London Calling Scrapbook ［CD+BOOK］＜完全生産限定盤＞

ザ・クラッシュ『ロンドン・コーリング』の発売40周年記念盤
未公開アーカイブ満載の120ぺージの豪華ハードカバーScrapbookにCDを収納した豪華仕様

『ロンドン・コーリング』は議論の余地なく史上最高のロック・アルバムの一枚といえる、ザ・クラッシュの通算3作目1979年発表の名作。ロカビリーやR&B、スカ、レゲエといった幅広い音楽性を提示することで全英9位/全米27位を記録。パンクを超越した存在を勝ち得ることとなる画期的な作品となった。エルヴィス・プレスリーのデビュー作をモチーフにしたジャケットや鬼才ガイ・スティーヴンスのプロデュースによる全てにおいてパーフェクトな名盤。米ローリングストーン誌は＜80年代最重要アルバム＞と評した。

行動を起こすことへの情熱と、社会正義への強烈な要求を原動力とする『ロンドン・コーリング』は、当時も今も多大な説得力を持つ。同作の音楽と歌詞は、今日もリリース当時と同様の現実感を持ち続けている。

真のロンドンを体現するこの作品の40周年を祝して、ロンドン博物館(Museum of London)にて『The Clash: London Calling』展が開催されることが決定。ザ・クラッシュのメンバーの個人的な所蔵品、歌詞の下書き、ステージ衣装、写真、映像など秘蔵コレクションを展示、『ロンドン・コーリング』のレコーディングや制作プロセスへ新たな洞察を与えるものとなる。この展覧会の開催に合わせて、『ロンドン・コーリング40周年記念盤 - Scrapbook』が発売される。アルバム制作当時の手書きの歌詞、メモ、写真、これまで未公開だったアーカイブ素材の数々を掲載した120ページの豪華ハードカバーScrapbookにCDを収納した豪華仕様盤となる。

Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey. Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey. Rolling Stone (p.100) - 5 stars out of 5 - "[The album] sounds crucial right now because of righteous blasts such as the title track." Q (5/02 SE, p.136) - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums". Q (6/00, p.90) - Ranked #4 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" Q (12/99, pp.152-3) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...19-track, filler-free double album....the best Clash album and therefore among the very best albums ever recorded..." Q (5/02 SE, p.136) - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums". Q (6/00, p.90) - Ranked #4 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" Q (12/99, pp.152-3) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...19-track, filler-free double album....the best Clash album and therefore among the very best albums ever recorded..." Uncut (p.122) - 5 stars out of 5 - "LONDON CALLING engages soul riffs, reggae beats and vintage rock'n'roll as a band of true blood brothers define their battle-scarred universe. As remarkable now as it was 25 years ago." Alternative Press (8/01, p.112) - Included in AP's "10 Essential '80s Albums". Alternative Press (3/00, pp.74-5) - 4 out of 5 - "...This is a definitive album in rock's pantheon, and surely a WHITE ALBUM for the sub-generation lost between hippie idealism and MTV digitalism..." Alternative Press (8/01, p.112) - Included in AP's "10 Essential '80s Albums". Alternative Press (3/00, pp.74-5) - 4 out of 5 - "...This is a definitive album in rock's pantheon, and surely a WHITE ALBUM for the sub-generation lost between hippie idealism and MTV digitalism..." Magnet (p.112) - "Big, arena-friendly anthems, infectious blue-beat winners and punch-drunk, New Orleans-style R&B workouts....[S]imply one of the era's landmark records." Magnet (p.112) - "Big, arena-friendly anthems, infectious blue-beat winners and punch-drunk, New Orleans-style R&B workouts....[S]imply one of the era's landmark records." CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #3 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980". CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #3 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980". Vibe (12/99, p.160) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Vibe (12/99, p.160) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.76) - Ranked #22 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - "...The iconic sleeve shot of a bass-shredding Paul Simonon is well matched by the music..." Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.76) - Ranked #22 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - "...The iconic sleeve shot of a bass-shredding Paul Simonon is well matched by the music..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.123) - 5 stars out of 5 - "The Clash demonstrated beyond any doubt that they had grown beyond their apocalyptic but parochial West London horizons to become a world-class band with a world-wide vision." NME (Magazine) (9/11/93, p.18) - Ranked #6 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums Of The '70s - "...To hear a group blam away so fluently is a joy..." NME (Magazine) (9/11/93, p.18) - Ranked #6 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums Of The '70s - "...To hear a group blam away so fluently is a joy..."

Give 'Em Enough Rope, for all of its many attributes, was essentially a holding pattern for the Clash, but the double-album London Calling is a remarkable leap forward, incorporating the punk aesthetic into rock & roll mythology and roots music. Before, the Clash had experimented with reggae, but that was no preparation for the dizzying array of styles on London Calling. There's punk and reggae, but there's also rockabilly, ska, New Orleans R&B, pop, lounge jazz, and hard rock; and while the record isn't tied together by a specific theme, its eclecticism and anthemic punk function as a rallying call. While many of the songs -- particularly "London Calling," "Spanish Bombs," and "The Guns of Brixton" -- are explicitly political, by acknowledging no boundaries the music itself is political and revolutionary. But it is also invigorating, rocking harder and with more purpose than most albums, let alone double albums. Over the course of the record, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones (and Paul Simonon, who wrote "The Guns of Brixton") explore their familiar themes of working-class rebellion and antiestablishment rants, but they also tie them in to old rock & roll traditions and myths, whether it's rockabilly greasers or "Stagger Lee," as well as mavericks like doomed actor Montgomery Clift. The result is a stunning statement of purpose and one of the greatest rock & roll albums ever recorded. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

1979年発表のクラッシュの最高傑作と呼び名の高い秀作。スカ､レゲエ調のポップなサウンドは新鮮。今作がクラッシュの岐路ともいえる。当時LP2枚組みだった今作のボリュームは圧倒的!印象的なジャケットは実はエルヴィス・プレスリーのパロディです。 (C)YKYM