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LAST GANG IN TOWN

Sound 10 Packaging 10 Performance 8 Video
Label
Darkside DSS CD001 XTR
Source
Various Demos, Alternates and Live
Format
Single CD
Running time
77:44
Sound / source
Soundboard, Studio
Packaging
Full Color Deluxe DigiPack
Features
Video / source
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Track list

1. 1977 (Polydor Demo) 2. White Riot (Polydor Demo) 3. Garageland (Complete Rude Boy outtake) 4. Pressure Drop (CBS Demo) 5. White Man In Hammersmith Palais (w/Alternate Lyrics) 6. All The Young Punks (CBS Demo) 7. Safe European Home (Music Machine, Camden Town, July 27, 1978) 8. Lost In The Supermarket (Majestic Theater, San Antonio TX, May 22, 1983) 9. Revolution Dub (Rude Boy Rock Edit) 10. Return To Brixton (1990 Jeremy Healy Remix) 11. The Magnificent Seven (Dirty Harry Full Radio Mix) 12. Capital Air (with Allen Ginsberg - Bonds Casino, NYC June 10, 1981) 13. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Mick Jones Produced Version) 14. Walk Evil Talk (From the Combat Rock Sessions) 15. This Is England (Dutch 7" single 1984 - issued in error) 16. Career Opportunities (Polydor Demo) 17. Janie Jones (Polydor Demo) 18. Londons Burning (Polydor Demo) 19. Tommy Gun (Dunfermline Kinema, July 6, 1978 20. English Civil War (London Lyceum, January 3, 1979) 21. Outside Broadcast (12" Radio Clash Remix) 22. The Beautiful People Are Ugly (Combat Rock Outtake) 23. Kill Time (Combat Rock Outtake)

The review

Superbly produced disc of fragmentary collectable material. The sources are tops and they have been mastered here to rival a commercial release in fidelity. Highly recommended for all levels of music collectors. The standout highlight for me on this set is "Capital Air" from The Clash's stand at Bond's Casino in Times Square during that hot summer of 1981...this is taken from what I believe is the 4th night of that 17 night run and is a strange but brilliantly intriguing guest appearance by poet Allen Ginsberg, providing a very long narrative intro to the piece. Weird but wonderful at that same time. The stellar Digipack case bolsters the recommendation on this title. It's quite nice and of high production quality.

 

 

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