Clash on Broadway is a box set compilation album by the punk rock band The Clash, released on Legacy Records in 1991, catalogue E3K 46991. It comprises 64 tracks on three compact discs, spanning the time period from their very first single "White Riot" in 1977 through the Combat Rock album of 1982. It does not include material from the band's coda led by Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon, resulting in the final album Cut the Crap. It was initially released in longbox form.
Content
The set contains five previously unreleased tracks, two early demo recordings, and three live recordings, one of which had been released on a film soundtrack. Thirteen of the eighteen singles released during the time frame covered appear, leaving out "Remote Control" released as a single against the band's wishes, "English Civil War" and "I Fought the Law" which appear in a live versions, "Hitsville UK" and "Know Your Rights".
Disc one contains mostly recordings taken from their early singles including the extended play single Capital Radio, and the debut album. The four songs deleted from the British version of The Clash album and replaced by singles tracks for the American version, "Deny", "Protex Blue", "Cheat", and "48 Hours", are included. Disc two concentrates on tracks from the albums Give 'Em Enough Rope and London Calling, and the extended play single Cost of Living. Disc three contains tracks from Sandinista! and Combat Rock, tracks from the latter including both edited and unedited versions.
Reception
Track listing
All songs written by Mick Jones and Joe Strummer except where noted otherwise.
Disc one
- "Janie Jones" — 2:11
- "Career Opportunities" — 1:58
- "White Riot" — 1:59
- "1977" — 1:41
- "I'm So Bored with the USA" — 2:25
- "Hate and War" 2:06
- "What's My Name" (Jones, Strummer, Keith Levene) — 1:40
- "Deny" – 3:05
- "London's Burning" — 2:10
- "Protex Blue" – 1:46
- "Police and Thieves" (Junior Murvin, Lee "Scratch" Perry) — 6:00
- "48 Hours" — 1:36
- "Cheat" — 2:07
- "Garageland" — 3:14
- "Capital Radio One" — 2:09
- "Complete Control" — 3:14
- "Clash City Rockers" — 3:49
- "City of the Dead" — 2:24
- "Jail Guitar Doors" — 3:05
- "The Prisoner" — 3:00
- "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" — 4:01
- "Pressure Drop" (Toots Hibbert) — 3:26
- "1-2 Crush on You" — 3:01
- A and b sides of UK singles 1977-1978
- "English Civil War" (live) (traditional, arranged Strummer/Jones) — 2:41
- "I Fought the Law" (live) (Sonny Curtis) — 2:26
Disc two
- "Safe European Home" — 3:51
- "Tommy Gun" — 3:17
- "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad" – 3:04
- "Stay Free" — 3:40
- "One Emotion" — 4:40
- previously unreleased from the Give 'Em Enough Rope sessions
- "Groovy Times" — 3:30
- "Gates of the West" – 3:27
- "Armagideon Time" (Willie Williams, Jackie Mittoo) — 3:50
- "London Calling" — 3:20
- "Brand New Cadillac" (Vince Taylor) — 2:10
- "Rudie Can't Fail" — 3:30
- "The Guns of Brixton" (Paul Simonon) — 3:11
- "Spanish Bombs" — 3:20
- "Lost in the Supermarket" — 3:48
- "The Right Profile" — 3:55
- "The Card Cheat" (The Clash) — 3:51
- "Death or Glory" — 3:57
- "Clampdown" — 3:50
- "Train in Vain" — 3:11
- "Bankrobber" — 4:33
Disc three
- "Police on My Back" (Eddy Grant) — 3:18
- "The Magnificent Seven" (The Clash) — 5:33
- "The Leader" (The Clash) — 1:42
- "The Call Up" (The Clash) — 5:28
- "Somebody Got Murdered" (The Clash) — 3:35
- "Washington Bullets" (The Clash) — 3:52
- "Broadway" (The Clash) — 4:57
- "Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)" (live) (The Clash) — 3:38
- previously unreleased live recording from Bonds International Casino, New York City, 1981
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Ed Cobb) — 4:38
- previously unreleased from the Sandinista! sessions
- "Stop the World" (The Clash) — 2:33
- b-side to "The Call Up" single
- "Midnight to Stevens" (The Clash) — 4:39
- previously unreleased track recorded at People's Hall, Frestonia, London in 1981
- "This Is Radio Clash" (The Clash) — 4:11
- "Cool Confusion" (The Clash) — 3:15
- A and b sides of UK singles 1981-1982
- "Red Angel Dragnet" (edited version) (The Clash) — 3:25
- "Ghetto Defendant" (edited version) (The Clash) — 4:15
- "Rock the Casbah" (US single version) (The Clash) — 3:42
- "Should I Stay or Should I Go" (US single version) (The Clash) — 3:09
- "Straight to Hell" (unedited version) (The Clash) — 6:56
- "The Street Parade" (The Clash) — 3:27
- (hidden track) from the album Sandinista!
Personnel
- Mick Jones — vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Joe Strummer — vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Paul Simonon — bass, vocals
- Terry Chimes — drums on disc one, tracks 1-15
- Topper Headon — drums, piano, bass, vocals on disc one, tracks 16-25, discs two and three
Additional personnel
Notes
- ↑ Melody Maker (29 February 2000). pp. 48–49.
- ↑ Q Magazine (April 2000). p. 107.