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The Clash - Middlesbrough Town Hall 17 November 1978 (1978)

Track listing:
  1. Safe European Home 4:17
  2. I Fought The Law 2:22
  3. Jail Guitar Doors 3:10
  4. Drug Stabbing Time 3:43
  5. City Of The Dead 3:37
  6. Clash City Rockers 3:41
  7. Julie's In The Drug Squad 3:11
  8. Cheapskates 3:25
  9. English Civil War 2:35
  10. White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) 4:03
  11. Stay Free 4:00
  12. Guns On The Roof 3:13
  13. Police And Thieves 5:41
  14. Tommy Gun 3:19
  15. Capital Radio 3:40
  16. Janie Jones 2:14
  17. Garageland 3:26
  18. 1-2 Got A Crush On You 3:57
  19. Complete Control 3:03
  20. White Riot 2:01

Notes

Sort It Out Tour

The master recording recently received is a major upgrade, with greater clarity, range and detail as would be expected from the master source. It does still suffer though from distance from the stage and a buried ill defined bass. However what was certainly unexpected is that from Guns On The Roof onwards the sound is in ‘stereo’.

The reason for this ‘stereo’ second half is unclear. It certainly does not appear to be from the soundboard as the vocals do not have the “in your face” quality as would be expected, and the problems of distance and poor bass definition remain from the mono first half. The sound generally though is a notch higher, the guitar sound particularly good.

The ‘stereo’ separation is on the guitars but most noticeably on drums. The latter giving it a very unusual sound indeed! Whether from an actual source or it has been ‘doctored’ from the mono source is unclear but the ‘stereo’ sound does certainly add to the enjoyment of what is now a very enjoyable bootleg and one of the best recordings from the Sort It Out Tour.