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Paul Simonon’s Fender Precision bass, smashed onstage during a September 21, 1979 Clash gig at New York’s Palladium, a moment in time which was caught on film by photographer Pennie Smith and subsequently used as the cover artwork for the The Clash’s London Calling album, is to go on permanent display at the Museum of London later this month.
Previously included in The Clash: London Calling exhibition at the museum from November 2019 to September 2020, the bass guitar is now being featured in a world city gallery, which tells the story of London from the 1950s to today. Other artefacts chosen for the exhibition, which will open from July 23, include a Vespa scooter, the Bill and Ben string puppets from the popular kids’ TV show, and swimming trunks which diver Tom Daley wore at the 2012 London Olympics.
Speaking of his memories of smashing the instrument in New York, Simonon has said, “The show had gone quite well, but for me, inside, it just wasn’t working well, so I suppose I took it out on the bass. If I was smart, I would have got the spare bass and used that one, because it wasn’t as good as the one as I smashed up. ”
Smith’s iconic photograph was once cited as the best rock ’n’ roll photograph of all time by the now defunct Q magazine.
“It wasn’t a choice to take the shot,” Smith told The Guardian in 2019. “My finger just went off. You can’t really tell it’s Paul. But I guess that’s the point.”
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- The Clash - Sandinista! + Insert - EX - UK - 3-LP vinyl set - £45.00, $56.25, €52.65 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 10:38)on April 20, 2024 at 1:19 am
THE CLASH Sandinista! (1980 UK first press 36-track triple LP, complete with 'The Armagideon Times No.3' fold-out lyric insert & thick edged single pocket picture sleeve. The sleeve [VG+] reveals some light creasing to the front & back, whilst the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just the odd faint sign of play FSLN1) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Clash - Combat Rock + Hype Sticker + Rectangular Poster - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $118.75, €111.15 (New Item) (arrived 14-Mar-2024 09:50)on April 20, 2024 at 1:19 am
THE CLASH Combat Rock (1982 UK limited edition 12-track LP including Rock The Casbah, Straight To Hell & Should I Stay Or Should I Go. Comes housed in the original hype stickered picture sleeve, complete with lyric inner & rectangular fold-outcolour poster. The sleeve shows a little shelfwear with some edge creasing, there is yellowing to the top of the inner, the poster is unused but shows some light wear, the vinyl is Excellent with some cosmetic hairline which have no real impact on play. An excellent example all around FMLN2)
- The Clash - The Clash - VG - US - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 01-Mar-2024 17:01)on April 20, 2024 at 1:19 am
THE CLASH The Clash (Late 70's US 15-track LP, featuring a different running order to the UK release, includes iconic punk classics such as Clash City Rockers, White Riot, and I Fought The Law, complete with illustrated lyric inner, barcoded picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear. The vinyl has a notable scuff on side 2, which has no real impact on play but is otherwise Very Good & shows only light signs of play. PE36060) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Clash - I Fought The Law - UK - 12" vinyl - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 08-Mar-2024 09:58)on April 20, 2024 at 1:19 am
THE CLASH I Fought The Law (1988 UK 4-track 12" vinyl single, also including City Of The Dead, 48 Hours and Police On My Back, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only minor storage wear withsome foxing to the reverse whilst the vinyl is in Excellent condition with light signs of playCLASHT1)
- The Clash - The Story Of The Clash Volume 1 - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £40.00, $50.00, €46.80 (New Item) (arrived 08-Mar-2024 10:09)on April 20, 2024 at 1:19 am
THE CLASH The Story Of The Clash Volume 1 (1988 UK issue 28-track double vinyl compilation LP including The Magnificent Seven, Rock The Casbah, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, Guns Of Brixton, I Fought The Law, [White Man] In Hammersmith Palais,Janie Jones, London Calling and more. The single-pocket picture sleeve shows a little age discolouration/scuffing to top edge but comes with its narrative inners and the vinyl remains in EX condition)
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