Monday 3 June 2019

The Clash - Sound System



"Sound System" by The Clash is a box set collection, released in 2013 on Columbia. The boom box packaging was designed by Paul Simonon.

Clash guitarist, Mick Jones, who oversaw the remastering said "The concept of the whole thing is best box set ever. Remastering's a really amazing thing. That was the musical point of it all, because there's so much there that you wouldn't have heard before. It was like discovering stuff, because the advances in mastering are so immense since the last time (The Clash catalogue) was remastered in the 90s."


All the music has been remastered from the original tapes, Jones said. "We had to bake the tapes beforehand – the oxide on them is where the music is, so if you don't put them in the oven and bake them, that all falls off, because they're so old."

Bassist Simonon highlighted a guitar line on "Safe European Home", from the band's second album "Give 'Em Enough Rope", saying he'd never even heard it before. "It's probably some session musician, while I was asleep," Jones joked.


Band members:
Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar (1976–1986)
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals (1976–1983)
Paul Simonon – bass, backing vocals (1976–1986)
Terry Chimes - drums (1976–1977)
Nicky "Topper" Headon – drums, percussion (1977–1982).


The box set contains:
The Clash (UK Version) CD, originally released in April 1977
Give 'Em Enough Rope CD, originally released in November 1978
London Calling 2 CDs, originally released in December 1979
Sandinista! 3 CDs, originally released in December 1980
Combat Rock CD, originally released in May 1982
Sound System Extras 3 CDs
The Clash DVD
Service Manual
Dog Tags
5 Badges
3 DYS Stickers
The Clash Paperback Book
The Clash Folder
Armagideon Times Special Edition: 36 pp
Armagideon Times 1 (Reprint): 24 pp
Armagideon Times 2 (Reprint): 24 pp
2 Bumper Stickers
The Clash Vintage Sticker Set
Poster : 15" x 15".


Tracklisting CD1 The Clash (UK Version):
1. Janie Jones
2. Remote Control
3. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
4. White Riot
5. Hate & War
6. What's My Name
7. Deny
8. London's Burning
9. Career Opportunities
10. Cheat
11. Protex Blue
12. Police & Thieves
13. 48 Hours
14. Garageland

VBR ~261K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo


Tracklisting CD2 Give 'Em Enough Rope:
1. Safe European Home
2. English Civil War
3. Tommy Gun
4. Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad
5. Last Gang In Town
6. Guns On The Roof
7. Drug-Stabbing Time
8. Stay Free
9. Cheapskates
10. All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts)

VBR ~266K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo


Tracklisting CD3 London Calling:
1. London Calling
2. Brand New Cadillac
3. Jimmy Jazz
4. Hateful
5. Rudie Can't Fail
6. Spanish Bombs
7. The Right Profile
8. Lost In The Supermarket
9. Clampdown
10. The Guns Of Brixton

VBR ~252K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracklisting CD4 London Calling:
1. Wrong 'Em Boyo
2. Death Or Glory
3. Koka Kola
4. The Card Cheat
5. Lover's Rock
6. Four Horsemen
7. I'm Not Down
8. Revolution Rock
9. Train In Vain

VBR ~257K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo


Tracklisting CD5 Sandinista!:
1. The Magnificent Seven
2. Hitsville U.K.
3. Junco Partner
4. Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
5. The Leader
6. Something About England
7. Rebel Waltz
8. Look Here
9. The Crooked Beat
10. Somebody Got Murdered
11. One More Time
12. One More Dub

VBR ~247K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracklisting CD6 Sandinista!:
1. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
2. Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)
3. Corner Soul
4. Let's Go Crazy
5. If Music Could Talk
6. The Sound Of Sinners
7. Police On My Back
8. Midnight Log
9. The Equaliser
10. The Call Up
11. Washington Bullets
12. Broadway/Blowing In The Guns Of Brixton

VBR ~257K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracklisting CD7 Sandinista!:
1. Lose This Skin
2. Charlie Don't Surf
3. Mensforth Hill
4. Junkie Slip
5. Kingston Advice
6. The Street Parade
7. Version City
8. Living In Fame
9. Silicone On Sapphire
10. Version Pardner
11. Career Opportunities
12. Shepherds Delight

VBR ~244K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo


Tracklisting CD8 Combat Rock:
1. Know Your Rights
2. Car Jamming
3. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
4. Rock The Casbah
5. Red Angel Dragnet
6. Straight To Hell
7. Overpowered By Funk
8. Atom Tan
9. Sean Flynn
10. Ghetto Defendant
11. Inoculated City
12. Death Is A Star

VBR ~250K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo


Tracklisting CD9 Sound System Extras:
1. White Riot
2. 1977
3. Listen
4. Capital Radio
5. London's Burning
6. Complete Control
7. City Of The Dead
8. Clash City Rockers
9. Jail Guitar Doors
10. White Man In Hammersmith Palais
11. The Prisoner
12. 1-2 Crush On You
13. Time Is Tight
14. Pressure Drop
15. I Fought The Law
16. Groovy Times
17. Gates Of The West
18. Capital Radio
19. Armagideon Time
20. Bankrobber
21. Rockers Galore On A UK Tour

VBR ~253K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracklisting CD10 Sound System Extras:
1. Magnificent Dance
2. Midnight To Stevens
3. Radio One
4. Stop The World
5. The Cool Out
6. This Is Radio Clash
7. This Is Radio Clash
8. First Night Back In London
9. Rock The Casbah
10. Long Time Jerk
11. The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too
12. Idle In Kangaroo Court
13. Ghetto Defendant
14. Cool Confusion
15. Sean Flynn
16. Straight To Hell

VBR ~255K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo

Tracklisting CD11 Sound System Extras:
1. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
2. London's Burning
3. White Riot
4. 1977
5. Janie Jones
6. Career Opportunities
7. London's Burning
8. 1977
9. White Riot
10. City Of The Dead
11. Jail Guitar Doors
12. English Civil War
13. TStay Free
14. Cheapstakes
15. I Fought The Law

VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo


Tracklisting DVD:
1. Julien Temple Archive
2. White Riot Promo Film (Promo and interview with Tony Parsons)
3. Sussex University '77
4. Don Letts Super 8 Medley
5. Clash On Broadway
6. Promo Videos