The Clash / Sound System box set

Sony / Columbia will release Sound System a new 12-disc career-spanning box set from The Clash on 9 September 2013.

The set will contain all the albums, newly remastered, across eight CDs, plus a further three discs of demos, non-album singles, B-sides and rarities. Additionally Sound System comes with a DVD which features all of the band’s videos and unseen footage from the archives of Julien Temple and Don Letts.

The boombox packaging is designed by Paul Simonon and houses memorabilia including Clash Fanzines, poster, dog tags, stickers and badges.

A new 2CD set The Clash – Hits Back will also be released on the same day.

Sound System box set contains eight CDs (below) to cover the normal albums and a further four bonus discs with rarities – giving a total of 12 discs in this set.

• 1. The Clash
• 2. Give ‘Em Enough Rope (1 CD)
• 3. London Calling (double album, 2 CDs)
• 4. Sandinista! (triple album, 3 CDs)
• 5. Combat Rock (1 CD)

All newly remastered by The Clash with award-winning engineer Tim Young.

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Sound System Extra CDs Full track listing:

Disc One

• 1. White Riot (Single version)
• 2. 1977 (B-side)
• 3. Listen (Capital Radio EP) / Interviews (Capital Radio EP)
• 4. Capital Radio (Capital Radio EP)
• 5. London’s Burning (Live B-side Remote Control)
• 6. Complete Control (Single version)
• 7. City Of The Dead (B-side)
• 8. Clash City Rockers (Original single version)
• 9. Jail Guitar Doors (B-side)
• 10. White Man In Hammersmith Palais (A-side)
• 11. The Prisoner (B-side)
• 12. 1-2 Crush On You (B-side Tommy Gun)
• 13. Time Is Tight (Black Market Clash)
• 14. Pressure Drop (B-side English Civil War)
• 15. I Fought The Law (Cost Of Living EP)
• 16. Groovy Times (Cost Of Living EP)
• 17. Gates Of The West (Cost Of Living EP)
• 18. Capital Radio (Cost Of Living EP)
• 19. Armagideon Time
• 20. Bankrobber (A-side)
• 21. Rockers Galore On A UK Tour (B-side)

Disc Two

• 1. Magnificent Dance (12”) 5:36 (available on Singles box set)
• 2. Midnight To Stevens (Outtake)
• 3. Radio One (B-side Hitsville UK)
• 4. Stop The World (B-side The Call Up)
• 5. The Cool Out (US 12” B-side of The Call Up)
• 6. This Is Radio Clash (A-side)
• 7. This Is Radio Clash (B-side 7” – different lyrics)
• 8. First Night Back In London (B-side Know Your Rights)
• 9. Rock The Casbah (Bob Clearmountain 12” mix) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 10. Long Time Jerk (B-side Rock The Casbah)
• 11. The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too (Outtake) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 12. Idle In Kangaroo Court (Outtake listed as Kill Time) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 13. Ghetto Defendant (Extended version – unedited) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 14. Cool Confusion (B-side Should I Stay Or Should I Go 7”)
• 15. Sean Flynn (Extended ‘Marcus Music’ version) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 16. Straight To Hell (Extended unedited version from Clash On Broadway) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Disc Three

Extracts from The Clash’s first ever recording session at Beaconsfield Film School 1976. Recorded by Julien Temple

• 1. I’m So Bored With The USA
• 2. London’s Burning – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 3. White Riot
• 4. 1977 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Polydor Demos – The Clash’s second recording session November 1976 (Produced by Guy Stevens)

• 5. Janie Jones
• 6. Career Opportunities
• 7. London’s Burning – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 8. 1977 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 9. White Riot – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Live at The Lyceum, London 28th December 1978

• 10. City Of The Dead
• 11. Jail Guitar Doors – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 12. English Civil War
• 13. Stay Free – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 14. Cheapstakes – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• 15. I Fought The Law

Bonus DVD

• Julien Temple Archive – 6:20
• White Riot Interview – 7:10
• Promo and interviews with Tony Parsons
• 1977 1:87
• White Riot 1:48
• London’s Burning 2:05

Sussex University 1977

• I’m So Bored With The USA 2:14 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• Hate & War 1:94 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• Career Opportunities 1:42 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
• Remote Control 2:73 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Don Letts Super 8 Medley 11:40

• White Riot 1:52
• Janie Jones 1:73
• City of the Dead 2:04
• Clash City Rockers 2:15
• White Man in Hammersmith Palais 2:53
• 1977 1:41

Clash On Broadway – 19:50

• London Calling
• This Is Radio Clash
• The Magnificent Seven
• Guns Of Brixton
• Safe European Home

Promo Videos

• Tommy Gun 3:00
• London Calling 3:20
• Bankrobber 4:00
• Clampdown (Live) 5:00
• Train In Vain (Live) 2:10
• The Call Up 3:10
• Rock The Casbah 3:20
• Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Live at Shea Stadium) 2:50
• Career Opportunities (Live at Shea Stadium) 3:00

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