![News Added Jun 15, 2013 The Clash Hits Back is a 2-CD, 3-LP best of collection by the iconic punk rock band back, The Clash. The best of album is sequenced to copy the set played by the band at the Brixton Fair Deal (now the Academy) on 19 July 1982, rounded out with big […]](https://hasitleaked.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Theclashhitsback.jpg "The Clash : The Clash Hits Back")
The Clash Hits Back is a 2-CD, 3-LP best of collection by the iconic punk rock band back, The Clash.
The best of album is sequenced to copy the set played by the band at the Brixton Fair Deal (now the Academy) on 19 July 1982, rounded out with big numbers that failed to make the set that night.
The Fair Deal was a special venue for the Clash, Paul Simonon told the Guardian, because of the memories the venue held as the cinema he and Mick Jones went to as children. "It's actually where I saw my first ever pop show," Simonon said. "We all turned up as 10-year-olds, and they said: 'Right, boys and girls, we've got a special surprise for you—we're not going to show you a film!' So everyone was: 'Booooo.' 'No. we've got a special surprise—we have Sandie Shaw!' And Sandie Shaw came on, and she was going on about not having any shoes. So we had an hour set from her, and that was my first pop concert."
The Clash – Hits Back contains the best studio recordings of the full set, plus 8 additional iconic tracks. It comes with the original setlist, handwritten by Joe Strummer which he usually taped to the back of his Telecaster before each gig.
Hits Back seems epic, but Sound System is absolutely mind blowing! So much crazy stuff in that awesome package http://smarturl.it/theClashUnboxing I can’t wait to grab mine
Best thing about the Sound System box set is that it looks like we can pretty much construct the Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg album. I just wish that all of the tracks from that version of Combat Rock had been released on the box set.