Neither as bracingly rude as the Sex Pistols nor as persuasively political as the Clash, the Jam didn’t translate Stateside as quickly as its peers in Britain’s punk-rock origin story. Signed to major label Polydor from the start, these three youngsters from Woking, Surrey, were classicists rather than rebels, in love with the Who, the … Continue reading Essential New Music: The Jam’s “1977”