“The Guns of Brixton”, The Clash, The Palladium, New
York, 21st September 1979.
Set-list:
Disc One: (78:00)
1.
Safe European Home
2. I'm So
Bored with the USA
3. Complete
Control
4. London
Calling
5. White
Man In Hammersmith Palais
6. Koka
Kola
7. I
Fought the Law
8. Jail
Guitar Doors
9. The
Guns Of Brixton
10. English
Civil War
11. Clash
City Rockers
12. Stay
Free
13. Clampdown
14. Police
and Thieves
15. Capital
Radio
16. Tommy
Gun
17. Wrong
'Em Boyo
18. Janie
Jones
19. Garageland
20. Armagideon
Time
21. Career
Opportunities
22. What's
My Name
23. White Riot
Notes:
Complete
show: Yes
Musicians:
Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon
CD quality:
Sound
quality: Broadcast on FM, so its pretty good.
Remarks:
The Clash Zone has this to say –
This is the most common Clash
bootleg. The source is a broadcast on WNEW-FM. The style is similar to 9/14/79
Chicago, with the sound on this one being better, but the performance a bit
tighter on the former. "Capital Radio" absolutely shreds in this show
- one of my favorite live Clash songs. Thee boots Klashing With the Klash and
The Clash come from the same master source, and have the best sound. Each has
been released in several forms, including a picture disk. These are however
incomplete, cutting out "Jail Guitar Doors," "Tommy Gun,"
Wrong 'Em Boyo," "Janie Jones," and "Garageland."
Clampdown USA has duller sound (high B / low B+) but is complete. The CDs Guns
Of Brixton and Live USA complete and have sound near as good as Klashing. Bronx
City Rockers is missing "Jail Guitar Doors", is incorrectly
sequenced, and has sound somewhere between Clampdown USA and the other two
disks. "London Calling" and "English Civil War" (titled
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home") were released on a boot single -
BBC Radio Broadcast Record 81303081 with label number SFR006. "Koka Kola
was also released on a boot 7" by the Beggar's Banquet gang with label no.
VH-101 along with songs by Magazine, Gang of Four, and the Buzzcocks. London
Calling's cover shot of Paul was snapped at this show.