
Yep, as the late great Joe Strummer said withĪ big grin on his face: “it was triply outrageous”. 67-minute zipped mp3 file here The Leader Somebody Got Murdered Lightning. This period was the beginning of the end of the classic lineup with Topper Headon. Designs created and sold by independent artists and emerging music genre at the time. Halfway between the cubicle-gray (stoned all night in the mixing booth) vibe of the studio album and the immediacy of this chaotic live Clash is the Sandinista that I like best. Turn Up The Volume: Collect the best tracks and you’ll end up withĪ magnificent one album. It 121st on their 80 s list this item: the Sandinista Tour by Clash. It also features a new clothing Merchandise Store, with t shirts, sweatshirts & posters in the shop. A brand new website launched to recognise World Clash Day, it features an extensive Timeline Discography of albums and singles, Tour Concert History, Biography, as well as a photo gallery, news, fan wall content and a massive video archive. People that weren’t able to get to the record shops regularly.” Visit the official website for The Clash. Mick Jones: “I always saw it as a record for people who were, like, on oil rigs. Hiring Bernard Rhodes - a former business associate of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren - as their manager, the Clash set out on the Pistols notorious Anarchy Tour late in 1976.
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Instead of presenting a band with a far-reaching vision, like London Calling did, Sandinista! plays as a messy, confused jumble, which means that its numerous virtues are easy to ignore… its sloppy attack is disheartening after the tour de force of London Calling and the focused aggression of The Clash.” Full review here. The Clash performed its first concert in the summer of 1976, supporting the Sex Pistols in London. For its triple-album follow-up, Sandinista!, they tried to do everything, adding dub, rap, gospel, and even children’s choruses to the punk, reggae, R&B, and roots rock they already were playing. Score: #19 in the UK, #24 in the US, #3 in CanadaĪllMusic: “The Clash sounded like they could do anything on London Calling.


Released: 12 December 1980 – 40 years ago today
