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The Jam: In the City (Polydor)

Richard Riegel, Creem, November 1977

ANARCHY IN the U.K.? You ain't heard nothing yet — just wait till the Sex Pistols wake up to the realization that they pissed away their big chance by urinating on their potential record labels while the rival Stranglers and Jam were going ahead with recording debut albums for the crucial U.S. market.

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