The Clash - Live in Guildford, UK, 1-5-77

We had a bunch of Clash releases recently; although the dvd and the book do not offer something really new, the cd ("Live at Shea Stadium") is really enjoyable. It was a concert given in 1982, with the Clash being the support act to the Who. As Pat Gilbert writes for Mojo "Musically, the Clash sound impressively and unexpectedly tight and funky, with Joe's reverb-drenched vocals and Mick's echoey guitar effects giving the songs a lively, 3D feel. Throughout, the band plays at such a gallop you get a palpable sense of how terrifying it must have been for them to step out in front of 70,000 potentially hostile fans in a baseball stadium made famous by the Beatles. Yet the undercurrent of fear and derring-do only serves to render the likes of Police On My Back, Guns Of Brixton, Rock The Casbah, Train In Vain and a super-quick The Magnificent Seven (segueing into Armagideon Time) even more electrifying than their studio originals."
On the contrary, today's upload offers a Clash bootleg from their early days. Although the sound quality is not very good, it showcases a vibrant group full of anger and energy. For those interested, mondo-de-muebles and nuzzprowlinwolf, offer many Clash bootlegs; nuzz also offers the Subway Sect's support act of that night in Guildford.

Tracklisting:
01-London's Burning
02-1977
03-I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
04-Pressure Drop
05-Hate And War
06-Cheat
07-Police And Thieves
08-48 Hours
09-Capital Radio
10-Deny
11-Remote Control
12-Career Opportunities
13-White Riot
14-Janie Jones
15-Garageland

download link: here