JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS - LIVE AT ACTON - NEW DOUBLE BLACK VINYL LP (2017)
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New double black vinyl LP. Limited edition. In clear vinyl gatefold sleeve. See photos.
Track listing "Shaktar Donetsk" "Bhindee Bhagee" "" "Tony Adams" "" "Mega Bottle Ride" "Get Down Moses" "" "Cool 'N' Out" "" "Johnny Appleseed" "Coma Girl" "" "" (featuring Mick Jones) "" (featuring Mick Jones) "" (featuring Mick Jones)Live at Acton Town Hall is a live recording of in performance at Acton Town Hall in in 2002. It was first released in 2012 as a exclusive – a vinyl in a limited number of 2,200 copies. The show had been recorded directly off the mixing desk by fans who, with foreknowledge of ' plans to attend, anticipated some kind of onstage reunion of the former songwriting partners. The recording circulated for many years just amongst a small group of fans who knew of its existence before surfacing a decade later at .
The concert, a benefit for striking firefighters, was recorded on 15 November 2002 and features one of the final live performances by Strummer (the last live show being in Liverpool on 22 November 2002), who died due to a heart condition on 22 December 2002. The performance features songs Strummer recorded with along with songs from Strummer's albums for Hellcat Records including new written songs such as "Coma Girl" and "Get Down Moses" that eventually would appear on Strummer's posthumous album, . The highlight of the performance features a reunion with Strummer's former bandmate from The Clash, for the first time in almost twenty years.
