The Jam’s single, A Town Called Malice was released on this day, the 29th of January 1982. This video is a restored and re-edited version of the original promo video.

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Time is short and life is cruel but it's up to us to change…

When I was growing up, The Jam seemed ubiquitous; always having a new single out and making another appearance on Top of the Pops, all of which were uniformly brilliant. And indeed, between 1977, and their split in 1982, The Jam released 18 consecutive top 40 singles, including four number one hits. Those songs, often about the bitterness of working class life in Thatcher’s rotten Britain and aspirations for something better, are all so deep in my subconscious.

The Jam produced six studio albums, including their final one, The Gift in March 1982. The release of The Gift was preceded in January ‘82, by one of The Jam's finest singles, A Town Called Malice; a song about trying to deal with hardship in a small, downtrodden English town. A Town Called Malice went straight into the UK charts at number one, and sold over a million copies.

Mike Brady’s very nicely shot promo video is marred by some poor editing choices, IMO. The existing version of the promo on the Jam’s official YouTube channel is poor quality. So, here’s my fix.

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Credits

Music video by The Jam performing Town Called Malice. (C) 1982 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

Audio Source:
The Jam | A Town Called Malice | Recorded at
Air Studios, London; PolyGram Studios, London | released 29 January 1982 | from the album The Gift | Produced by Peter Wilson and the Jam

Video Source
The Jam | A Town Called Malice | Promo video directed by Mike Brady | 1982

Musicians:
Paul Weller | lead vocals and backing vocals, electric guitar
Bruce Foxton | bass and backing vocals
Rick Buckler | drums
Pete Wilson | organ
Russ Henderson | percussion

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