Joe Strummer - Joe Strummer 001

Super deluxe edition includes two CDs, three 180gm vinyl LPs, 180gm 12" vinyl single, 7" single, cassette, 64 page hardback book, art print, screen print, sticker sheet, replica of Joe's California driver's license and enamel pin badge. 2018 solo collection from the late, great British punk legend and Clash frontman. Includes tracks that have never appeared anywhere before as well as new remasters. Includes an album of unreleased material including an early demo of 'This Is England' entitled 'Czechoslovak Song/Where Is England,' a solo demo of 'Letsagetabitarockin' recorded in Elgin Avenue in 1975, outtakes from Sid & Nancy featuring Mick Jones and unreleased songs 'Rose Of Erin', the biographical and mythical recording 'The Cool Impossible' and 'London Is Burning' one of the last songs Joe recorded. Punk pioneer, singer, songwriter, recording artist, activist, musical and political inspiration for a generation and mighty diamond Joe Strummer was the most charismatic and passionate front men to emerge from the punk explosion of the late seventies. After Joe's untimely death in December 2002 it was discovered that he had been quite an archivist of his own work, having barns full of writings and tapes stored in his back garden. There are now over 20,000 items in the Joe Strummer Archive. The archiving of this material and compiling of Joe Strummer 001 was overseen by Joe's widow Lucinda Tait and compilation producer Robert Gordon McHarg III. Art directed and designed by Robert Gordon McHarg III who previously worked on the Clash Sound System box set with Paul Simonon and curated the Black-Market Clash Exhibition.