Live at Shea Stadium (Snyr) [Import]

The Clash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Epic
• ASIN: B001EB70UW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. London Calling

2. Police On My Back

3. The Guns of Brixton

4. Tommy Gun

5. Magnificent 7

6. Armagideon Time

7. Magnificent 7 (Return)

8. Rock The Casbah

9. Train In Vain

10. Career Opportunities

11. Spanish Bombs

12. Clampdown

13. English Civil War

14. Should I Stay Or Should I Go

15. I Fought The Law

Editorial Reviews

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 Cash at Folsom Prison as one of the greatest live recordings of all time!

The Clash, opening for The Who on their farewell tour of the US, played two nights at the legendary Shea Stadium (October 12th and 13th of 1982). Despite being the support act, the New York Post reported "there were as many Clash fans on those nights as Who fans."

Customer Reviews

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but still latter-day near-the-end Clash, October 13, 2008

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punkviper (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Shea Stadium (Snyr) (Audio CD)

Of course we all love the Clash, who doesn't, and the limited amount of "official" releases means any new release from them gets trumpeted as must-have material, but does this really qualify? The Who played 2 dates @ Shea Stadium (home of the New York Mets baseball team, and at the time the New York Jets football team) in October of 1982, the Clash preceded them on both nights, this CD is the full Clash set from 10/13. It has been well-documented that fans were not particularly kind to the Clash during most of their stints opening for The Who, but you wouldn't know it as this recording is soundboard-quality. If anything it's Joe Strummer that was in a peevish mood during the festivities, directing the occasional miffed barb towards the crowd.

The set-list is laden with hits, slanted towards the latter-day radio-friendly material (Casbah, Train In Vain, SISOSIG, etc.) and at this point the band had been playing together for 10 years so the versions present here are razor-sharp and tuned to perfection. This might put off some folks who prefer the earlier, more punk rock sound where the band sacrificed tunefulness for a more edgy & earnest passion. But given the total package this release is geared more toward the casual fan, with the die-hards obviously along for any ride they can obtain. It's not a particularly long set (remember this was The Who's show) so the brevity is somewhat disappointing but works well for the runtime of a standard album.

So do you need it? If you're a fan, of course you do. It doesn't take you on the vibrant journey that From Here To Eternity provides, but don't lose sight of what this is: a single complete concert from the final stage of The Clash's career. As long as you aren't expecting the greatest live album evar! then you won't be disappointed. Take it as the historical artifact that it is & enjoy.

21 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Say What??!?, October 15, 2008

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David Hill - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Shea Stadium (Snyr) (Audio CD)

This is a really puzzling release. The Clash are my absolute all-time favorite band, so I had o get this. But I really question the decision to release this particular show when we know there are so much better performances out there. Listening to this record made me feel a bit sad. They sound like they're out there singing songs that they've done a thousand times and lost all enthusiasm for. Take the opener "London Calling" for example. On the album version, Joe sounds desperate and violent, putting every last ounce of passion and fury into the delivery. On "live at Shea" he's just up there singin' a tune. Nothing special about it. At this point the band was only a few shows away from effectively breaking up and it shows. Gone is the feeling of comradery among the members. If you've seen footage of this gig, they're standing about 5 miles apart from each other. The loss of Topper is painful too. Terry Chimes just can't hack it with his boring, unenthusiastic drumming. Just listen to his poor excuse for a reggae beat on "Armagideon times". Awful!! And Rock the Casbah never sounded great live, and here it's just pitiful. Terry can't hack the drum beat.
Another comment- The album art is disgusting!! As a teenager I thought the Clash imagery was stunning, matching their sound. I mean Paul Simonon is a graphic designer and he did a great job on those early LPs and 45s. But the whole American flag thing is just stupid from the band that sang "I'm So Bored with the USA". They're from the UK anyways!! And the little baseball designs? Yuck. I guess because its Live at She Stadium, but I don't get it. Doesn't fit their style.
Great audio quality, but that's about it. Get the amazing live compilation "From Here to Eternity" instead. That disk proves what The Clash were capable of.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not a good indication, October 11, 2008

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S. karavas (cliffside pk nj) - See all my reviews
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i was at this concert and i had seen the clash about 20 times, this is not a good indication of what the band was like live...the set list was weak and topper is a much better drummer...stick with the bootlegs..