The Eton Rifles The Eton Rifles "The Eton Rifles" was the only single to be released from the album "Setting Sons" by The Jam. Recorded at Townhouse studios and released on 26 October 1979, it became the band's first top ten hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3. It is also the only official Jam single for which a video was not recorded. The song was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The Jam, and was backed by the B-side "See-Saw". Eton College is a famous English public school located in Berkshire, which is regarded as the epitome of Britain's privileged
Eton College have quite openly continued to follow a long-established practice because they were unaware that the law had changed." A Freedom of Information request in 2005 revealed that Eton had received £2,652 in farming subsidies in 2004 under the Common Agricultural Policy. Asked to explain under what grounds it was eligible to receive farming subsidies, Eton admitted that it was 'a bit of a mystery'. "Panorama" revealed in March 2012 that farming subsidies were granted to Eton for 'environmental improvements', in effect 'being paid without having to do any farming at all'. Figures obtained by "The Daily Telegraph" had revealed that,