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The Clash - Live at Shea Stadium (Deluxe) Audio CD

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The Clash Band: The Clash
Title: Live at Shea Stadium (Deluxe)
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Release Date: 2008-10-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: London Calling 2: Police On My Back 3: The Guns of Brixton 4: Tommy Gun 5: Magnificent 7 6: Armagideon Time 7: Magnificent 7 (Return) 8: Rock The Casbah 9: Train In Vain 10: Career Opportunities 11: Spanish Bombs 12: Clampdown 13: English Civil War 14: Should I Stay Or Should I Go 15: I Fought The Law

The Clash especially Strummer are essential
Get the Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros cds. Great cd but I wish a dvd of the video were available. They will transform your listening.


Brilliant-just brilliant

It is brilliant because you can rarely hear
a whole live show. It's not just brilliant because it's Clash. It would have been classic
if Topper had been there!.


Just Painful.
It has to be pretty disappointing for me to talk ill of them, but The Clash without Topper Headon, forget it. Don't get me wrong The Clash were, and still are one of the greatest bands to ever be put on this planet. .


Excellent Performance
I bought this on album and it stays on my turntable more than any other album! Great performance! I like the slightly sped up versions of Casbah and Train . . good stuff and certainly should be part of your collection. Produced by the famous Glyn Johns. . . produced several Who albums.


Wow, I am a little underwhelmed


I guess I am a little spoiled but on the excellent From Here To Eternity, the smattering of live tracks on the box set and a handful of high quality bootlegs, I am used to hearing the Clash GO FOR IT. Don't get me wrong, any Clash soundboard release is reason to celebrate and I have enjoyed listening to this Shea Stadium gig but when you are talking about THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS, expectations tend to run high. I am not used to hearing Joe Strummer sing London Calling "competently" I am used to hearing him rip it out of his guts. . .

At the time of this recording, The Clash was riding an international hit record, opening for The Who and undergoing the transformation from an outstanding theater band to professional arena rockers. You have to wonder if one reason for the breakup not long after this was this band looking in the mirror and not liking what they saw staring back.

In the end the positives outweigh the negatives on this recording but only just. This record has gotten a pretty big push from the record company for an archival release so maybe the best thing that will come out of Live At Shea Stadium is that enough fans will buy it to make it worth their while to initiate an ongoing vault release program. Maybe next time we'll see something comprehensive from the Bonds Casino stand or something else from the killer Sandanista era. For that matter how about a CD + DVD of the Concert For The People Of Kampuchea show?

I can always dream.


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