Release title on label: "Clash Interchords"

℗ 1981 CBS Records
Demonstration - Not for sale

Promotional-only, housed in a unique custom printed black & white picture sleeve.

Interview album to promote the release of Sandinista. Although not credited on sleeve or labels, this album contains 10 tracks from the Sandinista album in the following order:

The interview with Paul contains the full album versions of;
- Junco Partner
- One More Time (Paul talks over the intro)
- One More Dub (played in background for the last part of the interview)

The interview with Mick contains the full album versions of;
- Hitsville U.K.
- The Magnificent Seven (Mick talks over the intro)

The interview with Joe contains the full album versions of;
- Washington Bullets
- The Call Up (Joe talks over the intro)
- Police On My Back

The interview with Topper contains the full album versions of;
- Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
- Somebody Got Murdered

IF MUSIC COULD TALK (2021)

THE CLASH

Interview With Paul Simonon 15:47
Interview With Mick Jones 11:42
Interview With Joe Strummer 17:20
Interview With Topper Headon 10:36

SIDE ONE PAUL SIDE TWO MICK SIDE THREE JOE SIDE FOUR TOPPER Words and Music The Clash Interviewer Kosmo Vinyl
In December 1980, The Clash released their 4th album SANDINISTA! a 36 track, 3 vinyl LP set, also released on cassette.

Intended as a year's worth of listening, it caught much of the music industry, critics and even some fans off guard as many of them tried to take it all in, in one go. Covering as many styles as The Clash had influences, it pointed in many directions at once and to a world of possibilities. In both music and subject matter, with SANDINISTA! The Clash broke beyond the boundaries of what was expected of them and into uncharted territory.

With the record now "out", one of the jobs at hand was to get the music onto the radio and into the ears of America. After the band failed to stick to the industry norm when it came to radio interviews on tour, their record company decided it was in everyone's best interests for.

The Clash not to partake in the regular radio promotional "poodle through the hoop" routine. And so it was decided that it would be a good idea to record Joe, Mick, Paul and Topper, answering some questions that could be played on U.S.radio to accompany the music.

The Clash rarely missed an opportunity to inject some humour into what might otherwise become a pretentious situation and so it was, when somehow I became the person asking the questions. Questions to which I already knew many of the answers.

I can hardly say I was surprised that I managed to elicit several unusable responses. And I'm sure any comment I may have made was met with a chorus of "You asked for it, Kosmo!" It never crossed my mind that my voice would wind up on what was then a strictly Radio Promotional twelve inch record, and I can't remember when I found out. Probably after the record was pressed, when we were focused elsewhere.

Anyway, what survived the cutting room floor is here for all to hear. But enough talk of talk, let's not forget the music.

For it was always the music that was front and centre for The Clash. They believed that if the music wasn't good enough and the sound wasn't "there," then it wouldn't matter what the songs were about. Without the music nobody paid any attention.

The music here was recorded in New York City, Kingston, Jamaica, and London and shows just how far The Clash had come from the recording of the first LP in February 1977.

It is life in 1980 that you will hear: its injustice, struggles, brutality, defiance, hopes and fears, the daily grind and the Saturday night grind. There's the Dread At The Controls mixed reggae testament of "One More Time/One More Dub" and the jailbird beat (via Kingston) of "Junco Partner." The protest pop prediction of "Hitsville UK ( "A mic and boom in your living room") and a rap version of the worksong, "Magnificent Seven", A cry for international resistance and solidarity in "Washington Bullets," the anti draft groove of "The Call Up" and the on-the-lam classic "Police On My Back". The Cold War disco dance floor duel of "Ivan Meets G.I.Joe" And the nearly always played live "Somebody Got Murdered." What was vital and fresh in 1980 remains strong and relevant today. As I often like to say, "Strummer Still True."