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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
London Calling was one of my first purchases as a young teenager many years ago...which was a long time ago:-).. It sounded great then, just as it does today, brilliant production, every song is just as good as the one before as you go through the playlist and in my eyes, the best Clash album of all time.
The demo cd is just that, so dont expect anything too fancy. It is what it is, a pre album demo with some interesting takes of the songs at the early stage of composition. Some takes don't have vocals, some do, but above all, still amazing to listen to after all these years and the unreleased songs are more intersting than you could forsee.
The DVD is a bit hit and miss. The interviews were from the same session as "Westway to the world", but leaning towards the london calling era, that I am sure wasn't on the afore mentioned Westway DVD.
The black and white studio footage is priceless, with Guy Stevens shown getting up to his jinks such as throwing chairs and swinging ladders about in the live room, but it doesn't really feature the band actually doing much other than jamming for 13 minutes and joe doing a vocal take.
Live Features; "Clampdown" (complete song), Train in vain and the London Calling promo video.
5 stars for the original album, it would be four stars for the extra material to be honest, but definitly worth the money overall.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By W. Fearn
Format:Audio CD
Don't listen to all the rubbish about sold out, not stuck to their roots etc etc etc. This album is just superb, it is as fresh now as it was when originally recorded. Personally I fail to find a poor track on it, admittedly some are stronger than others, but definately no fillers here. Buy it, enjoy it, and you'll still be enjoying it for many many years to come.
46 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is for: London Calling 30th Anniversary Edition, Vinyl Replica Packaging, CD/DVD (Audio CD)
I can't really see the point of another release for this iconic album, especially when it's a far inferior version. This edition is basically the excellent 25th anniversary release minus the Vanilla Tapes (demos) CD which, whilst not everyone's cup of tea, included five unreleased songs and enough of interest to whet more than just the Clash completist's appetite. What you get here is the original album (naturally) and the same DVD as the 25th ann. edition, which includes:
1. The Last Testament: The Making of London Calling (Documentary)
2. London Calling (Video)
3. Train In Vain (Video)
4. Clampdown (Video)
5. London Calling in Wessex Studios (Home Video Footage)
There's therefore nothing new here. Five stars for the original album (read the many plaudits to it elsewhere!) but two stars for this release because we've been here before.
If there are going to be more anniversary issues, then why not the eponymous first album, Give 'Em Enough Rope and Sandinista? This is what we really want.
I can't really see the point of another release for this iconic album, especially when it's a far inferior version. This edition is basically the excellent 25th anniversary release minus the Vanilla Tapes (demos) CD which, whilst not everyone's cup of tea, included five unreleased songs and enough of interest to whet more than just the Clash completist's appetite. What you get here is the original album (naturally) and the same DVD as the 25th ann. edition, which includes:
1. The Last Testament: The Making of London Calling (Documentary)
2. London Calling (Video)
3. Train In Vain (Video)
4. Clampdown (Video)
5. London Calling in Wessex Studios (Home Video Footage)
There's therefore nothing new here. Five stars for the original album (read the many plaudits to it elsewhere!) but two stars for this release because we've been here before.
If there are going to be more anniversary issues, then why not the eponymous first album, Give 'Em Enough Rope and Sandinista? This is what we really want.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Don't buy this one, cause it is a rip off! This is "turning rebellion into money!"
Buy the 25th Anniversary Edition and everything is fine!
Buy the 25th Anniversary Edition and everything is fine!
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Remember the scene in the film "Hi Fidelity" where Jack Black berates a customer of the record shop he works in for not having Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde". Some albums really should be available on the national cirriculum. Thus in the same vein if you do not own the Clash's "London Calling" hang your head in shame, don't speak to anyone until you get a copy and greatly worry about the sanity of the person on Amazon who describes this album as "over rated". Green Day and Fall out Boy are better than this? Oh dear your poor deluded soul, get help quick and hope that no ever finds out who you are for you will be forever mocked and subject to the cruel chiding of street urchins.
London Calling has it all, the great Elvis derived cover, the driving title track where you should seek out the Clash's video of this anthem played in sheets of black rain on the banks of the river Thames for the sheer attack that the band pounds into the song. Then there is the barnstorming cover of Vince Taylor's "Brand New Cadillac", the hidden gem that is "Train in Vain" the wonderful "Spanish bombs" and "Lost in a supermarket". Oh look stop me now since I about to go off on one and the dog needs walking. All in all probably the best British rock, punk, psychobilly, r and b and whatever you choose album of the 1970s and therefore one of the greatest albums ever. It has enough energy to power the national grid and increase global warming. Joe Strummer is one of the most missed individuals to depart the planet in recent years and sadly that long desired Clash reunion was always on a hiding to nothing. I still have great memories of a fantastic gig he did with the Pogues (he was producing "Hells Ditch" at that time) and what can only be described a a roaring "Irish" version of London Calling.... Read more ›
London Calling has it all, the great Elvis derived cover, the driving title track where you should seek out the Clash's video of this anthem played in sheets of black rain on the banks of the river Thames for the sheer attack that the band pounds into the song. Then there is the barnstorming cover of Vince Taylor's "Brand New Cadillac", the hidden gem that is "Train in Vain" the wonderful "Spanish bombs" and "Lost in a supermarket". Oh look stop me now since I about to go off on one and the dog needs walking. All in all probably the best British rock, punk, psychobilly, r and b and whatever you choose album of the 1970s and therefore one of the greatest albums ever. It has enough energy to power the national grid and increase global warming. Joe Strummer is one of the most missed individuals to depart the planet in recent years and sadly that long desired Clash reunion was always on a hiding to nothing. I still have great memories of a fantastic gig he did with the Pogues (he was producing "Hells Ditch" at that time) and what can only be described a a roaring "Irish" version of London Calling.... Read more ›
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. J. Gould
Format:Audio CD
This is a truely great and inspiring album. To be truthful there isn't much "punk" as such to be found on this album, this is very much the sound of '79 rather than '77. Obviously the attitude is completely punk, but the album is more of a showcase for Strummer's and Jones' songwriting and skill to adapt to any type of music. There are great reggie, ska and pop songs to be found on this album, showing a variety that many other bands of the era would not be able to acheive. This is a double album of great class, there are no filler tracks, each of the nineteen songs could have been released as singles. The production is of high quality and much easier on the ears compaired to their first album. The obvious standout song is the title track. The relentless guitar and pounding bass create a great basis for Strummer's snarl. This is all in all a good album, and confirms The Clash as one of the great bands.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
Just bring on the noise boys, I need to get a lot more of this era, at the time I was to much into whitesnake and motorhead to listen
Published 8 days ago by N. E. Dunkley
2.0 out of 5 stars
London Calling still delivers, The Vanilla Tapes don't
'London Calling' has been one of my favorite Rock & Roll albums since the very early 1980s, so it was with much excitement that I looked forward to listening to the 'Vanilla Tapes'... Read more
Published 1 month ago by thefrozennorth
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best
It's nicely packaged, the DVD is interesting. It's a classic! and the songs and the music are just amazing! I really like this album.
Published 4 months ago by V.
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London Calling
if you have a TOP 100 albums that you must listen to and have in your CD collection this must be in it
Published 4 months ago by Mr Alex Drennan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Top Album
Even in the current and ever changing pop world this album is right up there with them. Contemporary and exciting, edgy yet thoughtful and simply great pop music. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Nala Scoorb
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simply, a GREAT album
Although it's the actual "30th Anniversary Edition" pack, it is just a glorified version of the great London Calling album by The Clash. Read more
Published 6 months ago by JimmyJazz
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is what The Clash were all about!
I absolutely love this album, I own everything they ever released. "London Calling" is generally considered to be their masterpiece. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. Stephen Reid
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buying this album is a no-brainer
From the iconic cover to every track on the album... to put it simply, the best Clash album is one of the finest albums ever. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Paisley T
5.0 out of 5 stars
Only for the musically open minded.
If you buy this, thinking that you are going to hear a punk album only, you will be very disappointed indeed. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. C. D. Watson
3.0 out of 5 stars
London Calling 30th Anniversary Edition, Vinyl Replica Packaging,...
mediocre repackaging of the earlier 25th annniversary release minus the demo cd.
looks ok, sounds ok but not worth buying if you have the 25th anniversary edition.
looks ok, sounds ok but not worth buying if you have the 25th anniversary edition.
Published 15 months ago by wm3333
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