Out of Control Tour
The Clash go Back to Basics - European Tour
updated 2 Sept 2016 with better audio information
Audio 1
good sound, some flaws - sound 2.5 - 58min - 2gen - 17 tracks
This copy came direct from the originally circulated tape.
Glue Zombie
Audio 2
good sound, some flaws - sound 2.5 - 58min - 2gen - 17 tracks
This copy came direct from the originally circulated tape.
Glue Zombie
Quite a decent sound on this one. This copy came direct from the originally circulated tape. It has some noise and slight distortion. But a good all round audience sound to it as well that makes for enjoyable listening.
Interview with Paul - 2min - Interview backstage
Video - 9min
Backstage interview and news piece
Backstage interview primarily woith Joe but all 5 band members present. This lasts about 5minutes before cutting to some old footage.
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The review does not come from a magazine called "kopia". It's a xerox ("copy") from a newspaper.
The band was interviewed for the only rock programme on the country's only TV station; I remember Joe Strummer saying that he'd watched MTV, but he hadn't heard the great song that made him run to the record store: "Oh I gotta get this one". They refused to be filmed for the broadcast, so a live clip of "Should I stay or should I go" (featuring Mick Jones, a point that was not lost on the veejay) was broadcast instead.
Anders - Norway
Drammen 84 - Kopia Review original (Norwegian)
translation
The new Clash sounds great. Joe Strummer did the right thing when he kicked Mick Jones out of the band. The new Clash are better than ever, they are heavier, has more speed and more passion. The european tour started of to a crowd of 5000 chair throwing Norwiegans(!) but the wildest of them all was Joe Strummer who at the last song throw himself from an amplifier with blood and a bump on the head as a result. Then the reviewer goes on with more info that the new Clash are better than ever with the new guys in the band. Only Paul Simonons harmonica version of Guns of Brixton getÌs the thumbs down. The new songs are difficult to judge after just one listen but the reviewer thinks the new songs are going back to old fashion rock ÌnÌ roll. Joe gets the last word in the review
The Clash getsÌs better with each gig, we just has to give it all on stage. Stockholm 84 Same revier as STO 81 show startÌs of with some words from Joe about the new Clash Ò We will be as punkier as ever. And the Clash keeps their promise, last night the Clash played with so much heat, energy and passion that it was ages a show like this was played in an arena this big. The reviewer expectations of the gig was not high as the last time Clash played Stockholm (1981) they were careless, played long raggae improvisations and had a really bad sound.
The new guys gets the credit for the vitamin injection the new Clash has. Not many bands can get an audience this big feel like they are on a more intimate venue but The Clash showed that they can along with Springsteen, Bowie and the heavy metal bands. The new songs gets thumbs up but not everything was perfect at the show, the sound was bad from time to time but overall The Clash showed that they have the energy and feeling for a rock ÌnÌ roll show when itÌs at the best! Here's a photosession Schlager did when the Clash played Stockholm Feb 1984 Photos of security, roadies, managers, fans etc but not the record label as the Clash told to them to f*** off!
I discovered some photos which I took when The Clash (MKII) played at Drammenshallen in February 1984.
Unfortunately the quality is fairly poor because I did use a disposal camera. I was standing as far as approximately the 10th row from the stage, so the band seems very distant.
There are total 9 pictures all in jpeg format. I only attach one picture in this e-mail so that you can judge the quality.
The background for the pictures is that me and 3 other friends travelled on a one day trip from my hometown Trondheim to Drammen to see the show.
I was already a huge Clash fan from early on, I discovered them just after their debut album was released. The Clash were going to play in my hometown Trondheim on (as I recall) Sunday the 4th May 1980. It was the biggest disappointment in my life when the gig was cancelled due to Toppers injury.
I can’t say that I remember much details about the gig in Drammenshallen, but it was (in my opinion) a great live show full of energy and power. The band seemed very tight. Even though for me it wasn’t The Clash. I do remember that Joe did climb on the amps and fell over. He was lying on the floor for so long that we’d thought he was seriously injured and that the rest of gig was due to be cancelled.
I did keep the full set list for a long time, but it was (typically) lost after some years. Though I know that the show contained more songs that the bootleg lists, and I’m 100 percent sure that they’d play Koka Kola.
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There are several sights that provide setlists but most mirror www.blackmarketclash.co.uk. They are worth checking.
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
Any articles, interviews, reviews, posters, tour dates from The Out of Control '84 tour around the UK and Europe.
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The new Clash sounds great. Joe Strummer did the right thing when he kicked Mick Jones out of the band. The new Clash are better than ever, they are heavier, has more speed and more passion. The european tour started of to a crowd of 5000 chair throwing Norwiegans(!) but the wildest of them all was Joe Strummer who at the last song throw himself from an amplifier with blood and a bump on the head as a result.
English translation (thanks to Lars)
Puls Mag Joe Interview - Tue 16 Feb
Norwegian
[English translation] 'Gigi. Clash interview. Kl. 1300-1400. Thursday 16.2. Astoria - Message from editors Olsen a week ago for the Clash to play in the Drammenshallen. Vel. interview bottle I thought, now I'll take them. I was mildly skeptical of this whole Clash program ... Mick Jones fired ... two men left touring ... no plate ... back-to-punk messages what was this for nonsense?
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Drammen Puls Magazine - March 1
Drammen review - Norwegian
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Leffes Lab
We know our market value
(interview originally published March 1984)
Oslo: When the punk wave rocked rock England in its foundations, there were two particular names that graced the headlines: Sex Pistols and The Clash. Sex Pistols accounted for most of the scandals and were quickly burnt out. The Clash, on the other hand, went from victory to victory.
Vince White describes this gig extensively in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 78
We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered
By Mark Andersen, Ralph Heibutzki
Clash City Showdown - Paperback
1 Dec. 2003 - by Chris Knowles
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Joe Strummer Interview Radio Stockholm,
1 January1984
Joe Strummer Interview Ltd Edition picture disk
Interview with Joe Strummer and The Clash in Norway in 1984.
The Clash - Italy 1984 interview
Mister Fantasy - Italian TV - RaiUno
Broadcast 22 March
Joe Strummer of The Clash interviewed backstage pre show Milan Italy 1984. Taken from "Mister Fantasy. This is a very rare item. I had previously uploaded this a few years ago, but there was an audio fault and it always annoyed me, so I deleted the older version and uploaded this new one with the audio sorted. Taken from BASF L-750 Betamax tape archive number #080 digital archive #4018
Clash - 1984 Milan Italy News Show interview
Joe Strummer and The Clash interviewed pre show Milan Italy February 1984. This is a very rare item. I had previously uploaded this a few years ago, but there was an audio fault and it always annoyed me, so I deleted the older version and uploaded this new one with the audio sorted. Taken from BASF L-750 Betamax tape archive number #080 digital archive #4018
The Clash - "Jt. 13th" Interview (France) '84
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A longer version (below) is on Youtube but it is inaccesssible from the UK?
Joe Strummer interviewed by Lisa Robinson for WNYC?
This 2-part interview presents polar extremes of Joe Strummer. The first part most likely takes place in late 1983, after Mick Jones left the band but before the new Clash line-up started touring together. The majority of this segment involves Strummer heatedly discussing all the reasons Jones was fired. He then goes on to talk animatedly about the new incarnation of the band and how everyone in America is on drugs.
In the second part of the interview, recorded in the beginning of 1984, Strummer sounds melancholy and exhausted. However, with the departure of Mick Jones from The Clash being old news by this point, Lisa Robinson is able to steer the questioning towards what Strummer makes of performing, success, and his music.
Part 1
00:00 Why Mick was fired: emotional blackmail
01:15 Bitterness
01:56 Success vs. personal problems
02:48 Mick's vision for the band / guitar synth
03:59 Who/what constitutes The Clash
06:10 Making a not-so-great Clash album: Combat Rock
07:05 Glyn Johns saves Combat Rock (as per Joe Strummer)
07:55 Glyn Johns ruins Combat Rock (as per Mick Jones)
08:35 Forcing Mick Jones to sing "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
10:22 An honorable way for a band to go out
11:00 The two new guitarists (Vince White, Nick Sheppard)
11:39 Hoping to be possessed
12:40 A divorced writing partnership with Mick / "Death is a Star"
14:02 Writing with Paul Simonon / road-testing new songs
14:55 Pete Howard on drums
15:07 Recording a new album
15:49 The US Festival
16:46 Everybody in America is on drugs
18:29 [phone]: Mick Jones' response
Part 2
00:00 Other aspirations / graphic artist
00:51 Growing up with a diplomat father
01:57 A feeling of homelessness
02:29 Slagged for being middle-class
02:59 The reaction in Britain to the disbanding of The Clash
03:45 Taking some criticisms to heart
04:25 Not enjoying playing in stadiums
05:45 Crowd behavior / whose fault
07:13 The ideal performing situation
07:49 Pros and cons for The Clash getting bigger
08:30 Avoiding the problems of The Who
09:09 The commercial success of Combat Rock
10:48 [A false start]
11:07 Joe's opinion of The Clash's music
12:11 Musical influences
12:45 The blues boom of the 60's in Britain
15:05 Re-selling R&B to the U.S.
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