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The Clash may not have been the first British ... and Roll Graphic designer Ray Lowry was the one who put the London Calling album cover together. On top of Smith’s image, the album title ...
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The Clash’s London Calling cover is one of the most iconic images in punk history, capturing the raw energy and rebellion of ...
The Clash, London Calling. The Only Band That Matters' third album not only featured two of their best known tracks (the title cut and "Train in Vain"), but also that cover: Lanky Paul Simonon ...
But what's the story behind this seminal album cover? Here are some fascinating ... the Museum of London, as part of its 'The Clash: London Calling' show starting in November.
When The Clash hired Guy Stevens to produce the album, the eccentric Englishman ... This was made clear by artist Ray Lowry’s London Calling cover design. With its black-and-white photo and ...
The curator of The Clash: London Calling exhibition ... alongside items such as Simonon’s smashed bass from the album cover shot by Pennie Smith. The cover’s graphic design, incidentally ...
Listen to the Clash Perform 'Death or Glory' When London Calling emerged in December ... Then there's the album's celebrated cover art, a stark black-and-white photo of Simonon smashing his ...
In the age of the MP3, the album cover is really a lost art – which probably explains why 90 percent of the albums that readers selected come from the 1960s and the 1970s, though London Calling ...
charts and news On the opening title track of its third album, London Calling — a rock’n’roll landmark released 35 years ago this week, on Dec. 14, 1979 — The Clash approached doomsday as ...
London Calling by The Clash was recently voted the fourth greatest album cover of all time by MusicRadar users. Pennie Smith's iconic photograph of Paul Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass ...
Before London Calling was released, The Clash was struggling to stay together. After releasing their second album, the band ended their relationship with their management and found themselves ...