The Clash - 1982-02-01 - Tokyo Riot, Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan

The Clash - Tokyo Riot
1982/02/01 * Soundboard

Information: Partial show from February 1, 1982 plus 4 tracks
from 1979, 1980 and 1982
Venue: Sun Plaza Hall

1. London Calling (3:28)
2. Safe European Home (4:53)
3. White Man In Hammersmith Palais (4:44)
4. Brand New Cadillac (2:09)
5. Charlie Don't Surf (6:18)
6. Clampdown (4:38)
7. Radio Clash (5:01)
8. Armagideon Time (5:06)
9. Jimmy Jazz (6:06)
10. Tommy Gun (4:05)
11. Fujiyama Mama (with Pearl Harbour on vocals) (2:13)
12. Police On My Back (3:17)
13. White Riot (2:15)
14. Guns Of Brixton (2:44)
15. Train In Vain (2:51)
16. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (3:13)
17. Koka Kola (1:54)

Info
All tracks, except the bonus track, recorded live at the Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan, on 1st February, 1982. This is an edit of the full gig.

Review
A show I bought off eBay for, in keeping with eBay, an overpriced amount. It's a commercial release, indeed it even sports the Columbia logo (rather dubiously), and comes in handsome artwork, styled in the fashion of the Westway documentary. The music is from the much-booted Tokyo gig from '82 which saw Clash on bad form. (Yellow Riot and Give 'Em Enough Dope also feature songs from this gig.) The sound quality okay soundboard I think, sounding a little thin, though that could be more due to the reported poor acoustics at the venue. It's not a bad show entirely, and you should see the Yellow Riot review ideally. This release has been tragically let down by the moronic inclusion of the dreaded 2 second gaps in between each songs. This doesn't help live shows and kills any flow and sounds just plain bad. I suspect it's due to laziness on the part of whoever put this CD out, and it's a great shame as the artwork is top notch. Tracks missing from Yellow Riot include Guns Of Brixton, which is okay and SISOSIG which again is okay in keeping with the performance. Not one I recommend really, except for Pearl Harbour singing her song Fujiyama Mama. She also sings Hit The Road Jack on the Up And At 'Em CD. I regret buying this.

Oh, and the bonus track is a pretty good Koka Kola with decent sound. Not sure which gig it originates from.

The Clash - 1981/2002 - The Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg.

The Clash - The Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg

Bootleg CD-R (version 2 with edited track repairs) > Trade >
CD-R > EAC (Secure with Offset Correction) > WAV > SHN >
Zomb > WAV > FLAC (level 8, align on sector boundaries)

New version incorporating further improved sound quality and fully corrected
artwork rendered by Simmdale during February 2008.

This is generally acknowledged as one of the top three obtainable bootlegs from The Clash. This is the unreleased original version of 'Combat Rock' album as produced by Mick Jones in 1981, along with the newly discovered (this CD-R boot came out in 2002, but these tracks had been much traded in bootleg circles long before) instrumental track titled "Walk Evil Talk." By far, these tracks are in their best sound quality here and much improved over all of the previously traded sources. And, this is the second version of this boot which had edited corrections applied of mistracking errors on two songs from the first version batch of this bootleg that surfaced.


Tracklist:
01 The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too 3:44.69
02 Kill Time 4:58.12
03 Should I Stay Or Should I Go? 3:05.00
04 Rock The Casbah 3:47.04
05 Know Your Rights 5:05.00
06 Red Angel Dragnet 5:12.05
07 Ghetto Defendant 6:17.47
08 Sean Flynn 7:30.24
09 Car Jamming 3:53.38
10 Inoculated City 4:32.71
11 Death Is A Star 2:38.64
12 Walk Evil Talk 7:37.32
13 Atom Tan (Edited) 2:44.61
14 Inoculated City (Uncensored 'Combat Rock' Version) 2:30.44
15 First Night Back In London (Edited) 2:56.56
16 Cool Confusion 3:10.24
17 Straight To Hell 6:54.65

Total Disc Time: 76:40.16

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Rock
Combat Rock was originally planned as a double album with the working title Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg, but the idea was scrapped after internal wrangling within the group. Mick Jones had produced the first cut, but the other members were dissatisfied and producing duties were handed to Glyn Johns, at which point the album became a single LP. The original cut has since been obtained and subsequently bootlegged.

The Clash - 1976*1982 - DOA (Demos, Outtakes, Alternates)

The Clash - D.O.A.
(D.O.A. is 'Demos, Outtakes, Alternates')
Bootleg 2 CD Set

The ultimate collection of Clash rarities


Disc 1
Polydor Demos:
01 - Career Opportunities
02 - White Riot
03 - Janie Jones
04 - London's Burning
05 - 1977

Micky Foote Demos:
06 - Preamble
07 - I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
08 - London's Burning
09 - White Riot [Take 1]
10 - White Riot [Take 2]
11 - Career Opportunities
12 - 1977
13 - Janie Jones [Instrumental]

Film Soundtrack Demos:
14 - Heartbreak Hotel [Take 1]
15 - Heartbreak Hotel [Take 2]

Promo Video Shoot:
16 - 1977
17 - White Riot
18 - London's Burning
19 - 1977 [Alternate Mix]
20 - White Riot [Alternate Mix]

Elisabethan Suite Outtake:
21 - What's My Name

Rude Boy Rehearsal:
22 - Garageland

Rock Against Racism track:
23 - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

Alternate Mixes:
24 - Clash City Rockers
25 - The Prisoner

B-Side Outtakes:
26 - 1-2 Crush On You
27 - Pressure Drop
28 - The Prisoner
British TV Outtakes:
29 - Clash City Rockers
30 - Tommy Gun
31 - Israelites


Disc 2
'Rope Demos:
01 - All The Young Punks
02 - Safe European Home
03 - Drug-Stabbing Time
04 - Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad
05 - Stay Free
06 - Groovy Times
07 - Last Gang In Town
08 - Ooh Baby Ooh (It's Not Over)
09 - One Emotion

'Rope Outtakes:
10 - All The Young Punks
11 - Stay Free

London Calling era soundcheck:
12 - Baby Please Don't Go
13 - Roadrunner

London Calling rehearsal:
14 - Mona
15 - You Can't Judge A Book

London Calling Outtake:
16 - Revolution Rock [Instrumental]
Sandinista! Outtakes:
17 - King Of The Road
18 - Blonde Rock And Roll
19 - Louie Louie

Combat Rock Outtakes:
20 - Know Your Rights
21 - Overpowered By Funk (Instrumental)

Combat Rock Alternate Mix:
22 - Cool Confusion

Janie Jones Demo:
23 - House Of The Ju Ju Queen

Joe Strummer Unreleased Song:
24 - In The Pouring Rain

Info
Two CD collection of rare Clash material. 55 unreleased songs.

Review
Perhaps the ultimate collection of Clash rarities. Taking you right through their career. From the first sessions for Polydor in late 1976, right up to the outtake for the "Janie Jones" single in 1982. Along with 'Clash On Broadway Outtakes' and 'The Rat Patrol' you almost have all The Clash demos, outtakes and alternates. The Polydor demos have been discussed elsewhere before but the versions here are the excellent quality ones, probably taken straight from the master tapes that now reside in the vaults of Polydor. The Micky Foote demos are another set of first album songs, along with the interesting Janie Jones instrumental and the studio chatter in the background. The highlights of this double disc set for me are the alternate studio mixes of "White Man", "Clash City Rockers" (which I believe is superior to the official version), "The Prisoner", "1-2 Crush On You" and "Pressure Drop". The promo video shoot tracks are also excellent, and are the best alternate versions of "White Riot" and "1977" ("1977" is simply amazing.) The band are on fire for those tracks.

You'll notice this compilation serves as a very handy substitute for 'London's Burning' and 'For All The Young Punks'. The 'Rope demos here are of much better quality. In fact, we almost have all the album. Then of course the interesting soundcheck rarities. Muddy Water's "Baby Please Don't Go" is a great one, very rocking, and there are also a couple of 'London Calling' era songs that are also on 'Pier Pressure'. The 'Sandinista!' outtakes are nothing new, though it is thought that it's Norman Watt-Roy on bass for "King Of The Road", as he replaced Paul (who was off shooting a film in Canada) for much of the 'Sandinista!' sessions. The "Revolution Rock" instrumental is a good song to have, and pretty rare also. A song I heard here first time of all was the "Cool Confusion" alternate mix, which is actually pretty good. The addition of drums in the mix makes a big difference.
So all in all, this richly deserves a 10. I've sort of glossed over the details a lot but the songs speak for themselves really. Adam Headland (Clash On Tour) has done a good job gathering together all the loose ends of Clash studio rarities. These all seem to be the best quality sources as well. I'll also mention the "What's My Name" live track. Not strictly a demo or anything, but just included for fun I think. It's the same song as the famous video where Joe turns to the camera: "Here we are on TV, what does it mean to you? What does it mean to me? ... Fuck Off!"

Highly recommended, all Clash fans must have this. Rated: 10 / 10
http://www.sharoma.com/clash/items/doa.htm