London Calling

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Album Info

Release Date: 1979-12-14

Label: CBS

First release/pressing, which came with two printed inserts (28cm × 28cm) with lyrics and credits, and LPs housed in plain inner sleeves. (Subsequent versions with printed inner sleeves instead of inserts.)

Some copies with removable sticker on front cover, with catalogue number CBS CLASH 3:
18 Track Double Album £5 R.R.P.

Some retail copies have a gold promo stamp at sleeve rear.

Track D5 "Train In Vain" is only listed in runout etching on side D; it is not listed on the label/sleeve.

Catalogue number CBS CLASH 3 on jacket; S CBS CLASH 3 on labels.

Back cover:
Recorded at Wessex Studios.
© 1979 CBS Inc. ℗ 1979 CBS Inc.
Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd, England

Labels:
℗ 1979 CBS Records

Insert:
Recorded Winter 79.

Track publishers on labels:
A1, A3 to B5, C2 to D3: Riva Music Limited/Nineden Limited
A2: Carlin Music Corp.
C1: Copyright Control
D4: Island Music Limited
Original sound recording made by CBS Records

Track publishers on inserts:
All songs published by Riva Music Ltd./Nineden Ltd. unless otherwise stated:
A2: Carlin Music Corp.
C1: Copyright Control
D4: Island Music Ltd.

Track title variations on inserts:
B4: Working For The Clampdown
D1: Lovers Rock

Photos:
Front cover: New York Palladium 21.9.79.
Back cover left: Clash at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas
Back cover right: Clash in Atlanta, Georgia

Track durations are not printed on the release.

Runouts are mostly etched, plating characters (e.g., C, D, etc.) stamped.

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