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ROIO of the Week [Recordings
of Indeterminate Origin]
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The
Clash
Hong Kong
Dollar, Indian Cents [no label, 2CD]
Live at
the AC Hall, Hong Kong, Feb 25, 1982.
There are local music
fans who feel that Hong Kong pop has "degenerated" into the state it is,
namely "soft" Canto-pop, because of groups such as The Carpenters. And
to support the argument further, one can cite the popularity of The Shadows
and The Quests in the former British Colony (in the '60s), and later on,
The Bee Gees and even songbird Agnes Chan in the '70s.
Joe
Strummer.
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But then, long before
Sonic Youth and Fugazi made their respective trips to South-east Asia,
The Clash had their own foray into Hong Kong in 1982 - one of the last
gigs Topper Headon played before he was sacked from the group. Before
Hong Kong, the 1982 Far East Tour had brought the band to Japan, New Zealand
and Australia. After Hong Kong, the band played Thamasat University in
Bangkok, Thailand. According to a web report, in March 1982, Pennie Smith
shot the cover photo for Combat Rock on a deserted railway line outside
Bangkok.
In Hong Kong, the group performed at the Academic Community Hall, HK Baptist
University in Kowloon. The capacity of the hall was about 1,200 and the
concert was broadcast live on the radio.
Though not in pristine form, the FM show would still be considered good
quality (fine mono) and it is well-circulated among fans. Unfortunately
it isn't the complete show (the tape ends with Safe European Home) and
there are cuts on the tape - either announcements were cut off or gaps
between songs were cut off to save tape! One of the biggest downers is
that Janie Jones is cut half way (Disc 1 Track 14) and continues on Disc
Two Track 1.
Still, Joe Strummer
is in good form - energetically working the crowd and, at one point, either
in jest or drunk - offered to take on anyone game enough to get on stage
with him for some hand-to-hand fisti-fu. The group doesn't sound tired
at all and gingerly put the songs through their paces. The group even
performed Know Your Rights, the lead-off track from the Combat Rock album,
which would only be released in May 1982. While this isn't exactly the
Summer of Love, one doesn't detect any bad blood in the air but according
to internet reports, a music promoter wrote: "I think there was a stink
about the concert afterwards and rock and roll was subsequently banned
from that venue…" Trust the Baptists to get their panties in a knot.
Still, like they
say, a wonderful and raucous time to be had by one and all. Now, if anyone
in Hong Kong knows the full story or better still has the complete radio
recording, please contact BigO.
Click on the highlighted
tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality, stereo MP3s - sample
rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never
been officially released.
Click on the link to order Clash albums.
For more... email mybigo@bigozine.com
with the message, "Put me on your mailing list."
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