Any tracks Joe did NOT play on?

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Any tracks Joe did NOT play on?

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Just trying to get some fresh discussion going and I'm sure I could probably answer this myself with a little digging/thinking...but are there any tracks that are completely Joe-less?
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WestwayKid wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 12:40pm
Just trying to get some fresh discussion going and I'm sure I could probably answer this myself with a little digging/thinking...but are there any tracks that are completely Joe-less?
Just off the top of my head: Inoculated City, probably, right?
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Kory wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:01pm
WestwayKid wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 12:40pm
Just trying to get some fresh discussion going and I'm sure I could probably answer this myself with a little digging/thinking...but are there any tracks that are completely Joe-less?
Just off the top of my head: Inoculated City, probably, right?
It still bugs me that Mick did the three part harmony for this song, he had two other capable singers in Joe and Topper.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:25pm
Kory wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:01pm
WestwayKid wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 12:40pm
Just trying to get some fresh discussion going and I'm sure I could probably answer this myself with a little digging/thinking...but are there any tracks that are completely Joe-less?
Just off the top of my head: Inoculated City, probably, right?
It still bugs me that Mick did the three part harmony for this song, he had two other capable singers in Joe and Topper.
If I hated my bandmates I probably wouldn't let them sing on my song either.
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Rock the Casbah, yeah? No Strummer guitar sound on that record.
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Silent Majority wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:11pm
Rock the Casbah, yeah? No Strummer guitar sound on that record.
I think WK meant no Joe at all. I think there's probably a lot of Clash songs without his guitar.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Silent Majority wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:11pm
Rock the Casbah, yeah? No Strummer guitar sound on that record.
Do you think that's why it always sounded terrible live?

I honestly can't think of any other song that had zero Joe.
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JennyB wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:35pm
Silent Majority wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:11pm
Rock the Casbah, yeah? No Strummer guitar sound on that record.
Do you think that's why it always sounded terrible live?

I honestly can't think of any other song that had zero Joe.
There's not really a place for him in RTC's musical universe.
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Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:13pm
Silent Majority wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:11pm
Rock the Casbah, yeah? No Strummer guitar sound on that record.
I think WK meant no Joe at all. I think there's probably a lot of Clash songs without his guitar.
Yes. I meant completely without any recorded contribution from Mr. Strummer. What about something like Hitsville UK? That's a Mick song through and through and I've never heard Joe in the vocal mix. Is it just assumed he must have played some guitar on the track?
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WestwayKid wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 6:41pm
Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:13pm
Silent Majority wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:11pm
Rock the Casbah, yeah? No Strummer guitar sound on that record.
I think WK meant no Joe at all. I think there's probably a lot of Clash songs without his guitar.
Yes. I meant completely without any recorded contribution from Mr. Strummer. What about something like Hitsville UK? That's a Mick song through and through and I've never heard Joe in the vocal mix. Is it just assumed he must have played some guitar on the track?
I'd put that one in there. I actually can't imagine he did much of anything on Mick-sung tracks post-GEER unless there's a backup vocal.
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Kory wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 7:16pm
WestwayKid wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 6:41pm
Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:13pm
Silent Majority wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 4:11pm
Rock the Casbah, yeah? No Strummer guitar sound on that record.
I think WK meant no Joe at all. I think there's probably a lot of Clash songs without his guitar.
Yes. I meant completely without any recorded contribution from Mr. Strummer. What about something like Hitsville UK? That's a Mick song through and through and I've never heard Joe in the vocal mix. Is it just assumed he must have played some guitar on the track?
I'd put that one in there. I actually can't imagine he did much of anything on Mick-sung tracks post-GEER unless there's a backup vocal.
I'd agree.
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Wasn't this just Mick and Topper?

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daredevil wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 9:10pm
Every Little Bit Hurts
Wasn't this just Mick and Topper?
I think so. Think it was just Mick, Topper, and Watt-Roy. Mickey Gallagher might also be on it...but I'm thinking it is completely Joe-less.
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Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:25pm
Kory wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:01pm
WestwayKid wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 12:40pm
Just trying to get some fresh discussion going and I'm sure I could probably answer this myself with a little digging/thinking...but are there any tracks that are completely Joe-less?
Just off the top of my head: Inoculated City, probably, right?
It still bugs me that Mick did the three part harmony for this song, he had two other capable singers in Joe and Topper.
Agreed as I’m pretty sure Joe was singing inoculated city when they were playing it live in late 1981
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