Product Description
Tellingly, when Weller came to record 2010’s Wake Up The Nation, it was Sound Affects that his collaborator and producer Simon Dine held up as a model. “He referenced it right at the start,” says Weller. “That was the sort of sound he imagined we should be going for: hard, metallic, quite stripped-down… jagged.”

Sound Affects was originally released in November 1980 at a time when The Jam was considered the biggest band in Britain. The album followed the band’s first number one single – Going Underground and features the group’s second UK number one single, Start! – a track built around almost exact copies of the bass-line and guitar solos from The Beatles’ Taxman (at the time Weller considered the album a cross between Off the Wall and Revolver!).

It includes many of the band’s classic songs - That’s Entertainment (written in a caravan in Selsey, after the pub), never released as a single in UK, the German import was a UK hit (subsequently covered by Morrissey), the political Man in the Corner Shop, Pretty Green (now inspiration for Liam Gallagher’s clothing range!), the pure-pop of Boy About Town and Dream Time.

It’s regarded by critics and fans (as well as Weller) as their most adventurous and experimental collection of material, drawing musical influences from the ‘post-punk’ groups of the late-70s - Wire, Gang Of Four and Joy Division as well as neo-psychedelic touches from The Beatles and The Zombies etc.

The distinctive cover art is a pastiche of the artwork used on various BBC sound effects records of the 1970s, incorporating ‘pop-art’ imagery.

• 30th anniversary 2-disc, ‘Deluxe’ edition of the classic Jam album.
• Digitally re-mastered – 22 bonus tracks, demos, b-sides and alternative versions.
• 24-page booklet with extensive new sleevenotes by Guardian writer John Harris, a brand new interview with Paul Weller, rare photos and period memorabilia.
• The bonus material includes 8 previously unreleased tracks – demos of Pretty Green and Start!, alternate versions of Set The House Ablaze and Monday and a cover of Kinks’ Waterloo Sunset, and two instrumental demos.
• Paul Weller still plays several songs from Sound Affects in his current live set - Pretty Green, Man in the Corner Shop, That’s Entertainment and Start!

CD 1
1. Pretty Green
2. Monday
3. But I'm Different Now
4. Set The House Ablaze
5. Start!
6. That's Entertainment
7. Dream Time
8. Man In The Corner Shop
9. Music For The Last Couple
10. Boy About Town
11. Scrape Away

CD 2
1. Start! [Single Version]
2. Liza Radley [B-Side Of Start!]
3. Dreams Of Children [B-Side Of Going Underground]
4. That's Entertainment [Alternate Version From "Direction, Reaction, Creation"]
5. Pretty Green ["Demo With Overdubs" - Previously Unreleased]
6. Pop Art Poem [Jam Fan Club Flexi-Disc, From "Extras"]
7. Rain [Demo From "Direction, Reaction, Creation"]
8. Boy About Town [Demo - Previously Unreleased]
9. Dream Time [Demo From "Direction, Reaction, Creation"]
10. Dead End Street [Demo From "Direction, Reaction, Creation"]
11. But I'm Different Now [Demo From "Extras"]
12. Scrape Away [Instrumental Version - Previously Unreleased]
13. Start! [Demo - Previously Unreleased]
14. Liza Radley [Demo From "Extras"]
15. And Your Bird Can Sing [Demo From "Extras"]
16. Monday [Alternate Version - Previously Unreleased]
17. Get Yourself Together [From "extras"]
18. Set The House Ablaze [Alternate "Dub Ending" Version - Previously Unreleased]
19. Boy About Town [Alternate Version - Jam Fan Club Flexi From "Extras"]
20. No One In The World [Demo From "Extras"]
21. "Instrumental" [Demo - Previously Unreleased]
22. Waterloo Sunset [Demo - Previously Unreleased]

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I'm going to have to get this just for Waterloo Sunset.

Good that it groups together all the Beatles/Kinks/Small Faces covers scattered from the box set and Extras.....(though I already have them).

Ordered... now did they do this for The Gift yet or is that next?

Whee! The whole album is a seminal masterpiece (my favorite is "Scrape Away"). This one's a given.

This is great news indeed. That's for the info, Linda.

I got a Paul Weller news e-mail update.

Slightly more detail on the 2nd disc....
(Like I thought above, most from Extras or the box set)

Disc 2 - Bonus tracks:
1. Start! (single version)
2. Liza Radley (b-side of Start!)
3. Dreams Of Children (b-side of Going Underground)
4. That's Entertainment (alternate version from 'Direction, Reaction, Creation')
5. Pretty Green ('demo with overdubs' - previously unreleased)
6. Pop Art Poem (Jam fan club flexi-disc, from 'Extras')
7. Rain (demo from 'Direction, Reaction, Creation')
8. Boy About Town (demo - previously unreleased)
9. Dream Time (demo from 'Direction, Reaction, Creation')
10. Dead End Street (demo from 'Direction, Reaction, Creation')
11. But I'm Different Now (demo from 'Extras')
12. Scrape Away (instrumental version - previously unreleased)
13. Start! (demo - previously unreleased)
14. Liza Radley (demo from 'Extras')
15. And Your Bird Can Sing (demo from 'Extras')
16. Monday (alternate version - previously unreleased)
17. Get Yourself Together (from 'Extras')
18. Set The House Ablaze (alternate 'dub ending' version - previously unreleased)
19. Boy About Town (alternate version - Jam fan club flexi from 'Extras')
20. No One In The World (demo from 'Extras')
21. 'Instrumental' (demo - previously unreleased)
22. Waterloo Sunset (demo - previously unreleased)

Bump: added cover image to the first post.

I wonder why back then they couldn't find room for Waterloo Sunset on Direction, Reaction, Creation or Extras.....this is a pretty nice version of it.

The packaging is annoying in that the Deluxe Edition is now taped to the bottom instead of being the plastic slipcase. I (stupidly) tried to take it off and damaged the front cover.

Nice reissue otherwise.

They did that also with The Teadrop Explodes "Kilimanjaro "

I'm not really a fan of the plastic slipcase, as that tends to damage the paper after awhile of use.... but this isn't a better solution.