THE CLASH - 7 Feb, 1979, Berkeley, CA

[klam44]

Now on Dimadozen

[Wolter]

Fucking hell. Well, I don't have a dime account anymore, so I will wait.

Sound quality?

[klam44]

Sounds sweet

THE CLASH
7 February, 1979
Berkeley Community Theater
Berkeley, California, USA

analog master > aiff > flac (level 8 w/verify)

01. Complete Control
02. I Fought the Law
03. Jail Guitar Doors
04. Drug Stabbing Time
05. City of the Dead
06. Safe European Home
07. White Man In Hammersmith Palais
08. Tommy Gun
09. Clash City Rockers
10. English Civil War


This isn't the entire show - it probably ran another 8 or so songs - but thanks to taper J.E. we now have at least part of this missing recording

[white man]

Uploaded by jeff dove. He's kept that one under wraps.

[Rat Patrol]

Fucking hell. Well, I don't have a dime account anymore, so I will wait.

Sound quality?

B/B- sound?

Clear but distant. Taper wasn't sitting that close to the stage and probably didn't have amazing tape equipment. But low-gen or master-ish because the instruments and vox are surprisingly clear once you get acclimated. I'm liking the sound more the more I hear it. I would say better quality than nearly all '78 AUD recordings, par or better for Pearl Harbour tour audience tapes. A good audio edit might make it stand out a bit better into bona fide B range.

Typically scorching hot show for that tour. Pinnacle-era Topper drumming and Mick gee-tar.


Not a bad 4 days we've had on the new-boots-surfacing front, no?

[JChampion]

I just think it's amazing that we keep getting these "new" recordings all the time.
I mean think about it ... this show is almost 30 years old!
The extra Amsterdam soundboard trax are over 27 years.

[daredevil]

Listening right now. This is one of the best performances from 79. I hope the other half shows up, or maybe another source
with the same or better quality.

[Spiff]

Not a bad 4 days we've had on the new-boots-surfacing front, no?

I've been out of the loop for a week or two, so can you please fill me in on these other discoveries?

[matedog]

Not a bad 4 days we've had on the new-boots-surfacing front, no?

I've been out of the loop for a week or two, so can you please fill me in on these other discoveries?

Ratty will give you some full, thought out answer, but the two big ones are the above mentioned Berkeley show and the 8 or so newly surfaced soundboards for Amsterdam (1981-05-10) to go with the existing 8 we already had from that show. Sonnyburnit did a fine job of remastering/remixing all the tunes and they can be found on the megalist. The berkeley show is also available on the megalist in lossless.