Out of Control Tour
The Clash go to Italy...

cdr - poor but undistorted - Sound 2 - 87min - 2nd gen - 21 tracks

The band open with a instrumental London Calling for over 3 minutes before Joe stretches his vocals. This is a poor tape.

Its very distant and has some noise which degrades the clarity, though it is not distorted. It occasionally has some tape warble as well.

There is also an amazing take 2 short jamming/wailing bass and drum White Man following the original. Well worth the tape just to hear this and the London Calling Instrumental intro. Joe seems in no mood to sing as Bankrobber runs a couple of minutes before larynx are tickled. Guns of Brixton is edited and fades out.

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London Calling
This is Radio Clash
Safe European Home
Spanish Bombs
Police On My Back
Are You Ready For War
White Man In Ham Palais
Three Card Trick
Armagideon Time
Complete Control
Police and Thieves
Brand New Cadillac
I Fought the Law
Bankrobber
Janie Jones
Tommy Gun
English Civil War
The Magnificent Seven
Know Your Rights
The Guns Of Brixton
I'm So Bored with the USA

Janie Jones

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Tour Reviews &
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Vince White's view

Creem Magazine Oct 84
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Rockerilla Magazine
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Recording Cut the Crap

As part of the celebrations by the Italian Communist Party who's leader had just died or something. According to Vince White in his Clash biography The Last days of the Clash, page 173 the band flew to Milan. It was a hastily set up tour. The first date was down in Salerno before returning back north through Italy.
Sep 4? Salerno

Vince White notes this opening night of the mini-tour in his Clash biography The Last days of the Clash, page 174

I just read on BMC that on vince's book there is a phantom date in salerno on the 4th of sept. 84. I have to say that he's wrong! They played in Cava de' Tirreni that is a small town between Naples and Salerno (15 km to salerno an 40 km to Naples) on the
sept 6. The mistake is due to the fact that at that time the stadium where the salerno football team played was in Cava (Stadio Simonetta Lamberti). And the clash played there! Sorry vince, but i'm absolutely sure about it!
Sep 6 Cava de’ Tirreni (close to Naples)
just a line to say that in 1984 on 6 of september (i taped the show) i was in Cava de’ Tirreni (close to Naples) for a Clash gig at the Stadium.
Sep 7 Arena Palasport, Rome, Italy
...Festa Dell Unita
Sep 8 Reggio Emilia, Italy

Vince White remembers this gig in The Last days of the Clash, page 174
Sep 10? Turin - Stadio Communale
Apparently they sound checked for the gig but the local council cancelled it at the last minute. Vince White remembers this gig in The Last days of the Clash, page 182
Sep 11 Palasport, Genoa, Italy