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Complete Capitol & Columbia [Import]
Charles Ives / Aaron Copland: Piano Works
Great Organbuilder of America: A Retrospective Volume 9
Music: Loved by Thousands, Hated by Millions
Everytime You Need Me, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]
Foreigner [Original recording remastered]
Best of the 70's: Hits of 1974
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Funneling the punk Spirit of '77 through the grooves of old Mod and Motown records, Jam frontman Paul Weller created a sound and vision that took Britain by storm but never made much noise in the USA. That's a shame because at the band's best, as on this album's furious, Who-meets-The-Pistols title track, The Jam played nothing less than great rock and roll. Their explosive cover of "Slow Down" destroys The Beatles', and "Non-stop Dancing," which sounds like a cover of an old R&B hit but is actually a Weller original, has a charm and desperate energy that more than makes up for its derivative qualities. --David Cantwell