1976
November
- Studio – Marble Arch (Polydor Demos)
Tracks- Janie Jones
Career Opportunities
London’s Burning
1977
White Riot
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Terry Chimes – drums
Producer Guy Stevens
Engineer Vic Smith
- Janie Jones
January
- Studio – National Film and Television School (Beaconsfield Demos)
Tracks- I’m So Bored With the USA
London’s Burning
White Riot
Janie Jones (Instrumental)
Career Opportunities
1977
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Terry Chimes – drums
- I’m So Bored With the USA
- Studio – CBS Studio 3
Tracks- White Riot (single)
1977
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Terry Chimes - drums
Producer Mickey Foote
Engineer – Simon Humphrey
- White Riot (single)
- Studio- CBS Studio 3
Tracks- Clash S/T except “White Riot”
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Terry Chimes - drums
Producer Mickey Foote
Engineer – Simon Humphrey
- Studio – CBS Studios
Tracks- Capitol Radio One
Listen
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Terry Chimes - drums
- Capitol Radio One
- Studio – Dunstable
Tracks (filmed)- London’s Burning
White Riot
1977
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon - drums
- London’s Burning
- Studio – Sarm East Studio
Tracks- Complete Control
Pressure Drop (unreleased)
WMHP (unreleased)
The Prisoner (unreleased)
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon - drums
Producer Lee Perry, Engineer Mickey Foote
- Complete Control
- Studio – CBS Studios
Tracks- City of the Dead
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon - drums
Gary Barnacle - Saxophone
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Mickey Foote - producer
- Studio – CBS Studios
Tracks- Jail Guitar Doors
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon - drums
Producer Mickey Foote
- Studio – CBS Studios ("Whitfield" per Complete Control)
Tracks- Clash City Rockers
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon - drums
Producer Mickey Foote
February *note Passion is a Fashion lists WMHP as being recorded in March at Marquee as part of the session below.
- Studio – CBS Studios
Tracks- White Man in Hammersmith Palais
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon - drums
Producer – The Clash
- Studio - Marquee Studios
Tracks- The Prisoner
Pressure Drop
1-2 Crush On You
Time Is Tight
White Man in Hammersmith Palais - probable overdubs
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon - drums
Gary Barnacle - saxophone on "1-2 Crush On You", "Time is Tight"
Producer - The Clash
- The Prisoner
- Studios – Utopia Studio (London), Island Studios/Basing Street (London)
Tracks- GEER
Groovy Times
Gates of the West
One Emotion
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon – drums
Gloves Glover – piano
Bob Andrews – keyboards
Producer – Sandy Perlman
Engineers – Corky Stasiak, Dennis Ferrante, Gregg Caruso, Kevin Dalimore, Chris Minto
- GEER
- Studio - The Automatt (San Francisco)
Tracks- GEER overdubs and mixing
Gates of the West overdubs and mixing
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
- GEER overdubs and mixing
- Studio - The Record Plant (New York)
Tracks- GEER overdubs and mixing
Gates of the West overdubs and mixing
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Al Fields – piano on "Julie's in the Drug Squad" (his take was not used per Return of Last Gang in Town and Passion is a Fashion)
Al Lanier – piano on “Julie’s In the Drug Squad”
Stan Bronstein - saxophone on "Drug Stabbing Time"
Dennis Ferranti - vocals on "Gates of the West"
- GEER overdubs and mixing
- January
Studio – Wessex
Tracks- Capitol Radio Two
Groovy Times
Gates of the West
I Fought the Law
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals, harmonica
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon – drums
Producer – Bill Price, The Clash
- Capitol Radio Two
- May-July
Studio – Vanilla
Tracks- Vanilla demos
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals, harmonica
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon – drums
Producer – The Clash
- Late July-August
Studio - Wessex
Tracks- All London Calling tracks except "Armagideon Time" and "Train in Vain"
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar, piano
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals, piano
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon – drums
John “Irish” Earle - baritone and tenor sax
Ray Beavis – tenor sax
Dick Hanson – trumpet
Mickey Gallagher - organ
Bill Price - engineer
Guy Stevens - producer
- November 5-12
Studio – Wessex
Tracks- Armagideon Time
Train in Vain
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals, harmonica
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon – drums
Mickey Gallagher - organ
Guy Stevens – producer
Bill Price - engineer
- Armagideon Time
- February 1st and 2nd
Studio - Pluto Studio
Tracks- Bankrobber
Shepard’s Delight
Broadway
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon – drums
Mickey Gallagher – piano
Mikey Dread – vocals, percussion
Producer Mikey Dread
- Bankrobber
- Studio – Channel One (Kingston)
Tracks- Junco Partner
- Joe Strummer – vocals, piano
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Style Scott – drums (source: Pat Gilbert, Sept 2020 Mojo magazine)
Mikey Dread – vocals, percussion
Producer Mikey Dread
- Studio – Power Station (New York)
Tracks- Police On My Back
Louie Louie
Madness (Prince Buster) (unreleased/no bootleg)
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – vocals, guitar, bass (though Strummer interview claims Paul played it later “at Wessex”)
Topper Headon – drums
Producer Mikey Dread
- Police On My Back
- Studio – Electric Lady (New York)
Tracks- The Call Up
The Magnificent Seven
Lightning Strikes
Every Little Bit Hurts
Lose This Skin
Stop the World (backing track)
Ivan Meets GI Joe
Look Here
Hitsville UK
Charlie Don't Surf
- Joe Strummer – vocals, piano
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Topper Headon – drums
Ivan Julian – guitar on “The Call Up”
Mickey Gallagher – piano, organ
Tymon Dogg - Violin and vocals on "Lose This Skin, violin on "Lightning Strikes"
Norman Watt-Roy - bass
Ellen Foley - Vocals on "Hitsville UK"
Producer Mikey Dread
- The Call Up
- Studio - Wessex
Tracks- Spirit of St. Louis tracks
- Joe Strummer – guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
John Turnbull - guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Norman Watt-Roy - bass
Topper Headon – drums
Davey Payne - saxophone
Ellen Foley – lead vocals
Tymon Dogg - violin
- Studio - Wessex
Tracks- Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too tracks
- Pearl - vocals/percussion
Nigel Dixon (Whirlwind) - guitar/vocals
Steve Neu (New) (Rich Kids) - guitar
Mick Jones - guitar
Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood) - guitar
Paul Simonon - bass
Barry Payne - bass
Topper Headon - drums
Steve Goulding - drums
Otis Watkins - piano/vocals
Gary Barnacle - sax
B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar
Engineer - Jeremy (Jerry) green
Producer - Mickey Gallagher
- Studio – Wessex
Tracks- Crooked Beat
Living In Fame
One More Time
If Music Could Talk
The Equaliser
Corner Soul
One More Dub
Version City
Somebody Got Murdered
Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)
Kingston Advice
Sound of Sinners
Ivan Meets GI Joe
Stop the World (vocals)
Something About England
Rebel Waltz
Washington Bullets
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
Topper Headon – drums, lead vocals on “Ivan Meets GI Joe”, backing vocals on “Sound of Sinners”
Mikey Dread – vocals on “Living In Fame”
Ellen Foley – backing vocals on “Corner Soul”
Tymon Dogg - violin on "Equaliser", "Mensforth Hill', and "Something About England", keyboards on "Sound of Sinners"
Den Hegarty – vocals on “Sound of Sinners”
Gary Barnacle, Bill Barnacle, David Yates - horns on "Something About England"
Lew Lewis - harmonica on "Version City"
Topper's dog Battersea barking on "Somebody Got Murdered".
Luke & Ben Gallagher - Vocals "Career Opportunities".
Maria Gallagher - vocals "The Guns of Brixton".
Producer – Mikey Dread
Engineer – Bill Price, Jeremy Green
- Crooked Beat
April
- Studio – Marcus Music, Kensington Gardens Square, London
Tracks- This is Radio Clash
Car Jamming
Sean Flynn
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon – drums, kalimba on "Sean Flynn"
Gary Barnacle - saxophone, sub bass octave on a Roland synthesizer triggered by his Saxophone on "Sean Flynn"
- This is Radio Clash
- Studio – Ear Studios, The People's Hall, Frestonia, London
Tracks- Overpowered by Funk
Long Time Jerk
Midnight to Stevens (1981-09-17)
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
First Night Back in London
Know Your Rights
Inoculated City
Ghetto Defendant
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon – drums
Ellen Foley - Vocals on "Overpowered by Funk"
- Overpowered by Funk
- Studio - Electric Lady
Tracks- Atom Tan
Cool Confusion
Straight to Hell
Red Angel Dragnet
Idle in Kangaroo Court
Beautiful People Are Ugly Too
Rock the Casbah
Death is a Star
Escapades of Futura 2000
Once You Know
- Joe Strummer – vocals, guitar
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Topper Headon – drums
Futura 2000 – guest vocals on “Overpowered by Funk” (probable overdub from the earlier session) and "Escapades of Futura 2000"
Tymon Dogg - piano on "Death is a Star", vocals and violin on "Once You Know"
Allen Ginsburg – guest vocals on “Ghetto Defendant”
Ellen Foley – backing vocals on “Car Jamming”
Joe Ely – backing vocals on “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Tommy Mandel (as Poly Mandell) – keyboards on "Overpowered by Funk"
Gary Barnacle – saxophone on "Sean Flynn"
Kosmo Vinyl - vocals on "Red Angel Dragnet"
Engineer – Jeremy Green
- Atom Tan
April
- Studio – Glyn Johns Garden Studio, Warnford, Hampshire
Tracks- Know Your Rights (rerecording vocals)
Should I Stay or Should I Go (rerecorded vocals)
Ghetto Defendant (rerecorded vocal)
- Joe Strummer – vocals
Mick Jones – vocals
- Know Your Rights (rerecording vocals)
- Studio – Wessex
Tracks- House of the Ju Ju Queen
Sex Machine
- Janie Jones - vocals
Joe Strummer – guitar
Mick Jones – guitar
Paul Simonon – bass
Mickey Gallagher - keyboards
Charley Charles – drums
Mel Collins - saxophone
- House of the Ju Ju Queen
August
- Studio – Unknown
Tracks- Czechoslovak Song/Where Is England?
Pouring Rain
Before We Go Forward
- Joe Strummer – Vocals, guitar
Paul Simonon – Bass
Pete Howard – Drums
- Czechoslovak Song/Where Is England?
- Studio – Lucky 8 Studios
Tracks- Are You Ready For War?
Jericho (Ammunition)
Glue Zombie
Sex Mad War
Out of Control
Galleani
This Is England
We Are the Clash
Rock N Roll City
National Powder
In the Pouring Rain
Before We Go Forward
Dictator
Three Card Trick
- Joe Strummer – Vocals, guitar
Nick Sheppard – Guitar
Paul Simonon – Bass
Pete Howard - Drums
- Are You Ready For War?
Late August –
- Studio - “tiny demo studio” in Los Angeles –
Tracks - Three or four unidentified songs except for “Three Card Trick”
Line Up –- Joe Strummer – jazz rock guitar with built in keyboard
Percussion – unknown
Trumpet – unknown
- Joe Strummer – jazz rock guitar with built in keyboard
January through April
- Studio - Weryton Studios
Tracks - Cut the Crap and associated b-sides
Line Up –- Joe Strummer – vocals
Nick Sheppard – guitar, co-lead vocals
Vince White – guitar
Herman Young-Wagner – keyboards
Michael Fayne – drum machine programming, co-lead vocals on “Play To Win”
Norman Watt-Roy – bass on all tracks except “Do It Now” and “Sex Mad War”
Paul Simonon – bass on “Do It Now” and “Sex Mad War”
Pete Howard – drums on “Do It Now” and “Sex Mad War”
Producer Bernard Rhodes
Engineer – Ulli Rudolf, Simon Sullivan
- Joe Strummer – vocals