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from Setlist FM (cannot be relied on)
from Songkick (cannot be relied on)
... both have lists of people who say they went
& from the newer Concert Database
Also useful: Ultimate Music datbase, All Music, Clash books at DISCOGS
A collection of articles, interviews, reviews, posters, tour dates White Riot Tour. Articles cover the month of May 1977.
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'The Clash' Liverpool Eric's 5 May 1977
Eric's Demise
The club's co-owner Pete Fulwell blames Ericís demise, in March 1980, on mounting debts and patchy attendances. Plus there was the old joke about how many people does it take to change a light bulb at Ericís? Thirty. One to change the bulb and 29 on the guest list. Finally, keen to be seen ìcracking downî on Liverpoolís gangster-ridden clubland, the police picked on the softest target available. A huge raid on the night of a Psychedelic Furs show dealt the fatal blow.
Top 10 punk/new wave gigs at Eric's - as chosen by ... - Liverpool Echo
11 Jul 2016 - 1. The Clash, 5 May 1977. Liverpool's favourite punk band - no contest. This was unanimously voted the most important gig in Liverpool's punk ... (archived PDF)
Liverpool Eric's: Eric's - May 1977
31 May 2016 - Eric's - May 1977. Thursday 5th May The Clash ... Friday 6th May Wayne County & the Electric Chairs ..... Liverpool, Erics May 19th 1977.
Liverpool Eric's: Eric's - Clash, May 5th 1977
31 May 2016 - A big night for Liverpool. This is the night that Julian Cope's idiot dancing caused him to crash into Pete Wylie and his buddy, birthday boy The ... (archived PDF)
The Clash play Eric's for the first time - 40 Years On - Getintothis
2 Jun 2017 - The Clash were undoubtedly Liverpool's favourite punk band. While the ... By the time The Clash played on May 5 1977, things had changed. (archived PDF)
Eric’s and the rise of Liverpool Punk Culture Liverpool
Next week marks the 40th anniversary of the closure of legendary Liverpool club Eric’s. Kevin McManus, our Head of Music, writes about what made Eric’s so special. (This article was first published by Q in July 2016 as part of the ‘Eric’s To Evol’ commission for LIMF 2016).
(archived PDF)
Liverpool Erics facebook page here.
White Riot Tour montage
The Clash compilation video of the track 1977
THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN Song 1977 (Beaconsfield Film School Session)
Licensed to YouTube by SME (on behalf of Sony Music UK); CMRRA, LatinAutor - UMPG, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, UMPG Publishing, and 2 Music Rights Societies
White Riot: Documentary about Rock Against Racism Festival
https://www.facebook.com/WhiteRiotFilm
http://whiteriot-movie.com https://bcij.jp/ctg/movie/5598.html
According to the Japanese promo link above, it will be available for digital rental starting this April 2020:
“The rental distribution period will start from April 17th (Friday) on the following distribution platforms. The service will be available for approximately one month until May 15 (Fri). The platform also includes the online movie theater "Uplink Cloud", which has been urgently implemented due to the situation of uplink. In the future, some theaters are planned to be released one by one, but so that people who live in the self-restraint area can also enjoy it, and also in the `` chaotic world by director Rubika Shah of this work, thinking by myself, I want you to know the importance of raising your voice. Even if you are alone, you can find your friends by raising your voice. You can act together and overcome it. "What you can do now It was said that it came to be implemented. Please check out RAR's activities at home, which are relevant to modern times.
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The Clash Live - University of East Sussex Brighton White Riot Tour - Wednesday 25th May 1977
Video - Video - Filmed by Students
Youtube release (by students?) 10 tracks
Capitol Radio (Youtube)
Protex Blue (Youtube)
Cheat (Youtube)
Remote Control (Youtube)
I'm So Bored with the USA (Official)
Hate & War (Official)
Career Opportunities (Official)
Remote Control (Official)
White Riot (Youtube)
Police And Thieves (Youtube)
Official re-release - Official Sony Soundsystem Boxset DVD
I'm So Bored With The USA 2:14 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Hate & War 1:94 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Career Opportunities 1:42 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Remote Control 2:73 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
The Clash Live - The Rainbow 9th May 1977 - White Riot Tour
Video - probably filmed by Don Letts/Julian Temple.
Don Letts' Punk Rock Movie is the only known footage to have been broadcast (White Riot). The taper also recorded Subway Sect. Punk Rock Movie 2mins and also Old Grey Whistle Test 2mins
The recent offical Sony release Sound System box set includes new video footage.
Don Letts Super 8 Medley 11:40
White Riot 1:52 (Harlesden, 3 Mar 1977)
Janie Jones 1:73 (unknown)
City of the Dead 2:04 (unknown)
Clash City Rockers 2:15 (unknown)
White Man in Hammersmith Palais 2:53 (unknown)
1977 1:41 (The Rainbow, 9 May 1977)
Don Letts footage has recenty been released. A good listing of the contents of the The Clash's Sound System box set can be found here.
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White Riot Tour with the with The Aggravators & Subway Sect (The Slits did not play this night.)
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Liverpool's favourite punk band - no contest. This was unanimously voted the most important gig in Liverpool's punk ...
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updated October 2020 - added flyer, updated text
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When the Clash played Eric's on 5 May 1977 the gig energised Liverpool as the Sex Pistols gigs at the Free Trade Hall had energised Manchester. Bill Drummond had been drinking with the ex-Cavern DJ Bob Wooler and Clive Langer from Deaf School. They'd been in the Grapes on Mathew Street and had then wandered up to Eric's. By the time the gig had finished Clive Langer had challenged Bill to get a band together, write some songs and, if he did, then Clive promised he'd join. And so it came to pass; within weeks they took the name Big in Japan and Jayne Casey became the singer. In a flurry of personnel changes in the subsequent months, a young guitarist studying for his 0 levels, Ian Broudie, also joined the band, Holly Johnson joined and left and Peter Clarke — better known as Budgie — who'd been in the Spitfire Boys with Pete Bums, eventually became the drummer. In the words of Paddy Shennan, writing in the Liverpool Echo, Big in Japan were 'a supergroup with a difference — its members only became super after they left'.
Julian Cope had arrived in Liverpool. He was at the Clash gig at Eric's too, as was Ian McCulloch who was out celebrating his eighteenth birthday with his friend Pete Wylie. Pete Bums was dressed head to foot in PVC, his hair in a quiff that looked like it was made of molten vinyl. They all went on to be in groups, with each other and without, as Eric's became a hotbed of bands getting together and splitting up, rivalries growing, egos careering out of control. At Eric's it was, just as Mick Farren had hoped, 'kids playing to their contemporaries in a dirty cellar club'.
Contract for the gig
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Top 10 punk/new wave gigs at Eric's - as chosen by ...
- Liverpool Echo
Top 10 punk/new wave gigs at Eric's - as chosen by the man behind LIMF's Eric's to Evol concerts
Marc Jones, From Ericís To Evol music director, takes us through his top 10 gigs at the legendary venue, from The Clash to Adam and the Ants
Liverpool International Music Festival returns next weekend, and as well as a host of live music on the Sefton Park stages, the festival also brings with it a number of other celebrations and commissions.
Liverpool club promoter Marc Jones has curated From Ericís To Evol , which looks at 40 years of Liverpool's counter-culture and underground music scene, and includes a conversation panel, and two gigs next weekend at Arts Club and O2 Academy.
Here, Marc takes us through his top 10 gigs at Eric's and beyond...
1. The Clash, 5 May 1977
Liverpool's favourite punk band - no contest. This was unanimously voted the most important gig in Liverpool's punk and new wave history.
It has been picked out by people such as Bernie Connor and Dave Balfe (Teardrop Explodes & Food Records) as well as Julian Cope, Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie who formed 'The Crucial Three' that night. Indeed, Pete Wylie recently stated: "That day everything changed... nothing in Liverpool was ever the same again."
The Clash were like gods in Liverpool, and not only did they have the songs, they looked fantastic and had the politics to back it up. Over the years the Clash played Eric's again, Mountford Hall, Royal Court and every scouser's second Welsh holiday home - Deeside Ice Rink!
Erics flyer
courtesy Steve O'Neil and FB Clash on Parole
Poster for the gig
Wikipedia: Eric's Club was a music club in Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 October 1976 in a building basement on Mathew Street opposite The Cavern Club where The Beatles and other bands of the 1960s played, and became notable for hosting early performances by many punk and post-punk bands.[1]
The club was started by Roger Eagle and Ken Testi (manager of cult Liverpool band Deaf School) and joined later by Pete Fulwell (owner of a small record label "Inevitable" and later to become manager of Liverpool bands It's Immaterial and The Christians). The club was given the name 'Eric's' by Ken Testi as an antidote to disco clubs with names such as 'Tiffany's' and 'Samantha's'
Liverpool Erics facebook page here.
Eric's Demise
The club's co-owner Pete Fulwell blames Ericís demise, in March 1980, on mounting debts and patchy attendances. Plus there was the old joke about how many people does it take to change a light bulb at Ericís? Thirty. One to change the bulb and 29 on the guest list. Finally, keen to be seen ìcracking downî on Liverpoolís gangster-ridden clubland, the police picked on the softest target available. A huge raid on the night of a Psychedelic Furs show dealt the fatal blow.
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Eric's flyer. The Clash play on the 5th May
The Clash playing at Liverpool Erics, 5 May 1977
Courtesy of Austin Muscatelli at Eric's - Liverpool FB page
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