The Clash-Combat Rock (1982)


Artist: The Clash

Title: Combat Rock

Label: Epic

Format: LP

Cat #: FE 37689

Year of Release: 1982 

Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1982 Repress, no commercial in the middle of "Inoculated City"

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ original inner sleeve, blue generic Epic label

Sell Date: 1/20/21

Sell Price: $13.99

Discogs Last Sold: 12/28/20 NM/VG+ $24.99

Low: $4.00 VG+/G+

Median: $12.00

High:  $24.99 NM/VG+

Current low price: $8.00 VG/VG

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 22

Have/Want: 2788/430

Where Sold:  Brooklyn, NY

Time it took to sell:  5 years

Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA short lived Grove St Gallery store new in 1983 or so

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

When I bought this album I still considered a "rock" release, not "punk" or "alternative."  "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" reeled me in, "Rock The Casbah" did not.  But my favorite tracks after familiarizing myself with the full album are my favorite tracks now: "Atom Tan," "Know Your Rights," "Straight To Hell" and perhaps my favorite cut of all,  "Ghetto Defendant" with Allen Ginsberg which we lampooned mercilessly as pre-teens/early teens.

The flat songs on side 2 were a at the end.  My copy of "Inoculated City" had the sampled ad cut out due to a lawsuit threat from Flushco.  Oddly enough, the song was one of the few that never stuck with me or did "Death Is A Star."  I always thought of side 2 as hit and miss for this reason, and "Overpowered By Funk" was a bit overpowering, though the Clash go through so many genres and styles that this cut doesn't date as badly for being dated. 

I can't remember if I got this or London Calling used first.  I know I took London Calling out of the library before Combat Rock existed, but it was a used copy for the US The Clash that I consider to be my first "punk" album, and my favorite of my 3 favorite Clash records.  As for Combat Rock, my friend John next door got it from Columbia House with the original label a couple months before I broke down and bought my own copy, and by that time it was on it's second pressing with the edit and generic Epic label.  I can't remember if I bought it in 82 or 83, either is possible.  I remember buying it in a very short lived record store in Worcester in the Grove St Gallery.  I also bought a used copy of The Byrds Greatest Hits that day.

So yeah there are enough classics for me to consider this a straight up A but it also has a handful of songs I don't care for much so after going back and forth I'm gonna ding it a tick.  I'll endure a investigation and humiliation.  Fingers crossed.

Rehabilitation!

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