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The Clash - Hits Back (2013)

2013-10-27T16:38:56Z

The Clash - Hits Back (2013)

CD1:
01 – London Calling
02 – Safe European Home
03 – Know Your Rights
04 – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
05 – Janie Jones
06 – The Guns of Brixtion
07 – Train in Vain
08 – Bankrobber
09 – Wrong ‘Em Boyo
10 – The Magnificent Seven
11 – Police on My Back
12 – Rock the Casbah
13 – Career Opportunities
14 – Police & Thieves
15 – Somebody Got Murdered
16 – Brand New Cadillac
17 – Clampdown

CD2:
01 – Ghetto Defendant
02 – Armagideon Time
03 – Stay Free
04 – I Fought the Law
05 – Straight to Hell
06 – Should I Stay or Should I Go
07 – Garageland
08 – White Riot
09 – Complete Control
10 – Clash City Rockers
11 – Tommy Gun
12 – English Civil War
13 – The Call Up
14 – Hitsville UK
15 – Radio Clash

Joe Strummer - vocals, guitar
Mick Jones - vocals, guitar
Paul Simenon - bass, vocals
Topper Headon - drum
Terry Chimes - drums

A tie-in to the exhaustive 2013 box set Sound System, the 2013 compilation The Clash Hits Back is a novel approach to a career retrospective: it mirrors the 24-song set list for the band's July 19, 1982 concert at Brixton Fairdeal, then adds eight bonus hits at the end. The Clash Hits Back slightly tweaks the running order of the original set -- "Bankrobber" arrived five songs into the concert but appears eighth here -- but that doesn't matter much, as this swap doesn't alter the impact of the original set. The Clash were plugging Combat Rock so songs from that LP -- the singles "Rock the Casbah," "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" and "Straight to Hell," plus "Ghetto Defendant" and "Know Your Rights," adding up to just under half the album -- sit alongside a heavy chunk of London Calling and early hits, plus a few stabs at Sandinista!. What's added at the end is a mix of their high-octane early material ("White Riot," "Complete Control," "Clash City Rockers," Tommy Gun," "English Civil War") and their more adventurous studio recordings ("The Call Up," "Hitsville UK," "This Is Radio Clash"), adding up to a strong overview of all the band could do. --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

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The Clash – London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition) (2004)

2009-10-12T21:30:32Z

The Clash – London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition) (2004)


CD1
1. The clash - London calling (3:19)
2. The clash - Brand new cadillac (2:08)
3. The clash - Jimmy jazz (3:55)
4. The clash - Hateful (2:44)
5. The clash - Rudie can't fail (3:29)
6. The clash - Spanish bombs (3:18)
7. The clash - The right profile (3:54)
8. The clash - Lost in the supermarket (3:47)
9. The clash - Clampdown (3:49)
10. The clash - The guns of Brixton (3:10)
11. The clash - Wrong 'em boyo (3:10)
12. The clash - Death or glory (3:55)
13. The clash - Koka kola (1:47)
14. The clash - The card cheat (3:49)
15. The clash - Lover's rock (4:03)
16. The clash - Four horsemen (2:55)
17. The clash - I'm not down (3:06)
18. The clash - Revolution rock (5:33)
19. The clash - Train in vain (3:10)

CD2
1. The clash - Hateful (3:23)
2. The clash - Rudie can't fail (3:08)
3. The clash - Paul's tune (2:32)
4. The clash - I'm not down (3:34)
5. The clash - 4 horsemen (2:45)
6. The clash - Koka kola, advertising & cocaine (1:57)
7. The clash - Death or glory (3:47)
8. The clash - Lover's rock (3:45)
9. The clash - Lonesome me (2:09)
10. The clash - The police walked in 4 jazz (2:19)
11. The clash - Lost in the supermarket (3:52)
12. The clash - Up-Toon (Inst.) (1:57)
13. The clash - Walking the slidewalk (2:35)
14. The clash - Where you gonna go (Soweto) (4:05)
15. The clash - The man in me (3:57)
16. The clash - Remote control (2:39)
17. The clash - Working and waiting (4:11)
18. The clash - Heart & mind (4:27)
19. The clash - Brand new cadillac (2:08)
20. The clash - London calling (4:26)
21. The clash - Revolution rock (3:51)

Bass, Vocals – Paul Simonon
Brass – The Irish Horns 
Drums, Percussion – Topper Headon 
Guitar, Vocals, Piano – Mick Jones
Organ – Micky Gallagher 
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Joe Strummer 
Whistling – Baker Glare

If music-loving aliens land and you find yourself, at laser-point, searching for one single example of how rock is supposed to be rolled, then you are strongly advised to recommend London Calling. Because this epic double album, from its iconic sleeve to its wildly eclectic mash-up of styles, is surely the quintessential rock album.

So good in fact that Rolling Stone magazine voted it the best album of the 1980s, even though it actually came out in 1979. This was when The Clash came of age, progressing from the brilliant-but-limited punk rock ire of their first two albums to the stage where they could turn their hand to reggae, ska, rockabilly and pretty much anything else they fancied.

Yet the record never lacks focus and Strummer and Jones' willingness to experiment is never let down by a lack of great songs. Pick from straight-up punk like "Death Or Glory", sweet pop like "Lost In The Supermarket" or dub like the Paul Simenon-penned "Guns of Brixton". They're even confident enough to leave possibly the best song of all, "Train In Vain", un-credited on the sleeve when any other band would be screaming its presence from the rooftops.

Truly, a record so brilliant you'd have to be from another planet not to love it. ---Mark Sutherland, bbc.co.uk

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The Clash – The Essential Clash (2003)

2009-10-12T21:45:43Z

The Clash – The Essential Clash (2003)

CD 1 
01.  White Riot  - Single Version 1.58 
02.  London's Burning 2.09 
03. Complete Control 3.12 
04. Clash City Rockers 3.57 
05. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A. 2.23 
06. Career Opportunities 1.51 
07. Hate & War 2.05 
08. Cheat 2.05 
09.  Police & Thieves 6.00 
10.  Janie Jones 2.04 
11.  Garageland 3.09 
12. Capital One Radio 2.09 
13. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 4.00 
14. English Civil War 2.34 
15. Tommy Gun 3.14 
16. Safe European Home 3.49 
17. Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad 3.00 
18. Stay Free 3.37 
19.  Groovy Times 3.30 
20. I Fought The Law 2.35 

CD 2
01.  London Calling 3.18 
02.  The Guns Of Brixton 3.12 
03.  Clampdown 3.50 
04.  Rudie Can't Fall 3.27 
05.  Lost In The Supermarket 3.47 
06.  Jimmy Jazz 3.55 
07.  Train In Vain 3.10 
08.  Bankrobber 4.31 
09.  The Magnificent Seven 5.28 
10.  Ivan Meets G.I. Joe 3.05 
11.  Stop The World 2.33 
12.  Somebody Got Murdered 3.34 
13.  The Street Parade 3.26 
14.  Broadway 5.45 
15.  This Is Radio Clash 4.10 
16.  Ghetto Defendant 4.45 
17.  Rock The Casbah 3.40 
18.  Straight To Hell 5.30 
19.  Should I Stay Or Should I Go 3.06 
20.  This Is England 3.49

Since The Clash’s demise, there have been many compilations of their work; unfortunately, most of them sound like they were sequenced with a dartboard. This two-disc collection, organized roughly chronologically, finally does them justice: The first disc shows the young Clash as the best rock band in the world: passionate, tough and tuneful. If those early punk songs don’t have the shock now they once did — “White Riot” can be found on karaoke machines these days — they still can straighten your spine. The hint of reggae in “(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais” becomes the story of the second disc, as the group heads in all directions at once: funk, dub, the top of the charts. The coda is “This Is England,” the Clash’s lost classic: Joe Strummer looks around him, his country and band both in ruins, and spits in the eye of the world. ---Gavin Edwards, rollingstone.com

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The Clash – The Vanilla Tapes (2004)

2009-10-12T21:47:13Z

The Clash – The Vanilla Tapes (2004)


1 	Hateful 	3:23
2 	Rudi Can't Fail 	3:08
3 	Paul's Tune 	2:32
4 	I'm Not Down 	3:34
5 	4 Horsemen 	2:45
6 	Koka, Kola, Advertising & Cocaine 	1:57
7 	Death Or Glory 	3:47
8 	Lovers Rock 	3:45
9 	Lonesome Me 	2:09
10 	The Police Walkin' 	2:19
11 	Lost In The Supermarket 	3:52
12 	Up-Toon (Instrumental) 	1:57
13 	Walkin' The Slidewalk 	2:34
14 	Where You Gonna Go (Soweto) 	4:04
15 	The Man In Me 	3:57
16 	Remote Control 	2:39
17 	Working and Waiting 	4:10
18 	Heart and Mind 	4:27
19 	Brand New Cadillac 	2:08
20 	London Calling 	4:26
21 	Revolution Rock 	3:51

When Clash guitarist Mick Jones was rummaging through boxes in his home in London, he stumbled upon a set of homemade recording tapes that had been missing for twenty-five years. Known as the “Vanilla Tapes,” they contain demo versions of fifteen songs that would end up on the band’s classic London Calling, plus six unreleased songs, including a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Man in Me.”

The Vanilla Tapes have long been legend among fans — now they will be released for the first time as part of a three-disc package to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of London Calling, due out on September 21st. The package contains the remastered original album and a DVD with interviews and footage of the London Calling sessions.

The Vanilla Tapes were recorded in a studio built into a dingy auto garage. “I remember the dirty brown carpet on the floor, and the ceiling and the walls,” says Clash bassist Paul Simonon. It was a troubled time for the Clash: The band had recently parted with manager Bernie Rhodes and had just wrapped up its first U.S. tour, embodied by the photo that would become the cover of London Calling: Simonon thrashing his white Fender bass onstage in New York.

“In Britain, everybody thought we were over,” says Simonon. “We felt backed into a corner, so we got quite close with each other, and we just tried to go to work.”

The band’s spontaneity and invention can be heard on these tapes, especially on early versions of “London Calling” (with alternate lyrics) and “Death or Glory.” “It’s strange hearing those songs,” says Simonon. “It really conjures up another time.” ---rollingstone.com

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