The Clash
Jaap Eden Hall
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1981-05-10

Source: audience recording on a Sony D-5 (or it might have been a Marantz pro cassette deck, don't know the model) & Sennheiser MKH404 mics (I think . . . I could be wrong here)
Lineage: master cassette > reel @ 3.75 ips > reel @ 3.75 ips > HD > wav
Encoding: CDWave > flac frontend > flac
Recorded by: a friend of a friend
Transfer by: Pantagruel

File Size: 619 MB (FLAC)


Total Time [93:00]


Setlist:

Disc One [40:55]

01. [02:14] Intro/walk on
02. [03:07] London Calling
03. [03:05] Safe European Home
04. [01:38] The Leader
05. [03:58] Somebody Got Murdered
06. [03:53] White Man In Hammersmith Palais
07. [03:05] The Guns Of Brixton
08. [04:04] Lightning Strikes
09. [03:54] Complete Control
10. [03:13] Corner Soul
11. [03:12] Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
12. [05:33] Radio Clash


Disc Two [52:04]

01. [03:41] Charlie Don't Surf
02. [05:19] The Magnificent Seven
03. [03:39] Bankrobber
04. [02:56] Wrong 'Em Boyo
05. [04:01] Train In Vain
06. [01:55] Career Opportunities
07. [04:41] Clampdown
08. [04:44] One More Time
09. [02:06] Brand New Cadillac
10. [04:44] Street Parade
11. [02:52] I Fought The Law
12. [03:22] Washington Bullets
13. [04:01] Armagideon Time
14. [04:03] London's Burning




Notes:

An audience recording of this show was seeded on Dime about six months ago. Judging from the samples of that torrent, it appeared to be a higher generation version of this recording. Way back then, I promised to transfer and seed this cleaner sounding version. Took a little longer than expected, sorry.

The taper, who I only knew vaguely, was a Deadhead who flew from LA over to England for the Dead's mini-tour of Europe in March of '81. He stayed on in Europe for a couple of months and recorded some other shows, including this one. I think he did a creditable job. (Footnote: this guy claimed to have made an audience recording of the big Who/Dead Rockpalast show in March, and he further claimed that it "blew away" the radio broadcast. He said Townshend's guitar was really loud in the hall when he sat in with the Dead, and that it was amazing. Unfortunately, I never got to hear it, and it appears to be lost in the mists of time).

Couple comments: There are volume fluctuations in the first 10 minutes or so. There's a tape flip/cut right in the middle of "Magnificent Seven," at about 02:37. Finally, it sounds like the taper stopped the tape after "Armagideon Time," and re-started after the beginning of "London's Burning," not sure how much is missing, but probably not much. However, the quality changes noticeably, and it also sounds like he's moved to the back of the hall.

Please check out the samples before downloading. And then turn it up!