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	Live at Shea Stadium The Clash Epic, 2008 average customer review:based on 5 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Clash, opening for The Who on their farewell tour of the US, played two nights at the legendary Shea Stadium (October 12th and 13th of 1982). Despite being the support act, the New York Post reported "there were as many Clash fans on those nights as Who fans."

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I was there!!!!

Back in 82 I waited 9 hours in line to get tickets to see The Who at Shea. By the time we got to the front of the line Oct 12 was sold out so we got tickets to see them Oct 13. They were pretty crappy seats, nosebleed. My friend and I got there during the middle of David Johansens set. Now at the time since I was only 17 I didn't pay too much attention to who the opening acts were. I have to admit that I was one of the stupid idiots who were booing the Clash to get off so The Who would come on. Years later when I started listening to The Clash and realized how good they really were I wish I had paid more attention to them. I bought The Who's Last (Live at Shea) album a few years later and realized how underwhelming there show had really been. Again what does a 17 year old know?

Listening to The Clash finally Live in all of there majesty and what I missed at that show is just amazing. I can totally understand why The Who had them on. It was a passing of the torch moment. probably an even bigger if less noticed passing like when The Police passed the torch to U2. I think if The Clash hadn't imploded they may have been even bigger than U2 is today??? Maybe? Anyway.

I've been listening to this pure joy of power a week before it comes out on Vh1 The Leak. Now I'm not going to try to disseminate this product. (It's fantastic) But I will point out just a few things. All of the songs sound great and the production is spectacular. It was engineered by Glyn Johns who also did The Who's Next. I love this live version of Rock the Casbah. I always thought RTC was just a little commercial, but this version sounds pure punk raw!! And when Joe Strummer rants on the crowd after Clampdown I feel like it's the first time anyone ever gave me the finger where I really deserved it!!

Well 17 is 43 now, Joe Strummer is gone and there tearing down Shea soon. But I'll always have my memory and ticketstub for Oct 13,1982 Now 26 years later I have another great addition to the memory of that great day!!!!

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Blows any other live Clash recording away

Ok, so the date is Oct. 13, 1982. The Who are headlining and The Clash are touring in support of their latest opus, Combat Rock. The performance will prove pivotal in their world following, particularly in the US. Commercial hits, Rock the Casbah and Should I Stay or Should I Go, are played that evening. Although the band were very much pulling apart, namely the strained relationship of Strummer and Jones, they play to an audience of about 50,000 at the legendary Shea Stadium with picture perfect results. The sound quality is remarkable but should come as no small wonder considering Glynn Johns (The Who fame) is recording the event. This would be one of the last times that Strummer, Jones and Simonon played at their most meaningful. The Clash were only too close to conquering the rest of the world at the time they broke up and it's a shame that their potential was never realized. For Clash fans who know, they didn't need to achieve that level of success to reach the hearts of those who listened to them (or luckier still were able to attend one of their performances). They are missed in a world that lacks innovation and creativity. Here is a snapshot in beautiful, untainted, and unrelenting sound. The only band that ever mattered.

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It's Armagideon Time!

More relevant now that we are thirty years on...

miss ya, Joe!


Best Clash compilation since Black Market Crash!

WOW... what a surprise. It is great to hear The Clash circa 1982 live. Very good production on this collection! Great versions of all songs. Highly recommended for both Clash fanatics and casual clash fans.


not a good indication

i was at this concert and i had seen the clash about 20 times, this is not a good indication of what the band was like live...the set list was weak and topper is a much better drummer...stick with the bootlegs..



Tracks
London Calling | Police On My Back | The Guns of Brixton | Tommy Gun | Magnificent 7 | Armagideon Time | Magnificent 7 (Return) | Rock The Casbah | Train In Vain | Career Opportunities | Spanish Bombs | Clampdown | English Civil War | Should I Stay Or Should I Go | I Fought The Law

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