The Clash – Sandinista
(CBS Records 1989 4633641)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1/C1/D1/E1/F1
Triple Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– light crease on top left corner
Armagideon Times in Nr MINT condition
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar, vocals), Paul Simonon (bass guitar, vocals) and Nicky “Topper” Headon (drums, percussion). Headon left the group in 1982, and internal friction led to Jones’s departure the following year. The group continued with new members, but finally disbanded in early 1986.
Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English recording group The Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. Anticipating the “world music” trend of the 1980s, it features funk, reggae, jazz, gospel, rockabilly, folk, dub, rhythm and blues, calypso, and rap. For the first time, the band’s traditional songwriting credits of Strummer and Jones were replaced by a generic credit to the Clash, and the band cut the album royalties, in order to release the 3-LP at a low price.
The title refers to the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and its catalogue number, ‘FSLN1’, refers to the abbreviation of the party’s Spanish name, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
Sandinista! was voted best album of the year in the Pazz & Jop critics poll in The Village Voice, and was ranked number 404 on the Rolling Stone list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” in 2003. Slant Magazine listed the album at number 85 on its “Best Albums of the 1980s” list in 2012.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by The Clash, except where noted.
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “The Magnificent Seven” | Joe Strummer | 5:28 | |||||||
| 2. | “Hitsville U.K.“ | Mick Jones, Ellen Foley | 4:20 | |||||||
| 3. | “Junco Partner” (“writer, at present, unknown” on liner notes) | Joe Strummer | 4:53 | |||||||
| 4. | “Ivan Meets G.I. Joe” | Topper Headon | 3:05 | |||||||
| 5. | “The Leader” | Joe Strummer | 1:41 | |||||||
| 6. | “Something About England” | Mick Jones, Joe Strummer | 3:42 | |||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Rebel Waltz” | Joe Strummer | 3:25 | |||||||
| 2. | “Look Here” (written by Mose Allison) | Joe Strummer | 2:44 | |||||||
| 3. | “The Crooked Beat” | Paul Simonon | 5:29 | |||||||
| 4. | “Somebody Got Murdered” | Mick Jones | 3:34 | |||||||
| 5. | “One More Time” (written by The Clash and Mikey Dread) | Joe Strummer | 3:32 | |||||||
| 6. | “One More Dub” (dub version of “One More Time”; written by The Clash and Dread) | Instrumental | 3:34 | |||||||
| Side three | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)” | Joe Strummer | 4:51 | |||||||
| 2. | “Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)” | Mick Jones | 4:31 | |||||||
| 3. | “Corner Soul” | Joe Strummer | 2:43 | |||||||
| 4. | “Let’s Go Crazy” | Joe Strummer | 4:25 | |||||||
| 5. | “If Music Could Talk” (written by The Clash and Dread) | Joe Strummer | 4:36 | |||||||
| 6. | “The Sound of Sinners” | Joe Strummer | 4:00 | |||||||
| Side four | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Police on My Back” (written by Eddy Grant; originally performed by The Equals) | Mick Jones | 3:15 | |||||||
| 2. | “Midnight Log” | Joe Strummer | 2:11 | |||||||
| 3. | “The Equaliser” | Joe Strummer | 5:47 | |||||||
| 4. | “The Call Up” | Joe Strummer | 5:25 | |||||||
| 5. | “Washington Bullets” | Joe Strummer | 3:51 | |||||||
| 6. | “Broadway” (features an epilogue of “The Guns of Brixton” sung by Maria Gallagher) | Joe Strummer | 5:45 | |||||||
| Side five | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Lose This Skin” (written by Tymon Dogg) | Tymon Dogg | 5:07 | |||||||
| 2. | “Charlie Don’t Surf” | Joe Strummer, Mick Jones | 4:55 | |||||||
| 3. | “Mensforth Hill” (“Something About England” backwards with overdubs) | Instrumental | 3:42 | |||||||
| 4. | “Junkie Slip” | Joe Strummer | 2:48 | |||||||
| 5. | “Kingston Advice” | Joe Strummer | 2:36 | |||||||
| 6. | “The Street Parade” | Joe Strummer | 3:26 | |||||||
| Side six | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Version City” | Joe Strummer | 4:23 | |||||||
| 2. | “Living in Fame” (dub version of “If Music Could Talk”; written by The Clash and Dread) | Mikey Dread | 4:36 | |||||||
| 3. | “Silicone on Sapphire” (dub version of “Washington Bullets”) | Joe Strummer | 4:32 | |||||||
| 4. | “Version Pardner” (dub version of “Junco Partner”) | Joe Strummer | 5:22 | |||||||
| 5. | “Career Opportunities” | Luke Gallagher, Ben Gallagher | 2:30 | |||||||
| 6. | “Shepherds Delight” | Instrumental | 3:25 | |||||||
Personnel
- Joe Strummer – lead vocals, guitars
- Mick Jones – guitars, vocals
- Paul Simonon – bass, vocals
- Topper Headon – drums, vocals
Additional musicians
- Tymo
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