Out of Control Tour '84
updated 2 Sept 2016 with better audio information
updated June 2021 added photo
Updated August 2022 added snippet
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good sound - Sound 3.5 - 1hr 40mins - 1st Gen - 30 tracks
suffers no inherent copying problems and is without distortion of any kind.
Guns of Brixton
Sound quality
A good audience recording of the complete gig with only a small edit at the beginning of Career Opportunities. The only other notable point is Nick Sheppard doing the Should I Stay or Should I Go vocals.
All the instrumentation and can be heard, which is a good starting point, however as expected from an audience tape it is lacking full pro width and clarity and has a fraction of distance. But this master/1st gen came from a private collector who had bought out an the old time taper who did it, and as such suffers no inherent copying problems and is without distortion of any kind.
The taper
Jason Jones Here’s my bootlegs I recorded that night... I remember panicking that the tapes were going to run out as they played for so long! I’ve got the ‘81 recordings too! Clash City Collectors
Clash at the Court
Liverpool Echo snippet
Friday 2nd March 1984
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Recording
A packed enthusiastic crowd at Liverpool extend the success of this tour with another great show. The band would play 30 tracks tonight. A long set but with no surprises and all though its a fine performance it is not as fired up as earlier performances in February. Check out Glasgow Barrowlands and Manchester Apollo for better sound and slightly better performances.
The tight slope down to withing inches of the band has Joe appealing for some ease of congestion at the front from the packed crowd after just two songs as one guy has apparently been crushed according to Joe.
Highlights include Know Your Rights and White Man in Hammersmith Palais where Joe changes the words to the section wearing Burton suits, to wearing natty dreadlocks and funny hats to have a go at his pet hate at the time, Boy George.
Someone throws an Arab slipper ot the band during Rock the Casbah. Joe in good humour laughingly brings to everyones attention when the band returns for the first encore.
Paul opens now, as on the rest of the tour, Guns of Brixton with his solo mouth organ intro. Joe launchs into a passionate and more constrained Ammunition.
This is followed by a Clash run though of regular songs. Joe follows the oldies deliversing a very enthusiatic Three Card Trick, Janie Jones and end of set I Fought the Law.
The band open with We are the Clash, and in keeping with the good atmospshere Joe mis-introduces Tommy Gun and goes energetically into Complete Control. The crowd really rise to English Civil War after Joe has announced the winner of the breakdance competition, is he taking the piss or what?
The band seem to be going strong and fire out Brand New Cadilac before a slightly more funky Armagideon Time. Nick sings Should I Stay which is followed by a tape turnover which does not affect the tracks.
Garageland's opening couple of seconds has some minor tape problems and that as per ends that segue.
The band come out for a second encore. Joe appeals for members of the Kop (Liverpool's famous 'singing' end in football) as he leads the audience into Bankrobber. A slower tired Joe finishes with Spanish Bombs and the usual rousing finale White Riot.
Support Act
Baz Barry Shailes As I recall, Western Promise were support that night. Clash City Collectors | Facebook
New secret is old vitality
Liverpool Echo Review
Tuesday 6 March 1984
The Last Days of the Clash
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