The Clash - Sound System (2013) [11CD Box] [email protected] Beolab1700
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The Clash - Sound System ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Artist...............: The Clash
Album................: Sound System
Disc 1: The Clash Disc 2: Give ‘Em Enough Rope Discs 3-4: London Calling Discs 5-7: Sandinista! Disc 8: Combat Rock Disc 9: Non-LP material
Disc 10: More non-LP material and outtakes
Disc 11: Demos and live cuts
1. The Clash - Janie Jones [02:07]
2. The Clash - Remote Control [03:02]
3. The Clash - I'm So Bored with the USA [02:23]
4. The Clash - White Riot [01:55]
5. The Clash - Hate & War [02:06]
6. The Clash - What's My Name [01:40]
7. The Clash - Deny [03:05]
8. The Clash - London's Burning [02:10]
9. The Clash - Career Opportunities [01:53]
10. The Clash - Cheat [02:05]
11. The Clash - Protex Blue [01:46]
12. The Clash - Police and Thieves [06:02]
13. The Clash - 48 Hours [01:35]
14. The Clash - Garageland [03:13]
Playing Time.........: 35:09
Total Size...........: 76.95 MB
1. The Clash - Safe European Homes [03:49]
2. The Clash - English Civil War [02:34]
3. The Clash - Tommy Gun [03:16]
4. The Clash - Julie's Been Working On the Drug Squad [03:02]
5. The Clash - Last Gang in Town [05:12]
6. The Clash - Guns On the Roof [03:14]
7. The Clash - Drug-Stabbing Time [03:42]
8. The Clash - Stay Free [03:39]
9. The Clash - Cheapskates [03:24]
10. The Clash - All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)[04:57]
Playing Time.........: 36:54
Total Size...........: 85.16 MB
1. The Clash - London Calling [03:19]
2. The Clash - Brand New Cadillac [02:07]
3. The Clash - Jimmy Jazz [03:53]
4. The Clash - Hateful [02:43]
5. The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail [03:28]
6. The Clash - Spanish Bombs [03:18]
7. The Clash - The Right Profile [03:53]
8. The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket [03:46]
9. The Clash - Clampdown [03:48]
10. The Clash - The Guns of Brixton [03:11]
Playing Time.........: 33:29
Total Size...........: 77.35 MB
1. The Clash - Wrong 'Em Boyo [03:10]
2. The Clash - Death or Glory [03:54]
3. The Clash - Koka Kola [01:46]
4. The Clash - The Card Cheat [03:48]
5. The Clash - Lover's Rock [04:02]
6. The Clash - Four Horseman [02:54]
7. The Clash - I'm Not Down [03:05]
8. The Clash - Revolution Rock [05:32]
9. The Clash - Train in Vain [03:13]
Playing Time.........: 31:29
Total Size...........: 72.68 MB
1. The Clash - The Magnificent Seven [05:32]
2. The Clash - Hitsville UK [04:21]
3. The Clash - Junco Partner [04:51]
4. The Clash - Ivan Meets GI Joe [03:04]
5. The Clash - The Leader [01:41]
6. The Clash - Something About England [03:42]
7. The Clash - Rebel Waltz [03:25]
8. The Clash - Look Here [02:44]
9. The Clash - The Crooked Beat [05:27]
10. The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered [03:33]
11. The Clash - One More Time [03:30]
12. The Clash - One More Dub [03:36]
Playing Time.........: 45:32
Total Size...........: 105.04 MB
1. The Clash - Lighting Strikes (Not Once But Twice) [04:50]
2. The Clash - Up in Heaven (Not Only Here) [04:31]
3. The Clash - Corner Soul [02:41]
4. The Clash - Let's Go Crazy [04:23]
5. The Clash - If Music Could Talk [04:35]
6. The Clash - The Sound of Sinners [04:00]
7. The Clash - Police On My Back [03:16]
8. The Clash - Midnight Log [02:08]
9. The Clash - The Equaliser [05:45]
10. The Clash - The Call Up [05:27]
11. The Clash - Washington Bullets [03:50]
12. The Clash - Broadway [05:49]
Playing Time.........: 51:21
Total Size...........: 118.38 MB
1. The Clash - Lose This Skin [05:08]
2. The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf [04:53]
3. The Clash - Mensforth Hill [03:41]
4. The Clash - Junkie Slip [02:47]
5. The Clash - Kingston Advice [02:36]
6. The Clash - The Street Parade [03:26]
7. The Clash - Version City [04:22]
8. The Clash - Living in Frame [04:52]
9. The Clash - Silicone On Sapphire [04:13]
10. The Clash - Version Pardner [05:22]
11. The Clash - Career Opportunities [02:29]
12. The Clash - Shepherds Delight [03:29]
Playing Time.........: 47:22
Total Size...........: 109.26 MB
1. The Clash - Know Your Rights [03:40]
2. The Clash - Car Jamming [03:58]
3. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go [03:08]
4. The Clash - Rock the Casbah [03:41]
5. The Clash - Red Angel Dragnet [03:43]
6. The Clash - Straight to Hell [05:29]
7. The Clash - Overpowerd By Funk [04:51]
8. The Clash - Atom Tan [02:29]
9. The Clash - Sean Flynn [04:30]
10. The Clash - Ghetto Defendant [04:42]
11. The Clash - Inoculated City [02:41]
12. The Clash - Death Is a Star [03:14]
Playing Time.........: 46:11
Total Size...........: 106.54 MB
1. The Clash - White Riot [01:59]
2. The Clash - 1977 [01:40]
3. The Clash - Listen / Interviews [11:07]
4. The Clash - Capital Radio [02:07]
5. The Clash - London's Burning [02:10]
6. The Clash - Complete Control [03:12]
7. The Clash - City of the Dead [02:22]
8. The Clash - Clash City Rockers [03:56]
9. The Clash - Jail Guitar Doors [03:03]
10. The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais [04:00]
11. The Clash - The Prisoner [03:02]
12. The Clash - Crush On You [02:58]
13. The Clash - Tims Is Right [04:03]
14. The Clash - Pressure Drop [03:24]
15. The Clash - I Fought the Law [02:42]
16. The Clash - Groovy Times [03:25]
17. The Clash - Gates of the West [03:24]
18. The Clash - Capital Radio [03:19]
19. The Clash - Armegideon Time [03:51]
20. The Clash - Bankrobber [04:32]
21. The Clash - Rockers Galore [04:41]
Playing Time.........: 01:15:07
Total Size...........: 162.60 MB
1. The Clash - The Magnificent Dance [05:36]
2. The Clash - Midnight to Stevens (Outtake) [04:36]
3. The Clash - Radio One [06:16]
4. The Clash - Stop the World [02:31]
5. The Clash - The Cool Out [03:53]
6. The Clash - This Is Radio Clash [04:10]
7. The Clash - This Is Radio Clash (Different Lyrics) [04:11]
8. The Clash - First Night Back in London [02:59]
9. The Clash - Rock the Casbah (Bob Clearmountains Mix) [03:41]
10. The Clash - Long Time Jerk [05:07]
11. The Clash - The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too (Outtake) [03:45]
12. The Clash - Idle in Kangaroo Court [05:03]
13. The Clash - Ghetto Defendant (Extended Unedited Version)[06:12]
14. The Clash - Cool Confusion [03:11]
15. The Clash - Sean Flynn (Extended 'Marcus Music' Version)[07:21]
16. The Clash - Straight to Hell (Extended Unedited Version)[06:53]
Playing Time.........: 01:15:32
Total Size...........: 173.99 MB
1. The Clash - I'm So Bored with the USA (Beaconsfield Film School Session)[02:22]
2. The Clash - London's Burning (Beaconsfield Film School Session)[01:56]
3. The Clash - White Riot (Beaconsfield Film School Session)[01:52]
4. The Clash - 1977 (Beaconsfield Film School Session) [01:49]
5. The Clash - Janie Jones (Polydor Demos) [02:04]
6. The Clash - Career Opportunities (Polydor Demos) [01:52]
7. The Clash - London's Burning (Polydor Demos) [01:57]
8. The Clash - 1977 (Polydor Demos) [01:39]
9. The Clash - White Riot (Polydor Demos) [01:57]
10. The Clash - City of the Dead (Live at the Lyceum) [02:54]
11. The Clash - Jail Guitar Doors (Live at the Lyceum) [03:03]
12. The Clash - English Civil War (Live at the Lyceum) [02:29]
13. The Clash - Stay Free (Live at the Lyceum) [03:26]
14. The Clash - Cheapskates (Live at the Lyceum) [03:14]
15. The Clash - I Fought the Law (Live at the Lyceum) [02:23]
Playing Time.........: 35:04
Total Size...........: 81.31 MB
Most box sets are designed to enshrine an artist in the amber of posterity. The idea is that the artist has transcended their time, that they can now be appreciated outside of the context of their era.
The digital age, where recordings from the past sit comfortably with tunes from the present, accelerates this trend, suggesting that all the classic artists exist upon their own continuum, that their development was almost a product of self-divination. What is interesting about Sound System is that it throws this notion out the window and celebrates the era that produced the Clash as much as it celebrates the band itself. As designed by Clash bassist Paul Simonon,…
Sound System looks like an old-school ghetto blaster, and it’s filled with replicas of fanzines, stickers, badges, press photos, posters, dog tags — all manner of period-specific tchotchkes that walk the line between nostalgia and commercial art. This aesthetic trickles down to the presentation of the music itself, with London Calling split over two CDs where it could easily fit onto one and Sandinista! taking up a full three discs. Such details slightly impede playability if Sound System is listened to as a series of CDs, but once the set is ripped and listened to digitally, the divided discs are simply another design flourish, one of many little things to appreciate. But Sound System is also attractive in delivering what effectively is the Complete Clash in one sitting. Apart from the disowned Cut the Crap, all the albums are here — the U.K. version of The Clash, Give ‘Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandinista!, Combat Rock — along with three discs of extras that include all the non-LP singles (i.e., the singles that were added to the U.S. pressing of the debut, plus everything that wound up on the clearinghouse Super Black Market Clash, such as the Cost of Living EP), oddities that appeared on the first Clash box Clash on Broadway in 1991, and B-sides; then, most attractively for collectors, previously unreleased mixes, outtakes from Combat Rock, “extracts” from the band’s first recording session in 1976, Polydor demos from that same year produced by Guy Stevens, and six live cuts from the Lyceum in 1979. Then, there’s the DVD which contains all the band’s promo videos, the Clash on Broadway video, the White Promo Film, footage from Sussex University in 1977, and individual selections from Clash compatriots Don Letts and Julian Temple. Perhaps there are still some stray tracks in the vaults — this seems to excavate all the unheard songs from Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg, aka the original version of Combat Rock and some cuts may be left behind — but this is as complete as we’ll get and if it doesn’t present any fresh revelations, it brings the Clash’s era back to life, both sonically and visually.
