Coma Girl

Coma Girl The first single taken from the 2003 album, 'Streetcore', which was recorded just weeks prior to the rock legend's death on December 22, 2002. The title track is backed with two non-LP tracks, 'Yalla Yalla' (Live) & 'Blitzkrieg Bop' (Live). Hellcat.	The Future Is Unwritten This 25-song soundtrack to Julian Temple's biopic of the late Joe Strummer is not as much a retrospective of the punk-rock kingpin as an 80-minute radio show with the ex-Clash leader spinning the dials on influential favorites, such as Tim Hardin's "Black Sheep Boy," Eddie Cochra...	Live at Shea Stadium Recorded at New York's Shea Stadium in 1982, Live at Shea Stadium captures the band at the peak of its powers and on devastating form. Bristling with energy and attitude, Live at Shea Stadium is destined to feature alongside James Brown at the Apollo, The Who at Leeds and Johnny...	Yalla Yalla 1999 single for Mercury from the former leader of The Clash. His first release on the label & the first from his 1999 album 'The X-Ray Style', the single is a limited edition release (5,000 copies only) featuring two versions of 'Yalla Yalla' (Album Versi	Redemption Song/Arms Aloft, Pt. 1 AA-side single taken from the 2003 album 'Streetcore' is backed with one non-LP track 'Armagideon Time' (Live). Epitaph.
Rock Art and the X-Ray Style The Clash made their splash playing raucous punk rock earmarked by a twin chainsaw guitar attack and Joe Strummer's strained vocal barks, so it's easy to forget that they could create some lovely music. See Sandinista!'s "Rebel Waltz" and "Charlie Don't Surf," London Calling's "D...	The Singles (CD version) This box set contains 19 separate CD reproductions of the Clash's original U.K. singles, in paper sleeves with the original single artwork. This might seem a tad ridiculous at first--after all, CDs can hold 80 minutes of music, right? But every possible B-side has been included--...	The Future Is Unwritten Studio: Sony Music Release Date: 07/08/2008

Not The Best But Still
For die-hard fans of Joe Strummer like I am, the credo remains "buy first, read reviews second," so what I'll say will hold very little importance on a decision you've, probably, already made. If you do not know Joe's work or your only contact comes from his Clash period, this is not the best place to start to dig the Mezcaleros phase. EPs are tricky, cheaper and lower risks, yet often uneven in their content. In this particular case, you get three tunes ?two of them live? and a video for Coma Girl, the title song. Coma Girl is pure Strummer, no doubt, perfect to awaken you from any stupor these times might have led you to, although not a song in the same class with practically anything included in Global A Go-Go album, which to me has been his solo work's pinnacle. As far as the two live cuts, the Jimmy Cliff's cover is fine although short ,but this is a tribute to how much I love the personal and powerful way that Joe could play and sing reggae. The last tune will be cherished by long time fans if not for its musical value then for the soul Joe put on anything he did. You can only imagine what a pleasure must have been to see him live ?I say "imagine" because I never saw him live, and I'll forever be regretful for it. As far as the video, a plus for the price but inappropriate to add to rating of the music contained here. So, for us big fans you can even give it four stars, otherwise get any of his three Mezcaleros' full CDs, and you'll be pleased ... very pleased.