{"id":29501,"date":"2026-03-12T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/the-jam-the-gift-was-released-43-years-ago-today-more-information-here\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T07:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T06:23:43","slug":"the-jam-the-gift-was-released-43-years-ago-today-more-information-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/the-jam-the-gift-was-released-43-years-ago-today-more-information-here\/","title":{"rendered":"THE JAM &#8211; &#8220;The Gift&#8221; was released 43 years ago today. 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However, this did not help to mend the ailing relationship between the new-wavers &#8211; according to his bandmates, frontman Paul Weller was too experimental and contractual obligations made Weller feel like he was only writing songs to order: Nine months after the release, <strong>The Jam<\/strong> split up. <\/p>\n\n<p>Listen to &#8220;The Gift&#8221; on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/intl-de\/album\/71OyKSCFX7DGsJc6qAhhQG?si=f0mfdOe6RDOtpbS_LVsYiw\" title=\"Spotify Embed: The Gift\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/71OyKSCFX7DGsJc6qAhhQG?si=f0mfdOe6RDOtpbS_LVsYiw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly 43 years ago to the day, on March 12, 1982, The Jam released their most successful but last album &#8220;The Gift&#8221;, which reached number 1 in the UK charts. 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