Sort it Out Tour
Supported by the Slits/Innocents
updated 7 July 2008 - added punters view (D Smithson) & photos
updated Dec 2023 added review
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Poster
Only the 4th Horizontal design i've seen from this tour. Peeled off the wall & Kindly shared by Simon Buck. Clash City Collectors | facebook.com
Advert, flyers
An original Poster/Flyer, Kindly shared by Junco Partner. Clash City Collectors | facebook.com
Colourised from bw above
Tickets
Ian Smith - That's the portion of the ticket I had for the gig (left)
Clash City Collectors | facebook.com (right)
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Cardiff Top Rank
The Cardiff Top Rank Suite, which opened in 1963 on Queen Street, was a renowned music venue that hosted iconic acts such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Costello, U2, The Police, The Cure, and The Clash [2] [3]. They held a few Battle of the Bands, there as well.
The venue closed in 1982 but continued under different names until it was demolished in 2005 [3]. It was one of the most popular nightclubs and live music venues in Cardiff during the 1970s and 1980s[1][4].
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there was never anyone to come close to the Clash
Sort it Out 1978 was my last time to experience Clash live: this performance was white heat with a stage presence vastly more professional than seen before and all the classic songs from the first albums and early singles delivered with an intense energetic conviction.
The only place to be at a Clash gig was right down the front - jostled amidst the die-hard fans: Strummer, Jones and Simonon moved energetically about the stage: sometimes in tight formation at the front - other times widely separated, with Joe on Topper's drum stand. This and the sudden extreme lighting changes, added to an intensely exciting show but made photography very hit and miss. Clash were THE LIVE BAND of 1977/78 … they never disappointed, there was never anyone to come close to them.
Clash always had excellent support acts: ‘Sort it Out' had Slits and The Innocents. Slits had become more subtle since their earlier incarnation: Viv, Tessa and Budgie provided solid pulsing rhythm for Ari's teenage brat holler - screeching, chanting, purring and cooing lyrics that explored urban bohemian experience and emotion. Unfortunately I recall very little of Innocents live. Dave Smithson
South Wales Echo
UNCUT Magazine- The Clash, Cardiff Top Rank
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Had this published a few years back in Uncut Magazine. Today seems a good day to share it with you….For Joe
Just read your article on top 50 concerts , for me personally this was a total no brainer ( although 10th in your poll behind White Stripes and Arctic Monkeys you have got to be kidding ! ).
For me it had to be The Clash " Out On Parole " Cardiff Top Rank 1978 . The anticipation of the greatest band that walked the planet playing in Cardiff was too much to bear , starting with a frantic dash to Spillers records for the precious ticket . It seemed like an eternity before the day finally arrived and at 15 Years of age i was about to witness the concert of a lifetime.
With the crowd baying for action these four heroes marched onto the stage looking ready for guerilla warfare . God the crowd went ballistic , Ive never witnessed anything like it . Crashing into Safe European Home someone catches the back of my heel and off comes my trainer . I spend the next minute or so on my hands and knees while a thousand or so punks are bouncing around the dancefloor like tomorrow is the last day on earth .
Mick is the typical guitar hero all swagger and pose, Joe hyper tension , sweat in every breath, Topper holds it all together with machine gun drumming and Paul is the ultimate cool , playing bass as a weapon of destruction . Who knows how long they were on stage that night , but every song played was with an enthusiasm and energy never to be matched by any band that ive seen since.
After the gig me and my mate Chris went backstage and they all signed a white denim jacket his mum had bought him for his birthday . She never forgave him for that , but how cool had he just become with all these autographs on his back ? This was typical Clash that one minute they are entertaining you to the show of a lifetime and the next youre backstage having a chat with your new best mates .Ive spent the next twenty nine years watching all the so called pretenders to the throne but NOBODY even comes close .
Number one in my eyes in any poll . Ian Chapman Glasgow.
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Janice Horsell - I was at this as a very young punk
Abinger Gregorious Hammer - me too,I was on that tour. -
Alan Bound - I was there too. Wish my mate hadn't been assisting my pogo. Lifted me for height just as we got under the balcony by the bar. Missed a large chunk of the set, but not the underneath of the balcony. Happy lack of memories.
David Phillips - The gig that shaped my music taste to this day!
Rob Davis - That was a great gig.
Second Time Around - Another great night, as others have said the bouncers were very hit and miss if you were/looked young. I was 16, and looked younger. I was ok this night as I was with people who were all 18/19, great times, great memories.
Rob Davis - Was at this one. A great night.
Geoff Munro - Great photos ... I was at that one, aged 16 ... was always a worry if the bouncers would single you out for looking too young and not let you in ... got there early and bumped into Mick Jones and had a chat ... undoubtedly spent the next day too tired to take anything in, in school !!!
Mark Anderson - I was there, the Slits were the act that made the big impression on me that night
Gary Pearce - My missus was at this gig, it's a shame there are not more crowd photos from back in the day, I'm sure there would be many familiar faces
Steve Harris - Great night , top quality support from The Slits too , fab photos
Mitzy Griffiths - Was there for this one.
Alun Williams - I Was at that one too
Andy Allen - Remember that gig like it was yday. 16 years old in my home made punk clothes and that expectation when the boys came on stage
Mart Robinson - I was there that night, London clash followers were all sniffing glue, remember parts of the top rank stank of evo stick !
Stuart McArtney - Was there for this, backstage after with probably half the audience! Thanks Tiziano.
Ian Smith - I was there, the Clash were amazing. So much energy.
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The following images have been lent to bmc by Dave Smithan
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These are from the tour but say they are Cardiff. Right backdrop, different clothes to Dave Smithsons's above
Ari Up from The Slits and Paul Simonon from the Clash back stage at the Top Rank, 26th November 1978 Photo: Caroline Coon
The Slits supporting The Clash at Cardiff Top Rank. November 26, 1978.Stuart McArtney | Facebook - Stuart McArtney
Photos: Dave Smitham.
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The Clash at the Top Rank, 26th November 1978.
Cardiff Music History / Hanes Miwsig Caerdydd
photos: Dave Smitham
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The Slits supporting The Clash at the Top Rank, 26th November 1978.
Cardiff Music History / Hanes Miwsig Caerdydd | Facebook
Photos: Dave Smitham
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Ari Up from The Slits and Paul Simonon from the Clash back stage at the Top Rank, 26th November 1978 Photo: Caroline Coon
The Slits at the Post House Hotel in Cardiff
Robin Banks - russ @dirk7890 The Slits at the Post House Hotel in... | Facebook
Robin Banks - russ, @dirk7890
The Slits at the Post House Hotel in Cardiff. Taken while touring with The Clash, they played at the Top Rank on the 26th November 1978. Photo: Caroline Coon
Pete Wylie - I've still got a clock from the dressing room wall from that night!
Coventry Automatics, Cardiff, supporting The Clash
Roddy - Coventry Automatics, Cardiff, supporting The Clash, 1978.
Thanks to Cardiff Music History for pic
Roddy Cardiff, supporting The Clash,... - Joe Swinford | Facebook.com
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