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I cannot comment on the first few bands, but with regards to The Jam, Paul Weller's magnum opus has to be All Mod Cons; a good place to start.

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For me the Gift is the best, if only for Carnation.

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Try Velvet Underground and Nico as a place to start with the Velvets. It has such staggeringly beautiful opuses on it as Sunday Morning, All Tomorrow's Parties, Black Angel Death Song and many others.

The Jam as said previously All Mod Cons or Setting Sons, mind you anything other than the second album is rather brilliant.

The Doors try the first eponymously titled album, or the second one (Strange Days).

Joy Division anything, I do mean anything, they will steal your soul and leave you wanting more.

As for Hawkwind well I would try any compilation as they have released about 30 albums. But anything with the original version of Motorhead on it and a fair amount from Quark Strangeness and Charm.

Hope this helps

Other bands I would consider looking at would be Echo and the Bunnymen (first 4 albums)
Also buying a decent Punk compilation, or John Peel's Tribute should give you a few pointers.

Hope this helps.

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was trying to make a new thread but not working.. anyways Jay..saw re-order in london sat nite and they were really good.. also had a trib band on there called digital.. joy division trib band. hooky (from new order ) and Monty did the DJ stuff.. the trib bands were great.. better than the real thing,(shuss don't tell the real band)if you get a chance to see them I can recommend. and NO blue monday.. old stuff

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thats rare, a tribute band worth seeing!

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[Accymel and slinky you need not reply to this thread, that's before you start! :p :D ]

Regarding our conversation yesterday silvermain I found this for you to have a gander at :D I'll post if I can find anymore.

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recommend trying Stone The Crows- Ontinuos Performance, real class album was finished after the death on stage of Les Harvey, then sadly the group disbanded.