The Clash
Big City volumes 1, 2 & 3 (USA Tour may 1988)
Date & venues:
Volume 1: 1984-05-30 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA
Volume 2: 1984-05-29 Oregon University, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Volume 3: 1984-05-17 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Source:  SBD
Lineage: SBD > Vinyl Bootleg EPs "Big City" volumes 1, 2 & 3 > ? > Bootleg CD "Give'Em Enough Dope" > FLAC > WAV > manual removal of vinyl clicks and crackles (Soundforge 11) > FLAC 8 (TLH) > Tagging (mp3Tag)

Tracklist:
Volume 1:
01 - Ready For War (4:04)
02 - Complete Control (3:30)
03 - In The Pouring Rain (5:10)
04 - Clampdown (4:26)
Volume 2:
05 - Sex Mad Roar (2:45)
06 - Janie Jones (1:53)
07 - Straight To Hell (5:01)
08 - Brand New Cadillac (1:59)
Volume 3:
09 - Clash City Rockers (3:29)
10. Three Card Trick (3:15)
11. Safe European Home (3:18)
12. White Riot (2:15)

Total duration: 41:11

Musicians:
Joe Strummer - vocals, guitar
Paul Simonon - bass
Vince White - guitar
Nick Sheppard - guitar
Pete Howard - drums



Notes: issued in 1990, the three "Big City" bootleg EPs were recorded at various venues in may 1984 when the "Clash Mark Two" played in the USA ("Out of Control" tour). The guitar player Nick Sheppard, Mick Jones's successor, is said to have been involved in their recording and release.

As said in Sharona's excellent revue at https://www.sharoma.com/clash/give_em_enough_dope.htm, talking about the Clash Mark Two: "don't anyone say they  were rubbish, because if you listen to these performances you'll realise you were mistaken". Indeed these are excellent performances, full of energy, and very well recorded. A must have.

These EPs are rarities (I recently saw one being sold 100 Euros), but they were ripped and put on many bootleg CDs. Among them, the well-known "Give'Em Enough Dope" which also includes a part of the 1982-02-01 Tokyo concert in rather bad quality (not to be uploaded here anyway because part of it has been officially released).

All of the CD versions I could hear were direct rips from old vinyls, which means that they were spoilled by analog crakles and pops. So I spent some tens of hours to do a manual deglitching work: here they are now in all their glorious glitchless quality. No other process was performed, none was needed.

Enjoy, and don't sell!