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The JAMS: Wizards of Scam

Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 25 June 1988

While hundreds of hippies besieged Stonehenge, three mysterious cloaked figures slipped through the security net to pay their own strange homage to the Summer Solstice. Yes, those magi of Scam, THE JAMS, alias THE TIMELORDS, have struck again. Accompanied by senior shaman GARY GLITTER, The Jams gave thanks to The Old Ones for finally granting them a hit after so many moons spent ripping off everyone from Abba to Whitney Houston. JACK BARRON (words) and DEREK RIDGERS (picture) were there to record the ritual, while JAMES BROWN charts the history of Jams Scams...

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