The Clash Live - Wednesday 26th July 1978 - Music Machine Out on Parole Tour

Clash on Parole Tour
Supported by The Specials & Suicide

updated 1 Aug 2011 - added new recording
updated 12 Feb 2014 - added Jimmy Pursey Photo
updated August 2022 added Steve Jones photos correcty with source

Audio 1

Low gen - Sound 3+ - 62min - low/m - 18 tracks

Cuts at Janie Jones, misses White riot with JImmy Pursey

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Sound quality

The sound on this recording is very good one indeed, the best of the On Parole gigs (save the Rude Boy excerpts). There is a very good range and clarity of sound, it's only faults are some bass over modulation, lead guitar a little low in the mix and vocals a touch distant.

Joe's rhythm playing comes through very well as do the drums and there is little intrusive talking from the crowd. Of the circulating tapes and cdrs during this period, this one stands out alongside the Paris one later in the year.

Clash residency: Clash On Parole Tour climaxes with their first residency, four nights at The Music Machine. The Music Machine (now Camden Palace) is actually about 20 seconds walk over the road from Mornington Crescent tube, and roughly 5 minutes walk away from Camden Town tube.

The 4 nights recendency were rapturously received in the press and by those in attendance. Rude Boy captures the drama: is there a more exciting moment in rock'n'roll cinema than when the film cuts dramatically into Complete Control at the Music Machine?

Suicide join Clash on Tour

Melody Maker: Dates & prices

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Sounds: Clash to be City rockers after all

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Time Out Magazine previews dates at Music Machine

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Tickets, passes

Individually signed Clash stubs from their July 24-27, 1978 dates

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Backstage pass, the 24th

Backstage pass for all 4 nights at the Music Machine - this one given away to a fan by Johnney Green

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Today in 1978, the Clash, Suicide, Specials were on at the Music Machine, London.

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Back Stage Pass kindly shared by Jimmy Burns

The Music Machine

The Music Machine (later renamed the Camden Palace) began in the 60's and became famous for punk gigs, still in use today as a dance nightclub, it has staged gigs in recent years by Blur and the Oasis.

The Music Machine was a perfect type of Clash venue; sweaty, intimate, seat less, restrained security and within the part of London they lived and loved best. Enjoying greater critical acclaim and increasing commercial success, few other bands (if any) either then or now, would have opted to play four nights here rather than they take the money and play one or two nights at the larger Hammersmith Odeon or similar.

New heights of popularity within the UK music press, the Music Machine residency resulted in some ecstatic reviews (see link).

The Clash At Music Machine in Camden, 26th

It was really hard to shoot them because it was impossible to stand still

North West London, July 1978.
BY JUSTIN THOMAS 26/07/1978

The Clash was my favourite band back in the day, they had too much energy! It was really hard to shoot them because it was impossible to stand still, you would be moved from pillar to post by the crowd. The music machine raised areas on each side of the stage, so I made sure I was in the front of the row and got a position up there.

The moment they played I stepped on one of the speakers.

Security was telling me to come down but there was no way they could get to me. Might take my pictures without getting poked every five seconds.

The place was packed; many of the fans came in climbing through the bathroom windows and it was well over capacity.

Near the end of the show, I got a painting of Jimmy Pursey from Sham 69 jumping off the loudspeaker on the other side and almost hitting Paul Simenon's head. In the next song, Steve Jones from Sex Pistols walked on and to my knowledge, that was the ONLY time The Pistols and The Clash have shared a stage together.

NME review of the 3rd night at the MM

Charles Shaar Murray
The Clash MUSIC MACHINE,
26th July

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"TIME HAS come today. Third of four Music Machine gigs and — surprise! — the ritual bottling of Suicide appears to have been omitted for the once. Alan Vega is up by the mike, moving jerkily from pose to like a series of still-photo slides vaguely synch with the music — pose CLICK pose CLICK pose — while Marty Rev stands solid and immobile beside his control post and the drum machine gets louder and LOUDER and LOUDER and LOUDER AND LOUDER AND LOUDER AND ...

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The tape was fucked & had to be thrown away.

"I often check your site for trip down memory lane and I was just reading about the Harlesdon Colliseum gigs, I went to one of these (and taped it ~bad sound as I remember) and I think one significant thing about these gigs was the fact that a quantity of t-shirts were given away on both nights, you can see one of these shirts ~ view pics ~ (I have one washed & shrunk and another unworn), also shown are a Suicide TS bought at the Music Machine gig (Suicide received a bad case of bottling by Clash 'fans' at this one) and a couple of shirts from the Brixton gigs, I think 5th Column printed these as the guys were on the stall, I was selling Mikey Dread tees for Kosmo at the second set of dates the Clash played at this venue (late July).

The Music Machine tape, an amusing (in retrospect) story about this tape, which I thought had great sound, was that a close friend badgered me to borrow it for weeks, I lent it to him but wasn't truly comfortable about doing so. Calling round his house one day his Mum said 'He's in his room, go right up!' I did so only to find my mate with unspooled cassette tape all over his floor (it was a C120) and him with a pencil in the cassette trying to get it all back in again. The tape was fucked & had to be thrown away.

I remember it was the gig where Joe went on about Aberdeen & Perthshire etc before Safe European Home, they played Blitzkrieg Bop that night and Cook & Jones joined for a couple of encores along (I think) with that idiot Jimmy Sham. I have the cassette box with the track listing if its of any use.

I ended up seeing the Clash 40+ times with the last gig being the one where it pissed-down on the Pier in New York, this was also the height of my 'I'm on the guest list' blagging, when I managed to get myseld & two friends in even though there was no way I was on that bit of paper, the Pier gig was the best I had seen the Clash in a number of years (1st gigs being the White Riot tour), the humidity and the incredible electric storm which broke-out were the catalyst for a great and exciting atmosphere and inspired the band as well as the audience; the forked lightning and monsoon-like rain, which came-in at an angle and totally drenched the band and their gear right at the end of the set, felt like a release from the oppressive heat of the day, I actually couldn't believe that they carried on playing as I'd have thought the chances of an electric shock were very high. The rain was so hard that my leather jacket was soaked on the inside as well as out."

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Alternative Ulster fanzine

i ssue #72 (1978)
Review of Music Machine concerts

Sounds Letters Page, 22nd July

22nd July 1978

including the origins of the cover of The Clash's single 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais' an various other letters [highlighted in yellow]

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Sounds Letters Page, 29th July

29th, July 1978 including Suicide's Clash gigs and much more ...

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NME T-Zers, (Clash) Gets the Hump

5 August 1978

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I saw all the clash gigs (4) there. Brilliant

Anon: I saw all the clash gigs (4) there. Brilliant. I followed them a lot back then. We were punks from the neighbourhood and someone from the band..usually Joe or Baker or JG would let us in through the back door. Once we had to scale 30 feet up a drain pipe to the dressingroom window. The MM bouncers were animals and there were always a lot of fights in there.

This was a remarkable gig

Wasted days / 26th or 27th

This was a remarkable gig. The first time I saw the Clash live. I went after work from Hall & Hall's. We finished work quite early at 4.30 pm so there was too much drinking time before the gig began. I remember Suicide, a New York experimental electronic duo, who the crowd did not like. Then I fell asleep at the back of the hall, only waking up in time for the encore! Still great stuff and I remember the backdrop to the stage with the flags and stukas on it. After this I had to get two night buses back to Brixton. Consequently I overslept my alarm, missed the special works bus from Brixton (the workforce was primarily West Indian) and had to go into work by tube and train instead. I was hellishly late. I should have taken a sickie…

Incredible gig.

Gareth Wyn Thomas - I was there. Incredible gig.

Gareth Wyn Thomas - Robin Tomlin - I was at The Roxy show too! They were at the peak of their powers that year.

Simon Prodhan - Steve Jones, brilliant

Colin Adkins - I was there. Indeed I was 1m along to the left at the front. My same position for all four nights.

Herval Haute - I'm on the pic!

David Jarratt Smith - Was there!

Roger Bunker - rip and i were there 2 nights in a row!!! Peter Verzijl

Michael Smith - I was there. Great venue. Love Steve Jones guitar playing. Less so Jimmy P.

Philip Flannery - I was at this gig, but wasn’t keen on Jimmy Pursey.

hitched down paid in first night then talking to Joe after he gave us guest list for next night and backstage pass after he found out we'd hitched down from Boro

Ian Kuy - I was at two nights of the four hitched down paid in first night then talking to Joe after he gave us guest list for next night and backstage pass after he found out we'd hitched down from Boro even though they were playing there a few weeks or so later. remember Suicide and Specials were support thought both were good but most of the crowd didn't agree about Suicide lol....ended up kipping on Kings Cross sharing underground entrance with an old tramp who wasn't happy ended up there after been shot off Euston about 3 times....worth it though....only crap thing was Jimmy Pursue joining them on stage and ruining White Riot but did see the Jam and members of the Pistols the Damned Lemmy and others all in the audience or rather in the upstairs bar lol great gigs up there in my top ten of all time....I only went to the venue a few times but loved it.

They didn’t come off stage til way past midnight (26th?)

Michael Smith - I was there - Summer 1978 - great series of gigs - didn’t come off stage til way past midnight. It was a long walk home for me but well worth it.

Andrew Strayler - I was there...Wide eyed and very naive. Wouldnt change it for the world.

David Jarratt Smith - I was at one of those gigs.

Steve Lee - Great gig, was there, supported by Suicide and Special AKA. Clash didn’t come on until 11.30, finished around 1.30am

Peter Caffrey - Best gig I ever went to. As we left the venue at around 2am, everyone was handed a copy of Give Em Enough Rope, the new album which was due to be released a few days later. Proper… it’s the sort of thing we indie authors need to be doing; giving something to our audiences. Peter Caffrey | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/

Michael Smith - I was there. A great venue and series of gigs. The band came on pretty late each night - so no buses or underground home. Walked back to Woolwich - got home about 4am! The Clash Official | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com

Keith Osborn - I was at all the music machine gigs and this one was the best, all great gigs, I agree with Michael smith about getting ohm as I lived in hackney

Security just went around like thugs, clumping anyone for any excuse

Michael LordZonka Custance - Suicide and The Specials supported and the security just went around like thugs, clumping anyone for any excuse

Could only get tickets for the second night so walked around all night them slept on the circle line.

Martin Hall - My first Clash gig

Ricky Lorrio - I was there...

Ian Whaley - I was there 3 nights on the bounce

Herb D Michel - I was at that.

Clive Brett - I was there that night, along with my mate Rob who somehow always got his hands on free tickets for the place

David Jarratt Smith - I was there. Could only get tickets for the second night so walked around all night them slept on the circle line. That dub they would play before they came on!!

Keith Gibbs - I went. Support from Suicide and The Specials

Noddy New - I was there, great gig

Ben Dunne - I was there that night great

They threw so much stuff at Suicide

Stephen Goldsmith - Went to two of those four nights with Suicide and the Specials as support. Fantastic gigs. The punks hated Suicide! They threw so much stuff at them but the worse the anger the more intense the performance became- stunning

Colin Macqueen - Stephen Goldsmith Was I with you? I went to two at the Music Machine, but not in the same run. For the life of me I can’t remember who I went with. Electric shows, still some of a lifetime’s best.

Paul Wilson - That was some night. Dont know how Suicide handled the skins who were trying to kill them. THE CLASH ON PAROLE | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/

Annette Weatherman - I was there, with Robin, helping to keep people out of backstage room which was just up over to the right side of the stage. Much of It was on the brink of outright violence. Suicide got boo’d so bad. The punks hated them. And really, while interesting and experimental, it was not punk rock, and it did not sound good to us. We were in in full punk rebellion mode at that time.

Best gig of my life

Adrian Peter Sprinks - I was there.

Keith Osborn - Four great nights

Rod Lynch - Best gig of my life

James Lynch - Suicide booted off stage, specials came back on

John Harris - I was at this gig.....bloody fantastic

The Clash at the Music Machine in Camden, London,...

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The Clash at the Music Machine in Camden, London, July 1978, featuring Sex Pistol Steve Jones for the encores. Photo by Justin Thomas.

Steve English leaning on monitor

Andy Nixon - Steve English leaning on monitor. Liked nothing more than whacking kids when no one was looking is my memory of him.

Fred Rhynold - Look over right shoulder of guitar player !!! The man himself Shane MacGowan!!!!

Herval Haute - I'm on the pic!

Gareth Wyn Thomas - I was there. Incredible gig.

Colin Adkins - I was there. Indeed I was 1m along to the left at the front. My same position for all four nights.

Maria Theodorou - I was there !! https://www.facebook.com/

Michael Germain - I was there too right at the front happy days

Scott Adams - I was there well spent youth 18

the power went off at some stage during the gig for a while

Chris Catton - I was there, watching from the balcony with a beer, the power went off at some stage during the gig for a while, but The Clash came back on and finished their set well late. Missed my train home, slept at Kings Cross that night. Great night

Sid Heyoka - With Pistol steve jones and Jimmy Pursey sham 69 was there too.. I was at that one

I managed to blag my way in in the afternoons so I saw the sound checks

Keith Osborn - Was at all 4 nights and on the guest list for all of them, I managed to blag my way in in the afternoons so I saw the sound checks and helped set up the support acts kit. Some great memories following the band around the country

Terry Johnson - I was there with some mates, afterwards we walked all the way back to Peckham as we had no money left!

Stacey Aces Crew - I was there great gig, don't think i missed a Clash gig at the Music Machine.

It was mayhem at the front

Mark Gillman - I was there this night….it was mayhem at the front…I had to take refuge at the back…where if my memory serves me well…was a bar.

Keith Osborn - Mark Gillman - I was at the front as well but moved when it got to the stage when I nearly passed out

Then we went too the Speakeasy to see another great set from Johnny Thunders

Paul Sturdy - Great night great set then we went too the Speakeasy and see another great set from Johnny Thunders rolled out of their when the trains started. Epic night

Stephane Kerr - I was there. Rippa!

Christine Rowlands - I was there for two of the four nights, best time of my life

Roddy Byers - I was there

Björn Tiedemann - Was there one of the nights at 15! Suicide, Barracudas and The Specials warming up.

Wayne Williams - Yes I was there in person

Best gig I've ever been to

Alan Dallas - Best gig I've ever been to

Lee Cornish - I was there too

Robin L A Scoones - I was there

Lawrence Giltnane - I was at the gig the music machine was my hang out 48 hours into 48

Herb D Michel - I was there

Joe Sbonbetti - July 24 25 26 27-1978

Another brilliant night out on the town

Anthony Earley - Another brilliant night out on the town.

Adrian Peter Sprinks - I was there!

Keir Apperley - I was at that one !

Sneaked backstage by Roddy Radiation of The Special A.K.A.

Leon Donnelly - I was there, sneaked backstage by Roddy Radiation of The Special A.K.A. who gave me his guitar case outside to carry in saying to me "If anyone asks, you're my brother, right?". I watched the gig from that side of the stage just behind those lot with Terry Hall. The Clash were great to me. Steve Jones was a knob. He was really pissed and wanted to beat me up backstage. I was only 13, so that wasn't so courageous of him. Paul Cook pulled him off of me. Knobhead. Everyone else were great and The Clash were awesome. I sat with Paul Simonon and his girlfriend Carolyn Coon in the dressing room before The Clash went on and they were really nice, cracking jokes with me. Great memories.

Danny Schwarz - I was there. In my school uniform. I was 14 and went to school 200 yards from the music machine. A few of us got let in the fire escape round the side. https://www.facebook.com/

Suicide were unmercifully bottled by the crowd and didn't miss a beat

Glezös Uno - I was there on the first night, when Alan Vega cut his cheek. Unbelievable performance by Suicide, while the Clash were rather tame (and the Specials were met by total indifference from the MM audience).

Robert Hughes - Suicide were unmercifully bottled by the crowd and didn't miss a beat.

The Clash performing at The Music Machine in Camden Palace, London 1978. Now known as KOKO

photo Dec 1978, comments July 1978

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we think these comments relate to the 4x night residency in July

Didn't see suicide as they didn't play after being bottled off the previous night.

Nigel Mitton - Probably their best gig

Joe Daly - I was there. Didn't see suicide as they didn't play after being bottled off the previous night. Clash were superb on a very warm night

Colin Dmitri - I think they played 4 nights. It was just after my O levels and I went to the 1st night. Jones and Cook of the Pistols played on the last night ... not sure why we went on a Monday .! Suicide and The Specials were the support.

we all got thrown out without leathers because of a suspect device

David Direktor - Was that the gig we all got thrown out without leathers because of a suspect device and had to hang around ages to get back in to take the leathers from the cloakroom.

Julie Clarkson - I was there,remember it well.I loved The Clash

press officer from CBS spotted me bleeding and had me brought up and off to the side of the stage

JoJo Smith - I was there! Right at the front too. Someone banged my head and I got a split lip from the high stage. The press officer from CBS spotted me bleeding and had me brought up and off to the side of the stage. I was given a brandy for the pain and a ringside seat for the rest of the gig. Happy times.

Went to work the next morning with a monstrous hangover.

David Abse - I remember- on a Thursday night strangely. Went to work the next morning with a monstrous hangover. It was my last day at Dunn & Co (folding suits) and my coworkers took me to a pub at lunchtime- where had strippers . God my brain hurt

Steve Lee - First time (out of 14) I saw The Clash was at the Music Machine in ‘78, supported by Suicide and the Specials. Saw them there again, for a Sid Vicious benefit gig, supported by the Slits.

Neil Martin - Steve Lee - I was there for two nights. Never seen a band take so much abuse as Suicide did

Abuse

Steve Lee - Neil Martin yeah, even the Specials got abuse as well, it was their pre Two Tone, wearing jump suits era. Remember Terry Hall shouting to the crowd “don’t you gob on me

Adrian Peter Sprinks - Steve Lee I felt for Suicide that night- the Clash City Rockers weren’t ready for Rev and Vegas electronica. I loved them and still have the 12” of Cherie Cherie to this day. Ahead of their time.

Mike Baess - Was at that one

Strummer gave me a fiver to get home

Charley Apperley - I was at two of those gigs..They were benefit gigs for Sid vicious..One night I saw the specials supporting ( Terry hall had shoulder length hair…he must have cut it the next day cos he was on top of the pops with his suede head)And another night I saw the Slits supporting.. Didn’t have a ticket for either gigs..John green helped me out..On one of those nights there was a bomb scare…And that night outside Strummer gave me a fiver to get home..Yeah that was a good night…

Warren Dighton - Was there.

Steve Siret - It was a great night

Paul Stevens - A great night

Tim Hives - I was there. Amazing

watching from the balcony with a beer, the power went off at some stage during the gig for a while

Andrew Wakeman - Ive read that there was some concern about the 'guest spots' w Jonesy after the Pistols broke up ..they were worried he would want to join the band since he turned up a lot ..but he was already working with the Professionals at that time and RnR Swindle things ..I think he was keeping his options open ..the first songs came out credited to S. Pistols and Andy Allan was filling in at that point . It took the rest of 78 to finish with McLaren and then Jones and Cook formed the Professionals and signed to Virgin and recorded tracks for their first single and (shelved ) album ..
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Mark Gillman - I was there this night….it was mayhem at the front…I had to take refuge at the back…where if my memory serves me well…was a bar.

Andy Morgan - I was there for 2 nights out of 4. What with Banshees at the Roundhouse on the Sunday, my best gig week ever.

Mark Gillman - I was there this night….it was mayhem at the front…I had to take refuge at the back…where if my memory serves me well…was a bar.

best time of my life

Christine Rowlands - I was there for two of the four nights, best time of my life

Lawrence Giltnane - I was at the gig the music machine was my hang out 48 hours into 48

Robert Laurance - Fantastic! I was 15. Would have loved to have been there

Marja van Lankeren - Roger Bunker & i were in the audience that night, great gig!!! [Music Machine July 1978] Probably have photo Punk Rock & Other Talk | Facebook

Steve Jones and Jimmy Pursey

Mark Copeland - 27/07/1978, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Jimmy Pursey appeared with the Clash at the Music Machine London with Suicide and Specials supporting.

Philip Flannery - I was there, Specials AKA were support, they had not released a record at this stage. Both bands were absolutely brilliant.

Mark Carter - I remember it well, particularly my heart sinking when I realised Pursey was going to join them on stage, thankfully it was only the encore. I remember particularly the appalling abuse Suicide received from the audience which prompted Joe to go on stage and bollock the Suicide haters. https://facebook.com

Terry Hibbert - Was there

Julia Bratton - The energy of every gig was fully charged and stayed in my system for days...the gigs were always over capacity but that came with the band..so lucky to have been there always up the front hands on stage not to get carried off in the pogo heads! FAB pic..good memories..happy daze..no band touches The Clash.

Mick was dressed like an extra from Saturday Night Fever

Simon Frazier - Mick was dressed like an extra from Saturday Night Fever. Great performance though. Safe European Home , my favourite clash song, was part of this film.

Did see the Jam and members of the Pistols the Damned, Lemmy and others all in the audience

Remember Suicide and Specials were support thought both were good but most of the crowd didn't agree about Suicide lol....

Ended up kipping on Kings Cross sharing underground entrance with an old tramp who wasn't happy ended up there after been shot off Euston about 3 times....worth it though....only crap thing was Jimmy Pursue joining them on stage and ruining White Riot but did see the Jam and members of the Pistols the Damned, Lemmy and others all in the audience or rather in the upstairs bar lol.

Great gigs up there in my top ten of all time....I only went to the venue a few times but loved it.

Ian Kuy - Alan Alder - yes that's how I remember it awkward to jump the tube to Mornington crescent as well always a guard waiting at the top of the stairs and a narrow exit.... My mates lived in West Chiswick at that time so was nigh on impossible to get back there till early next morning wasn't that bad later when I had mates living in Camden lol

We went down for the first night but it was sold out so we slept rough and went for the second night

@richardpeil2723 - I was there. My fingers were pruned by the end of the show from be solid dancing!
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@TheShowgirl25 - Been there, WAS there!
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@hairydot61 - I went to one of these nights, I was 17yrs old at the time, U.S.A. band Suicide and The Coventry Specials supported, bloody Amazing night, did Don Letts DJ?, remember Reggae, Dub & punk played over the system, one of my first gigs
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@TERRANOVAofficial - i went to all 4 nights at the music machine - wow so long ago . i still have the tshirt i bought there maggy thatcher let them eat cake - fourth night (not sure if 3 or 4) anyway last night joe only had 2 strings left

@MissEmilyMattinson - That's my dad at 0:24 in the blue t-shirt!! You can hear someone say to him, "Howard you're a star"

@DJSMITHST135PF - I was there on the second night. We went down for the first night but it was sold out so we slept rough and went for the second night.

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Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69) with Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols) jam to 'White Riot' with The Clash

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27th July, Music Machine, London. Justoin Thomas?

July, 1978. The Clash play a 4-night residency at Music Machine London (now KOKO London)

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Max Browne (from Sid Benefit gig in December) / Janette Beckman / unknown

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Photos from the 4 nights

Unravelling 5 nights worth of "Music Machine 78" photographs (4x parole plus Sid benefit) is a challenge. No-one seems ot have kept records of the date they took their photographs. But here goes. We have reviews, clothes, backdrops and photos themselves.

Justin Thomas lists his his photos as the 26th on his Flikr account but on iconpix his photos are listed as the 24th.

Charles Shaar Murray in his review states that Jones and Percy joined the band on stage on both the 26th and 27th but does not mention the 24th or 25th. Barry Myers confirms percy on stage on those dates and mentions Jones on the 27th.

Akiko Hada's two photos explicitly state his are from the 27th (and mtach up wiht Justin Thomas's and Janatte Beckmans who has not dated hers). All these photos are from the same night.

Some photos from the Sid Defence Fund gig on the 19th December are mis dated as from the Parole 4 night residency but have Sort it Out Flags in background The Music Machine gigs have the Luftwaffe figher as a backdrop.

Dawn Wirt's photo (which is from a different night) says the 24th in some places and has a both a flag and a black white war backdrop (also camptured in Janette Beckmans photos). This photo matches up with other photos lableled Music Machine July 1978.

The video for Rude Boy matches Akiko Hada's two photos from the 27th. This seqeunce of photos has Jones and Pursey on stage at some point (Paul Cook joined on the 27th but isn't on any photos). On one night has a blue top BUT cut off sleeves - we cannot identify this as yet.

Any corrections welcome!

24th July 1978. based on Photo © by Dawn Wirt
Mick - white waistcoat over white shirt, red tie - white pants
Joe - blue top long sleeves - dark pants
Topper - Paul - white top, leather jacket - white pants

25th July 1978? Denis Regan
Mick - grey waistcoat over white shirt - white pants
Joe - green or blue top - dark pants
Topper -
Paul - white top

26th July 1978? Max Brown
Mick - grey waistcoat - white shirt - white pants
Joe - green top? With same collar - dark pants
Topper -
Paul - white pants - leatherjacket - white top
Pursey and Jones 26th

27th July 1978 (Janette Beckman, Akiko Hada & Justin Thomas)
Mick - white waistcoat over dark shirt - white pants
Joe - blue top with dark pants
Topper -
Paul - leather jacket - white pants
Pursey and Jones, Cook 27th

for reference
19 December 1978 (Sid's Defence Fund gig)
Mick - White top with pockets, red star, black pants
Joe - Green or blue top - red star over top pocket - dark pants
Topper -
Paul - black top red star over top pocket - white pants

24th July 1978 - Music Machine

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The Clash at Music Machine, 24th July 1978.
Photo © by Dawn Wirth

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However,

Clash on Parole say this is the 27th
Justin Thomas says his photos are from the 26th (or elsewhere the 24th)

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July 27th, The Clash, Music Machine of London

Photos Justin Thomas

Says he shot the 26th but Iconicpix have Justin's phots as the 24th.
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The Music Machine, Camden 26 July 1978

Justin was at The Music Machine gig in Camden on 26 July 1978 and managed to secure a somewhat precarious position to shoot from. You can read more about his experience of the night and see more of his stunning work at http://justin-thomas-photography.myshopify.com/

24th unknown

25th July 1978 - Music Machine

Denis O'Regan

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The Music Machine, Camden Town, London. 1978 Photo Credit Philip Gray
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Clash at the Music machine 1978.. kindly shared by Tim Rylah, who’s mate Muf!! took this great photograph of the band on one of the 4 nights in London

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The clash with Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69) and Steve Jones (Sex Pistols). Music Machine, london. 27 July 1978. Out on Parole Tour. Photo by Akiko Hada.

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Joe Strummer, Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69, Mick Jones and Steve Jones of Sex Pistols jam to ‘White Riot' during a Clash gig at Music Machine, 1978 in London.

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Steve Jones and Jimmy Pursey

It is documented that Steve Jones (Sex Pistols guitarist) joined The Clash on stage on the 26th, 27th. It is reported that Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69 lead singer) joined The Clash on stage on the 26th however the only known tape cuts off at Janie Jones. It is also thought he may have appeared on the 27th. The tape is not clear but it does appear as thought someone else has a mic but it is turned down.

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Re: Steve Jones Happier Playing with The Clash?

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It's documented in Marcus' book. SJ played the encores at Birmingham and Blackburn. Bernie was apparently thinking seriously of replacing Mick with him. Mick got wind of it, and kicked off understandably. Marcus also reckons SJ rehearsed with the other 3 during the GEER sessions one time when Mick was hours late.

It all got smoothed over, and Jones, and Cook on a second drum kit, played with the band along with Pursey at The Music Machine on July 26th.

I am guessing Bernies idea sprung from his and the rest of the bands frustration at Micks timekeeping, and his general rock star attitude. I was fortunate enough to spend 6 or 7 hours in the bands company later that year, and the difference(s) between Mick and the rest of the band were plain to see.

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Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69) guesting with The Clash, Music Machine, Camden High Street, Camden, London. Photo © Janette Beckman.

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The Clash & Steve Jones at Music Machine in Camden, north-west London in July 1978.

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Justin Thomas - “The Clash were my favourite band of the time, they had so much energy! It was very difficult to shoot them 'cos it was impossible to stand still, you would be moved from pillar to post by the crowd.

'The Music Machine had elevated areas on each side of the stage, so I made sure I was at the head of the queue and secured a position up there.

The moment they came on, I climbed up onto one of the speakers. The security were telling me to get down but there was no way they could get to me.

I could take my photos without being nudged every five seconds.

'The place was packed - many of the fans had got in by climbing through the toilet windows and it was well over capacity. Towards the end of the show, I got a frame of Jimmy Pursey from Sham 69 jumping off the speaker on the other side and just missing Paul Simenon's head.

'On the next song, Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols came on... and as far as I know, it was the only time The Pistols and The Clash shared a stage together. Another scoop!”

Steve Jones (guesting with The Clash), Mick Jones, Steve English (security), Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69 - guesting with The Clash) and Paul Simonon, Music Machine, Camden High Street, Camden, London

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SUICIDE supporting The Clash on 1978's On Parole tour (with The Specials)

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Diego Cabral - 'The spitting in the UK was at its very height when the lads went for a spin round Britain with these two quiet chaps from New York, Suicide they were called I think, and I had to apologise to them over the shocking treatment they received. In Crawley one chap with no hair sprang up and gave Mr Vega a good solid punch in the head! But these yanks are tough you know, (and) after some delay he managed to finish the number. I had to laugh on time in Bradford when I was awakened at the King's Motel at dawn. I looked out the window and saw a lot of naked people running around, jumping in and out of the ground floor windows, then I saw the Bradford police hauling off one of our lads and both Suicide!' Albert Transom, from The Story of The Clash double cd inner notes leaflet"

Steve Jones and Jimmy Pursey

It is documented that Steve Jones (Sex Pistols guitarist) joined The Clash on stage on the 25th, 26th, 27th. It is reported that Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69 lead singer) joined The Clash on stage on the 26th however the only known tape cuts off at Janie Jones. It is also thought he may have appeared on the 27th. The tape is not clear but it does appear as thought someone else has a mic but it is turned down.

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The band they're already calling the 'Supergroup' of the 80's still seems to be a long way from hard fact. That marriage of fine minds and noble intellects - who, for the sake of argument, we'll call Pursey, Cook, Jones and Kermit (PCJ&K) are even embroiled in little matters of contract fullfillment with at least three very interested and potentially stubborn parties whose influence may impede our heroes progress for at least six months.

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(Photo from the 26th July 1978 - Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69) and Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) guesting with The Clash, Music Machine, Camden High Street, Camden, London).

THE BAND they're already calling the 'Supergroup' of the '80s still seems to be a long way from hard fact. That marriage of fine minds and noble intellects -who, for the sake of argument, we'll call Pursey, Cook, Jones and Kermit (PCJ&K) - are even now embroiled in little matters of contract fulfilment with at least three very interested and potentially stubborn parties whose influence may impede our heroes' progress for at least six. months.

Nevertheless, the news that Jimmy Sham, man of the people, might be fronting a power punk combo composed of those ex-Pistol stalwarts Steve and Paul exploded in Carnaby Street last week like a hot horse chestnut. No expense was spared as the Thrills desk whisked its intrepid team to the far corners of the globe and The Nag's Head in Hersham High Street.

Just as well we did too, for as they say, the Lord delivers to he who stands and waits, and we finally tracked down James Pursey Esquire indulging in his favourite pastime, the sacred art of dog watching. Yon Pursey has been flashing the sheets a bit of late, adding substantially to his fleet of greyhounds here, tending to the lame amongst them there, and gambling incurably around the the nation's Вина

speeding mutt stadía.. It was in some such place that our reporter noticed the arched eyebrows and angelic if dirty faced Pursey. But before he could say 'Tom Robinson' young Jim was out of his cage and three quarters of the way down Woking bypass with only the dying strains of a withering 'No Comment' subsiding into the ether. Our man collected his

winnings and went home. Meanwhile, another scribe was dispatched to go and stand outside the plush Cook and Jones gaff in London's.

Pursey and fans tune up for PCJ&K by invading Clash bash. Pic: Justin Thomas.

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W1. After spending an entire weekend balancing on a dustbin and peering through a crack in the former Pistols' lace net curtains - studiously ignoring the taunts of passing Scottish gentlemen the while - he was approached by an affable geezer who informed the writer that the cuddly duo has split the scene some two minutes prior to his arrival A few phone calls revealed that Jones had vacated his room altogether in order to set up residence in his new Hampstead apartment which, according to Nils Stevenson,

Banshees manager and Paul Cook's new co-habitee in the old premises, is "set up just like a whore house." Jones' recent musical activities, apart from producing the likes of Joan Jett, have revolved around a project paying homage to Phil Spector, utilising the latter's "Wall of Sound" technique on a fearsome remake of The Ronettes' 'Do I Love You,' wherein Stephen duets delightfully with the splendid Ms Chrissie Hynde (A Pretender late of this parish). The results are so promising that there could even be an album of Jones Plays Spector in the pipeline.

The possibility of a new band including Pursey, and going under the probable moniker of Swankers, has in fact been mooted by Jones and Cook for some time. After Rotten's departure it seems that there was a possibility of "Swindle' star Ten-Pole Tudor sporting the Sex Pistols microphone, a a choice particularly pleasing to Malcolm McLaren. Jones, however, preferred to refer darkly to an anonymous gent under contract for just one more album to Polydor, a description that fits Pursey like a glove.

Interestingly, those close to the relevant chest claim that the Cook/Jones split from McLaren is mostly due to his nixing the Sham connection. Pursey was approached at a time when things were bad for Sham-about the same time that he announced his retirement at the Friars Aylesbury debacle.

What might have been pure supposition gained a veneer of proof when a Thrills scout chanced upon one Dave Treganna, alias Kermit, the Sham bassman and fourth actor in the drama. He asserts that "Steve and Paul first approached Jim (Pursey) in February. He considered the offer and when all that shit came down, plus us having always rated Steve and Paul as players, we decided to give it a shot. It'll be down to the four of us but there are still loads of legal problems involving the company.

The major stumbling block is that Sham 69 are contracted to deliver not three albums to Polydor-two down, one to go-but four, if the company decide to retain their option clause. Says Kermit: "That's a real spenner in the works. It means the group could become operative in. month or it mig ight take six. Although I can't talk completely for Jimmy he sees the alliance as something new and fresh."

Indeed the foursome have already managed a work-out at Polydor and all were satisfied with the results and want to get on with it for real.

Treganna and Pursey have felt that Sham's days were numbered for several months. A new album, recorded at The Chateau in France, cost them a grand a day to complete and they don't relish the prospects of recording a fourth. As their first album was live it won't make sense for them to buy out of the contract with another stage document. In any case, Sham's drummer Mark Cain is already seeking alternative employment. He applied for a job as a milk salesperson with the Milk Marketing Board but was net short-listed. His replacement Ricky Goldstein, formerly of The Automatics, signed on in time to cut the new LP but his gig is said to be temporary.

Polydor themselves proved to be extremely tight lipped when Thrills rang them, maintaining a "No Comment" silence but adding that "Pursey is under contract and obviously he will fulfill it. Other than that we're reluctant to discuss the matter, though of course Jimmy, Steve and Paul are just good friends."

Virgin's official statement is merely that "Steve and Paul are looking for a bassist and a vocalist and they may or may not have found them. Secondly, the pair are still signed to Glitterbest (or Glitterbust) and their obligations there are not sorted out." And the Pistols still owe Mr. Branson six

volumes of an eight-album set according to their contract. The man who may yet hold the key to the ever unfolding melodrama, Malcolm McLaren, has not been sighted for weeks now and is reportedly ensconced somewhere in Gay Paree, licking his tent and retiring to his wounds. And with that, Thrills bids you all a fond adieu, dusts off its as yet unplayed copy of 'Four Way Street and remembers the days when these young sprogs were grateful for any contract at all. Remember where you read it last.

SHARES BOΝΟ, THRILLS.

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It all got smoothed over, and Jones, and Cook on a second drum kit, played with the band along with Pursey at The Music Machine on July 26th.

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Pete Wylie - Me, Mick Jones, Paul Rutherford, in the VIP bar at The Music Machine, Camden in London Town during the Clash’s four night run, 1978, when Rude Boy was being filmed. The best!

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Tony Beesley - Clash fans! There are 11 new, previously unpublished / unseen Clash photos from their July 1978 Music Machine gigs included in our book, Revolution: all are different shots to the ones used in Ignore Alien Orders & have not been seen since developed in 1978 by the late, Kristan James Melik.

Also, there is £5 off r.r.p & a LTD A3 size Clash poster with initial pre-orders at our webstore, link below: www.tonybeesleymodworld.co.uk/

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Just had this sent my way by my friend, James Melik, who took the amazing front and rear cover photos, and the superb Music machine 1978 live pics included in the book.

"Thank you. The best book you have produced so far in terms of content and quality. I know how much work you put into it. Bravo and congratulations."

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Tony Beesley - Our new book REVOLUTION (Kristan James Melik) (now available for pre-order) includes a set of recently discovered Clash photos from their gigs at the Music Machine in 1978 (These are different shots to those featured in our Ignore Alien Orders book)...

Initial pre-orders also have £5 off r.r.p and a FREE EXCLUSIVE CLASH POSTER.

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Revolution is a photo-based documentation of images from the lens of the late, Kristan James Melik, also known as Marcus Featherby. Sadly, Kristan passed away this year. One of his final wishes was for this book project (along with his other forthcoming works) to be published as planned by us at Days Like Tomorrow Books in collaboration with his close friend, Andy Lee. We feel that we have designed and created a fitting visual tribute to his work and memory.

This hardback book includes scores of rare and previously unseen photos from the punk era and beyond, many in full colour and is the perfect addition to the bookshelves of all punk, new wave and post-punk enthusuasts. The images presented includes the likes of The Clash, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits, Pere Ubu, The Stranglers, The Lurkers, Generation X, The Adverts, The Pretenders, Tourists, Blondie, Gang of Four etc. and a chapter devoted to early photos of The Specials. A selection of Kristan's anecdotes will also be included throughout.

The book is a LTD edition print run and will be followed by further titles relating to the work of Kristan James Melik.

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THE CLASH - COMPLETE CONTROL, SAFE EUROPEAN HOME AND WHAT'S MY NAME

In late July ’78, The Clash held a four night residency at The Music Machine, now KOKO, of which some of the footage appeared in the Clash film, Rude Boy. The “Clash On Parole Tour climaxes with their first residency, four nights at The Music Machine,” wrote BlackMarketClash.com. “The 4 nights recendency were rapturously received in the press and by those in attendance. Rude Boy captures the drama: is there a more exciting moment in rock’n’roll cinema than when the film cuts

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THE CLASH performing live at the Music Machine London UK - 24 Jul 1978. Photo credit: Justin Thomas/IconicPix (says 24th)

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A customised cropped jacket of turquoise cotton, with metal d-rings at the shoulders, zip fastenings to front and cuffs and patch pockets to either arm, the front decorated with a cloth patch printed in red and black with an image from the Clash's first album cover -- identical to one worn by Paul Simenon on stage at Carnival Against The Nazis, Victoria Park, Hackney, 30th April, 1978 and by Joe Strummer at The Music Machine, London, 27th July, 1978; accompanied by two colour stills from the 1980 film Rude Boy, Buzzy Enterprises (printed later), both -- 8x10in. (20.3x25.4cm.) (3)

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Complete Control
Tommy Gun
Cheapskates
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Drug Stabbing Time
Clash City Rockers
White Man
Capital Radio
Complete Control
Stay Free
Police & Thieves/Blitzkreig Bop
English Civil War
Safe European Home
Whats My Name
Londons Burning
Garageland
Im So Bored with the USA
Janie Jones cut
White Riot

Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the On Parole Tour, June - July 1978