The Jam - Sound Check/Precious 1982

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  • Опубликовано: 1 янв 2025

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  • @modmutha8608
    @modmutha8608 9 лет назад +58

    Always let their fans into sound checks. Bloody brilliant. Looks like it as filmed yesterday

    • @jimmy2minutes
      @jimmy2minutes 3 года назад +3

      I was in one. Just me and my mate. That was it.

  • @happinessstan1
    @happinessstan1 3 года назад +6

    Imagine we'd had access to this in the 80s and 90s. It was difficult enough to find snap on vhs. RUclips is brilliant for this.

  • @npe1
    @npe1 5 месяцев назад +2

    They cared so much about their fans and always let a few into sound checks. Top guys.

  • @Mod-rw9cw
    @Mod-rw9cw 5 лет назад +12

    Went t see them on this tour at Newcastle city hall more people in their soundchecks than most bands today get at gigs .Legends.

  • @KennyAnstiger
    @KennyAnstiger 9 лет назад +30

    The Jam were so good, even when sound checking!

  • @cliveedwards2958
    @cliveedwards2958 2 года назад +17

    Cant believe how many they allowed in for a sound check..that is so good see, a band with a big heart!

    • @gregordiezemann-io6zd
      @gregordiezemann-io6zd Год назад +1

      Working class,peoples band!

    • @PD-jj4fo
      @PD-jj4fo 8 месяцев назад

      I got in to see the check in Cardiff on the Sound Effects tour 1982? I remember they played Dreamtime

  • @tonylilley6611
    @tonylilley6611 7 лет назад +10

    loved the soundchecks​, really informal, fantastic memories...

  • @philventress991
    @philventress991 8 лет назад +19

    cant tell you how much I would have given to see this and be in a sound check.

  • @loistipping2690
    @loistipping2690 6 лет назад +10

    I was actually there, bunked off school to catch it what memories, best band in the world

    • @grs67dvn
      @grs67dvn 5 лет назад

      Lois Tipping correct me if I’m wrong but I thought that gig was Sunday 21st March 1982 , they also played bingley hall the previous night on the Saturday but that one wasn’t filmed.

    • @koont666
      @koont666 Год назад

      Me and a few pals bunked off Hammersmith odeon,the band were so kind about 30 or so of us for a good hour and a half magic 🇬🇧🍀👍

  • @brianjones4026
    @brianjones4026 4 года назад +3

    I was there at Bingley ! Was billed as being their last gig ever, but then they played one last time at Brighton, just added on at the end as a Goodbye i guess ! I could not get down there (

  • @nitedreamer23
    @nitedreamer23 8 лет назад +12

    Weller: always the coolest cat in the room. Excellent post, Aceface!

  • @vv247
    @vv247 Год назад +1

    saw the last gig in Toronto , still have the tour brochure and The Gift record. Awesome.

  • @claptonbroco461
    @claptonbroco461 4 года назад +9

    how lovely for those well behaved young fans back then to have been invited in, bet they are still made up over it. Fantastic gesture the Jam used to do. Top blokes !

  • @alycats99
    @alycats99 8 лет назад +5

    I was lucky to see almost the same soundcheck in Toronto

    • @alycats99
      @alycats99 8 лет назад +1

      But there was maybe 2 dozen of us. Lucky us!

  • @grez6330
    @grez6330 3 года назад +2

    Ohh, what i would give to have seen them live!

  • @canyoudigit6321
    @canyoudigit6321 2 года назад +1

    Looks like whitley bay ice rink and me and my mates were at the front, happy days.

  • @steveaustin6467
    @steveaustin6467 4 года назад +1

    so happy this was caught on film, lucky guys there watching this

  • @PeterPumpkinhead1
    @PeterPumpkinhead1 10 лет назад +4

    A rare clip! Thanks!

  • @Mr69906990
    @Mr69906990 8 лет назад +6

    love this.

  • @birdy1numnum
    @birdy1numnum 4 года назад +2

    Oh thanks for posting this clip...so intimate. I'd personally would have liked to heard an entire "Tales from the Riverbank".

  • @ILikechipsandham97
    @ILikechipsandham97 5 лет назад +18

    5:45 rip headphones users

  • @mod69
    @mod69 10 лет назад +5

    Wow excellent

  • @markscarlett5417
    @markscarlett5417 2 года назад

    Remember seeing this tour at Queens Hall Leeds, similar spot, big car park normally but packed out for the concert

  • @stevesj80
    @stevesj80 10 лет назад +2

    Amazing. Thanks so much

  • @katastrophenschutzwa
    @katastrophenschutzwa 7 лет назад +1

    This is great to see. Thank you.

  • @charlesbull6188
    @charlesbull6188 2 года назад +8

    The jam today would fill stadiums

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 Год назад +1

      Definitely,they were the biggest-selling band in England when they split up.

    • @greglyons2526
      @greglyons2526 7 месяцев назад

      They could easily have done it back then too but liked smaller venues more

    • @mod6462
      @mod6462 4 месяца назад

      @@greglyons2526they filled Wembley

  • @stevemcniel5513
    @stevemcniel5513 7 лет назад +1

    still canny get over how great they were.

  • @andysmith8890
    @andysmith8890 3 года назад +1

    I saw them on this tour 👍

  • @jdhamilton1369
    @jdhamilton1369 Год назад

    I went to the loo at the Brighton centre way before the gig started and a big hairy bloke came in and asked me and my mate if we wanted to go in for the sound check, of course we said yesss, little boy soldiers was the first full tune they checked... ah memories

  • @iainholmes2735
    @iainholmes2735 2 года назад +4

    This footage is now 40 yrs old, yet it looks like it could have been recorded this morning on a smartphone. What an amazing band.

  • @ianharris879
    @ianharris879 8 лет назад +2

    soundcheck in leicester 81,they did a few they did a few songs then weller said 'any requests'....a few shouted jam songs out,when it went quiet my mate shouted 'my generation' on that weller left the stage...they were good sports though when they all signed the side panel of his vespa

    • @duffymoony
      @duffymoony 7 лет назад +1

      Grandby Hall? I was there as well, they came off stage and chatted with us, I gave Rick a Benson & Hedges, had a chat with Paul and Bruce, photo as well, still have it, De Montfort sound check a year earlier in 1980 too, best days of my life!

  • @williamdonnelly8532
    @williamdonnelly8532 2 года назад

    More interesting than I first thought!👌🎵

  • @richardhoyle1138
    @richardhoyle1138 9 месяцев назад

    If it is Bingley Hall, I saw them the night before at the Manchester Apollo. Also 3 years earlier at Blackburn King Georges Hall with The Vapors as support support

  • @granto6738
    @granto6738 5 лет назад

    Was at Whitleybay I've rink this in September 82

  • @manchesterblue2007
    @manchesterblue2007 7 лет назад +5

    sound check is like a soundtrack of my youth
    at any point youre waiting for weller to say one...two...three...four...

  • @Very-Veryconfused
    @Very-Veryconfused Год назад

    Banging tune

  • @ryanallen1396
    @ryanallen1396 8 лет назад +2

    So cold in there you can see their breath!

  • @JWinder2012
    @JWinder2012 3 года назад +2

    How cold is it in there?! You can see his breath while he's singing. It'd suck to sound check in the cold like that but they still sound great!

  • @Sebastian-lo3hn
    @Sebastian-lo3hn 2 месяца назад

    looking at the band, No mobile phones.....what they see is what they save in their heads.

  • @markjohnson182
    @markjohnson182 Год назад

    Dave Liddle in his Iron Maiden shirt!!! The Jam and Maiden, the two bands I grew up on!!!!

  • @FG-wn7il
    @FG-wn7il 8 лет назад +1

    raw and genius

  • @donnieclarke2496
    @donnieclarke2496 8 лет назад +2

    how cool is he

  • @stevemcniel5513
    @stevemcniel5513 8 лет назад +2

    fuckin timeless. wot a band

  • @daisyrios1925
    @daisyrios1925 8 лет назад +1

    its i dont know? simply calming

  • @paullogan4857
    @paullogan4857 7 лет назад +3

    Great to see loyal Dave Liddle the guitar tech on a film clip.The best mod hippy punk metal tech nice gent.

  • @StevieRevbo
    @StevieRevbo 5 лет назад +3

    sounds like ......that's entertainment

  • @celtfu
    @celtfu 3 года назад +1

    Foxton with the 6 string piccolo bass!

  • @danielhenry822
    @danielhenry822 10 лет назад +1

    what other band would /could do this.such a massive following in brum must explain why so many post's come from the bingley hall gig.though i am biased i refuse to complain.don't care where there the footage come's from, as long as it come's.

  • @granto6738
    @granto6738 3 года назад +1

    Bit sad how it's turning out ?

  • @crawfy685
    @crawfy685 2 года назад +1

    Iknow its auto wah but i still dont get how he plays the strings and gets the sound

  • @sharrow2
    @sharrow2 10 лет назад +1

    It's alright, his nail is a bit broken!. Wow this is the shizzle. Those boys on brass. Fucking amazing vid.

  • @strappaplank6017
    @strappaplank6017 3 года назад +1

    Sunday night? I was at the sound check the Saturday... think he was wearing a red jacket? stood by him as a 16 year old, bottled it to talk....

  • @strappaplank6017
    @strappaplank6017 3 года назад +1

    theaceface, thank you, Sat or Sunday night mate? Thank you

  • @motelghost477
    @motelghost477 8 лет назад +4

    There's something about it being hand-held that makes it seem strangely very recent, not 34 years ago.

  • @cyclesgoff9768
    @cyclesgoff9768 4 года назад

    What a little gem 💎 thanks for posting. Is that the Bingley Agricultural Hall in Stafford? Also Thin Lizzie used to let us in to their SC’s. Happy days.😷😎😁

    • @cyclesgoff9768
      @cyclesgoff9768 3 года назад

      @All Eyes On You Thanks, RUclips descriptions, who knew 😆

  • @mgtowsoldier8673
    @mgtowsoldier8673 Год назад

    Foxton ...the worlds coolest man in his crombie....

  • @johnbarry1965
    @johnbarry1965 8 лет назад +2

    Weller stole them pants, and Rupert wants them back!

  • @LikwidAyshun
    @LikwidAyshun 4 года назад +1

    Is the guitar sound on Precious an automatic wah? There's no pedal action.

    • @billyhunt
      @billyhunt 4 года назад

      Back in '82, probably a touch wah.. Boss TW1.

    • @mitelyod
      @mitelyod 3 года назад

      Auto wah yea

  • @oreally8605
    @oreally8605 2 года назад

    Its so cold they had the coats on. Turn up the heat! Who are the blokes on the horns?

  • @Sebastian-lo3hn
    @Sebastian-lo3hn 2 месяца назад

    When they wore the Union Jack, I felt safe....it was ok

  • @1966man
    @1966man 10 лет назад +3

    Brilliant post as usual Aceface! Keep em coming, where did you find this fella?

  • @lucianofonseca3661
    @lucianofonseca3661 2 года назад +1

    Incrível essa a banda

  • @TheDangerous66
    @TheDangerous66 10 лет назад +1

    cheers mate

  • @ianclarke3627
    @ianclarke3627 6 лет назад +2

    Dave liddle there 5th season 👍

  • @simonharding3109
    @simonharding3109 2 года назад

    Which venue? Looks like Stafford bingley hall?

  • @JordanTBoehm
    @JordanTBoehm 8 лет назад +1

    the riff at 2:39, what song is that

    • @ISLWYN2007
      @ISLWYN2007 8 лет назад +4

      Tales From The Riverbank.

    • @granto6738
      @granto6738 5 лет назад

      Yes y from the river bank

  • @kindnessfirst9670
    @kindnessfirst9670 2 года назад

    Why was it so cold in there? You can see their breath.

    • @kindnessfirst9670
      @kindnessfirst9670 2 года назад

      @@davidwhitehead9737 Forgive my ignorance- I'm an American. Are you saying she controlled the buildings thermostat?

    • @davidwhitehead9737
      @davidwhitehead9737 2 года назад

      @@kindnessfirst9670 THIS COUNTRY WAS LIVING WITH STRKES,,CUT BACKS.POWER BLACK OUTS..AND AT TIMES THE U.K.WAS A VERY MISERABLE PLACE ON TOP OF
      UNEMPLOYMENT(LACK OF)..
      THATCHER WAS RUNNING THE COUNTRY.AND YEAH SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAY WE
      WERE HAVING TO LIVE..AND THE
      JAM WAS SINGING ABOUT ALL THIS.😏 ..THANKS FOR YOUR REPY

  • @EM-yk1dw
    @EM-yk1dw 6 лет назад +1

    not much camaraderie between them here.

    • @paulgrahamedwardspencer6393
      @paulgrahamedwardspencer6393 5 лет назад +1

      General Motors looks like it was dead between them no laughing

    • @marineboy1964
      @marineboy1964 4 года назад +1

      They all know it was at a end
      And the band was being split up
      Weller wanted to move on

  • @simonhobbs3826
    @simonhobbs3826 5 лет назад +1

    prefur this to overplayed Town called malice, underated song .

  • @anonymousbuttrue9168
    @anonymousbuttrue9168 7 лет назад

    simply one of the best songs EVER
    take the Blues and make it Cool
    Asif by magic
    I am a Wizard but not a magician
    I am at 2:02 furthest right- see how I did that?
    Fugg, I was bored and left a few minutes later- it was embarrassing how long my heroes took to tune up- the specially designed for music auditorium was truly terrible- must have been designed by an ex-QC big Ego'd twat

  • @tomlangley2416
    @tomlangley2416 4 года назад

    Great clip. Where was this filmed, Looks like Birmingham or Stafford Bingley Hall?

    • @marineboy1964
      @marineboy1964 4 года назад

      Birmingham's Bingley hall
      I was there

    • @tomlangley2416
      @tomlangley2416 4 года назад

      @@marineboy1964 if its Birmingham me too.. Always at the sound check nicking 1/2 off work.

    • @marineboy1964
      @marineboy1964 4 года назад

      @@tomlangley2416
      I still have my ticket stubs
      Program
      Tee shirts
      I first seen them in 1978 picture house
      On new street ,I have seen them a few times

    • @marineboy1964
      @marineboy1964 4 года назад

      The odeon

    • @tomlangley2416
      @tomlangley2416 4 года назад

      Me too.. Birmingham, Stafford Leicester de montfort. All the London gigs as well . I went to all the 5 nights at Wembley at the end .. 3 of the nights on my own!! And last one at Brighton

  • @johnharkness2342
    @johnharkness2342 3 месяца назад

    Saw they in Glasgow in early 1982 at the Apollo standing in the Queue with the damned album machine gun etiquette in a plastic bag getting slagged off mods

  • @1markdun
    @1markdun 3 года назад

    Where s that? Looks like the Ally Pally

  • @sharrow2
    @sharrow2 6 лет назад

    Innocuous setting but he mashes Precious.

  • @mosesberkowitz3298
    @mosesberkowitz3298 6 лет назад +6

    No reaction from the crowd when they start playing "Precious"? Nothing? Why don't they know this song?

    • @speedyaraujo766
      @speedyaraujo766 4 года назад

      because "a town called mallice" is the only exit of the album

  • @markchurchill6579
    @markchurchill6579 7 лет назад +2

    Im there in the crowd 🙈

  • @sharrow2
    @sharrow2 5 лет назад

    Weller's guitar work, though.

  • @TheWelwyn21
    @TheWelwyn21 2 года назад +1

    Back when weller wasn't pretentious

  • @Anglo_Saxon1
    @Anglo_Saxon1 4 года назад

    God, remember when I bought the album. I'd got the money for it by tapping the birds up at the youth club the night before

    • @Anglo_Saxon1
      @Anglo_Saxon1 3 года назад

      @All Eyes On You Haha! Yeah right,I must have been all of 14yrs old😉

  • @andyrudge657
    @andyrudge657 4 года назад

    I am in that crowd somewhere

    • @andyrudge657
      @andyrudge657 4 года назад

      @Paulaner20 I was fifteen at the time. Didn't get to speak with them. Once the soundcheck finished they disappeared from stage and we all had to go back out onto the street. Great memory though.

    • @andyrudge657
      @andyrudge657 4 года назад

      @Paulaner20 yes The Jam, Style Council and Weller solo has been teh soundtrack of my life. Great music and great diversity within that music

    • @davidbillyard6629
      @davidbillyard6629 2 года назад +1

      I’m guessing it helps with the acoustics for the sound check having an audience.

  • @Beechgoose1
    @Beechgoose1 3 года назад

    Maybe Paul shoulda took Bruce to one side and said " sort yer hair out" or summat along those lines...Bruce was a great bass player snd backing singer, but maybe, back then, people couldn't see depth, in shallowness?

  • @stevemcniel5513
    @stevemcniel5513 7 лет назад +8

    still canny get over how great they were.