Playlist 15 December
I haven’t got a copy of the original Clash single, Capital Radio. Or was it an EP ? It was free with copies of the first Clash LP, from the Spring of 1977 – I »å¾±»å²Ô’t buy the LP until 1979, having listened over the shoulders of my friends before that. No freebies in my copy. So the version of Capital Radio is a re-recorded version (containing original members of the band) which they put out a few years later. Still a rockin’ good demolition of London’s radio station. The days when it was a big deal to get punk rock records heard outside your living room.
Also a welcome return to the Yacht’s first single for Radar Records, which I have difficulty tracking down on CD. That’s why there are crackles which can be heard by those who turn the radio up loud.
Clash – Capital Radio
Smiths - Girl Afraid
Yachts – Look Back In Love Not In Anger
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - I Woke Up Dreaming
Elvis Costello – The Beat
Plasmatics – Butcher Baby
Devo – Through Being Cool
Steve Treatment – Tempest Fashion Baby
Mekons – Prince Of Darkness
Fargo – Sunny Day Blue
Stiff Little Fingers – Doesn’t Make It Alright
Destroy All Monsters -November 22 1963
Pop Rivits – Dream of 63
Joy Division – No Love Lost
Comment number 1.
At 30th Dec 2011, jasonbrighton wrote:My elder brother has the 1st Clash LP which still has the red sticker on the inside sleeve. Think you had to send the sticker in to receive a copy of the Capitol Radio 45. He didn't realise until it was way too late that he missed out on a rare punk single. I have yet to tell him that the LP complete with the orginal sticker is now also worth quite a few quid. I should do I know but I still hold a minor grudge for him flogging my ticket to see The Clash in the early 80's to a pal of his who offered a fiver more. And he flogged some of my Thunderbird toys....sniff.
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At 3rd Jan 2012, mickeybradley wrote:Jason, let it go. I remember it was Feargal Sharkey who had the first Clash LP. I won't tell him it's now worth money.
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