London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition/+DVD) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Clash (The)

...from the council estates of London to form a rock band that became synonymous with the punk movement as well as achieving that rarity amongst bands of that time and type by conquering the American market. Having released “The Clash “ in 1977 and “Give ‘Em Enough Rope” the following year, the band followed up in 1979 with the classic double album “London Calling”. 25 years on and THE album of The Clash period has been celebrated in an anniversary ...
...a background to all things London and I heard it only the other day on a radio ad promoting the tourist aspects of our First City. "London Calling" is an anthemic, dystopian tale of all things London and you could be forgiven for thinking it was about the capital being the subject of a nuclear attack as Strummer wails “…a nuclear error but I have no fear, cos London is drowning and I live by the river.” Accepted now as a reverie of the 1979 Winter ...

an_enigmatic_brummie 24.01.2005 (01.02.2005) · Read full review
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Review of London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition/+DVD) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Clash (The)

...Vain', which appears on the London Calling album. Train in Vain is an amazing funky, upbeat song, which shows an entirely different side to the band, and yet you can still tell it is a Clash song. After hearing Train in Vain, I was considering buying the album, but was not entirely convinced I would enjoy a whole Clash album, and even less sure I would fork out £10 or so to find out. It is highly acclaimed, and in all the top 100 albums lists, but ...
...plus videos for 3 songs; London Calling, Train In Vain and Clampdown. The documentary is great, and it developed my interest in the album further, but probably won't withstand subsequent viewings. What is most incredible is the behaviour of the band's producer when recording this album. They had to calm him down to stop him throwing furniture around the studio and punching the walls of the sound booth before they could record a track! This DVD shows ...

groinstraddle 04.07.2005 · Read full review
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Review of London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition/+DVD) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Clash (The)

...slightly enlightening. Ok onto London Calling itself this was the album that really cemented the Clash's reputation as possibly the greatest Rock and roll band ever. It was originally going to be called the Last Testament. As the band said they thought it was going to be the last great Rock and Roll album. The cover of Paul Simenon smashing his bass at the NYC palladium along with the lettering inspired by the first Elvis album was designed to reflect ...
...have been lost on the London Underground, but a few years ago Mick Jones found them during a clear out of his archives. The CD features the best recordings for every song on the London Calling album from these session and two songs not features on the final album “Lonesome Me" and a cover of Dylan's "The Man in Me". To a Clash fan this is absolute dynamite, here you hear the songs in their raw unfinished form and you can spot the differences between ...

Champ666 08.11.2004 · Read full review
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Review of London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition/+DVD) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Clash (The)