Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond
White Riot Tour with the Buzzcocks, Slits and Subway Sect

17 July 2017 added punters comments
update dMay 2023 added magazine cover (insides wanted)

Audio

Sound 3.5 - 44min - Tracks 14 - above average - low gen?

1977

Quality

This good audience recording, is a much improved 2nd upgrade and has been well mastered. The recording is complete with no edits, captures the guitars and drums well, bass clearly audiable but less clear. It has a wideish sound with a lot of clarity and bass apart is quite clear. The vocals are fractionally down and the only fractional distortion is on the bass when the amps threaten to overpower the recorder but don't which only adds to the ‘live experience'.

Poorer versions circulate widely which are a lot flatter and a much lower generation/poorer copy.

"They said fly to Amsterdam …"

"They said fly to Amsterdam …" The White Riot Tour crosses the channel from Leicester on the 13th to Amsterdam on the 14th and back again to Plymouth on the 15th. Another fast and furious performance must have stunned the mostly laid back hippy Dutch, but come the encores the band generate a good response from the local crowd.

Given the early trepidation to this first ‘national tour', this overseas sorteé fills Joe particular, and the band, with confidence. This is the earliest example of Joes ‘stagecraft' as he banters away non-stop beligerantly with the silent crowd (except throughout individuals keep shouting White Riot), and is a breakout from the much less interactive earlier gigs circulating from Guildford and Birmingham from the beginning of the Tour

The Clash Official

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Brakke Grond

http://www.brakkegrond.nl/

De Brakke Grond is a Flemish cultural center located in one of the oldest parts of Amsterdam, 'De Nes'[13]. The building was originally built as a monastery in 1406 and underwent many transformations since then. The architect Arthur Staal gave the building its present appearance in 1981[13].

The center offers significant contemporary art productions from Flanders, including visual art, literature, dance and theatre, music, performance, film, design, fashion, architecture, and new media[2]. It is a place where artists can present their work and a home base for Flemish artists[2].

The Clash, as part of the White Riot Tour[4][8] were on a month-long, 25-date UK blitz with The Jam, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect, and The Slits[12]. The Clash's performance at De Brakke Grond is a significant part of the venue's history.

As of the current date, De Brakke Grond is still operational and continues to present current art productions from Flanders[6]. It is also used as a venue for various events, including the Amsterdam Dance Event[11].

"if you don't like it you can go to the bar or get ear plugs"

".. We're from London right, and we don't know what goes on in this town, we've only been here 10 hours and this is what London feels like and if you don't like it you can go to the bar or get ear plugs. London's Burning …" The band blast through the opening songs to little response with Mick saying "..not taking much notice , any dope about!?". 1977 has some lyric changes "... go to the movies".

Capital Radio starts with Joe shouting, "I'm a housewife, I don't know …what… to… do". Police and Thieves is a highlight with a longer extended rap than the usual one on this tour, which closely follows the studio version, "for the first time you are going to hear some punk-reggae".

Joe acknowledges the reaction by this stage of at least part of the crowd by dedicating Career Opportunities to our No.1 fan down here. An encore is called for and a blistering White Riot is introduced by " and for our encore a comedy number!" The finale, 1977 is a blistering version with Mick adding some liberal guitar notes in there….

Muzierkkrant Oor

1 June 1977, this was a gig only for the staff of the paper so there were no posters or tickets.

Most people where complety blown away

[comment] ... "The Clash gig in Holland on De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam on the 14th of may 1977.

It was a gig at the party from the dutch leading musicpaper called Oor. I know that because I worked for that magazine for 16 years and spoke some of the eldest journalist who have wath the gig. So at the gig where only people who worked for that magazine. Most people where complety blown away and It was the first time punk hits the Netherlands. Later that year Iggy Pop ruined a TV Studio during the TV Programma Top Pop when he was singing Lust for Life, the next day everybody in Holland knew what was punk or new wave. The Oor music magazine started at 1971 and amazing they still excist. I have seen a photograph from The Clash made during the gig. Peter Pakvis"

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Setlist

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	London's Burning 1977 I'm So Bored With the USA 48 Hours Deny Hate and War Capital Radio Police and Thieves Cheat Career Opportunities Janie Jones Garageland White Riot 1977