Super Black Market Clash

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Super Black Market Clash
Compilation album by The Clash
Released	1994
Recorded	February 1977 - May 1982
Genre	Punk rock
Length	77:13
Label	Epic
Producer(s)	Kosmo Vinyl, Jose Unidos, The Clash
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The Clash chronology
The Singles (1991)	Super Black Market Clash (1994)	From Here to Eternity: Live (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 figure on the cover of both versions is actually Don Letts.

Contents 1 Black Market Clash 2 Super Black Market Clash 3 Black Market Clash: Track listing 4 Super Black Market Clash: Track listing 5 Personnel

[edit] Black Market Clash

Black Market Clash was released in the US only between the release of London Calling and Sandinista! Its aim was to collect recordings which were currently unavailable. "Cheat" from their debut album had previously been left off the US version.

Side One features "The Prisoner", "Pressure Drop", and "The City of the Dead" are b-sides from the period 1977-8. At the time of release Black Market Clash was the only record that featured "Time Is Tight". "Capital Radio One" was extremely rare in the UK, so much so that the group had rerecorded it as "Capital Radio Two". Its inclusion on Black Market Clash made the mini album extremely collectable for even UK fans.

Side Two is made up of the original versions and dub versions of "Bankrobber" and "Armagideon Time". Like "Capital Radio One" and "Time is Tight"; "Robber Dub" was difficult to purchase in the UK.

Black Market Clash was re-released on CD in 1991. But is now long out of print, since Super Black Market Clash replaced it, a further rerelease is unlikely.

[edit] Super 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. Super Black Market Clash does not fully compile the Clash's bsides or even attempts to collect all their rarities. It does however contain important songs, such as three from The Cost of Living EP. 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, removing did not affect the availability of the recordings

In January 2000 this album, along with the rest of The Clash's catalog was remastered and re-released.

[edit] Black Market Clash: Track listing

All songs written by Jones/Strummer except where noted otherwise.

Side 1

1. "Capital Radio One"
2. "The Prisoner"
3. "Pressure Drop" (Hibbert)
4. "Cheat"
5. "The City of the Dead"
6. "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones)

Side 2

1. "Bankrobber/Robber Dub"
2. "Armagideon Time"
3. "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" (Dodd/Williams)

[edit] Super Black Market Clash: Track listing

All songs written by Jones/Strummer except where noted otherwise.

1. "1977" – 1:41
2. "Listen" – 2:44
3. "Jail Guitar Doors" – 3:05
4. "The City of the Dead" – 2:24
5. "The Prisoner" – 3:01
6. "Pressure Drop" (Hibbert) – 3:26
7. "1-2 Crush on You" – 3:00
8. "Groovy Times" – 3:31
9. "Gates of the West" – 3:27
10. "Capital Radio Two" – 3:20
11. "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones) – 4:06
12. "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" (Dodd/Williams) – 8:54
13. "Robber Dub" – 4:42
14. "The Cool Out" (The Clash) – 3:54
15. "Stop the World" (The Clash) – 2:32
16. "The Magnificent Dance" (The Clash) – 5:38
17. "This Is Radio Clash" (The Clash) – 4:10
18. "First Night Back in London" (The Clash) – 3:00
19. "Long Time Jerk" (The Clash) – 2:57
20. "Cool Confusion" (The Clash) – 3:15
21. "Mustapha Dance" (Headon/Simonon/Jones/Strummer) – 4:26

[edit] Personnel

• Joe Strummer - vocals, rhythm guitar
• Mick Jones - guitar, vocals, piano
• Paul Simonon - bass, vocals
• Topper Headon - drums, percussion

The Clash

Joe Strummer | Mick Jones | Paul Simonon | Topper Headon Nick Sheppard | Keith Levene | Pete Howard | Terry Chimes | Vince White

Discography

Studio albums: The Clash | Give 'Em Enough Rope | London Calling | Sandinista! | Combat Rock | Cut the Crap

Compilations and lives: Black Market Clash | The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 | Clash on Broadway | The Singles | Super Black Market Clash | From Here to Eternity: Live | The Essential Clash | London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition