Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond
White Riot Tour with the Buzzcocks, Slits and Subway Sect
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Audio
Sound 3.5 - 44min - Tracks 14
above average - low gen?
1977
This good audience recording, is a much improved 2nd upgrade and has been well mastered. The recording is complete with no edits, captures the guitars and drums well, bass clearly audiable but less clear. It has a wideish sound with a lot of clarity and bass apart is quite clear. The vocals are fractionally down and the only fractional distortion is on the bass when the amps threaten to overpower the recorder but don’t which only adds to the ‘live experience’.
Poorer versions circulate widely which are a lot flatter and a much lower generation/poorer copy.
“They said fly to Amsterdam …” The White Riot Tour crosses the channel from Leicester on the 13th to Amsterdam on the 14th and back again to Plymouth on the 15th. Another fast and furious performance must have stunned the mostly laid back hippy Dutch, but come the encores the band generate a good response from the local crowd.
Given the early trepidation to this first ‘national tour’, this overseas sorteé fills Joe particular, and the band, with confidence. This is the earliest example of Joes ‘stagecraft’ as he banters away non-stop beligerantly with the silent crowd (except throughout individuals keep shouting White Riot), and is a breakout from the much less interactive earlier gigs circulating from Guildford and Birmingham from the beginning of the Tour.
Venue
http://www.brakkegrond.nl/
“.. We’re from London right, and we don’t know what goes on in this town, we’ve only been here 10 hours and this is what London feels like and if you don’t like it you can go to the bar or get ear plugs. London’s Burning …” The band blast through the opening songs to little response with Mick saying “..not taking much notice , any dope about!?”. 1977 has some lyric changes “... go to the movies”.
Capital Radio starts with Joe shouting, “I’m a housewife, I don’t know …what… to… do”. Police and Thieves is a highlight with a longer extended rap than the usual one on this tour, which closely follows the studio version, “for the first time you are going to hear some punk-reggae”.
Joe acknowledges the reaction by this stage of at least part of the crowd by dedicating Career Opportunities to our No.1 fan down here. An encore is called for and a blistering White Riot is introduced by “ and for our encore a comedy number!” The finale, 1977 is a blistering version with Mick adding some liberal guitar notes in there….
The Clash at Brakke Grond, Amsterdam 1977
Courtesy of Eric Hawkins at Clash on Parole FB page
The Clash gig in Holland on De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam on the 14th of may 1977.
It was a gig at the party from the dutch leading musicpaper called Oor. I know that because I worked for that magazine for 16 years and spoke some of the eldest journalist who have wath the gig. So at the gig where only people who worked for that magazine. Most people where complety blown away and It was the first time punk hits the Netherlands. Later that year Iggy Pop ruined a TV Studio during the TV Programma Top Pop when he was singing Lust for Life, the next day everybody in Holland knew what was punk or new wave. The Oor music magazine started at 1971 and amazing they still excist. I have seen a photograph from The Clash made during the gig. Peter Pakvis
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A collection of articles, interviews, reviews, posters, tour dates White Riot Tour. Articles cover the month of May 1977.
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'De Brakke Grande' Amsterdam 1977 'The Clash'
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
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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.
■ Distribution platform Uplink cloud, Amazon prime video, GYAO! Store, crank-in! Video, COCORO VIDEO, TSUTAYA TV, DMM movie, dTV, Hikari TV, Video Market, Videx JP, Movie full plus, music.jp, U-NEXT, Rakuten TV and others.”
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)
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