Out of Control Tour - UK & Europe Tour
updated 2 Sept 2016 with better audio information
updated july 2021 - added Sold Out advert
Audio 1
Good - Sound 3 - 1hr 22mins - master - 24 tracks
Very, very top end and distant. Needs a lot of bass EQ but ok.
Ammunition
BBC Radio Bristol
Sound quality - good
Radio interview with Nick Sheppard at the venue an hour before gig
0:00 Intro BBC Bristol
0:11 Adrian Jay interviews at Colston Hall, coming back to Bristol
1:23 touring with The Clash, humping gear
3:18 Cortines and 'Fascist Dictator'
3:50 full 'Fascist Dictator'
6:35 'The Spics', Nicks wife Heidi's in the The Spics; "She couldn't sing"
7:40 The Spics "You and Me"
10:40 Clash guitarist recruitment
12:25 ... and the The Clash tonight?
12:40 Bankrobber (studio version)
Fascist Dictator (Cortinas)
Sources
Not a bad sound again on this, and similar to many of the 84 shows, but not quite as good. The clarity is goodish without being excellent, as is the width of the sound. There is some echo from the taper being a little back, but not a lot. Its also has some slight over amplification as the sound rises. Police & Thieves cuts at 4.02, though a lesser source (that came in orange sleeve below) has a full Police & Thieves. As the song closes out Joe mutters 'Blitzkreig Bop'. Perhaps he thinks its 1978?
Through all this Joes vocals, particularly between tracks comes over loud and very clear. the drums bash away clearish, as does the leadguitars. The bass is there loud if a little blurred.
This gig at Bristol is intense as are all the UK shows from the spring. Are You Ready for War stands out here as a great track.
Several tapes exist. All much the same. The fullest is slightly the inferior. An edited one is a marginal upgrade, though not worth missing the extra tracks.
Record Mirror: Bristol new date
7 January 1984
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UK dates early February 'Sold Out', 3x dates at Brixton Academy
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Passes
Bristol Colston Hall
Vince White
Vince White describes this gig extensively in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 78
Billy Bragg
Back stage with Bill Bragg.
For an embassrassingread of Braggs antics do read buy
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Out of Control Tour
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Vince White describes this gig extensively in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash
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