tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post932208049483871885..comments2024-03-27T20:54:34.655+00:00Comments on Bagging Area: What's My Name?Swiss Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-80336222518704237222016-03-15T13:32:26.268+00:002016-03-15T13:32:26.268+00:00Lost count of the amount of times I've got int...Lost count of the amount of times I've got into arguments online with Americans claiming the US version of 'The Clash' is superior which maybe it is if you think a singles compilation is better, and the inclusion of I Fought The Law is ridiculouslondonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-48283152972248162072016-03-12T09:25:17.065+00:002016-03-12T09:25:17.065+00:00I raise my hat to Echorich.I raise my hat to Echorich.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-22454683139259610892016-03-12T09:19:12.393+00:002016-03-12T09:19:12.393+00:0011 of the Bond's shows. Echorich wins.11 of the Bond's shows. Echorich wins.Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-88510089584453432262016-03-12T05:55:34.718+00:002016-03-12T05:55:34.718+00:00It may have been declined for release in the US, b...It may have been declined for release in the US, but it became the biggest selling import album for years. Imagine how clueless many of us Americans were when Give Em Enough Rope was released as their US debut and The Clash was released, finally, in a reshuffled form, as the follow up less than 12 months later. Thank god I read NME and had that import in my hands the day it arrive at my local record shop. <br /><br />I've got no problem with Agyness Deyn, wearing her Clash t-shirt. Happy to say I still have my Clash On Broadway at t-shirt - men's medium which hasn't fit me for 30 years - in a special box with those concert shirts that are as precious to me as the albums that were being toured back in those days. <br /><br />Those 17 concerts at Bond's International Casino in Times Square were the start of one of the greatest summers of my life in 1981. I went to 11 of the shows including an all age Saturday afternoon show and still remember so many amazing moments. Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-87025038417178609512016-03-11T19:55:37.155+00:002016-03-11T19:55:37.155+00:00You're right about that remastering job Simon....You're right about that remastering job Simon. Often I can take or leave remastering and sometimes it just feels wrong but that one worked really well.<br /><br />The margins have moved haven't they C. Outliers become inliers. Is inliers a word/thing?Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-57378709789063362102016-03-11T18:08:39.067+00:002016-03-11T18:08:39.067+00:00It's just weird seeing these pics...I guess ba...It's just weird seeing these pics...I guess band name Ts have simply become a mainstream commodity like so much else that once seemed as if it could only ever belong in the margins. *Our* margins!<br />But the Clash debut was my first ever album purchase in '77 and a wonderful Clash Tshirt was my first ever band name T too - white with print of them (from the album cover) in black and almost fluorescent multi-coloured lettering over the top. I can still recall the extreme excitement of buying both items, ahh. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-55629270137846034792016-03-11T14:00:35.581+00:002016-03-11T14:00:35.581+00:00I love that first album. It was the first time - ...I love that first album. It was the first time - aged about 14 - I'd properly investigate The Clash beyond the obvious singles. I was completely oblivious to the early songs anyway. I was expecting a knucklehead oi type of punk. I wasn't expecting it to be quite so...good! Proper tunes in there, proper lyrics, rough sound yes, but still almost poppy in places and very very Mod too. London Calling is my favourite Clash album, but the first album is a close second. The remaster that came out a few years ago is brilliant by the way, brought the bass up, made it all a bit chunkier, took away some of the tinny edge. Which made it even better for me.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.com