Description
Record One
Side 1
- “The Magnificent Seven”
- “Hitsville U.K.”
- “Junco Partner”
- “Ivan Meets G.I. Joe”
- “The Leader
- “Something About England”
Side 2
- “Rebel Waltz”
- “Look Here”
- “The Crooked Beat”
- “Somebody Got Murdered”
- “One More Time”
- “One More Dub”
Record Two
Side 1
- “Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)”
- “Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)”
- “Corner Soul”
- “Let’s Go Crazy”
- “If Music Could Talk”
- “The Sound of Sinners”
Side 2
- “Police on My Back”
- “Midnight Log”
- “The Equaliser”
- “The Call Up”
- “Washington Bullets”
- “Broadway”
Record Three
Side 1
- “Lose This Skin”
- “Charlie Don’t Surf”
- “Mensforth Hill”
- “Junkie Slip”
- “Kingston Advice”
- “The Street Parade”
Side 2
- “Version City”
- “Living in Fame”
- “Silicone on Sapphire”
- “Version Pardner”
- “Career Opportunities”
- “Shepherds Delight”
The triple-LP set was, like London Calling, a subject of trickery towards the record company from the band. Two contradictory accounts of the release of the album exist. Some say that the Clash pulled the same trick a second time by saying they wanted to include a 12″ single with their double album, and then getting 3 full-length discs pressed before executives became wise. Another belief is that The Clash surrendered all of their album royalties for the first 200,000 copies sold in order to make the 3-LP set a reality. Joe Strummer said in an interview by Judy McGuire for Punk Magazine: “Well, now you’re talking to a man who forwent the royalties on Sandinista!” Regardless of which of these is true, either situation paints the band in a good light, putting their fans before and above any other involved entity.
This original, 3-disc vinyl release of Sandinista! includes a tri-fold lyric sheet cleverly titled The Armagideon Times, no. 3 (a play on “Armagideon Time”, the b-side from the single London Calling.) Armagideon Times, nos. 1 and 2 were Clash fanzines. The lyric sheet featured cartoons credited to Steve Bell, as well as hand-written (but still legible) lyrics of all songs.
