Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years [4CD / 64-Page Book]

Description

2022 marks 20 years since the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer. While best known as the frontman for The Clash, between 1999-2002 Strummer produced some of his most exciting work alongside The Mescaleros.Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Yearsis the first comprehensive collection highlighting this intense period of creativityand brings together the albumsRock Art and the X-Ray Style(1999),Global A Go-Go (2001), the posthumousStreetcore(2003), andVibes Compass, a brand-new compilation of 15 B-sides and rarities, including never before heard tracks like ‘Ocean of Dreams’ (featuring Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols on guitar) and early demos of some of the Mescaleros best-loved tracks (‘The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll’, ‘X-Ray Style’ and more), through to some of the original recordings from Joe’s last ever sessions (‘Coma Girl’, ‘Fantastic’ and ‘Get Down Moses’), all in one complete boxset. All albums are remastered by Grammy Award winner Paul Hicks (The Beatles / The Rolling Stones / John Lennon / David Bowie) and are packaged in a richly curated boxset, featuring extensive new liner notes and interviews with Joe’s friends, collaborators and The Mescaleros band members, plus never-before-seen handwritten notes, lyrics, and drawings by Joe taken from the Joe Strummer Archive. Both the 4CD and 7LP boxes include four reproduction lyric sheets and chord charts, and the LP box includes an exclusive 12×12 art print.Joe Strummer 002serves as a loving tribute to Strummers final musical output, released in celebration of what would have been his 70th birthday year.

Tracklist:

1. Tony Adams
2. Sandpaper Blues
3. X-Ray Style
4. Techno D-Day
5. The Road To Rock N Roll
6. Diggin The New
7. Nitcomb
8. Forbidden City
9. Yalla Yalla
10. Willesden To Cricklewood
11. Johnny Appleseed
12. Cool N Out
13. Global A Go-Go
14. Bhindi Bhagee
15. Gamma Ray
16. Mega Bottle Ride
17. Shaktar Donetsk
18. Mondo Bongo
19. Bummed Out City
20. At The Border, Guy
21. Minstrel Boy
22. Coma Girl
23. Get Down Moses
24. Long Shadow
25. Arms Aloft
26. Ramshackle
27. Day Parade
28. Redemption Song
29. All In A Day
30. Burnin Streets
31. Midnight Jam
32. Silver And Gold
33. Time And The Tide
34. Techno D-Day (Demo)
35. Ocean Of Dreams
36. Forbidden City (Demo)
37. X-Ray Style (Demo)
38. Road To Rock N Roll (Demo)
39. Tony Adams (Demo)
40. Cool N Out (Demo)
41. Global A Go-Go (Demo)
42. Secret Agent Man
43. All In A Day (Demo)
44. London Is Burning
45. Get Down Moses (Outtake)
46. Fantastic
47. Coma Girl (Outtake)

UPC: 4050538791815
Label: Bmg Rights Managemen
Release Date: 9.16.22
Format: CD