In 2022 I only learned now that a plant was was built in Tokyo, Japan a few years ago. They apparently are pressing select classic Columbia titles, most of which I have missed out on. My copy has two of the translucent pink color shown in this listing, but no green vinyl. There was also no lyric sheet. Anyone else? Includes green and pink colored vinyl: first record is green and second record is pink. Records are housed in glossy double-sided b&w printed inner-sleeves which contain band photos, lyrics and credits. The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". RollingStone. 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 15 August 2006 . Retrieved 22 November 2007. 15. London Calling, The Clash .

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London Calling" was released as the only single from the album in the UK and reached No.11 in the charts in January 1980, [5] becoming at once the band's highest-charting single until " Should I Stay or Should I Go" hit No.1 ten years later. The song did not make the U.S. charts, as " Train in Vain" was released as a single and broke the band in the United States, reaching No.23 on the pop charts. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Clash gave permission to a Ukrainian punk band named Beton to rewrite the song as an anti-invasion anthem and charity fund-raiser titled "Kyiv Calling". [25] Charts [ edit ] Rel. The song fades out with a Morse code signal spelling S-O-S, [9] reiterating the earlier urgent sense of emergency, and further alluding to drowning in the river.

London Calling" was the first Clash song to chart elsewhere in the world, reaching the top 40 in Australia. The success of the single and album was greatly helped by the music video shot by Don Letts showing the band playing the song on a boat (Festival Pier), next to Albert Bridge on the south side of the Thames, Battersea Park in a cold and rainy night at the beginning of December 1979. [12] [13] London Calling', Repurposed as a Tourism Jingle: The Record". NPR. 30 July 2011 . Retrieved 12 November 2012. Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched, except C, D stamped, var 5): CL-3-4-A2 CBS-S-CLASH-3-C-2 C timtom D British single certifications – Clash – London Calling". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 February 2022.

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Some copies feature in the runout area of sides 1, 2 and/or 3 and/or 4, an additional etched symbol that resembles "Q" (see release images). Printed inner sleeves with lyrics. Inner sleeves are die cut at the edge to reveal edge of record. The die cut for each sleeve is slightly different. The single fell off the charts after 10 weeks, but later re-entered the chart twice, spending a total of 15 non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart. VH1'S '100 GREATEST SONGS OF THE '80S' ". VH1. 24 October 2006. Archived from the original (JHTML) on 6 February 2007 . Retrieved 31 December 2007. 42 The Clash / 'London Calling' 1982 . Green, Johnny & Barker, Garry (2003) [1997]. A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with The Clash (3rded.). London: Orion. ISBN 0-7528-5843-2. OCLC 52990890.Salewicz, Chris (15 May 2007). Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer (1st Americaned.). New York: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-21178-4. OCLC 76794852. Until I bought this, I'd only ever owned this on CD and had always found it to be a little "limp" and thin. Consequently I didn't consider it an all time classic as it's known to be. Until now.... Joe Strummer later became a DJ for the BBC World Service, on a programme called "Joe Strummer's London Calling". [24]

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The Clash - "London Calling" (Singles Going Steady Classic)". PopMatters. 15 April 2016 . Retrieved 25 February 2020. Canadian single certifications – Clash – London Calling". Music Canada . Retrieved 23 January 2021.Italian single certifications – Clash – London Calling" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 2 December 2020. Select "2018" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "London Calling" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione". a) "Taken from the Clash's stunning 1979 double album London Calling, the single showcased the band's trademark fusion of reggae bass lines with punk guitar and vocals." David Gianatasio (25 June 2012). "British Airways Doesn't Want Brits Flying". ADWEEK . Retrieved 26 June 2012.