CLASH ORIGINAL HAND SIGNED GIVE EM ENOUGH ROPE LP PUNK

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	$		54

The clash give em' enough rope hand siged  / autographed 1st press LP

1978 CBS  CBS 32444 STEREO

SLEEVE....sleeve is in excellent condition

VINYL.....condition is excellent +++ with black mirror like surfaces

LABELS.....both labels are in excellent +++condition

ORIGINAL HAND SIGNED LP BY ALL 4 MEMBERS  JOE STRUMMER TOPPER HEADON PAUL SIMONON AND MICK JONES

IN BLACK BLUE AND RED MARKER PEN

100 % ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS

WOULD LOOK STUNNING FRAMED

***** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED ****

Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second album by The Clash, released in 1978. In the US it was their official debut, preceding the U.S. version of The Clash. The album was well received by critics and fans, peaking at number 2 in the UK chart,[1] and number 128 in the U.S.[2]

It was voted album of the year for 1978 by Rolling Stone and Time magazines, as well as the popular UK music weekly, Sounds. The latter gave it a glowing review upon release, with writer Dave McCullough calling it "swash-buckled heavy-metal" and claiming it to be "The best LP since the last Clash LP, both, I personally feel, transcending anything ever recorded".

The cover was designed by Gene Greif, using a postcard, "End of the Trail", photographed by Adrian Atwater, featuring Wallace Irving Robertson.

The cover of the first US pressings showed the band's name written in block capital letters. Subsequent US pressings used a faux-oriental style font, which was then replaced with the more ornate faux-oriental style font used on the UK release.

The original American issue of the album also retitled "All the Young Punks" as "That's No Way to Spend Your Youth". This was revised on later editions.

"Tommy Gun" and "English Civil War" were released as the album's singles, either side of Christmas 1978. They entered the UK charts at #19 and #25 respectively.

Though the opening track of the album's B-side, "Guns On The Roof" is ostensibly a rant about global terrorism, war and corruption, it was partly inspired by an incident that resulted in the Metropolitan Police's armed anti-terrorist squad raiding The Clash's Camden Market base. Paul Simonon and Topper Headon were arrested and charged with criminal damage (and later and fined £750) for shooting racing pigeons with an air-gun from the roof of their rehearsal building. The main riff of the song is lifted from 'I Can't Explain' by The Who.

Sandy Pearlman, who produced the original album was not a big fan of Joe Strummer's voice, so much so that he ensured the drums were mixed louder than the lead singer's vocals on the entire album. [3]

The album's title comes from the expression "give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves".

 Side one

1. "Safe European Home" – 3:50
2. "English Civil War" – 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

 Side two

1. "Guns on the Roof" (Strummer, Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon) – 3:15
2. "Drug-Stabbing Time" – 3:43
3. "Stay Free" – 3:40
4. "Cheapskates" – 3:25
5. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" – 4:55

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MINT (M): Unplayed, pristine condition, often still sealed.

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