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Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
#TitleRatingLength
1London Calling (2012 mix)
recording of:
London Calling
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
publisher:
Nineden Music (publisher) and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
3:20
2Safe European Home
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Safe European Home
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
43:50
3Know Your Rights
mixer:
Glyn Johns
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 2)
recording of:
Know Your Rights
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.653:40
4(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 340) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 430)
recording of:
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
34:01
5Janie Jones
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Janie Jones
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
4.252:06
6The Guns of Brixton
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) (from 1979-01 until 1979-03) and Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! UK subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
recording of:
The Guns of Brixton (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simonon
is based on:
Paul’s Tune
43:10
7Train in Vain
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar family:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! UK subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 213) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 292)
recording of:
Train in Vain (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
4.43:10
8Bankrobber
producer:
Mikey Dread
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Bankrobber
additional lyricist:
Half Pint (Jamaican reggae/dancehall singer)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
34:34
9Wrong ’Em Boyo
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar family:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! UK subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
cover recording of:
Wrong ’Em Boyo (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
lyricist and composer:
Clive Alphanso
3.63:11
10The Magnificent Seven
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
lead vocals:
Joe Strummer
recording of:
The Magnificent Seven
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
45:33
11Police on My Back
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
lead vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite)
cover recording of:
Police on My Back
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Grant
publisher:
Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd.
53:16
12Rock the Casbah (Bob Clearmountain mix)
recording of:
Rock the Casbah
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3:43
13Career Opportunities
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Career Opportunities
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
41:53
14Police & Thieves
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
cover recording of:
Police and Thieves
writer:
Junior Murvin and Lee “Scratch” Perry
3.656:00
15Somebody Got Murdered
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
lead vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite)
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Somebody Got Murdered
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
arranger:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
3.353:34
16Brand New Cadillac
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar family:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! UK subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
live cover recording of:
Brand New Cadillac (on 1982-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Vince Taylor (rock and roll singer; The Playboys)
publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3.652:08
17Clampdown
engineer:
Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) (from 1979-01 until 1979-03) and Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! UK subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
recording of:
Clampdown (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
is based on:
Working and Waiting
3.83:50
18Ghetto Defendant
mixer:
Glyn Johns
guest spoken vocals:
Allen Ginsberg (American poet and writer)
recording of:
Ghetto Defendant
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
24:43
19Armagideon Time
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
cover recording of:
Armagideon Time
writer:
Willi Williams (Jamaican reggae artist)
composer:
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
is based on:
Real Rock (riddim)
43:52
20Stay Free
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Stay Free
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.353:39
21I Fought the Law
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band) and Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 33) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 266)
cover recording of:
I Fought the Law
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Curtis
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
4.32:43
22Straight to Hell
mixer:
Glyn Johns
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Straight to Hell
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
3.655:29
23Should I Stay or Should I Go
engineer:
Bob Clearmountain
producer:
Guy Stevens
mixer:
Glyn Johns
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
guest vocals:
Joe Ely
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
remixer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 183) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 228)
recording of:
Should I Stay or Should I Go
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
4.553:08
24Garageland
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
Garageland
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.353:15
▶ Digital Media 2

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purchase for download:https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id647980186 [info]
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