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[lewdd]

Is this box set worth owning?

[xxxHunterxxx]

Do you like the Jam?

[lewdd]

I like their earlier recordings, but haven't given their latter material much of a listen.

[xxxHunterxxx]

The box set will give you all the studio albums and all the singles, which is great because a lot of the Jam's best songs weren't on any of their Lps. I'd buy the box set in a heartbeat but the Jam are my favorite band.

[JGJR]

I own their 3 best albums (All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, Sound Affects) in multiple formats (including an expanded version of Setting Sons), the 1st 2 on vinyl as well as Extras and Snap! (and Dig the New Breed, too, along with some other odds and ends) so I don't really feel like I need it though I love them.

[patient_ot]

It is absolutely worth getting. It doesn't have everything, but damn near. You can probably snag it for around $40 and you get a ton of great material in there. Seriously, out all the songs on there, maybe there are 3-4 weak ones. The Jam were that good. The boxset was my intro to them maybe 4-5 years ago and I wondered, "why did I wait so long to get into this band?" Since then I've picked up old pressings of some of their albums on vinyl...I even have a UK 1st press of In the City on the way. I will probably pick up the vinyl boxset as well at some point. There are even super deluxe editions of some of the individual albums coming out on CD, but they're really expensive.

In other words - GET IT!