies	2:57
2-5	–The Jam	'A' Bomb In Wardour Street Written-By – Paul Weller	2:39
2-6	–The Jam	Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Written-By – Paul Weller	4:45
2-7	–The Jam	So Sad About Us Written-By – Pete Townshend	2:38
2-8	–The Jam	The Night Written-By – Bruce Foxton	1:47
2-9	–The Jam	All Mod Cons Written-By – Paul Weller	1:20
2-10	–The Jam	To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time) Written-By – Paul Weller	2:30
2-11	–The Jam	Mr. Clean Written-By – Paul Weller	3:29
2-12	–The Jam	English Rose Written-By – Paul Weller	2:51
2-13	–The Jam	In The Crowd Written-By – Paul Weller	5:41
2-14	–The Jam	Billy Hunt Written-By – Paul Weller	3:02
2-15	–The Jam	It's Too Bad Written-By – Paul Weller	2:37
2-16	–The Jam	Fly Written-By – Paul Weller	3:21
2-17	–The Jam	The Place I Love Written-By – Paul Weller	2:54
2-18	–The Jam	Strange Town Written-By – Paul Weller	3:49
2-19	–The Jam	The Butterfly Collector Written-By – Paul Weller	3:10
2-20	–The Jam	When You're Young Written-By – Paul Weller	3:14
2-21	–The Jam	Smithers-Jones Written-By – Bruce Foxton	3:02
2-22	–The Jam	The Eton Rifles Written-By – Paul Weller	3:59
2-23	–The Jam	See-Saw Written-By – Paul Weller	2:35
3-1	–The Jam	Girl On The Phone Written-By – Paul Weller	2:57
3-2	–The Jam	Thick As Thieves Written-By – Paul Weller	3:40
3-3	–The Jam	Private Hell Written-By – Paul Weller	3:51
3-4	–The Jam	Little Boy Soldiers Written-By – Paul Weller	3:33
3-5	–The Jam	Wasteland Written-By – Paul Weller	2:52
3-6	–The Jam	Burning Sky Written-By – Paul Weller	3:32
3-7	–The Jam	Smithers-Jones Arranged By [Strings] – Pete Solley*Written-By – Bruce Foxton	3:01
3-8	–The Jam	Saturday's Kids Written-By – Paul Weller	2:54
3-9	–The Jam	Heat Wave Piano – Mick TalbotSaxophone – Rudi Written-By – Eddie Holland - Lamont Dozier - Brian Holland*	2:24
3-10	–The Jam	Going Underground Written-By – Paul Weller	2:56
3-11	–The Jam	The Dreams Of Children Written-By – Paul Weller	3:08
3-12	–The Jam	Start! Written-By – Paul Weller	2:31
3-13	–The Jam	Liza Radley Written-By – Paul Weller	2:33
3-14	–The Jam	Pretty Green Written-By – Paul Weller	2:37
3-15	–The Jam	Monday Written-By – Paul Weller	2:59
3-16	–The Jam	But I'm Different Now Written-By – Paul Weller	1:51
3-17	–The Jam	Set The House Ablaze Written-By – Paul Weller	5:02
3-18	–The Jam	That's Entertainment Written-By – Paul Weller	3:32
3-19	–The Jam	Dream Time Written-By – Paul Weller	3:54
3-20	–The Jam	Man In The Corner Shop Written-By – Paul Weller	3:14
3-21	–The Jam	Music For The Last Couple Written-By – Bruce Foxton, Paul Weller, Rick Buckler	3:44
3-22	–The Jam	Boy About Town Written-By – Paul Weller	2:00
3-23	–The Jam	Scrape Away Written-By – Paul Weller	4:00
4-1	–The Jam	Funeral Pyre Music By – The JamWords By – Paul Weller	3:30
4-2	–The Jam	Disguises Written-By – Pete Townshend	3:18
4-3	–The Jam	Absolute Beginners Trumpet – Luke Tunney, Martin Drover, Michael Laird Written-By – Paul Weller	2:51
4-4	–The Jam	Tales From The Riverbank Written-By – Paul Weller	3:35
4-5	–The Jam	Town Called Malice Written-By – Paul Weller	2:55
4-6	–The Jam	Precious (12" Version) Written-By – Paul Weller	5:55
4-7	–The Jam	Happy Together Written-By – Paul Weller	2:51
4-8	–The Jam	Ghosts Written-By – Paul Weller	2:12
4-9	–The Jam	Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero? Written-By – Paul Weller	2:15
4-10	–The Jam	Trans-Global Express Keyboards – Peter WilsonWritten-By – Paul Weller	4:00
4-11	–The Jam	Running On The Spot Written-By – Paul Weller	3:07
4-12	–The Jam	Circus Written-By – Bruce Foxton	2:11
4-13	–The Jam	The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong Written-By – Paul Weller	2:20
4-14	–The Jam	Carnation Written-By – Paul Weller	3:28
4-15	–The Jam	The Gift Organ [Hammond] – Peter WilsonWritten-By – Paul Weller	3:08
4-16	–The Jam	The Great Depression Written-By – Paul Weller	2:51
4-17	–The Jam	The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) Written-By – Paul Weller	3:35
4-18	–The Jam	Pity Poor Alfie / Fever Trumpet – Steve Dawson Written-By – Eddie Cooley, John Davenport, Paul Weller	4:40
4-19	–The Jam	Beat Surrender Backing Vocals – Caron Wheeler, Claudia Fontaine, Tracie YoungTrumpet – Luke Tunney, Martin DroverWritten-By – Paul Weller	3:26
4-20	–The Jam	Shopping Written-By – Paul Weller	3:20
4-21	–The Jam	Move On Up Written-By – Curtis Mayfield	3:54
4-22	–The Jam	Stoned Out Of My Mind Organ [Hammond] – Peter WilsonWritten-By – Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record	3:21
4-23	–The Jam	War Backing Vocals – Caron Wheeler, Claudia Fontaine, Tracie YoungWritten-By – Norman Whitfield - Barrett Strong*	2:44
5-1	–The Jam	In The City Written-By – Paul Weller	2:23
5-2	–The Jam	Time For Truth Written-By – Paul Weller	3:18
5-3	–The Jam	Sounds From The Street Written-By – Paul Weller	3:19
5-4	–The Jam	So Sad About Us Written-By – Pete Townshend	2:42
5-5	–The Jam	Worlds Apart Written-By – Paul Weller	1:55
5-6	–The Jam	Billy Hunt (Alternate Version) Written-By – Paul Weller	2:59
5-7	–The Jam	It's Too Bad Written-By – Paul Weller	2:27
5-8	–The Jam	To Be Someone Written-By – Paul Weller	2:26
5-9	–The Jam	David Watts Written-By – Ray Davies	2:45
5-10	–The Jam	Best Of Both Worlds Written-By – Bruce Foxton	2:04
5-11	–The Jam	That's Entertainment Bass, Drums – Bruce*, Rick*Written-By – Paul Weller	3:23
5-12	–Paul Weller	Rain Guitar – David LiddleOrgan [Hammond], Drums – Peter WilsonWritten-By – John Lennon - Paul McCartney*	2:57
5-13	–Paul Weller	Dream Time Written-By – Paul Weller	1:51
5-14	–Paul Weller	Dead End Street Piano – Peter WilsonWritten-By – Ray Davies	3:15
5-15	–Paul Weller	Stand By Me Written-By – Ben E. King, Jerry Lieber - Mike Stoller*	3:04
5-16	–Paul Weller	Every Little Bit Hurts Written-By – Ed Cobb	3:18
5-17	–The Jam	Tales From The Riverbank (Alternate Version) Soprano Saxophone – Keith Thomas Written-By – Paul Weller	3:26
5-18	–The Jam	Walking In Heaven's Sunshine Written-By – Paul Weller	2:05
5-19	–Paul Weller	Precious Written-By – Paul Weller	2:31
5-20	–The Jam	Pity Poor Alfie (Swing Version) Organ [Hammond] – Steve NicholWritten-By – Paul Weller	4:13
5-21	–The Jam	The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (First Version) Arranged By [Strings] – Peter WilsonWritten-By – Paul Weller	3:18
5-22	–Paul Weller	A Solid Bond In Your Heart Written-By – Paul Weller	3:25

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
• Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
• Record Company – Polydor K.K.

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Simon Halfon
• Compilation Producer, Compiled By – Dennis Munday
• Liner Notes [Essays] – John Devlin , John Reed, Neil Allen , Paolo Hewitt, Pat Gilbert
• Liner Notes [Foreword] – Paolo Hewitt
• Photography By – Arnold Williams, Carlos Olms, Dennis O'Regan*, Derek De Souza, Frank Griffin, Gered Mankowitz, Ian Dickson , Jill Furmanovsky, Keith Bernstein, Laurens van Houten, Mike Laye, Paul Cox , Pennie Smith, Stephen Morley, Virginia Turbot*
• Photography By [Memorabilia Photography] – Ken Hutchins
• Photography By [Rickenbacker] – Simon Marsh
• Producer [Original] – Chris Parry (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5, 2-10, 2-15, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7 to 5-9), The Jam (tracks: 2-20 to 2-23, 3-12 to 4-6, 4-16), Peter Wilson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-15, 4-17 to 4-23, 5-11, 5-12, 5-14 to 5-22), Tony Taverner (tracks: 4-16), Vic Smith* (tracks: 1-1 to 2-3, 5-1 to 5-5, 5-7 to 5-9), Vic Coppersmith-Heaven (tracks: 2-4 to 3-23, 5-6, 5-10, 5-13)
• Remastered By [Digitally] – Roger Wake
• Remix – Dennis Munday (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3, 5-6 to 5-9, 5-12), Peter Wilson (tracks: 5-5, 5-10, 5-14, 5-17, 5-19, 5-20), Steve Musters (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3, 5-6 to 5-9, 5-12)
• Saxophone – Keith Thomas (tracks: 4-6, 4-8 to 4-10, 4-16, 4-18, 4-20 to 4-23, 5-20)
• Trumpet – Steve Nichol (tracks: 4-6, 4-8 to 4-10, 4-16, 4-18, 4-20 to 4-23, 5-17)

Notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 recorded March 1977
Tracks 1-13 and 1-14 recorded June 28 1977
Tracks 1-15, 1-22, 1-23 and 1-26 recorded September 21 1977
Tracks 1-16 and 1-21 recorded August 25 1977
Tracks 1-17, 1-20 and 1-24 recorded August 26 1977
Tracks 1-18 and 1-25 recorded August 29 1977
Track 1-19 recorded September 2 1977
Tracks 2-1 to 2-3 recorded January/February 1987
Tracks 2-4, 2-5, 2-10 and 2-15 recorded July 3 1978
Tracks 2-6, 2-11, 2-13 and 2-17 recorded August 7 1978
Track 2-7 recorded September 13 1978
Tracks 2-8, 2-9, 2-12, 2-14 and 2-16 recorded August 16 1978
Tracks 2-18 and 2-19 recorded January 9 1979
Track 2-20 recorded July 30 1979
Track 2-21 recorded June 19 1979
Tracks 2-22, 2-23, 3-5 and 3-8 recorded August 15 1979
Track 3-1 recorded October 8 1979
Tracks 3-2 and 3-6 recorded September 5 1979
Tracks 3-3 and 3-9 recorded October 10 1979
Track 3-4 recorded August 20 1979
Track 3-7 recorded September 1 1979
Tracks 3-10 and 3-11 recorded January 18 1980
Track 3-12 recorded June 19 1980
Track 3-13 recorded April 23 1980
Track 3-14 recorded June 15 1980
Track 3-15 recorded July 22 1980
Track 3-16 recorded June 17 1980
Track 3-17 recorded October 2 1980
Track 3-18 recorded October 22 1980
Track 3-19 recorded June 16 1980
Track 3-20 recorded October 6 1980
Track 3-21 recorded August 27 1980
Track 3-22 recorded September 1 1980
Track 3-23 recorded September 30 1980
Tracks 4-1 and 4-2 recorded April 1981
Tracks 4-3 and 4-4, 5-16 recorded August 19 1981
Track 4-5 recorded December 1981
Tracks 4-6, 5-17 recorded November 1981
Tracks 4-7, 4-8 and 4-12 recorded October 1981
Tracks 4-9 and 4-11 recorded January 6 1982
Track 4-10 recorded February 1982
Track 4-13 recorded January 12 1982
Track 4-14 recorded January 8 1982
Track 4-15 recorded January 11 1982
Track 4-16 recorded February 25 1982
Track 4-17 recorded July 16 1982
Track 4-18 recorded July 1982
Tracks 4-19 to 4-23 recorded October 1982
Track 5-4 recorded February 1977
Track 5-5 original demo recorded February 1978
Track 5-6 recorded June 7 1978
Tracks 5-7 to 5-9 original demos recorded June 29 1978
Track 5-10 original demo recorded September 3 1979
Tracks 5-11 and 5-12 original demos recorded April 11 1980
Track 5-13 original demo recorded April 30 1980
Track 5-14 recorded September 8 1980
Track 5-18 original demo
Track 5-19 original demo recorded November 23 1981
Track 5-20 produced February 5 1982
Track 5-22 original demo recorded September 13 1982
Tracks 1-1 to 1-12, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7 to 5-11, 5-14, 5-15, 5-18 recorded at Polydor Studios, London
Tracks 1-13 and 1-14 recorded at Chappell Studios, London
Tracks 1-15 to 1-26 recorded at Basing Street Studios, London
Tracks 2-1 to 2-3 recorded at Morgan Studios, London
Tracks 2-4, 2-5, 2-10 and 2-15 recorded at Eden Studios, London
Tracks 2-8 to 2-9, 2-12, 2-14, 2-16 to 2-19 recorded at RAK Studios, London
Tracks 2-20 to 3-23, 5-10, 5-13 recorded at The Town House Studios, London
Tracks 4-1, 4-2, 4-19, 4-20, 5-19, 5-22 recorded at Phonogram Studios, London
Tracks 4-3 to 4-15, 4-17, 5-17, 5-20 recorded at Air Studios, London.
Track 4-16 recorded at Maison Rouge Studio, London
Tracks 4-21 to 4-23 recorded at Marcus Studios, London
Tracks 5-1 to 5-3 original 8-track demos recorded February 9 1977 at Anemone Studios, London
Track 5-6 recorded at Olympic Studios, London
Track 5-21 recorded at Odyssey Studios, London
Tracks 5-1 to 5-5, 5-10, 5-12 remixed October 26 1996
Track 5-6 to 5-9 remixed October 27 1996
Track 5-14 remixed October 20 1996
Tracks 5-16, 5-17, 5-20 remixed October 19 1996
Track 5-19 remixed November 17 1996
Tracks 5-1 to 5-3, 5-6 to 5-9 remixed at Raezor Studios, London
Track 5-4, 5-5, 5-10 to 5-14, 5-17, 5-19, 5-20 remixed at Swanyard Studios, London

Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 originally released as the album In The City.
Tracks 1-15 to 1-26 originally released as the album This Is The Modern World.
Tracks 2-4 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-17 originally released as the album All Mod Cons.
Tracks 2-22, 3-1 to 3-9 originally released as the album Setting Sons.
Tracks 3-14 to 3-23 originally released as the album Sound Affects.
Tracks 4-5 to 4-15 originally released as the album The Gift.
Track 5-11: An alternative version was released on the vinyl version of the 1983 compilation - Snap.
Track 5-17 released in 1982 as a flexi for Jam fan club members only.
Track 5-22: An alternative version appeared on the 1992 compilation - Extras.

1-1, 1-15, 2-4, 2-5, 2-22 are album versions.
5-1 to 5-22 are previously unreleased versions, of which 5-1 to 5-5, 5-7 to 5-14 are demo versions.

With booklet.

This compilation ℗1997 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
©1997 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

Publishers:
Track 1-1 to 1-4, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-25, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-8 to 3-8, 3-10 to 3-23, 5-1 to 5-3, 5-5 to 5-8, 5-12, 5-13, 5-18: Stylist Music Ltd./BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Track 1-5: TRO Essex Music Ltd.
Track 1-8: EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Track 1-26: Carlin Music Corp.
Tracks 2-4, 5-9, 5-13: Davray Music Ltd./Carlin Music Corp.
Tracks 2-7, 4-2, 5-4: Fabulous Music Ltd.
Tracks 3-9, 4-23, 5-16: Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
Tracks 4-1: Stylist Music Ltd. / Notting Hill Music (UK) Ltd. / Complete Music Ltd.
Tracks 4-3 to 4-11, 4-13 to 4-20, 5-17, 5-19 to 5-21: Stylist Music Ltd. / Notting Hill Music (UK) Ltd.
Tracks 4-12, 5-10: Complete Music Ltd.
Track 4-18 [Fever]: Lark Music Ltd.
Track 4-21: EMI Tunes Ltd.
Track 4-22: Warner Chappell Music Ltd. / Intersong Music Ltd.
Track 5-12: Northern Songs Ltd.
Track 5-15: Lieber [sic] Stoller Songs Ltd.
Track 5-22: Stylist Music Ltd. / EMI Music Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Japanese Booklet): 4 988005 200877
• Barcode: 7 31453 71432 8

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
537143-2	The Jam	Direction, Reaction, Creation ‎(5xCD, Comp, RM + Box)	Polydor	537143-2	UK	1997
06024-9841221-3	The Jam	Direction, Reaction, Creation ‎(5xCD, Comp, RE)	Polydor	06024-9841221-3	Germany	2006
537143-2	The Jam	Direction, Reaction, Creation ‎(5xCD, Comp, RM + Box, RE)	Polydor	537143-2	UK & Europe	2002

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