Tulum's Collection
The Jam 11/25/1982
Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland
| Source | unknown mics and recorder |
| Media | FLAC 25 discs |
| Notes | -Transglobal Express: almost seamless splice Introduction to the Beat Surrender-Final Tour Series JEMS is pleased to launch a new series chronicling the final tour of one of our very favorite bands, The Jam. I’ve been a huge fan of the Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler since 1982, discovering them just months after their last North American dates. In fact, JEMS’ own Stan Gutoski drove to Vancouver and recorded them at the Kerrisdale Arena in June. By the time I was deeply immersed, they were already playing their farewell Beat Surrender tour in late November and December 1982. Other bands broke up while they were at the peak of the powers and many of those eventually reunited. Of the few who didn’t (The Smiths and The Clash come to mind), The Jam is perhaps the ultimate example of calling it at day overtly at the height of their popularity and never looking back. The trio’s final single, “Beat Surrender,” which also serves as the name of their farewell tour, is one of my favorite songs ever by any artist. That I never got to see them play is one of my biggest rock and roll regrets. But that is decidedly NOT the case for our friend RG. He became a huge Jam fan five years earlier and despite living in LA, he got to know Weller and the band. Incredibly, when The Jam announced their break-up and final tour, RG decided he had to go to the UK to see them. Not just one last time, but see EVERY SINGLE SHOW ON THE FINAL TOUR. That’s right, RG was there for every night of the Beat Surrender tour, from opening night in Glasgow, through five nights and Wembley Arena, and the last show ever at The Centre in Brighton on December 11. Better still, RG recorded all the shows. Those of you familiar with New Wave in LA, our on-going series of RG recordings done in Los Angeles circa 1977-85, will know RG didn’t have Millard-level equipment, but he was at the right shows at the right time, none more so than The Jam’s last tour. RG did make copies of most of these shows for fellow fans back in the day. As such, we believe many of the extant recordings from the Beat Surrender tour were made by RG but suffer from considerable generation loss. Many of these venues were also acoustically challenged, so the recordings vary from passable to good. But few if any alternate recordings of the band’s farewell shows have ever surfaced, meaning RG’s tapes are often the only available captures of these historic performances. For the first time, RG’s master tapes have been properly transferred and digitized. While the overall quality is still challenging, especially for some shows, they should all prove to be upgrades to circulating versions and to the best or our knowledge, represent the best available documents of the concerts, save for two of the five Wembley shows which have been officially released in the last 10 years. Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, November 25, 1982 First up in the series is opening night at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow. The show came just three days after the release of the single “Beat Surrender” which became the band’s fourth song to debut at No. 1 on the UK singles chart and 20 days after the band performed it live on the premiere episode of legendary television series, The Tube. Glasgow has something of a dream setlist as the band balanced recent material with more career-spanning choice including their debut single, “In The City.” Classics like “Start,” “Down In The Tube Station At Midnight,” “Town Called Malice” and “Going Underground” all feature, along with several sublime choices like “Ghost,” “Away From The Numbers,” “All Mod Cons” into “To Be Someone” and “Dreams Of Children.” We also get covers of Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up” and The Kinks’ “David Watts.” What’s not to like. Sound quality for Glasgow is representative of the better recordings RG grabbed on the tour, clear, if low-fi and with an understandably excited audience. Samples provided. I truly stand in awe of the fact that RG traveled to the UK and documented these shows. For a kid born and raised in LA to see the Jam’s last 14 gigs is miraculous. Thanks to him for letting us release these tapes and hopefully provide upgrades to Jam fans everywhere. Thanks as well to mjk5510, for taking the driver’s seat on this series. All sonic improvements made after my cassette transfers are thanks to him. BK for JEMS |
| Tech Notes | JEMS 2020 Transfer: RG Master Cassette > Nakamichi RX-505 (azimuth adjustment) > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 capture > iZotope RX6 > iZotope Ozone 6 > CD Wave > ffmpeg > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
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