Clash,2XLP,London Calling,UK 1979 1stP, CBS CLASH3,"Guns Of Brixton" EX / NM
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The Clash
Title and label: London Calling, CBS CLASH3, UK 1st Press 14TH December 1979. First pressings had a side 4 label and sleeve error where only four of the five tracks are listed. "TRAIN IN VAIN" is missing and appears as a correction that is etched in the dead wax.
Condition of vinyl: EX to NM
Matrix Side 1: 1-2-A1 CBS-S- CLASH -3A TimTom D
Matrix Side 2: CBS-S- CLASH- 3-B-3 CL.1-2.B-3 ty-cbs D
Matrix Side 3: CL-3-4 A2 CBS-S-CLASH 3-C-2 O C
Matrix Side 4: CL-3-4-B-2 CBS-S-CLASH 3-D-2 TRACK 5 IS “TRAIN IN VAIN” ty
Condition of sleeve: EX With a small corner bump, + two black and white Lyric Inserts VG+ due to a couple of corner creases + two white paper sleeves one has the original green sticker from the front of the cover.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Give 'Em Enough Rope, for all of its many attributes, was essentially a holding pattern for the Clash, but the double-album London Calling is a remarkable leap forward, incorporating the punk aesthetic into rock & roll mythology and roots music.
Before, the Clash had experimented with reggae, but that was no preparation for the dizzying array of styles on London Calling. There's punk and reggae, but there's also rockabilly, ska, New Orleans R&B, pop, lounge jazz, and hard rock; and while the record isn't tied together by a specific theme, its eclecticism and anthemic punk function as a rallying call.
While many of the songs -- particularly "London Calling," "Spanish Bombs," and "The Guns of Brixton" -- are explicitly political, by acknowledging no boundaries the music itself is political and revolutionary.
But it is also invigorating, rocking harder and with more purpose than most albums, let alone double albums. Over the course of the record, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones (and Paul Simonon, who wrote "The Guns of Brixton") explore their familiar themes of working-class rebellion and antiestablishment rants, but they also tie them in to old rock & roll traditions and myths, whether it's rockabilly greasers or "Stagger Lee," as well as mavericks like doomed actor Montgomery Clift.
The result is a stunning statement of purpose and one of the greatest rock & roll albums ever recorded.
Side 1:
London Calling
Brand New Cadillac
Jimmy Jazz
Hateful
Rudie Can't Fail
Side 2:
Spanish Bombs
The Right Profile
Lost In The Supermarket
Clampdown
The Guns Of Brixton
Side 3:
Wrong 'Em Boyo
Death Or Glory
Koka Kola
The Card Cheat
Side 4:
Lover's Rock
Four Horsemen
I'm Not Down
Revolution Rock
Train In Vain
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