Paul Weller (The Jam) plans box set, three night stay in New York's Irving Plaza

by Yep Roc

Paul Weller will be releasing a career spanning box set on January 23rd titled Hit Parade. The Yep Roc box set will include material from his Jam and Style Council days, as well as from his recent years as a solo artist. The release will coincide with a full-length BBC documentary, and Hit includes seminal Jam anthems like "Town Called Malice", "Going Underground", "Eton Rifles" and "Down In The Tube Station", along with Style Council selections "Shout To The Top!" and "You're The Best Thing."

To celebrate the release, and the 30th anniversary of The Jam's debut, In The City, Weller will be performing from January 29th to the 31st at New York's Irving Plaza, with the shows divided thematically.

Although each show will include music from his entire career, the first night will focus on the music of the Jam, while the second will feature the music of the Style Council. The third gig will cherry-pick from throughout Weller's discography. Tickets go on sale Friday

Though Jam selections will be represented, just last year Weller firmly ruled out a reunion saying:

That would never happen. Why would I want to go back? For nostalgic reasons? That's never good enough. My philosophy is to embrace the new day and get on with it. If The Jam reformed now it'd just be a sad cabaret and that's not what I'm about at all.


Disc 1
  1. In The City
  2. All Around The World
  3. The Modern World Single Version
  4. News Of The World
  5. David Watts Single Version
  6. 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street Single Verson
  7. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Single Version
  8. Strange Town
  9. When You're Young
  10. The Eton Rifles Single Version
  11. Going Underground
  12. The Dreams Of Children
  13. Start! Single Version
  14. That's Entertainment
  15. Funeral Pyre Original Mix
  16. Absolute Beginners
  17. Town Called Malice
  18. Precious Single Mix
  19. Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?
  20. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
  21. Beat Surrender

Disc 2

  1. Speak Like A Child
  2. Money-Go-Round (Parts 1 & 2) Original Full 12 Inch Version
  3. Long Hot Summer Single Edit
  4. A Solid Bond In Your Heart
  5. My Ever Changing Moods Single Edit
  6. You're The Best Thing Single Edit
  7. The Big Boss Groove Full Version
  8. Shout To The Top Full Version
  9. Walls Come Tumbling Down
  10. Come To Milton Keynes
  11. The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter) Extended Single Version
  12. Have You Ever Had It Blue Cut/ Single Version
  13. It Didn't Matter Single Edit
  14. Waiting
  15. Wanted (Or Waiter, There's Some Soup In My Flies)
  16. Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm
  17. How She Threw It All Away
  18. Promised Land Radio Edit

Disc 3

  1. Into Tomorrow Album Version
  2. Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!)
  3. Above The Clouds Album / Single Version/ New Mix
  4. Sunflower
  5. Wild Wood
  6. The Weaver Single Edit
  7. Hung Up
  8. Out Of The Sinking Original / Single Version
  9. The Changingman Single Edit
  10. You Do Something To Me
  11. Broken Stones
  12. Peacock Suit Single / Album Version
  13. Brushed
  14. Friday Street
  15. Mermaids

Disc 4

  1. Brand New Start
  2. He's The Keeper Single Edit
  3. Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea
  4. It's Written In the Stars
  5. Leafy Mysteries
  6. The Bottle
  7. Wishing On A Star (Single Version)
  8. Thinking Of You
  9. Early Morning Rain
  10. From The Floorboards Up
  11. Come On/Let's Go
  12. Here's The Good News
  13. Blink And You'll Miss It