Super Black Market Clash

Infobox Album
Name = Super Black Market Clash
Type = Compilation album
Artist = The Clash


Released = Start date|1994|10|26
Recorded = February 1977 - May 1982
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 77:13
Label = Epic
Producer = Kosmo Vinyl, Pepe Unidos, The Clash
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:02kbiklhbb89 link]
Chronology = The Clash compilations
Last album = "The Singles"
(1991)
This album = "Super Black Market Clash"
(1994)
Next album = ""
(1999)

"Super Black Market Clash" is a compilation album released by The Clash in 1994 that contains B-sides and rare tracks not available on their other albums. It is a repackaging of the original 1980 "Black Market Clash", which was a single 10" EP, containing only 9 songs. The man in the foreground of the front cover art is Don Letts, who worked with the Clash on several projects and later was a founding member of Big Audio Dynamite.

uper Black Market Clash

"Super Black Market Clash" album does not contain the tracks "Capital Radio One", "Cheat", "Bankrobber/Robber Dub" or "Armagideon Time" found on the original "Black Market Clash". At the time of re-release "Capital Radio One", "Bankrobber" and "Armagideon Time" had recently been compiled on the compilations "The Story of the Clash, Volume 1", "Clash on Broadway", and "The Singles", and removing them did not affect the availability of the recordings. The album also replaces the version of "Pressure Drop" that appeared on the original "Black Market Clash" with the b-side mix, and "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" appears in a longer version than that which appeared on "Black Market Clash".

"Super Black Market Clash" does not fully compile the Clash's b-sides or even attempt to collect all their rarities. It does however contain important songs, such as three from "The Cost of Living" EP and several b-sides that were previously unavailable on CD including "The Cool Out" (a remix of "The Call Up) and "Long Time Jerk" (although in a shorter version than appeared as the b-side to "Rock the Casbah").

In January 2000 this album, along with the rest of The Clash's catalog was remastered and re-released. The artwork for the remaster corrects an error in the tracklisting on the original ("Pressure Drop" was listed as track 5 and "The Prisoner" as track 6 when they actually play in the opposite sequence). The revised artwork also introduced a new error, though, by listing "Radio Clash" as "This Is Radio Clash" (the former song, which appears on the album, is the b-side to the latter song which does not).

Track listing

All songs written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones except where noted. All tracks originally released on "Black Market Clash" except where noted.The Clash. "Black Market Clash" (Epic Records, 1980).] The Clash. "Super Black Market Clash" (Epic/Legacy, 1994).]
# "1977" (from "White Riot" single B-side, 1977) – 1:41
# "Listen" – 2:44
# "Jail Guitar Doors" (from "Clash City Rockers" B-side, 1977) – 3:05
# "The City of the Dead" – 2:24
# "The Prisoner" (from "(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais" B-side, 1978) – 3:01
# "Pressure Drop" (Toots Hibbert) (from "English Civil War" single B-side, 1978) – 3:26
# "1-2 Crush on You" (from "Tommy Gun" B-side, 1978) – 3:00
# "Groovy Times" (from "The Cost of Living E.P.", 1979) – 3:31
# "Gates of the West" (from "The Cost of Living E.P.", 1979) – 3:27
# "Capital Radio Two" (from "The Cost of Living E.P.", 1979) – 3:20
# "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones) – 4:06
# "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" (Willie Williams, Jackie Mittoo) – 8:54
# "Robber Dub" (Strummer, Jones, Mikey Dread) – 4:42
# "The Cool Out" (Jones, Strummer, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon) (from "Magnificent Seven" single B-side, 1980) – 3:54
# "Stop the World" (Jones, Strummer, Simonon, Headon) (from "The Call Up" single B-side, 1980) – 2:32
# "The Magnificent Dance" (Jones, Strummer, Simonon, Headon) (from "The Magnificent Seven" single B-side, 1981) – 5:38
# "Radio Clash" (Jones, Strummer, Simonon, Headon) (from "This Is Radio Clash" single B-side, 1981) – 4:10
# "First Night Back in London" (Jones, Strummer, Simonon, Headon) – 3:00
# "Long Time Jerk" (Jones, Strummer, Simonon, Headon) – 2:57 Rock the Casbah
# "Cool Confusion" (Jones, Strummer, Simonon, Headon) (from "Should I Stay or Should I Go" single B-side, 1982)– 3:15
# "Mustapha Dance" (Jones, Strummer, Simonon, Headon) (from "Rock the Casbah" single B-side, 1982) – 4:26

Personnel

* Joe Strummer - vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
* Mick Jones - guitar, vocals, piano
* Paul Simonon - bass, vocals
* Terry Chimes - drums on "1977", "Listen", "Cheat", and "Capital Radio Two"
* Topper Headon - drums, percussion on all other tracks

Black Market Clash

Infobox Album
Name = Black Market Clash
Type = ep
Artist = The Clash


Released = Start date|1980
Recorded = 1977 - 1980
Genre = Reggae, punk rock
Length = 34:37
Label = Epic
Producer = Pepe Unidos, The Clash
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifoxqe5ld6e link]
* Review-Christgau
rating = A-
artist = 1400
name = The Clash
review = http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Clash
Chronology = The Clash compilations
Last album =
This album = "Black Market Clash"
(1980)
Next album = "The Story of the Clash, Volume 1"
(1988)

"Black Market Clash" was released only in the US between the releases of "London Calling" and "Sandinista!" It compiled recordings which were then unavailable in the US except as imports. It was one of series of 10" records that Epic released by various artists, including Gary Glitter and New Musik, under the name Epic "Nu-Disk".

Side One features "The Prisoner," a cover of Toots & the Maytals' "Pressure Drop," and "City of the Dead," which were b-sides from the period 1977-79, although "Pressure Drop," is presented in a remix by Bill Price. "Cheat" from their debut album had been left off the US version. At the time of release "Black Market Clash" was the only record that featured a cover of Booker T & the MGs' instrumental "Time Is Tight". "Capital Radio One" was extremely rare in the UK, so much so that the group had recorded a new version, which was originally released on The Cost of Living (EP). The inclusion of the original "Capital Radio" on "Black Market Clash" made the mini album extremely collectible for even UK fans.

Side Two is made up of the original versions and dub versions of "Bankrobber" and "Armagideon Time". "Bankrobber" segues into "Robber Dub," which was originally intended for a "Bankrobber" 12" single and appeared here for the first time, while the dub version of "Armagideon Time" is titled, "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over", previously available only as the b-side to the 12-inch import "London Calling" single.

"Black Market Clash" was reissued on 12" vinyl and cassette, with the same track listing as the 10", at some point in the '80s.

"Black Market Clash" was re-released on CD in 1991, but was discontinued when "Super Black Market Clash" replaced it. However, in late 2006, the album appears to be once again available as stores such as HMV in Canada are currently stocking the item.

Black Market Clash Track listing

All songs written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones except where noted otherwise.

ide 1

# "Capital Radio One" – 2:09
# "The Prisoner" – 3:00
# "Pressure Drop" (Toots Hibbert) – 3:30
# "Cheat" – 2:06
# "The City of the Dead" – 2:26
# "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones) – 4:05

ide 2

# "Bankrobber/Robber Dub" (Strummer, Jones, Mikey Dread) – 6:16
# "Armagideon Time" (Willie Williams, Jackie Mittoo) – 3:50
# "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" (Williams, Mittoo) – 7:00

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