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Off the top of my head all the Combat Rock promo shots and LP cover were shot in Austin. Topper died briefly on Buddy Hollys grave before being revived...and they used to hang with Joe Ely here a lot! Joe has some stories...
There are many more Texas connections...I fergit 'em...
I didn't know that about Topper. Are you sure about the Combat Rock cover? Maybe the promo shots, but, and this is according to Wikipedia mind you but that info has been there a long time without being changed...
"Pennie Smith shot the cover photo for Combat Rock on a deserted railway line outside Bangkok while the band was on their Far East tour in 1982."
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Celebrate is not a word that goes well with "The Clash". What did the Clash ever celebrate? They were into anger and driving propulsion.
The Clash isn't celebrating...they're closing out their vaults and their legacy...Simonon himself said he's so glad to be done with it he never wants to hear White Riot again...
it is us that are celebrating...have a drink...
So they are having a going out of business sale? A garage sale.
Yes. Yes, exactly. Except this sale has no nickel bin...did you get that drink?
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The Combat Rock cover was shot in Thailand. The video for Rock the Casbah was shot in Texas. Strummer did not steal any songs from Topper, FFS. Topper played on Combat Rock, including the songs he co-wrote, and was paid for publishing. It was after the album came out that he was sacked for his addiction hampering his ability to play live. It's a complete drag they kicked him out and everyone is remorseful, Topper most of all.
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Off the top of my head all the Combat Rock promo shots and LP cover were shot in Austin. Topper died briefly on Buddy Hollys grave before being revived...and they used to hang with Joe Ely here a lot! Joe has some stories...
There are many more Texas connections...I fergit 'em...
I didn't know that about Topper. Are you sure about the Combat Rock cover? Maybe the promo shots, but, and this is according to Wikipedia mind you but that info has been there a long time without being changed...
"Pennie Smith shot the cover photo for Combat Rock on a deserted railway line outside Bangkok while the band was on their Far East tour in 1982."
Not sure, but always been told that is Austin...will investigate further...
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Off the top of my head all the Combat Rock promo shots and LP cover were shot in Austin. Topper died briefly on Buddy Hollys grave before being revived...and they used to hang with Joe Ely here a lot! Joe has some stories...
There are many more Texas connections...I fergit 'em...
I didn't know that about Topper. Are you sure about the Combat Rock cover? Maybe the promo shots, but, and this is according to Wikipedia mind you but that info has been there a long time without being changed...
"Pennie Smith shot the cover photo for Combat Rock on a deserted railway line outside Bangkok while the band was on their Far East tour in 1982."
Not sure, but always been told that is Austin...will investigate further...
Its absolutely in the Far East. There's no way that scenery in the background is in a western country
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When Strummer played Rock the Casbah with the Mescaleros, he made a point of saying that it was written by Topper.
When the Clash played it live, the main riff sounded a bit like 5:15 by the Who.
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When Strummer played Rock the Casbah with the Mescaleros, he made a point of saying that it was written by Topper.
When the Clash played it live, the main riff sounded a bit like 5:15 by the Who.
That's cool. I was merely pointing out that Topper had issues with the direction in which his song was taken by Strummer, and this certainly came across in the Westway documentary.
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This release is, indeed, EPIC! (pardon the reference)
But, sadly, as 'exhaustive' as it appears, it is frustratingly not complete.
Justice Tonight/Kick it Over????
Robber Dub???
Outside Broadcast???
Radio Five????
Mustapha Dance???
These recordings are _SEMINAL_ when considering The Clash's legacy as genre pushing, experimental, 12"-defining artists.
Not to mention the tid bits from On Broadway:
Every Little Bit Hurts??
full versions of Combat Rock tracks ??**
Paul and Mick have said "This is it" as far as any future Clash vault releases and that is a shame. There are a plethora of live recordings that could/should have full-show releases from the middle period of the band that have gone undocumented (where is the full show that Lightning Strikes is from on On Broadway??) 1979-1981 shows far outshine the appalling, and largely unnecessary, Shea Stadium 1982. From Here To Eternity serves as a sampler of what should have come out, but is still weighed too heavily on the later years.
**And the Clash's legacy is incomplete until there is a Legacy Edition reissue of Combat Rock including the unedited, pre-Glyn Johns edit/mix of "Rat Patrol From Ft. Bragg."
I suppose they could do the same with the "Cut The Crap" album with the earlier versions of those tracks,and Sex Mad Roar (which was great live in 84), but I don't take issue with them not including that album in this set.
How can you not dig Sandinista!?? Rather than supposedly breaking them up, it is more like their ultimate statement. Watch the docu. and smoke a spliff. You'll get it then.
What is not mentioned in this thread yet is that this new box set SOUNDS incredible. The remastering is brilliant -- even the samples via iTunes on an iPad sound much better than what else has been out. Depth, layers, presence, edges. All there.
As someone else mentioned, I, too, go long periods of not listening to The Clash. But whenever I do it is an emotional, moving experience that brings me back to some wonderful times, truly world-changing high-impact music, an a longing for a time when such music mattered.
SOUND SYSTEM!
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THE WORLD'S OTHER GREATEST ROCK N ROLL BAND!
BUY IT!
LIVE IT!
Nothing can change the shape of things to Clash!
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Celebrate is not a word that goes well with "The Clash". What did the Clash ever celebrate? They were into anger and driving propulsion.
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This release is, indeed, EPIC! (pardon the reference)
But, sadly, as 'exhaustive' as it appears, it is frustratingly not complete.
Justice Tonight/Kick it Over????
Robber Dub???
Outside Broadcast???
Radio Five????
Mustapha Dance???
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JMARKO
This release is, indeed, EPIC! (pardon the reference)
But, sadly, as 'exhaustive' as it appears, it is frustratingly not complete.
Justice Tonight/Kick it Over????
Robber Dub???
Outside Broadcast???
Radio Five????
Mustapha Dance???
These recordings are _SEMINAL_ when considering The Clash's legacy as genre pushing, experimental, 12"-defining artists.
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I'm in. Love me some Clash. I've never been able to get into Sandinista though, except a couple songs like Police On My Back and The Magnificent Seven, though I prefer the live version of that one from Shea stadium where they do it as a medley with Armagideon Time.
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I'm in. Love me some Clash. I've never been able to get into Sandinista though, except a couple songs like Police On My Back and The Magnificent Seven, though I prefer the live version of that one from Shea stadium where they do it as a medley with Armagideon Time.
Sandinista works but you have to be patient and listen to it as a whole. It also helps to be as stoned on weed as the Clash were when they made it.