Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – “Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years” (Released 16th September 2022)

Description

£129.99 – 7xLP, Limited Edition Boxset with 32 Page Booklet and Exclusive Art Print

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 brand-new 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 boxset.

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.

Tracklisting:

rock art and the x-ray style

side a
1. tony adams
2. sandpaper blues

side b
3. x-ray style
4. techno d-day
5. the road to rock ’n’ roll

side c
6. diggin’ the new
7. nitcomb
8. forbidden city

side d
9. yalla yalla
10. willesden to cricklewood

global a go-go

side a
1. johnny appleseed
2. cool ’n’ out
3. global a go-go
4. bhindi bhagee

side b
1. gamma ray
2. mega bottle ride
3. shaktar donetsk

side c
1. mondo bongo
2. bummed out city
3. at the border, guy

side d
1. minstrel boy

streetcore

side a
1. coma girl
2. get down moses
3. long shadow
4. arms aloft
5. ramshackle day parade

side b

1. redemption song
2. all in a day
3. burnin’ streets
4. midnight jam
5. silver and gold

vibes compass (b-sides & rarities)

side a
1. time and the tide
2. techno d-day (demo)
3. ocean of dreams
4. forbidden city (demo)

side b
1. x-ray style (demo)
2. road to rock ’n’ roll (demo)
3. tony adams (demo)
4. cool ’n’ out (demo)

side c
1. global a go-go (demo)
2. secret agent man
3. all in a day (demo)
4. london is burning

side d
1. get down moses (outtake)
2. fantastic
3. coma girl (outtake)