Joakim Thåström; "There is nothing that has hit me so hard. I was completly paralyzed. They looked incredible. I nearly died when they came on stage....They had it all. The best I have seen.

last updated 18 May 2010 - Added Wall photo
Updated October 2020 - added photos and newsclippings

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No known recording circulates but two sources may exist
If you know of any recording, email blackmarketclash

Thought a recording does exist;

"Here's a photo (see 4 photos at bottom of page) from the morning paper June 15 '77 from Gröna Lund. There were 1400 in the audience. The show lasted for less than an hour. I have the entire show on tape but it doesn't work at all. A friend is trying to separate it as I write and I hope anything will be saved from it. They were splendid and it was my second show but still in 2008 the best by far. I know that they enjoyed playing here and it shows with one exception: the 1984 gig with CII. They had a real fight before they went on stage and it takes about an hour before they sound happy and look comfy again.

The other photo is from Örebro June 12 '77. 400 in the audience. Nothing but blur on the tape. There's more if you want them.
For now and take care! Richie"

From: "Rikard Gustafson" <rikard.gustafson[at] tjelvar.org>

Various State Recordings
Sweden 1984

The Swedish radio broadcast the the gig the night after Stockholm ’84 and the producers worked really hard on presenting the new tunes but started up with London Calling. Unfortunately my tape was damaged.

Stockholm 81

The ones I recorded myself when we followed them around the whole fxxxing globe I sent to my parents so they were intact. We recorded two sources.

From what I can recall the SQ was superb but when we pressed our copy of Stockholm ’81 we used my source (It was named “När Djurgår’n fick flytta ut för The Clash” b t w) and Michael, a friend and fellow punter placed his tape recorder in front of the master board.

This alternate source was later used for “Stockholm’s Burning” and it sounds a bit better but this source has this guy who’s talking all the time between the tunes. My source has the idiot who screams “White riot!” behind me when Joe talks. I like mine better but everyone else prefer Michaels…

European State Radio Stations
Greek Radio 85

The Greek state radio recorded this show. (I contacted them a long time ago) but all European state archives are closed for people outside; we can’t buy or hire.

Swedish Radio

When I asked an old Clashist friend and journalist on SR ( Swedish Radio ) what had to be done to get all those shows ( Malmö, Lund, Örebro ’77, Eriksdal ’80, Stockholm and Gothenburgh ’81 and ’84, they have them all - complete with perfect sound!)

I got the answer that if a show is asked for by more than 1000 people they’ll put it on the list for P3 Live, a live show every night at 21.00. (Have a look att www.sr.se and go to P3 Live and see the program and old shows.) Unfortunately it’s only 1 hour and therefore edited.

Gröna Lund is a funfair. It was a hot summer night. The Clash was to play between 20.15-21.00 but it the band played for nearly an hour. Every artist at Grona Lund was given exactly 60 minutes.

If like Jimi Hendrix in '69, they kept on playing, the staff simply pulled the plug. That as policy til 1978. Kiss played for 55 minutes (there's a video going around) in '76.

Poster has incorrrect date. It was moved from Sunday 11th May (White Riot Tour) to Tuesday June 14th.

Poster - correct date 14th

Joe spoke a lot. The sound was bad but there where several taperecorders up in the air and I tried to listen to it with some friends in a suburb flat a couple of days later and it sounded awful so we didn't even hear it through but today I have stuff in my collection that probably sound worse but back then I didn't know about tape trading or bootlegs. I have some dia pics from the gig somewhere in the house; I looked at them when I last found them a couple of years ago.

They played Capitol Radio + the whole first LP exept What's My Name. Started with London's Burning. The first song after bringing the crowd back in again after the bomb threat was 48 hours and the last encore was White Riot. I can't recall any of the tunes in between. Heavy Roots-Reggae on the soundsystem before the show.

At Grona Lund in Stockholm, Sweden they have a wall of photos of the artists that have played there over the years so I took a photo of The Clash.

The translation for the wording is as follows:
"The bands first show in Sweden was on the big stage of course.
Introducing the punks to Grona Lund were 5000 visitors"

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Interview
with the singer Joakim Thåström
There is nothing that has hit me so hard. I was completly paralyzed. They looked incredible. I nearly died when they came on stage....They had it all. The best I have seen.

The Clash - Rock, Weed & Booze
translated
Strummer, "The Jam!?? don't talk about the Jam, bloody faggots! a bunch of 19 year olds who do what their father tells them, he's also their manager. I'm 24 and I know what I want. The don't know nothing. The Jam haha...don't talk about the Jam!"

The Clash - Rock, Weed & Booze
Swedish original

Gig review
from a daily newspaper Expressen or Aftonbladet? - translation required