The Clash Black Market, Combat rock, London calling Sandinista excellent see pix

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For your consideration this auction is for: a Collection of 4 LP's by The Clash in super excellent condition!!! See pix !! 

1-1982  The clash - Combat Rock  the cover on this LP has a 2" tear along the spine caused by friction. the vinyl is good

2- 1980 Black Market Crash - 10 inch LP rare!

3- London Calling - 2 LP set classic cover shot

4- Sandinista three record set in excellent condition! 

All records in excellent playing condition, Covers good unless noted. check description box for any additional comments on condition. Please give me good feedback and I will do the same.Thanks for looking!!.. 

 I welcome wishlist of lp's I have 12,000 titles to get through!!!! I will combine auctions for shipping, I will ship local (US) as well as overseas and charge only actual shipping to your door not a penny more. I will be listing larger lots by Genre soon. 

The 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 musics. 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."

For a band that constantly sang about revolution and the working class, the Clash had surprisingly traditional roots. Joe Strummer (born John Graham Mellor, August 21, 1952) had spent most of his childhood in boarding school. By the time he was in his early twenties, he had busked on the streets of London and had formed a pub rock band called the 101'ers. Around the same time, Mick Jones (born June 26, 1955) was leading a hard rock group called the London SS. Unlike Strummer, Jones came from a working-class background in Brixton. Throughout his teens, he was fascinated with rock & roll, and he had formed the London SS with the intent of replicating the hard-driving sound of Mott the Hoople and Faces. Jones' childhood friend Paul Simonon (born December 15, 1956) joined the group as a bassist in 1976 after hearing The Sex Pistols; he replaced Tony James, who would later joinGeneration X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik. At the time, the band also featured drummer Tory Crimes(born Terry Chimes), who had recently replaced Topper Headon (born Nicky Headon, May 30, 1955). After witnessing The Sex Pistols in concert, Joe Strummer decided to break up the 101'ers in early 1976 in order to pursue a new, harder-edged musical direction. He left the band just before their first single, "Keys to Your Heart," was released. Along with fellow 101'er guitarist Keith Levene, Strummerjoined the revamped London SS, now renamed the Clash.