updated 7 March 2007
updated 8 July 2008 - added poster
updated 12 April 2011 - added Jons photo link Flickr
updated 12 Feb 2012 - added soundboard source
updated 29 March 2015 - full tape review
updated 9 Feb 2022 added new green poster
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Audio 1 - popular version

Sound 3.5 - 60mins - low - tracks 18

Safe European Home

Audio 2 - 4 new tracks sdbd?

Sound 3 - 1hr 24min - bc/m - tracks 23

Safe European Home

Audio 3 - sound upgrade edited

Sound 3 - 60min - 1hr 24min - tracks 23

Audio 4 - master NEW SOURCE - audience

Sound 2.5 - 1hr 33mins - tracks 26
cuts IFL, omits Garageland

Safe European Home

Audio 5 - Soundboard - first gen.

Sound 5 - very good, clear but not pro. 28 tracks
includes intro, misses 4 tracks Janie thorugh to Safe Euro which have an alternate version instead

White Riot

Sound quality, sources, Dave Newson

2011 Soundboard source; Many thanks indeed to Dave Newson for sending his tape, a refreshing contrast to those sad teasers who say they have recordings but never let anyone hear them! Dave provided this account of the tape’s origin:  

'I got it about a week or two after the gig from a guy who was with the 'Peace Convoy' that had set up camp on the outskirts of Norwich that summer. He said he was part of The Clash road crew and just gave me the tape, it had no cover or anything written on the tape itself. Couple of years later I went to see Clash 2 at the same venue and this guy was in the foyer handing out flyers for The Men They Couldn't Hang (who were supporting that night) and had a tour pass card on, so maybe he was part of the later crew... I don't know. He didn't remember me as such but certainly remembered being parked up in Norwich and meeting some local Clash fans'

The first generation tape is a significant upgrade on the earlier circulating soundboard but is still missing the four songs on that but with a much better wider clearer and more detailed sound. Sadly copied to a TDK D a better quality tape would have made a big difference. Nevertheless all instrumentation and vocals are very clear as you would expect from a soundboard source but with little stereo separation except strangely occasionally when Terry does a drum roll! Mick's guitar is low in the mix on the first  songs.

The unfettered digital transfer was provided on lossless on the blackmarketclash.com with the missing tracks from the analogue sources to give the whole complete show.

Sound quality, sources, Derek Harris

2007 master audience recording; Many thanks once again to Derek Harris for circulating another of his recordings, one that includes almost all the missing material from the best soundboard source. It does though lose most of I Fought The Law and Garageland. Sound has a rather thin and distant sound reflecting the equipment used but as it is a master is crisp and clear. 

Older sources;

These are virtually redundant now following the more recent upgrades. There are two audience sources of unknown generation; one cuts out during Straight To Hel, the other has marginally better sound but only 17 of the 27 songs. The earlier soundboard source came from Portobello Market back in the day (a centre for vinyl and cassette bootleg sellers) and comes presumably from the same master source as the 2011 soundboard. Radio Clash though has been switched to follow Charlie Don't Surf. The tape then loses the next four songs as on the 201 tape.

OLDER REVIEW OF CIRCULATING TAPES

Two sources - Three tapes

A plethora tapes circulate with the quality, due to copying, varying from ok to very poor.

They seem to come from two sources, though the second one (maybe a flawed soundboard?) is very rare. (b)

The first source (audience) providing virtually all copies in circulation, and nearly always of a lesser quality than the bootleggers original. (a) & (c)

Source A

The most popular source (a) is an incomplete audience tape. The tape which cuts off during Straight to Hell. Upgrades to this circulate. This upgrade came in a pink sleeve. It has quite a reasonable sound.

There is some distortion on the sound, particularly on the vocals when the decibels rise. Otherwise the is a good width of sound, the drums, vocal and lead coming throughand the bass a bit. It is a little distant too. The encore tracks 24 to 27 are missing. This tape includes the intro, the flawed soundboard does not.

Source B

Source b also circulates with the above cover, but with much a much lesser sound, may be due to a bad copy. More noise, less sound, more distortion. However the bootleggers use the same typeface as on the bootleg artwork found on the audience source.

It seems to be a flawed soundboard, though it may not be. This tape is from a different recording source which has tracks previously missing from all other Clash bootlegs. It also has some tracks edited out. This has been a rare source. It is stereo mixed in parts and came from Camden Market tape traders shortly after the gig.

It starts with White Riot and has no intro. Radio Clash has been switched to follow Charlie Don't Surf. The tape then loses the next four songs.

Straight to Hell is unedited and four extra songs appear which are omitted out of the other two tapes.

All the instrumentation is clear if not crisp and even Joe’s scratchy rhythm guitar work comes through clearly. Joe improvises vocals on a number of songs and Mick’s lead guitar work is excellent and inventive throughout.

Radio Clash has some distortion and the sound is a bit flatter than the on the best audience, particularly a couple of the middle tracks which suffer more. However the encore tracks are perfectly fine, the best part of the tape luckily. The cover has also been seen in blue.

Source C

This is a variant of the audience source, mixed, with tracks selectively edited out. There is a marginal sound improvement on this over the fuller audience source (a)

Janie Jones has been moved before Charlie Dont Surf on the tape. It is cut at 1:32. The recording also starts just as the intro begins. It contains only 17 of the 27 songs. It has much more clarity, mix and balence and no real distortion, however the top end is a touch thin and it is still distant.

There was an absence of artwork on this one

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This venue had a special meaning to Mick and Paul well before they played there as Paul told the Guardian in 2013 as it was the cinema he and Jones went to as children. "It's actually where I saw my first ever pop show..We all turned up as 10-year-olds, and they said: 'Right, boys and girls, we've got a special surprise for you - we're not going to show you a film!' So everyone was: 'Booooo.' 'No. we've got a special surprise - we have Sandie Shaw!' And Sandie Shaw came on, and she was going on about not having any shoes. So we had an hour set from her, and that was my first pop concert."

The venue started life as a cinema and theatre in 1929 on the site of a private garden in Stockwell Road. It was built at a cost of £250,000 as an "Astoria" theatre. The opening show was the Al Jolson film The Singing Fool; a description for him Strummer might have welcomed! The building still retains many of its original features, including the proscenium arch and Art Deco interior. The Astoria eventually closed its doors as a cinema on 29 July 1972. It was then converted into the Sundown Centre rock venue in September 1972, but was not a success and the Sundown closed down some four months later. In May 1974 planning permission was sought to demolish the Grade II listed building and replace it with a motor showroom and petrol station. However, fortunately the redevelopment scheme was scrapped. The building was kept heated after it closed, and was used as an equipment store by the Rank Organisation.

In 1981, The Astoria, remodelled  was re-opened as a rock venue called "The Fair Deal" with a concert by UB40 and an interior restoration, but the venue closed in late 1982 due to debt. The venue was bought by Simon Parkes in 1983 and in the same year re-opened as Brixton Academy. The Academy's success steadily grew throughout the 1980s with numerous reggae productions and it was hired out to major rock and pop acts such as Eric Clapton, Dire Straits & The Police for rehearsal. In 1995, Break For The Border bought the Brixton Academy. Under its new ownership (McKenzie Group), reinvestment started immediately with a complete £500,000 refurbishment of the Art Deco building frontage to its original grandeur, additional facilities both front of house and backstage and a capacity increase to just under 5,000.

The venue now known as the 02 Academy has also been voted venue of the year twelve times since 1994 in the annual NME Awards. The Smiths played their last ever gig here in December 1986 which was an Anti-Apartheid benefit. Dylan and the reformed Sex Pistols have been  amongst the many acts choosing the venue as it is one of the biggest non arena venues in London. This was a key reason why The Clash hosted all their London shows there in 82 and 84 with the vast downstairs area unseated for dancing; maximum capacity is 4,921 (3,760 standing downstairs; 1,083 seated and 78 standing in the circle).

“1-2-3-4” and into White Riot

The 2011 soundboard begins with the Morricone intro music, the quality of the recording immediately apparent. Then after Joe says a  “Good evening and welcome” Mick screams out  “1-2-3-4” and the band blast into White Riot taking the audience by surprise and then by storm. The recording with Terry thumping away and Mick’s lead guitar too far back in the mix does not convey the impact this had on the packed stalls, creating a huge surge towards the stage. “Are you taking over or are you taking orders” Place went mad.

Then straight into London Calling excellent performance like most tonight; Joe’s in fine vocal form, the band really tight and standing close to the stage The Clash front line looked as cool as fuck. “Michael” shouts Joe a grumbled “Come on come on” wanting to maintain the energy of both band and audience, Mick then strikes the opening chord to The Leader but then changes it to Radio Clash with Joe letting rip a blood curdling scream. A truly excellent performance, Mick’s guitar fills, still a little too far back are great, Paul’s bass lines clear and Joe in great voice “down down down” he orders into an  extended section with echo and effects to the fore.

Then with “This is the national anthem” it really is The Leader, Mick’s guitar intro now loud and clear and the first time we hear the odd stereo effect on Terry’s drum roll, Joe and Mick’s vocals very clear, sounds terrific. Career Opportunities maybe not as strong but with the sound cranked up this soundboard source is hugely enjoyable.   

Joe then addresses the audience (with a theme on his mind this tour in interviews) “OK lets have the lights on a minute, hands up all those who think we live in America? Come on be honest! OK this is Mr Paul Simonon with the Guns of … “Terry’s drums to the fore at start then scratchy rhythm from Paul on Joe’s guitar, Mick’s inventive fills clear; great clarity. Guns of Brixton again sounding great on this tour. There’s either an amazing segue mid song into Mensworth Hill or the original tape twisted over for a few seconds! 

“And so now it’s the guns of Finsbury Park, could be anybody really” says Joe over Mick’s intro to Somebody Got Murdered “it was murder” remembering the real incident that inspired his lyric. Terry manages to get to the top of the drumming crescendo intro for a change, there’s lots of echo on the “murdered” chorus and Joe’s section of the vocals again the stand out part of what is a particularly effective and enjoyable performance.

“Hey everyone always asks me, they come up to me, you’re Joe Strummer aren’t you. I go yeah, we’d like to do an interview for this magazine called Turkey Necks I say OK. Do you think you can change the world? I go well I dunno about that ask again in the next century - anyway what I am trying to say is Mikey Dread is gonna walk on here” and with a strum of his guitar Joe and then both Joe and Mick “sing my daddy was a Bankrobber” a capella.  Joe adlibs mid song “ do you think you can change the world  then Mikey toasts about Brixton around Rockers Galore UK tour  “The Clash a superstar, Terry Chimes superstar!” Joe again in great vocal form, another highlight. 

Magnificent Seven also sounds great, the detail in the instrumentation captured by the soundboard quality recording; Joe adlibs “if only Ian Dury was here to see this” and goes into lengthy rap over the instrumental section, then as the band drop it down Joe goes  “how long we been doing this song anyone got a watch, fuckin’ long in it!” and then repeats “Magnificent” in great voice over the finale.  

Then in plummy posh voice Joe announces “The following is a public service announcement with guitar”. Terry’s repetitive dominant beat lacks the swing Topper would have brought to Know Your Rights  but it still sounds great here. Highlight is when the band drop it right down to drum and bass  and Joe semi whispers “this has been suggested in some quarters is not enough”. Straight into Train In Vain next; Mick too is on top form tonight, his solos inventive and effective particularly over final coda.

Then Joe scratches out on his guitar an intro to (a by now rare) Charlie Don’t Surf, and says “This is supposed to be a Chinook sitting on your head (Apocalypse Now was the first time many had heard the use of surround sound in cinemas, something the film excelled at) .. if you don’t know what a Chinook is ask the person next to you” Another highlight; the combination of Mick’s inventively effective  guitar playing and the brilliant way Mick and Joe interweave their contrasting but complementary vocals on chorus particularly enjoyable. Joe adlibs as Mick repeats” Charlie don’t surf” at the end as he shouts “and we know he ain’t no good” Mick unleashes a great guitar attack. Only shame is it is not further extended. 

“May I introduce the moody alcoholic Mr Terry Chimes” jokes Joe by way of introduction to Janie Jones. It sounds great with Mick’s guitar by now up in the mix but unfortunately the soundboard tape cuts out  a minute in. Derek Harris’ master audience recording (largely)fills the gap before the soundboard restarts at start of Clampdown. Mick’s different and dominant guitar sound clear on the start of Rock The Casbah; whilst the sound quality dips, the performances do not. Mick belts out Police On My Back with gusto, followed by a fine if unexceptional Safe European Home.

The soundboard misses the beginning of Clampdown but the sound is now if anything a notch better through to the end of the gig. Again there’s that strange stereo tracked drum roll effect and also again Joe and Mick’s vocal interplay clear and highly enjoyable. You know it’s a good night when Strummer adlibs and includes reference to the Shah of Iran and a vegetable samosa! With a “Merci beaucoup” from Joe the band leave the stage.

The soundboard stops here restarting at beginning of Ghetto Defendant but the audience recordings capture the amusing start to the first encore as Joe ponders a solitary boot on the stage; “I tell you I recognise this boot somewhere before in my life, I’ve met that boot. Cinderella come forth, has anybody seen Cinderella! What size are your feet Cinderella?..Gonna fit, gonna fit! Cinderella!? Maybe its Lady Diana Spencer’s so gonna look for a name tag in it, you’re dead right!” (to Mick’s suggestion).

After a pause Joe sings “hungry darkness of living” but it’s a low par Ghetto Defendant, the band not back fully engaged but after the segue into Armagideon Time and it gets a whole lot better. Joe’s now more intense, working through his vocal chops and Mick’s guitar fills are very effective. A fine performance and proof that Joe’s fully engaged again he adlibs “a lot of people are frightened out of their mind, a lot of people are going blind, a lot of people learning to hide 50 feet underground, a lot of people are tunnelling to the back of their mind” and later even Bruce Lee gets a namecheck!

 “OK now we come to the most political part of the evening this is by well-known Marxist Vince Taylor!”  Brand New Cadillac; the band rip it up with some great Mick lead guitar. Joe then starts in Strummer Spanish but Mick interrupts with a shouted “Where’s me fiver Crocker” and bursts into Stay Free the subject of the song presumably in the audience. Again an excellent, sounding performance with Mick’s playing on the ending coda particularly strong. It gets better still with a terrific English Civil War, the audience providing the “hurrahs” and after “Adios” the first encore is over.

The band are quick to return but not before a “good evening” mic check from a roadie gets an immediate “fuck off” from the audience! Then thump, thump, thump of Terry’s bass drum starts an excellent Straight To Hell and the band return one by one including Mick in his army surplus gas mask. Joe’s voice is clear and focussed maximising the power of his lyrics, Mick’s excellent guitar work is to the fore and Joes’ vocals almost ethereal bathed in effects/echo then brought up higher on the desk by the soundman. One of the best sounding and performed versions period. Excellent.

“Maintenant this is the one I gave you a Spanish introduction to” (earlier) Mick goes into his Should I Stay or Should I Go, his solo being the highlight and Joe’s Strum/Spanish over the ending. ”Whooo whooo” wails Joe  as instruction to Police & Thieves which for a few seconds in suffers a tape twist (opposite side to GOB) to which an insert from alt. source has been placed. A definite highlight of the night; it sounds tremendous with Mick’s lead guitar, Joe’s rhythm, Terry’s drumming Paul’s bass lines and not least Joe and Mick’s vocals combining brilliantly. Joe’s in great voice, Mick’s echoed, the vocal interplay sounds amazing and it’s tragic to think this is the last time they would share a London stage until Acton 20 years later. There was from the evidence alone of this recording still magical chemistry together between them on stage - Liz Taylor or not! When the song drops down to drum and bass Joe adlibs in a classic Strummer rant blending the ludicrous with wit “Well in patients, you are an outpatient, , you have patience, you have in patience, Friday night you look funny wearing a pair of curtains look at that funny looking bleeder over there I think we should pick him up” With a Strummer cry it’s brought to an end and then straight into an exceptional I Fought The Law; fast hard and true, the band on fire now. “Robbing people with a six gun” gets the stereo drum effect again and Terry’s drums sound like a horse stampede! 

Then after a twice repeated instrumental intro to maximise effect and drama the Clash blast through an equally exceptional Garageland. It’s gets changes to the arrangement too and Mick adds the flying fuck to the where the rich are going line. “Go on Terry” shouts Joe in encouragement over the songs tremendous finale. A magnificent end to a magnificent night.

“Good night and hope you have a good dance afterwards!” but this writer does not remember if the intention but largely unrealised Casbah Club post gig dance took place but does remember standing in a packed Victoria line tube train, drenched in sweat, ears ringing but with a big grin on the face. Memories that have lasted most of a lifetime of the only band that mattered.

Exceptional gig

Exceptional gig, exceptional recording (only soundboard) make this THE bootleg to have of the tour. Mick’s last Clash gig in their hometown and it’s a terrific performance from its blistering start through to the finish. Mick’s father, it was reported was there the first time to see him play. Joe conceded that after Topper’s sacking there were still a handful of nights when it still “burned” as he put it, this gig was surely one of them. Considered on IMCT as one of the five best Terry shows.

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The CLASH - Fair Deal

Its five and a half years since I first saw the Clash and times have changed. Fundamentally the Clash are still pretty much the same. The fact they remain a wildly contemporary rock band is a tribute to their subtle shifts in musical and visual styles. Here's how they've gone about it.

Zig Zag magazine Clash Live

Review from September 1982 Zig Zag magazine of the July 30 1982 Fair  Deal concert.

Believed to refer to the Fair Deal gig later in the month - the 30th July.

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Never-Before-Seen Clash Photos Uncovered!

Rock Photographer Steve Rapport has discovered a ‘Clash treasure trove’ of long-lost photos

MATT WALLIS - NOVEMBER 24, 2020 - PDF

Rock Photographer Steve Rapport recently discovered ‘punk treasures’ as he dug through boxes of his archived photos – many of which sat forgotten, gathering dust in his garage for years including from the 30th July 1982 playing at The Fair Deal in Brixton.

“I remember it just being a brilliant gig,” Steve says, who was there as a fan but also taking photos for the UK weekly pop/rock newspaper Sounds."

Never-Before-Seen Clash Photos Uncovered! | Punktuation!

Rock Photographer Steve Rapport has discovered a ‘Clash treasure trove’ of long-lost photos. He shares his exciting archival finds exclusively with Punktuation!

Rock Photographer Steve Rapport recently discovered ‘punk treasures’ as he dug through boxes of his archived photos – many of which sat forgotten, gathering dust in his garage for years.

As reported in Punktuation, back in July, Steve rediscovered amazing photos of Joe Strummer taking part in the 1983 London Marathon.

“The boxes were from a photo agency that I had asked to return my archives, Steve explained when we last spoke to him. “When I opened the first box and saw all these photos of Joe I actually think I burst into tears.”

CHECK OUT: Unseen photos of Joe Strummer running London Marathon Here

However, fast-forward a few months and a few more boxes of rediscovered contact sheets and negatives later, Steve’s latest finds are just jaw-dropping.

The first rediscovered set of photos capture The Clash playing at Tiffany’s Nightclub (formerly the Locarno Dancehall and now the City Library) in Coventry on 28th November 1978. The tour was in support of their second album release ‘Give ‘em Enough Rope’.

“The quality of these photos aren’t great,” Steve admits. “I was just a student. I snuck my camera past security and just secretly snapped away. They’re raw, and I guess really just fan photos, but I like the feel of them."

Next out of the dusty cardboard ‘boxes of punk’ are more Clash rarities – this time from the 30th July 1982 playing at The Fair Deal in Brixton (now O2 Academy).

This show eventually turned out to be the very last Clash gig in London with Mick Jones in the band.

Things had begun to disintegrate right before the release of ‘Combat Rock’ when drummer Topper Headon was fired because of his heroin addiction. Strummer, Jones and Simonon soldiered on with Terry Chimes reclaiming the drum stool. However, the friction within the band was beginning to boil over around the time of this Brixton gig.

Jones and Strummer, the creative forces in the Clash, were starting to head in different directions. No one outside of the band’s inner circle knew just how poisonous things were becoming.

“I remember it just being a brilliant gig,” Steve says, who was there as a fan but also taking photos for the UK weekly pop/rock newspaper Sounds.

“Rediscovering these photos is great – Sounds only published a couple of them of course, but looking through the old contact sheets I’ve discovered some really amazing shots that have never seen the light of day.”

Steve says he still has hundreds of contact sheets to sift through.

“It’s so exciting finding all these hidden gems. They really capture that moment in time. I am discovering more photos daily. I am about to rescan some incredibly cool Beki Bondage and Vice Squad photos and I have come across brilliant Bow Wow Wow photos on tour in the USA. I can’t wait to share them,” Steve enthuses. 

Keep your eyes peeled – Punktuation will bringing you more of Steve’s ‘punk finds’ as he delves into more unopened boxes in the coming weeks.

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Anything to do with The Clash. Photos inspired by lyrics, song titles, music, artwork, members, attitude, rhetoric,haunts,locations etc, of the greatest and coolest rock 'n' roll band ever.Tributes to Joe especially wanted. Pictures of graffitti, murals, music collections, memorabilia all welcome. No limit to postings. Don't wait to be invited, just join and upload.
Search Flickr / Clash City Snappers
Search Flickr / 'The Clash'
Search Flickr / 'The Clash' ticket

I saw The Clash at Bonds - excellent
Facebook page - The Clash played a series of 17 concerts at Bond's Casino in New York City in May and June of 1981 in support of their album Sandinista!. Due to their wide publicity, the concerts became an important moment in the history of the Clash. Search I Saw The Clash at Bonds & enter search in red box. Place, venue, etc

Loving the Clash
Facebook page - The only Clash page that is totally dedicated to the last gang in town. Search Loving The Clash & enter search in the search box. Place, venue, etc

Blackmarketclash.co.uk
Facebook page - Our very own Facebook page. Search Blackmarketclash.co.uk & enter search in red box. Place, venue, etc

Search all of Twitter
Search Enter as below - Twitter All of these words eg Bonds and in this exact phrase, enter 'The Clash'

www.theclash.com/
Images on the offical Clash site. http://www.theclash.com/gallery

www.theclash.com/ (all images via google).
Images on the offical Clash site. site:http://www.theclash.com/