The Clash on Alright Now 1979

[Heston]

As far as I'm aware this is the first appearance of the Israelites footage on YouTube...

[Flex]

Awesome stuff, killer video quality. Thanks man, this is a treat!

[Heston]

Awesome stuff, killer video quality. Thanks man, this is a treat!

The video is straight from the master reel, albeit converted to MP4. There were rumours the Clash played on for longer after the Israelites, and I was hoping for some bonus footage but it was not be.

[white man]

As an aside mate, Just watched an interview with Mick Jones(Foreigner) from series 01 ep 07 and even after all this time, i never knew he was English.
Every day's a school day.

[Heston]

As an aside mate, Just watched an interview with Mick Jones(Foreigner) from series 01 ep 07 and even after all this time, i never knew he was English.
Every day's a school day.

Haha, nor me!

[muppet hi fi]

Outstanding, Hes! Thank you, thank you! For some reason this has always been a minor Holy Grail for me, if only the audio.

[Heston]

Outstanding, Hes! Thank you, thank you! For some reason this has always been a minor Holy Grail for me, if only the audio.

To be fair I think the audio has been on YouTube a while as it was repeated just after Joe's death on British TV but it was overlaid with interview segments rather than the actual footage from the show. This is what we had before...

[muppet hi fi]

Outstanding, Hes! Thank you, thank you! For some reason this has always been a minor Holy Grail for me, if only the audio.

To be fair I think the audio has been on YouTube a while as it was repeated just after Joe's death on British TV but it was overlaid with interview segments rather than the actual footage from the show. This is what we had before...

I only had a very low generation YouTube rip from years ago, and I think Marky tried to clean up that version a bit and put it on his 'The New Testament' set as an extra. This version is fab, and I love their version of this killer tune.

[IkarisOne]

"The Clash are brought to you tonight by MXR, who are proud to introduce the brand new MXR Phase 90. MXR, when you need to play five times louder than everyone else."

[muppet hi fi]

"The Clash are brought to you tonight by MXR, who are proud to introduce the brand new MXR Phase 90. MXR, when you need to play five times louder than everyone else."

Hey, it was new! And Keef & Woody used it on 'Some Girls' so, ya know...

[Heston]

"The Clash are brought to you tonight by MXR, who are proud to introduce the brand new MXR Phase 90. MXR, when you need to play five times louder than everyone else."

Haha, I kinda like it in small doses but not whole gigs smothered in it.

[muppet hi fi]

"The Clash are brought to you tonight by MXR, who are proud to introduce the brand new MXR Phase 90. MXR, when you need to play five times louder than everyone else."

Haha, I kinda like it in small doses but not whole gigs smothered in it.

Like September 12, 1979? Sounds like crossing the English Channel with rough tide But hey - still the single best gig I've ever seen and maybe even heard (though I don't know that my ears ever fully recovered from it - 10 feet in front of Mick's mic stand = 15 feet from his amps!).

[Heston]

"The Clash are brought to you tonight by MXR, who are proud to introduce the brand new MXR Phase 90. MXR, when you need to play five times louder than everyone else."

Haha, I kinda like it in small doses but not whole gigs smothered in it.

Like September 12, 1979? Sounds like crossing the English Channel with rough tide But hey - still the single best gig I've ever seen and maybe even heard (though I don't know that my ears ever fully recovered from it - 10 feet in front of Mick's mic stand = 15 feet from his amps!).

He could have used a phased banjo for all I cared if I'd gotten to see them. Count yourself lucky, I was born 5 years too late.

[muppet hi fi]

"The Clash are brought to you tonight by MXR, who are proud to introduce the brand new MXR Phase 90. MXR, when you need to play five times louder than everyone else."

Haha, I kinda like it in small doses but not whole gigs smothered in it.

Like September 12, 1979? Sounds like crossing the English Channel with rough tide But hey - still the single best gig I've ever seen and maybe even heard (though I don't know that my ears ever fully recovered from it - 10 feet in front of Mick's mic stand = 15 feet from his amps!).

He could have used a phased banjo for all I cared if I'd gotten to see them. Count yourself lucky, I was born 5 years too late.

Check out the boot of the show (Marky did a slight remix for me a few years ago, ask him for it) - it was only the 2nd show of the Take the Fifth tour and Mick must have just got the MXR phase pedal recently (they'd already done the Vanilla sessions but this show was the debut of six tracks from 'London Calling', and he clearly had no fucking idea how to use it (tastefully). The show's notable for its massive, orchestral sound, especially Topper (hoo boy, as a young drummer, did I ever note it!), and for (I think) the last time they ever played "The Prisoner" - one of my faves then and now. Also, Mick's mum was apparently at the gig, in from Michigan.

[matedog]

Awesome to finally see this after hearing the audio forever!