It's always nice to get a lot for your money. You certainly get that with Clash on Broadway, a 3-CD, 63 track celebration of the perhaps most genuine of punk bands. Put quite simply, if you want to have practically the whole catalogue of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones' work, you should buy this album.
Each CD deals with the three distinct stages of the Clash's career, and is a tribute to their longevity compared to their contemporary acts. CD 1 is what they began with, the agression of 77-style punk, and their first flirtations with reggae. The whole of their debut album is contained on this CD, along with favourites like 'Complete Control', and there are live versions of 'English Civil War' and 'I Fought The Law', taken from the Rude Boy tour, and previously unreleased. There's also demos of 'Janie Jones' and 'Career Opportunities'.
CD 2 contains the best parts of London Calling, as well as the previously unreleased 'One Emotion'. It's also got the stunning 'Tommy Gun', with the most stupendously amazing drum beat you'll here in any song.
CD 3 is a tad crap but that's probably to do with my musical preferences. By 1980 the Clash were experimenting more with reggae and ska, which I don't particularly like. However, it does have the stunning 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' and the full 7-minute version of 'Straight to Hell'. There's also 2 unreleased tracks and a live version of 'Lightening Strikes Twice'
As well as the three CDs you get a lyrics booklet, and a biography booklet edited by Kosmo Vinyl with loads of quotes and behind the scenes information about all the tracks and albums the Clash did.
The CDs are worth the £25 alone, so this is a neat addition. Also, you really won't need to buy another Clash album again, because this has all the best bits of their career, but of course this is a double-edged sword. If you have all the albums, there's very little you're going to find here, except for the booklet, unreleaseds and live songs, which are hardly worth the asking price on their own. As a futher note, there's also a reason why some tracks weren't released previously....crap tracks tend not to sell very well.
Overall though, if you're a hardcore fan who has to have everything, or you've got one or two albums and you want more Clash, you could do a lot worse than buy this album....in fact, it's probably the best purchase you'll make.
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Advantages: You get 3jam-packed CDs, a great lyric book and additional photo/personal recollections book. Disadvantages: There are none I can think of.
Advantages: You get 3jam-packed CDs, a great lyric book and additional photo/personal recollections book. Disadvantages: There are none I can think of.
Oct 7th, 2001
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