On trouve assez facilement des bootlegs de Clash sur Internet. Par exemple, on peut en trouver pas moins de 258 sur cette page (en mp3 toutefois) : http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/100s-really-258-of-bootlegs-by-the-clash-all-the-new-links-mediafire-152016.html. D’une manière générale, la qualité sonore des live de Clash est extrêmement variable et il est assez fréquent que les concerts disponibles soient incomplets, où alors avec un son médiocre car il s’agit alors d’enregistrement de type « audience recording ».
Les bons bootlegs sont généralement issus de diffusion radiophonique, or la radio diffuse le plus souvent des émissions d’une demi-heure ou d’une heure.
Voici une sélection des meilleurs enregistrements dont je dispose :
- London Lyceum du 31/01/1979
- This is the home of the blues – Upgrade (14/09/1979)
- Capitol Radio (08/03/1980)
- Live in Amsterdam 1981 (10/05/1981)
- Bondage at Bonds (09/06/1981)
- Into the 80’s (20/05/1982)
- Heart & mind in Akron (17/08/1982)
- From London to Jamaïca (27/11/1982).
J’ajouterai la compilation de raretés D.O.A. et la version longue inédite de l’album « Combat Rock » : The rat patrol from fort Bragg. ainsi que le bootleg 5 Go Mad in the Roundhouse, qui permet d’entendre le Clash des tout débuts avec une qualité soundboard
BOOTLEGS DE CLASH
(Liste alphabétique)
5 GO MAD IN THE ROUNDHOUSE – 05/09/1976 + 26/10/1976
AGOARA 1979 DEFINITIVE EDITION – 13/02/1979
AMSTERDAM JAAP EDENHAL – 10/05/1981
ANOTHER COMBAT ROCK – Studio, Sept. 81 / Apr. 1982
THE BLITZKRIEG LIVE!! – 16/10/1978
BONDAGE AT BONDS! – 09/06/1981
BORED WITH THE US FESTIVAL – 28/05/1983
BOSTON TAPES 82 (THE) – 07 & 08/09/1982
THE BOSTON TAPES 82 (THE) (version 2 CD) – 07 & 08/09/1982
BRONX CITY ROCKERS – 21/09/1979
BURNING STUDIOS – Various Demos & EPs
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION – 1977-1983
CLASH AT LE PALACE – 27/02/1980
THE CLASH OUT OF CONTROL – 17/02/1984
FIVE ALIVE IN SCANDINAVIA – 17/02/1984
FIVE GO MAD IN THE ROUNDHOUSE – 05/09/1976 + 26/10/1976
FOR ALL THE YOUNG PUNKS (Early Demos) – 1976-1978
FOUR ‘LIVE’ IN OHIO – 17/10/1982
FROM LONDON TO JAMAICA – 27/11/1982
HEART AND MIND IN AKRON – 17/08/1982
GIVE ‘EM ENOUGH DOPE – 01/02/1982
THE GUNS OF BRIXTON – 21/09/1979
KINGSTON KRASHERS – 27/11/1982
LIVE AT BONDS CASINO NEW YORK 1981 – 28/05/1981
LIVE AT MONT DE MARSAN – 05/08/1977
LIVE AT THE CAPITOL – 08/03/1980
LIVE IN AMSTERDAM 1981 – 10/05/1981
LIVE IN AMSTERDAM – 10/05/1981
LONDON CALLING TO COLLECT – 29/12/1978
LOST TREASURES – Various dates
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL AT THE SCREEN ON THE GREEN – 29/08/1976
MONEY MADE US FLEXIBLE – 21/09/1979
MONTEREY TRIBAL STOMP FESTIVAL – 08/09/1979
NEW YORK CITY ROCKERS – 21/09/1979
PROMISED LAND (THE) – 14/09/1979
RADIO CLASH FROM TOKYO – 28/01/1982
SAMURAI WARRIORS (THE CLASH JAPAN TOUR 1982) – 02/02/1982
THE RAT PATROL FROM Ft BRAGG – Studio, Sept. 81 – Avril 82
THE BURNING STUDIOS – Various Demos & EPs
THE RETURN OF THE CLASH – 17/10/1982
THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS – 21/09/1979 + 08/03/1980 + 28/01/1982 + 28/05/1983
THIS IS RADIO CLASH – 08-09/06/1981
THIS IS THE HOME OF THE BLUES (UPGRADE) – 14/09/1979
UNPLUGGED AT THE STATION PUB – 11/05/1985
WHITE MEN IN HAMMERSMITH ODEON – 27/12/1979
WHITE RIOT IN NEW YORK – 21/09/1979
BOOTLEGS DE CLASH
(Liste chronologique)
29/08/1976 – MIDNIGHT SPECIAL AT THE SCREEN ON THE GREEN
05/09/1976 + 26/10/1976 – 5 GO MAD IN THE ROUNDHOUSE
05/08/1977 – LIVE AT MONT DE MARSAN
16/10/1978 – THE BLITZKRIEG LIVE!!
29/12/1978 – BUY OR DIE! / LONDON CALLING TO COLLECT
13/02/1979 – AGOARA 1979 DEFINITIVE EDITION
08/09/1979 – MONTEREY TRIBAL STOMP FESTIVAL
14/09/1979 – THIS IS THE HOME OF THE BLUES (UPGRADE)
14/09/1979 – THE PROMISED LAND
21/09/1979 – BRONX CITY ROCKERS
21/09/1979 – MONEY MADE US FLEXIBLE
21/09/1979 – THE GUNS OF BRIXTON
21/09/1979 – THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS (WHITE RIOT IN NEW YORK)
21/09/1979 – NEW YORK CITY ROCKERS
27/12/1979 – WHITE MEN IN HAMMERSMITH ODEON
27/02/1980 – CLASH AT LE PALACE
08/03/1980 – LIVE AT THE CAPITOL / CAPITAL CRISIS
08/03/1980 – THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS (GUNS OF BRIXTON)
10/05/1981 – AMSTERDAM JAAP EDENHAL
10/05/1981 – LIVE IN AMSTERDAM
10/05/1981 – LIVE IN AMSTERDAM 1981
28/05/1981 – LIVE AT BONDS CASINO NEW YORK 1981
08-09/06/1981 – THIS IS RADIO CLASH
09/06/1981 – BONDAGE AT BONDS!
12/06/1981 – BONDS CASINO / CLASH WILL PLAY
28/01/1982 – THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS (RADIO CLASH FROM TOKYO)
01/02/1982 – GIVE ‘EM ENOUGH DOPE
1981-1982 – THE RAT PATROL FROM Ft BRAGG
1981-1982 – ANOTHER COMBAT ROCK
02/02/1982 – SAMURAI WARRIORS (THE CLASH JAPAN TOUR 1982)
17/08/1982 – HEART AND MIND IN AKRON
07 & 08/09/1982 – THE BOSTON TAPES 82
07 & 08/09/1982 – THE BOSTON TAPES 82 (version 2 CD)
17/10/1982 – THE RETURN OF THE CLASH / FOUR ‘LIVE’ IN OHIO
27/11/1982 – FROM LONDON TO JAMAICA
27/11/1982 – KINGSTON KRASHERS
28/05/1983 – THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS (BORED WITH THE US FESTIVAL)
17/02/1984 – THE CLASH OUT OF CONTROL – FIVE ALIVE IN SCANDINAVIA
17/05/1984 – GIVE ‘EM ENOUGH DOPE
29/05/1984 – GIVE ‘EM ENOUGH DOPE
30/05/1984 – GIVE ‘EM ENOUGH DOPE
11/05/1985 – UNPLUGGED AT THE STATION PUB
Various – CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
Various – FOR ALL THE YOUNG PUNKS (Early Demos)
Various – POLYDOR DEMOS 1976-1978
