E' in uscita una singolare raccolta del materiale solista di Joe Strummer, inclusa una demo di "London Is Burning", bravo che la leggendaria icona dei The Clash ha registrato prima di morire, nel 2002.
"Joe Strummer 001" uscirà il prossimo 28 Settembre nei soliti formati, tra cui un cofanetto deluxe in edizione limitata, e conterrà anche canzoni prodotte con 101ers e Mescaleros, incluse le sue prime produzioni post-Clash con Mick Jones.
Tra le rarità al suo interno ci sono alcune colonne sonore (tra cui un outtake di "Crying on 23rd" di Sid & Nancy ), collaborazioni con artisti come Johnny Cash ed alcune demo di dischi inediti particolarmente rara della metà degli anni '70 chiamata "Letsagetabitarockin".
"Nel settembre del 1975 ho convinto Joe a scrivere i suoi testi e ad improvvisarne una registrazione abbastanza grezza" racconta l'amico di Strummer, Julian Yewdall.
Tracklist:
"Letsagetabitarockin"
"Keys to Your Heart"
"Love Kills"
"Tennessee Rain"
"Trash City"
"15th Brigade"
"Ride Your Donkey"
"Burning Lights"
"Afro-Cuban Be-Bop"
"Sand Paper Blues"
"Generations"
"It's a Rockin' World"
"Yalla Yalla"
"X-Ray Style"
"Johnny Appleseed"
"Minstrel Boy"
"Redemption Song" (with Johnny Cash from Johnny Cash: Unearthed)
"Over the Border" (with Jimmy Cliff from Fantastic Plastic People)
"Coma Girl"
"Silver & Gold"
"Letsagetabitarockin" (Previously Unreleased 1975 Cassette Tape Demo)
"Czechoslovak Song" / "Where Is England" (Previously Unreleased 1983 Early Version of "This Is England")
"Pouring Rain" (1984, Previously Unreleased)
"Blues On the River" (1984, Previously Unreleased)
"Crying on 23rd" (1985, Outtake from Sid & Nancy)
"2 Bullets" (1985, with Pearl Harbour; Previously Unreleased)
"When Pigs Fly"
"Pouring Rain"
"Rose of Erin" (Previously Unreleased)
"The Cool Impossible" (Previously Unreleased 1993 Demo)
"London Is Burning" (2002, Mescaleros; Previously Unreleased)
"US North" (1986, Mick Jones from Candy Mountain; Previously Unreleased)
Seven-Inch Single
: "This is England" (Previously Unreleased July 1984 Demo)
"Before We Go Forward" (Previously Unreleased July 1984 Demo)
Cassette: 'U.S. North Basement Demo
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Recorded 1986, a previously unreleased session featuring Mick Jones discovered in Joe's cupboard.