CLASH Give 'Em Enough Rope LP EPIC 1978 US re PE35543 JOE STRUMMER-MICK JONES
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THIS IS THE EARLY-80s US REPRESSING on EPIC 'Black-to-Blue' gradient labels and with barcode. SINGLE COVER. The cover is in VG+/EX condition, normal wear and without any major deterioration but light discolouration on corners/spines, left spine is fully readable; for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition (barely played), and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality. SECOND ALBUM.
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THE CLASH
TOPPER HEADON, PAUL SIMONON, MICK JONES, JOE STRUMMER
Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae, dub, and rockabilly among other roots music. Furthermore, they were blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, each with a distinctive voice and style. The Clash copped heavily from classic outlaw imagery, positioning themselves as rebels with a cause. As a result, they won a passionately devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic. While they became rock & roll heroes in the U.K., second only to the Jam in terms of popularity, it took the Clash several years to break into the American market, and when they finally did in 1982, they imploded several months later. Though the Clash never became the superstars they always threatened to become, they restored passion and protest to rock & roll. For a while, they really did seem like "the only band that mattered."
"GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPEE"
<reissue, originally published in 1978>
LP EPIC RECORDS PE 35543
PRINTED N THE U.S.A. 1980-85 REPRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE [HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER]
Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 0 74643 55431 02 Label Code: none
LABEL: EPIC - BLACK to BLUE grading LABEL - SILVER/WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: PE 35543 Catalog on labels: PE 35543 AL 35543 / PE 35543 BL 35543
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): <JXAD> P PAL 35543 GIB C2 Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): (F.MP) P PBL 35543-GID G-1 B2
On labels: rim text <"EPIC", is a Trademark of CBS Inc./Marca Reg.> ℗ 1978 CBS Records
On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures grading RECORD EX but (please, read above description) SLEEVE VG+/EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
For their second album, the Clash worked with the American hard rock producer Sandy Pearlman, best-known for his work with Blue Öyster Cult and the Dictators. The teaming was quite controversial within the punk community, and the sound of Give 'Em Enough Rope is considerably cleaner, yet the more direct sound hardly tamed the Clash. While the record doesn't burn with the same intense, amateurish energy of The Clash, it does have a big, forceful sound that is nearly as powerful. What keeps Give 'Em Enough Rope from being a classic is its slightly inconsistent material. Many of the songs are outright classics, particularly the first half of the record ("Safe European Home," "English Civil War," "Tommy Gun," "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad") and "Stay Free," but the group loses some momentum toward the end of the record. Even with such flaws, Give 'Em Enough Rope ranks as one of the strongest albums of the punk era...(AllMusic)
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