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Album Description
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."

Album Description
2008 release of the album Live At Shea Stadium by The Clash, recorded in NY in 1982, it captures the band at the peak of its powers and devastating form. One of the few remaining unreleased Clash treasures, the recordings have long been sought after by fans and they were unearthed by the late Joe Strummer while packing for a move. More than an album, it's an event. Bristling with energy and attitude, it is destined 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, Oct. 12th & 13th, 1982. They had just released the Combat Rock album, plus the singles 'Rock The Casbah' and 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'.

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4 out of 5 stars

Good, but still latter-day near-the-end Clash October 13, 2008
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

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.

5 out of 5 stars

I was there!!!! October 7, 2008
20 out of 28 found this review helpful

Back in 82 I waited 9 hours in line to get tickets to see The Who at Shea. By the time we got to the front of the line Oct 12 was sold out so we got tickets to see them Oct 13. They were pretty crappy seats, nosebleed. My friend and I got there during the middle of David Johansens set. Now at the time since I was only 17 I didn't pay too much attention to who the opening acts were. I have to admit that I was one of the stupid idiots who were booing the Clash to get off so The Who would come on. Years later when I started listening to The Clash and realized how good they really were I wish I had paid more attention to them. I bought The Who's Last (Live at Shea) album a few years later and realized how underwhelming there show had really been. Again what does a 17 year old know?

Listening to The Clash finally Live in all of there majesty and what I missed at that show is just amazing. I can totally understand why The Who had them on. It was a passing of the torch moment. probably an even bigger if less noticed passing like when The Police passed the torch to U2. I think if The Clash hadn't imploded they may have been even bigger than U2 is today??? Maybe? Anyway.

I've been listening to this pure joy of power a week before it comes out on Vh1 The Leak. Now I'm not going to try to disseminate this product. (It's fantastic) But I will point out just a few things. All of the songs sound great and the production is spectacular. It was engineered by Glyn Johns who also did The Who's Next. I love this live version of Rock the Casbah. I always thought RTC was just a little commercial, but this version sounds pure punk raw!! And when Joe Strummer rants on the crowd after Clampdown I feel like it's the first time anyone ever gave me the finger where I really deserved it!!

Well 17 is 43 now, Joe Strummer is gone and there tearing down Shea soon. But I'll always have my memory and ticketstub for Oct 13,1982 Now 26 years later I have another great addition to the memory of that great day!!!!

3 out of 5 stars

not a good indication October 12, 2008
12 out of 15 found this review helpful

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..

3 out of 5 stars

Say What??!? October 15, 2008
11 out of 15 found this review helpful

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.

1 out of 5 stars

I can no longer shop happily October 27, 2008
7 out of 12 found this review helpful

Well, I'm not sure what to make of this one. It's a mess. Best tune, "Police on my Back," worst aspect,as usual during that period, Terry Chimes on rubber drum sticks. Looking at the guy puts you to sleep. Let me start by saying that the set list is so obviously tilted toward any songs that remotely have a military bent in support of their 1982 looks, GI Joe, except for Strummer's Daniel Boone hat(??). Sort of like when KISS changes their costumes every few years. Disjointed, no energy, and what's with Strummer's bizarre rantings, almost hostile toward the crowd. Anyway, if you want live Clash at its best, go for the bootlegs "This is Radio Clash," Bonds, 1981, I was there, unreal. The Palladium 9/21/79 (the ill fated cover of "London Calling," or so they say,) The Capital Theatre show in 1980, and anything you can find before June 1981. I would also skip the new Pink Clash book. It's very heavy and can be read in one sitting in a book store, like Barnes and Noble. It also has a cheap sell out feel to it, especially with Strummer contributing posthumously. Post Clash, I was glad to have the opportunity to see Strummer perform with the Mescaleros at the Palladium, he played a few Clash tunes, and really put on a good show. If you want to hold on to some of the magic that made them the "Only band that mattered," I'd pick up "Rock art and the X-Ray Style." Nice work by Strummer and the Mescaleros. Finally, if you want a decent live disc, "From here to Eternity" is a pretty good effort. Long live the Clash!

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