Out of Control Tour '84
updated August 2022 added adverts, articles
updated May 2023 added poster
Audio 1
Sound 3.5 - 1hr 20 mins - low?gen - 23 tracks
small gaps between songs
Complete Control
Audio 2
Sound 3 - 1hr 18 mins - unknown gen - 23 tracks
Misses safe European Home. Same source as (1), small gaps between songs, quieter, nort as lively. From more copied version.
Complete Control
Sound quality
Audio 1 - a decent audience tape with plenty of stereo. Although the taper and his mates can be heard slightly too often.
An older tape (not included here) came with tracks 12-14 edited out, and placed at the end of the tape. It was a little flatter in sound with more noise on the sound. It also omits the last three tracks from Radio Clash onwards.
The full copy (1) has is better clarity than older copies, though it has been copied too many times. The vocals are very clear as are the drums, guitars and the bass can be made out clearly. Police and thieves fades out before the end.
An upgrade to (1) is better but misses Safe European Home.
Advert
Transcript Telegram Thu Apr 5 1984
Still pushing punk, The Clash arrives tomorrow to rock the Spectrum
Courier Post - Fri Apr 20 1984
Clash, hardy survivors of the Britsh punk revolution, are regrouping
Advert
Advert
The Clash
The Times Leader
Fri Apr 13 1984
The Clash is still a band with a mission
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sat Apr 21 1984
The Clash seems to back on track
Philadelphia Inquirer
Fri Apr 20 1984
Joe Strummer tells why The Clash is acarrying on
The Morning Call
Fri Apr 20 1984
MUSIC THE CLASH
Philadelphia Daily News
Fri Apr 20 1984
Poster
Kindly shared via Clash City Collectors by Jim Bullotta from the Spectrum in Philadelphia PA, 21st of April 1984
The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
Comment
16 Apr 2020, 21:36 WatchCarefully
User
Opening act was an 'a capella' soul act 14 Carat Soul.. They were fantastic and got booed like mad by rude punks with closed minds. The Clash were un-effing-believably too loud for the venue. I moved from the 2nd row to the back...and I was 17!
Comment
... what I remember most is the excitement of seeing Joe and Paul on stage (my one and only time seeing the Clash), and the fact that there were a lot of fights in the audience. The Spectrum is a huge indoor sports arena, the vibe was very violent during the show.
Saw this tour in Philly 10 days later.
Music: The Clash comes to town
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Mon Apr 23 1984
Strummer's boys play for keeps
Music: The Clash comes to town
The Philadelphia Inquirer
1984-04-23
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Setlist
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There are several sights that provide setlists but most mirror www.blackmarketclash.co.uk. They are worth checking.
from Setlist FM (cannot be relied on)
from Songkick (cannot be relied on)
... both have lists of people who say they went
& from the newer Concert Database and also Concert Archives
Also useful: Ultimate Music database, All Music, Clash books at DISCOGS
Articles, check 'Rocks Back Pages'
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Out of Control Tour 1984 United States March, April, May
ARTICLES, POSTERS, CLIPPINGS
A collection of and other items from March to August 1984
VIDEO AND AUDIO Video and audio footage
BOOKS
Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered By Mark Andersen, Ralph Heibutzki Fort Lauderdale pg137, pg147, pg151
Nashville pg103
features archival footage and new interviews to tell the story of the band's final days. The four primary members of the band - Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonen and Topper Headon tell their sides of the story as do Nick Sheppard and Vince White, both of whom replaced Jones, and original drummer Terry Chimes, who returned to replace Headon in 1982.
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