THE CLASH "FURY" STUDIO OUTTAKES, DEMOS AND LIVE TRACKS

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THE CLASH
"FURY"
LABEL: FASHION MALL PRODUCTIONS
RARE 'COLLECTORS ALBUM' FROM 1980s
STUDIO OUTTAKES, DEMOS AND LIVE TRACKS
1976 POLYDOR SESSIONS
"CAPITOL RADIO" EP
WINTER 77/78 CBS LONDON
JANUARY 1978 CBS LONDON

We have been going through some of our old Rock, Punk, Jazz, Soul, and R&B vinyl records and are proud to offer up on Ebay this week this excellent rare collectible Clash album from the early 1980’s.

CLASH: “FURY� DOMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES

This is a rare collectible album of demos and outtakes from the Clash. The cover is a yellow slip sheet over a standard plain white jacket. Someone wrote, neatly, at the bottom of the cover the recording dates and locations. Other than that, the record and cover are very, very clean and near mint. No tape marks on the insert.

I’ve had this album in my collection since the mid 1980’s.

Vinyl bootlegs were widely available in the mid 70's through the 1980‘s, and even as early as the late 60's. I should know...I owned a bunch that I got at swap meets and music fairs. This record fits that category.

I’ve had this album in my personal collection since the mid 1980’s. The sound is excellent for this type of material and there are light snaps and crackles when playing them, but overall this is a very enjoyable album.

The cover and vinyl are both quite nice. As you know these type of records were pressed in very limited numbers and are very collectible.

HISTORY OF THE CLASH

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar, vocals), Paul Simonon (bass guitar, vocals) and Nicky "Topper" Headon (drums, percussion). Headon left the group in 1982, and internal friction led to Jones's departure the following year. The group continued with new members, but finally disbanded in early 1986.

The Clash achieved commercial success in the United Kingdom with the release of their debut album, The Clash, in 1977. Their third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979, brought them popularity in the United States when it came out there the following month. It was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone magazine.

The Clash's political lyrics, musical experimentation, and rebellious attitude had a far-reaching influence on rock, alternative rock in particular. They became widely referred to as "The Only Band That Matters", originally a promotional slogan introduced by the group's record label, CBS. In January 2003, the band�including original drummer Terry Chimes�were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Clash made their debut on 4 July 1976, supporting the Sex Pistols. The night after their debut, the band members along with most of the Sex Pistols and much of the rest of London's "inner circle" of punks showed up at Dingwalls club to attend a concert by New York's leading punk rock band, the Ramones.

The Clash rehearsed intensely over the following month. Strummer later described how seriously the band devoted itself to forging a distinct identity: "We were almost Stalinist in the way that you had to shed all your friends, or everything that you'd known, or every way that you'd played before." Strummer and Jones shared most of the writing duties�"Joe would give me the words and I would make a song out of them", Jones later said. Strummer took the lead vocals on the majority of songs; in some cases he and Jones shared the lead. Once the band began recording, Jones would rarely have a solo lead on more than one song per album, though he would be responsible for two of the group's biggest hits.

On 29 August, the Clash and Manchester's Buzzcocks opened for the Sex Pistols. The triple bill is seen as pivotal to the British punk scene's crystallization into a movement. The Clash toured in support of the Sex Pistols during their Anarchy Tour. By the turn of the year, 1977, punk had become a major media phenomenon in the UK.

On 25 January 1977, the Clash signed to CBS Records for £100,000, a remarkable amount for a band that had played a total of about thirty gigs and almost none as a headliner.

Mickey Foote, who worked as a technician at their concerts, was hired to produce the Clash's debut album, and Terry Chimes was drafted back for the recording. The band's first single, "White Riot", was released in March 1977. The album, The Clash, came out the following month. Filled with fiery punk tracks, it also presaged the many eclectic turns the band would take with its cover of the reggae song "Police and Thieves". The Clash suddenly found themselves as the flag-wavers of the punk rock consciousness.

Though the album charted well in the UK, climbing to number 12, CBS refused to give it a US release, believing that its raw, barely produced sound would make it untellable in that market. A North American version of the album with a modified track listing was released in 1979, after the UK original became the best-selling import album of all time in the United States.

In May, the band set out on the White Riot Tour, headlining a punk package that included the Buzzcocks, Subway Sect, The Slits and The Prefects.

Topper Headon's first recording with the band was the single "Complete Control", which addressed the band's anger at their record label's behavior. It was co-produced by famed reggae artist Lee "Scratch" Perry. It rose to number 28 on the British chart and has gone on to be cited as one of punk's greatest singles. In February 1978, the band came out with the single "Clash City Rockers". June saw the release of "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais", which surprised fans with its ska rhythm and arrangement.

Before the Clash began recording their second album, CBS requested that they adopt a cleaner sound than its predecessor in order to reach American audiences. Give 'Em Enough Rope received largely positive reviews upon its November release. It hit number 2 in the UK, but it was not the American breakthrough CBS had hoped for, reaching only number 128 on the Billboard chart. The album's first UK single, the hard rocking "Tommy Gun", rose to number 19, the highest chart position for a Clash single to date. In support of the album, the band toured the UK supported by The Slits and The Innocents. The band subsequently undertook its first, largely successful tour of North America in February 1979.

In August and September 1979, the Clash recorded London Calling. The double album was a mix of punk rock, reggae, ska, rockabilly, traditional rock and roll and other elements possessed of an energy that had hardly flagged since the band's early days and more polished production. It is regarded as one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded.

Released in December, London Calling hit number 9 on the British chart; in the United States, where it was issued in January 1980, it reached number 27. The cover of the album, based on the cover of Elvis Presley's self-titled 1956 debut LP, became one of the best known in the history of rock. During this period, the Clash began to be regularly billed as "The Only Band That Matters".

The Clash had planned to record and release a single every month in 1980. CBS balked at this idea, and the band came out with only one single�an original reggae tune, "Bankrobber", in August�before the December release of the 3-LP, 36-song Sandinista! The album again reflected a broad range of musical styles, including extended dubs and the first forays into rap by a major rock band.

In 1981, the band came out with a single, "This Is Radio Clash", that further demonstrated their ability to mix diverse influences such as dub and hip hop.

They set to work on their fifth album in September and released as Combat Rock in May 1982. The leadoff single in the US was "Should I Stay or Should I Go", released in June 1982. The follow-up, "Rock the Casbah" did well also.

After Combat Rock, the Clash began to disintegrate. Headon was asked to leave the band just before the album's release because heroin addiction was damaging his health and drumming. The loss of Headon, well-liked by the others, exposed growing friction within the band. Jones and Strummer began to feud. Though the Clash continued to tour, tension continued to increase. Jones was fired in September 1983.

The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae, dub, and rockabilly among other roots musics. Furthermore, they were blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, each with a distinctive voice and style.

The Clash copped heavily from classic outlaw imagery, positioning themselves as rebels with a cause. As a result, they won a passionately devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic. While they became rock & roll heroes in the U.K., second only to the Jam in terms of popularity, it took the Clash several years to break into the American market, and when they finally did in 1982, they imploded several months later. Though the Clash never became the superstars they always threatened to become, they restored passion and protest to rock & roll. For a while, they really did seem like "the only band that mattered.";

This is an ultra-rare original US Pressing of this unusual record of demos and sessions. These albums are very difficult to find in good condition as they were expensive at the time and not many survived until today.

These albums are a genuine, USA-made product, a relic of a bygone historical era in American music and our shared cultural heritage. They are not only a terrific musical and artistic artifact but also a solid investment whose value is likely to increase over time.

RECORD COVER GRADING:

The paper insert is near perfect with neat writing at the bottom listing the recording locations. Sharp corners, no tape marks.

VINYL RECORD GRADING: (NOTE: records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!)

The Vinyl does show some very light scratches and scuffs, typical for these type of records.

Both of these records are pressed on beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was typically used for the very first pressings.

What a Fabulous addition to your music collection or a great gift to put away for that special Clash or Punk music collector in your life. Please see the pictures for the best sense of the condition. And Please check out our other Vintage items we have up this week for auction.

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