COMBAT ROCK + THE PEOPLE'S HALL

Triple vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered and expanded edition including 12 additional tracks. Originally released in May 1982, Combat Rock is the final album from The Clash line-up featuring Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon. Featuring two of the bandAEs most well-known songs, aeShould I Stay Or Should I GoAE and aeRock The CasbahAE. Having returned to London following their pivotal 17-show residency at New YorkAEs BondAEs Casino in 1981, the band rehearsed and recorded at The PeopleAEs Hall in the squatted Republic of Frestonia near Latimer Road in London and from there they embarked on a tour of the East and South East Asia, during which the album sleeve image was captured by Pennie Smith in Thailand. The tracks on aeThe PeopleAEs HallAE chart the period from what was their last single Radio Clash right up to the release of Combat Rock, including unheard, rare and early versions of tracks.