the jam

Direction, Reaction, Creation

1997

'Direction, Reaction, Creation' is an anthology of The Jam tracks, released in 1997. Featured in this career spanning set was a 5th disc of rare and unreleased demo and alternate versions

• Disc 1 1. In the City 2. Takin' My Love 3. Art School 4. I've Changed My Address 5. Slow Down 6. I Got By in Time 7. Away from the Numbers 8. Batman Theme 9. Sounds from the Street 10. Non-Stop Dancing 11. Time for Truth 12. Bricks and Mortar 13. All Around the World 14. Carnaby Street 15. The Modern World (Album Version) 16. London Traffic 17. Standards 18. Life from a Window 19. The Combine 20. Don't Tell Them You're Sane 21. In the Street Today 22. London Girl 23. I Need You (For Someone) 24. Here Comes the Weekend 25. Tonight at Noon 26. In the Midnight Hour Disc 2 1. News of the World 2. Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths) 3. Innocent Man 4. David Watts (Album Version) 5. 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street (Album Version) 6. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (Album Version) 7. So Sad About Us 8. The Night 9. All Mod Cons 10. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time) 11. Mr. Clean 12. English Rose 13. In the Crowd 14. Billy Hunt 15. It's Too Bad 16. Fly 17. The Place I Love 18. Strange Town 19. The Butterfly Collector 20. When You're Young 21. Smithers-Jones (Single Version) 22. The Eton Rifles (Album Version) 23. See-Saw Disc 3 1. Girl on the Phone 2. Thick as Thieves 3. Private Hell 4. Little Boy Soldiers 5. Wasteland 6. Burning Sky 7. Smithers-Jones (Setting Sons Version) 8. Saturday's Kids 9. Heat Wave 10. Going Underground 11. The Dreams Of Children 12. Start! (Album Version) 13. Liza Radley 14. Pretty Green 15. Monday 16. But I'm Different Now 17. Set the House Ablaze 18. That's Entertainment 19. Dream Time 20. Man in the Corner Shop 21. Music for the Last Couple 22. Boy About Town 23. Scrape Away Disc 4 1. Funeral Pyre 2. Disguises 3. Absolute Beginners 4. Tales from the Riverbank 5. Town Called Malice 6. Precious (12 Version) 7. Happy Together 8. Ghosts 9. Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero? 10. Trans-Global Express 11. Running on the Spot 12. Circus 13. The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong 14. Carnation 15. The Gift 16. The Great Depression 17. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) 18. Pity Poor Alfie/Fever 19. Beat Surrender 20. Shopping 21. Move On Up 22. Stoned Out of My Mind 23. War Disc 5 1. In the City (8-track Polydor Band Demo) 2. Time for Truth (8-track Polydor Band Demo) 3. Sounds from the Street (8-track Polydor Band Demo) 4. So Sad About Us (Band Demo) 5. Worlds Apart (Demo) 6. Billy Hunt (Alternative Version) 7. It's Too Bad (Band Demo) 8. To Be Someone (Band Demo) 9. David Watts (Band Demo) 10. Best of Both Worlds (Band Demo) 11. That's Entertainment (Band Demo) 12. Rain (Demo) 13. Dream Time (Demo) 14. Dead End Street (Demo) 15. Stand By Me (Demo) 16. Every Little Bit Hurts (Demo) 17. Tales from the Riverbank (Alternate Version) 18. Walking in Heaven's Sunshine (Demo) 19. Precious (Demo) 20. Pity Poor Alfie (Swing Version) 21. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) (First Version) 22. A Solid Bond In Your Heart (Band Demo)