Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years (7LP)

2022 marks 20 years since the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer.

While best known as the frontman for The Clash, between 1999-2002 Strummer produced some of his most exciting work alongside The Mescaleros.

Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years is the first comprehensive collection highlighting this intense period of creativity and brings together the albums Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (1999), Global A Go-Go (2001), the posthumous Streetcore (2003), and Vibes Compass, a brandnew compilation of 15 B-sides and rarities, including never before heard tracks like “Ocean of Dreams” (featuring Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols on guitar) and early demos of some of the Mescaleros best-loved tracks (“The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “X-Ray Style” and more), through to some of the original recordings from Joe’s last ever sessions (“Coma Girl (Outtake),” “Fantastic” and “Get Down Moses (Outtake)”), all in one complete box set.

All albums are remastered by Grammy Award winner Paul Hicks (The Beatles / The Rolling Stones / John Lennon / David Bowie) and are packaged in a richly curated boxset, featuring extensive new liner notes and interviews with Joe’s friends, collaborators and The Mescaleros band members, plus never-before-seen handwritten notes, lyrics, and drawings by Joe taken from the Joe Strummer Archive.

Both the 4CD and 7LP boxes include four reproduction lyric sheets and chord charts, and the LP box includes an exclusive 12”x12” art print. Joe Strummer 002 serves as a loving tribute to Strummer’s final musical output, released in celebration of what would have been his 70th birthday year.

Release date: 16th September, 2022

Tracklist:

ROCK ART AND THE X-RAY STYLE
Tony Adams
Sandpaper Blues
X-Ray Style
Techno D-Day
The Road To Rock N Roll
Diggin The New
Nitcomb
Forbidden City
Yalla Yalla
Willesden To Cricklewood

GLOBAL A GO-GO
Johnny Appleseed
Cool N Out
Global A Go-Go
Bhindi Bhagee
Gamma Ray
Mega Bottle Ride
Shaktar Donetsk
Mondo Bongo
Bummed Out City
At The Border, Guy
Minstrel Boy

STREETCORE
Coma Girl
Get Down Moses
Long Shadow
Arms Aloft
Ramshackle Day Parade
Redemption Song
All In A Day
Burnin Streets
Midnight Jam
Silver And Gold

VIBES COMPASS (B-SIDES & RARITIES)
Time And The Tide
Techno D-Day (Demo)
Ocean Of Dreams
Forbidden City (Demo)
X-Ray Style (Demo)
Road To Rock N Roll (Demo)
Tony Adams (Demo)
Cool N Out (Demo)
Global A Go-Go (Demo)
Secret Agent Man
All In A Day (Demo)
London Is Burning
Get Down Moses (Outtake)
Fantastic
Coma Girl (Outtake)

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