The Clash: Revisited

Last weekend, I decided to update my abbreviated version of The Clash's sprawling, overstuffed 1981 opus Sandinista! (It came out nicely, I think.)

This weekend, as long as I had my Clash collection handy, I decided to take a stab at a new & improved, reimagined debut(ish) album. 

My first exposure to 1977's The Clash, like most of us here in the States, was via the adulterated 1979 American version, which swapped a few of the tracks on the UK original with later singles & b-sides (deemed, not inc...