5 Album Studio Set

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5 Album Studio Set
Box set by
Released9 September 2013 (2013-09-09)
Recorded1977–1982
GenrePunk rock
LabelSony Legacy
ProducerThe Clash, Micky Foote, Sandy Pearlman, Bill Price, Guy Stevens, Jose Unidos, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Julian Temple, Don Letts
The Clash compilations and lives chronology
The Clash Hits Back
(2013)
5 Album Studio Set
(2013)

5 Album Studio Set is a box set collection by the Clash released in September 2013.[1][2] The box contains newly re-mastered by Mick Jones of the band's first five albums on eight discs minus their final album, Cut the Crap. The albums came in vinyl replica packaging and the box was designed exclusively by the band.[3]

The set was released simultaneously with an expanded eleven disc box set titled Sound System and a greatest hits package titled The Clash Hits Back. They are expected to be the final releases to involve Mick Jones, who said: "I'm not even thinking about any more Clash releases. This is it for me, and I say that with an exclamation mark."[4]

Remastering[edit]

Jones said "The concept of the whole thing is best box set ever. Re-mastering'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."

The Clash's bassist Paul 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.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, except where noted

The Clash (UK Version) (1 CD)
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Janie Jones"Strummer2:03
2."Remote Control"Jones, Strummer3:00
3."I'm So Bored with the USA"Strummer2:25
4."White Riot"Strummer1:56
5."Hate & War"Jones, Strummer2:05
6."What's My Name?" (written by Strummer, Jones, Keith Levene)Strummer1:40
7."Deny"Strummer3:03
8."London's Burning"Strummer2:12
9."Career Opportunities"Strummer1:52
10."Cheat"Strummer2:06
11."Protex Blue"Jones1:42
12."Police & Thieves" (written by Junior Murvin, Lee Perry)Strummer6:01
13."48 Hours"Strummer1:34
14."Garageland"Strummer3:12

All tracks are written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, except where noted. All lead vocals by Strummer, except "Stay Free" by Jones

Give 'Em Enough Rope (1 CD)
No.TitleLength
1."Safe European Home"3:50
2."English Civil War" (Traditional; arranged by Jones and Strummer)2:35
3."Tommy Gun"3:17
4."Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad"3:03
5."Last Gang in Town"5:14
6."Guns on the Roof" (written by Topper Headon, Jones, Paul Simonon, Strummer)3:15
7."Drug-Stabbing Time"3:43
8."Stay Free"3:40
9."Cheapskates"3:25
10."All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)"4:55

All tracks are written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, except where noted

London Calling (2 CD)
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."London Calling"Strummer3:19
2."Brand New Cadillac" (written and originally performed by Vince Taylor)Strummer2:09
3."Jimmy Jazz"Strummer3:52
4."Hateful"Strummer2:45
5."Rudie Can't Fail"Strummer, Jones3:26
6."Spanish Bombs"Strummer, Jones3:19
7."The Right Profile"Strummer3:56
8."Lost in the Supermarket"Jones3:47
9."Clampdown"Strummer, Jones3:49
10."The Guns of Brixton" (written by Paul Simonon)Simonon3:07
11."Wrong 'Em Boyo" (written by Clive Alphonso; originally performed by the Rulers; including Stagger Lee)Strummer3:10
12."Death or Glory"Strummer3:55
13."Koka Kola"Strummer1:46
14."The Card Cheat"Jones3:51
15."Lover's Rock"Strummer4:01
16."Four Horsemen"Strummer2:56
17."I'm Not Down"Jones3:00
18."Revolution Rock" (written by Jackie Edwards, Danny Ray; originally performed by Danny Ray and the Revolutionaries)Strummer5:37
19."Train in Vain"Jones3:09

All tracks are written by The Clash, except where noted

Sandinista! (3CD)
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."The Magnificent Seven"Joe Strummer5:28
2."Hitsville U.K."Mick Jones, Ellen Foley4:20
3."Junco Partner" ("writer, at present, unknown" on liner notes)Joe Strummer4:53
4."Ivan Meets G.I. Joe"Topper Headon3:05
5."The Leader"Joe Strummer1:41
6."Something About England"Mick Jones, Joe Strummer3:42
7."Rebel Waltz"Joe Strummer3:25
8."Look Here" (written by Mose Allison)Joe Strummer2:44
9."The Crooked Beat"Paul Simonon5:29
10."Somebody Got Murdered"Mick Jones3:34
11."One More Time" (written by The Clash and Mikey Dread)Joe Strummer3:32
12."One More Dub" (Dub version of "One More Time"; written by The Clash and Dread)Instrumental3:34
13."Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)"Joe Strummer4:51
14."Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)"Mick Jones4:31
15."Corner Soul"Joe Strummer2:43
16."Let's Go Crazy"Joe Strummer4:25
17."If Music Could Talk" (written by The Clash and Dread)Joe Strummer4:36
18."The Sound of Sinners"Joe Strummer4:00
19."Police on My Back" (written by Eddy Grant; originally performed by The Equals)Mick Jones3:15
20."Midnight Log"Joe Strummer2:11
21."The Equaliser"Joe Strummer5:47
22."The Call Up"Joe Strummer5:25
23."Washington Bullets"Joe Strummer3:51
24."Broadway" (Features an Epilogue of "The Guns of Brixton" sung by Maria Gallagher)Joe Strummer5:45
25."Lose This Skin" (written by Tymon Dogg)Tymon Dogg5:07
26."Charlie Don't Surf"Joe Strummer, Mick Jones4:55
27."Mensforth Hill" ("Something About England" backwards with overdubs)Instrumental3:42
28."Junkie Slip"Joe Strummer2:48
29."Kingston Advice"Joe Strummer2:36
30."The Street Parade"Joe Strummer3:26
31."Version City"Joe Strummer4:23
32."Living in Fame" (Dub Version of "If Music Could Talk"; written by The Clash and Dread)Mikey Dread4:36
33."Silicone on Sapphire" (Dub version of "Washington Bullets")Joe Strummer4:32
34."Version Pardner" (Dub version of "Junco Partner")Joe Strummer5:22
35."Career Opportunities"Luke Gallagher, Ben Gallagher2:30
36."Shepherds Delight" (Dub Version of "Police & Thieves")Instrumental3:25

All tracks are written by The Clash, except where noted

Combat Rock (1 CD)
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Know Your Rights" (Strummer/Jones)Joe Strummer3:39
2."Car Jamming"Joe Strummer3:58
3."Should I Stay or Should I Go"Mick Jones3:06
4."Rock the Casbah" (Headon/The Clash)Joe Strummer3:44
5."Red Angel Dragnet"Paul Simonon/Kosmo Vinyl3:48
6."Straight to Hell"Joe Strummer5:30
7."Overpowered by Funk"Joe Strummer/Futura 20004:55
8."Atom Tan"Mick Jones/Joe Strummer2:32
9."Sean Flynn"Joe Strummer4:30
10."Ghetto Defendant"Joe Strummer/Allen Ginsberg4:45
11."Inoculated City"Mick Jones2:43
12."Death Is a Star"Joe Strummer/Mick Jones3:13

References[edit]

  1. ^ Michael Hann (21 May 2013). "The Clash to release new box set of remastered albums and rarities". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. ^ "The Clash Announce Deluxe 'Sound System' Box Set – Yahoo Finance". Yahoo! Finance. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. ^ "5 Album Studio Set by Sony Legacy, The Clash | Barnes & Noble". Barnesandnoble.com. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. ^ Andy Greene (30 August 2013). "Mick Jones on Clash Box Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 May 2014.