The Clash II - Scargills Christmas Party 1984

This is a show recorded by The Clash II at Brixton Academy in December of 1984. It was a benefit gig for the families of striking coalminers in England and Wales. Its a really good sounding gig with 25 songs and another one cd i know youll want to keep. go here to blackmarketclash.com to read the full story on this and pretty much every clash gig ever.its a great website with hours of reading to be done. now then,please listen, enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!!
Working in a coalmine vol.2

Calling Clash Fans - Should i buy this?

As you may have gathered by now i am a bit of a Clash obsessive.This mega deluxe box set is released in September and contains remastered versions of all studio albums,discs of demos rarities,live tracks ,dvd's of official videos,reprints of armagideon times,stickers badges etc etc etc and all presented in boom box style packaging designed by Paul Simonon. Now my dilemma as i own all the albums on vinyl and cd (although i cant find the sandinista vinyl!)is whether or not to buy this set.it does come with some choice extras(although i dont know the track listing of the demos and rarities) and would look feckin great in my living room with the rest of my collection. On amazon its available to pre-order for £111.81p. if i dont get it now should i wait till it comes out and then risk having to pay more or take a chance that it will be available for a bit less. I missed out when the cd-singles box set came out first but want to get that as you can get it on amazon now for about £20-25.so what should i do?buy it or forget about it?wait and risk missing out?anyway over to you listeners.id really appreciate your thoughts on this.thanks very much

The Clash Sound System.look on Amazon!!

The Clash II - Patriots of the Wasteland

i decided to repost this clash II show as i remember when it was on megaupload it was one of the most popular clash shows id posted.anyway this is a brilliant show.soundwise its fantastic and the whole thing just crackles with energy and tension.opening track london calling gets halted about a minute into it for joe to complain about the spitting.seriously it is a feckin excellent gig.if you go to www.blackmarketclash.com and you can check out the full story,its a good read.so after reading that come back and listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!
Patriots of the wasteland

The Clash - Five Alive

This repost today comes courtesy of camden dave.its a recording of the clash II in stockholm from 1984.as always with the clash II im a bit apprehensive before i listen to any recordings by them but they always grow on me and i like them more with each subsequent listen.decent sound quality here that i hope youll enjoy.i think theres another version of this boot around called 'stockholm calling' that was apparently recorded by a swedish radio station so until that turns up please enjoy this and then leave a comment.thanks!

five alive click here

The Clash - Give 'em enough Dope!repost request

moving swiftly on we have another repost today with this snappily titled clash live compilation.its got tracks from the clash and clash II and i really like it.anyway all that remains is for you to listen,enjoy and leave a comment.thanks!

give em enough reposts!

The Cortinas - True Romances

good evening listeners.today we have another post courtesy of camden dave and another posting for all the clash completists (myself included) tuning in this evening.this is the only album from the cortinas who were a band originating in bristol in mid 76 and featuring a certain nick sheppard who of course went on to further (in)famy as a member of the clash mk.2.i believe this album was originally released in 1978 and features 13 tracks of a distinctly pop pubrock powerpop kind of a vibe.i quite like it as it goes and this release also features the wonderfully named ' i trust valerie singleton'!!so just time now to tell you to listen ,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!and of course if the stars and planets are in allignment then the d/l link should be appearing right about now...... www.megaupload.com/?d=0MXBRPK9

p.s if anyone could point me in the direction of the cortinas 'peel sessions' that would be great.thanks very much

The Clash II - In The Pouring Rain

an excellent sounding 2-disk show from the clash II recorded in ohio in 1984.disk 1 is the main part of the show and disk 2 has 2 songs from the end of the show and also the entire soundcheck which is about 17 tracks long.its instrumental versions but its definitely worth a listen.some of these tracks last maybe less than a minute but its a great listen and one to keep for the historians amongst you.so now you must play this loud,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

disk1 www.rapidshare.com/files/335754319/ohio1.rar

disk2 www.rapidshare.com/files/335758346/ohio2.rar

The Clash II - Never Trust a Hippy !

another nice cd today from the clash mk.2.it was recorded live in san fransisco in 1984. www.blackmarketclash.com has an extensive review and some good ticket scans etc from this gig.anyway interweb viewers its time to listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

csf.zip

The Clash II - Communique from Denmark

another show from the clash II for you today.its a listenable quality cd of their performance from the Roskilde festival from 1985.a really good version of 'pressure drop' is one of the best tracks here for me.so listen,listen again to try and catch the lyrics,enjoy then leave a comment.thanks!

CR85.zip

The Clash - Do it Now

moving on to clash post no.2 today we have this show recorded by the clash II in switzerland in 1984.another audience recording here with reasonable sound throughout.i say reasonable only because you can hear some people in the audience talking clearly at the beginning of a few tracks but its still listenable and a good one for clash completists.so play it loud, enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

p.s if anyone could translate what some of the audience members are saying and let me know that would be great.thanks very much.

bern 84.zip

The Clash - friday night,saturday morning

greetings on a wonderful day in sunny london town.todays offering is another cd-r from the days of the clash II and their infamous busking tour of various towns around britain.this is taken from the may 9th appearance at ripon and st.johns college and im going to be honest i really like it.the sound is very good and theres an interview with john warburton of radio york as well to finish things off.if you go to www.blackmarketclash.com there is some great info on the whole busking tour and an interview with john warburton as well which makes for interesting reading.so play it loud,enjoy in the sunshine and then tomorrow when its probably going to rain again leave a comment.thanks!

friday night,saturday morning.rar

The Clash - Give 'em enough dope

After coming across this cd in a box today i did a little research on it and found this at http://www.blackmarketclash.com/

"There is a curious story behind this CD. Sometime in 1988, three EP’s showed up that contained what sound very much like professionally recorded versions of Clash I and II songs, cut from the 1984 tour. The cover art was a melange of candid shots of the band, from both lineups. Included was a pristine run-through of the last great Clash song, the unreleased ‘In the Pouring, Pouring Rain’. And Clash-fan heads have been scratched ever since. Rumors circulated that the tracks were released by castoff guitarist Nick Sheppard, but no proof of that has ever been offered. Other speculation abounded that they were the work of one Kosmo Vinyl, who was preparing to move to the US from England at the time. However, no one has come forth and claimed responsibility .What is remarkable about these tracks is not only do they sound professionally recorded, they sound professionally mixed. There seems to be stereo separation, the drums are soaked in reverb ( something you wouldn’t hear on a soundboard recording) and the levels were high and clean. And the CD gives you a nice contrast between Clash II and the dismal Sun Plaza gig, effectively making the case for the second lineup’s existence."

so listen to this cd and decide for yourselves.i like this even though i wasnt sure about it because a lot of it is the clash II.but its agreat listen all the same.ive included 2 lots of cover art here.one is a set i found on the web somewhere but i cant remember where (sorry!) and the one that the cd was in.anyway listen to and enjoy this one and then leave a comment.thanks!

Give__Em_Enough_Dope.rar