Capital Radio One
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| Capital Radio E.P. | ||
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| EP by The Clash | ||
| Released | April 1, 1977 (U.K.) | |
| Recorded | 1977 | |
| Genre | Punk rock | |
| Length | ??? | |
| Label | Neat | |
| Producer | Micky Foote | |
| “Capital Radio” | ||
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| Song by The Clash | ||
| Album | Capital Radio E.P. | |
| Released | April 1, 1977 (U.K.) | |
| Recorded | 1977 | |
| Genre | Punk rock | |
| Length | 2:09 | |
| Label | Neat | |
| Producer | Micky Foote | |
| Capital Radio E.P. track listing | ||
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| “Capital Radio Two” | ||
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| Song by The Clash | ||
| Album | The Cost of Living | |
| Released | May 11, 1979 | |
| Recorded | 1979 | |
| Genre | Punk rock | |
| Length | 4:05 | |
| Label | Neat | |
| Producer | Micky Foote | |
| The Cost of Living (EP) track listing | ||
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Capital Radio is a song and an EP by The Clash.
The original 2:07-2:09 song has been included as "Capital Radio" or "Capital Radio One" on Capital Radio E.P. (1977), Black Market Clash (1980), Clash on Broadway (1991), The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 (1988), From Here to Eternity: Live (1999), The Essential Clash (2003), and Singles Box (2006).
Lyrically, the song is an attack on the music policy of what was (at the time) London's only legal commercial music radio station, which played mainstream chart hits and little if any punk. It namechecks the station's then Head of Music, Aidan Day - "He picks all the hits they play/to keep you in your place all day".
The song ends with a parody of one of Capital's actual jingles of the period; the band replaces the lyric "in tune with London" with "in tune with nothing".
[edit] Capital Radio E.P.
The EP single 7" vinyl Capital Radio, recorded on April 1, 1977, was given away to readers who sent off the coupon printed in the NME, plus the red sticker found on their first album The Clash (1977). It was produced by Mickey Foote and engineered by Simon Humphrey.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Strummer/Jones except where noted.
Side one
- "Capital radio"
- Interview: Tony Parsons & The Clash
Side two
- "Listen"
[edit] Capital Radio Two
In 1978-79 "Capital Radio One" was extremely rare in the UK, so much so that the group had rerecorded it as "Capital Radio Two" on The Cost of Living E.P. released on May 11, 1979 in 7" vinyl format. "Capital Radio" was rerecorded because the group learnt that copies of the original Capital Radio EP were selling for high prices.
"Capital Radio Two" is much longer (3:20), mainly because of a protracted intro and outro.
"Capital Radio Two" has been included on The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 (1988), Super Black Market Clash (1994), and Singles Box (2006).
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