EP98 - Den Davis - The Jam Archivist / Collector / Superfan... ”To me you’re still a collector...”

In 1979, twelve-year-old Den Davis went to see The Jam play at
Manchester Apollo and his world changed forever. As we hear
on this episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast, a few months
later when Den started a Sunday morning paper round, he struck a
deal with the shop to save every magazine and paper that
mentioned The Jam, and Den would deliver the papers for free. It
didn’t matter to Den if they were the cool music press like the
NME and Melody Maker or the likes of Jackie and Look In. He
wanted them all.So began the start of his journey to collecting
anything and everything about the band fronted by
Paul Weller, amassing the largest collection of vinyl and
memorabilia in the world.We talk about that collection, and how
he had to rebuild after the 1996 Manchester bombing, and hear all
about The Jam: Cover Stars - Den's new and exclusive exhibition
of original and iconic Magazine and Music Press covers from
around the world that show The Jam throughout their amazing
six-year career from 1977 to 1982. Den saw The Jam 39 times
between then and end of December 1982 - the final tour, he first
met the band in 1981, started The Jam Tapes Collection service in
April 1982, saw The Style Council 52 times live and Paul Weller
solo over 100 times!.Find out more in the show notes for this
podcast at paulwellerfanpodcast.com/episode-98-den-davis


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