From the “Rock Against the Rich” tour, this August 11, 1988, show is pure brilliance.  But you’d expect no less from the Greatest Rock Performer Who Ever Lived.  Terrific quality, great set list.  A must have.

Joe Strummer and the Latino Rockabilly War
Joe Strummer: Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Zander Schloss – guitar
Roberto Pla – Percussion
Jim Donica – Bass
Willie McNeill : Drums

A Wee Poem
Shouting Street
Keys to Your Heart
Somebody Got Murdered
Oye Coma Va!
Spanish Bombs
Armagideon Time
The 15th Brigade
This is Scotland
Love of the Common People
Unknown Immortal
Sightsee MC
Nothin About Nothin
Police and Thieves
Ride Your Donkey
Straight to Hell
If I Should Fall from Grace
I Fought the Law
Trash City
Brand New Cadilac
Tropic of No Return
Dum Dum Club
Police on My Back
Love Kills
London Calling
ZIP FILE

I can’t believe how long it’s been since I posted a boot of the Greatest Band Of All Time: The Clash.

This is a great boot of the first time Mick Jones and Joe Strummer played together in 20 years, at ActonTown Hall on November 15, 2002.  It’s Strummer and the Mescaleros until track 14, and then it’s Mick N’ Joe.  Dig it.

1 Shaktar Donetsk
2 Bhindi Bhagee
3 Rudie Can’t Fail
4 Tony Adams
5 White Man in Hammersmith Palais
6 Mega Bottle Ride
7 Get Down Moses
8 Police & Thieves
9 Cool ‘n’ Out
10 Police on My Back
11 Johnny Appleseed
12 Coma Girl
13 I Fought the Law
14 Bankrobber
15 White Riot
16 London’s Burning

Link.

By your command . . .

Disc 2
‘Rope Demos:
02 – Safe European Home
03 – Drug-Stabbing Time
04 – Julie’s Been Working For The Drug Squad
05 – Stay Free
06 – Groovy Times
07 – Last Gang In Town
08 – Ooh Baby Ooh (It’s Not Over)
09 – One Emotion
‘Rope Outtakes:
10 – All The Young Punks
11 – Stay Free
London Calling era soundcheck:
12 – Baby Please Don’t Go
13 – Roadrunner
London Calling rehearsal:
14 – Mona
15 – You Can’t Judge A Book
London Calling Outtake:
16 – Revolution Rock [instrumental]
Sandinista! Outtakes:
17 – King Of The Road
18 – Blonde Rock And Roll
19 – Louie Louie
Combat Rock Outtakes:
20 – Know Your Rights
21 – Overpowered By Funk (instrumental)
Combat Rock Alternate Mix:
22 – Cool Confusion
Janie Jones Demo:
23 – House Of The Ju Ju Queen
Joe Strummer Unreleased Song:
24 – In The Pouring Rain

ZIP FILE!

The best collection of Clash demos and rarities, never released (and if they ain’t been now, I don’t see them coming out ever–Clash ain’t Tupac, after all).  It starts with their earliest Polydor sessions (1976) and goes up through 1982.  Some of these are even better than the originals.  I’m throwing up disc one.  If there’s interest, I’ll put up disc 2 later.

This will be up for a limited time–so get it now.

Disc 1

Polydor Demos:
01 – Career Opportunities
02 – White Riot
03 – Janie Jones
04 – London’s Burning
05 – 1977
Micky Foote Demos:
06 – Preamble
07 – I’m So Bored With The U.S.A.
08 – London’s Burning
09 – White Riot [take 1]
10 – White Riot [take 2]
11 – Career Opportunities
12 – 1977
13 – Janie Jones [instrumental]
Film Soundtrack Demos:
14 – Heartbreak Hotel [take 1]
15 – Heartbreak Hotel [take 2]
Promo Video Shoot:
16 – 1977
17 – White Riot
18 – London’s Burning
19 – 1977 [alternate mix]
20 – White Riot [alternate mix]
Elisabethan Suite Outtake:
21 – What’s My Name
Rude Boy Rehearsal:
22 – Garageland
Rock Against Racism track:
23 – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Alternate Mixes:
24 – Clash City Rockers
25 – The Prisoner
B-Side Outtakes:
26 – 1-2 Crush On You
27 – Pressure Drop
28 – The Prisoner

British TV Outtakes:

29 – Clash City Rockers
30 – Tommy Gun
31 – Israelites

ZIP

All the Young Dudes-Billy Bragg and Jill Sobule

All the Young Dudes-Alejandro Escovedo

All the Young Dudes-The Smashing Pumpkins

All the Young Dudes-World Party

What a Shame/All the Young Dudes-As Fast As Live

All the Young Dudes-Uncle Billy’s Smokehouse

All You Young Cunts-Joe Strummer

BONUS SONG:

Vulture (Tobias Doppleganger Wildlife On One Remix)-Patrick Wolf (YSI)

BONUS SHOUT OUT:

I thought I had the market cornered on Clash boot postings, but Captain’s Dead been known to jump in from time to time, like this one from 1982.  Go check it out.

This is the first of a two CD set, but I only have disc one. It’s cuts from the 1984 Clash tour–not their best, but not their worst, either. Quite a few rare songs will be found here, such as Ammunition, Are You Ready for War, and Glue Zombie. I’m too lazy to write all the songs here in this post, so you’re just going to have to DL the ZIP and trust me that if you like the Clash, this CD is worth having just for the versions of Spanish Bombs and In The Pouring Rain.

UNZIP IT!

Haven’t spread Clash love recently, so I thought I’d throw this one up.  It’s from a show in Stockholm, Sweden, from February 17, 1984.  Audience recording, not great quality but not terrible either.  What makes it cool is some of the song choices are ones I haven’t heard often.  A few tastes then a zip.  Dig it.

London Calling
Safe European Home
Know Your Rights
Are You Ready For War
Rock the Casbah
Sex Mad World
Clampdown
The Guns of Brixton
The Dictator
Complete Control
White Man in Hammersmith
This is England
Police and Thieves
Three Card Trick
Garageland
This is Radio Clash
Janie Jones
I Fought the Law
Glue Zombie
Tommy Gun
We are the Clash
Brand New Cadilac
Armagideaon Time
I’m so bored with the USA
English Civil War
White Riot

UNZIP THE CLASH!

It’s bootleg time again.  And this time, it’s the first Clash show . . . Ever!  (In the U.S.)  Or at least it’s part of that show.  Enjoy.

From February 7, 1979 . . .

01. Complete Control
02. I Fought the Law
03. Jail Guitar Doors
04. Drug Stabbing Time
05. City of the Dead
06. Safe European Home
07. White Man In Hammersmith Palais
08. Tommy Gun
09. Clash City Rockers
10. English Civil War

UNCLASH MY ZIPPER

I was kinda hoping I could be one of the few first who wrote about Funeral Party’s energetic, chaotic, brash and ballsy EP. And I kinda am. The “Bootleg EP” is the digital only release that announces this band’s arrival with hard guitar riffs, snarls and growls, and L.A. sound. Because “New York City loves to mess around with the L.A. sound.” Oh, and it’s got cowbell, too. They’re touring with ….And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, and I’d say their sound is somewhere between that band and DFA 1979.

Funeral Party’s debut album is set for release on April 21st.

Buy it here. It’s worth the price.

Car Wars

BONUS! LIVE BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE FROM 1988!

A high-quality, 5-song set. Goes nice with the Funeral Party. Old-style punk fusion and the modern version. Dig it.

C’mon Every Beatbox

Battle of All Saint’s Road

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