LDB Special Series #483

Out of my 17,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.

THE CLASH
Milano, Velodromo Vigorelli
May 21, 1981

01. Intro: Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo
02. London Calling
03. Safe European Home
04. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
05. Train In Vain
06. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
07. Junco Partner
08. The Guns Of Brixton
09. This Is Radio Clash
10. Complete Control
11. The Call Up
12. Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
13. The Leader
14. Charlie Don't Surf
15. The Magnificent Seven
16. Bankrobber
17. Wrong 'em Boyo
18. Somebody Got Murdered
19. Career Opportunities
20. Clampdown
21. One More Time
22. Brand New Cadillac
23. Janie Jones
24. Armagideon Time
25. I Fought The Law
XX. Milano's Burning
XX. Jimmy Jazz
XX. White Riot

TT 90:11

Lineage: Unknown recording device > low generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6) 

Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
Mick Jones (lead guitar, vocals)
Paul Simonon (bass guitar, vocals)
Nicky "Topper" Headon (drums, percussion)

Nice sounding show from RLR collection. Browsing a bit I noted that the setlist was longer than this recording so I believe this is a kind of incomplete. The Velodromo Vigorelli was back in the 60's/70's/80's the venue for large crowds where artists such The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Toto, Santana had played before. It was basically a bike racetrack on open air which made the acoustic very nice and a quite "intimate" atmosphere. Unfortunately over the years the racetrack - made basically of wood, was quite deteriorated because of the weather. The very last show I saw at Vigorelli was somewhere 10 years ago, then it was shut down for renovation but I understand there are still issues about defining its exact usage (concerts? races? both?) so it is still closed.

The Clash were huge in Italy about that time but they were not as wild as in the 70's and the punk movement was starting to lose its driving force, and a few years later it was completely obscured by new wave and 80's disco.

Nevertheless, a nice souvenirs from those years.

ldb (Carlo Rossi on Facebook)