Unheard Clash songs aired by BBC

international | arts and media | other press Friday September 03, 2004 11:43 by pat c

Hear the "lost" music

The world's first airing of legendary "lost" music and film footage of influential punk band The Clash has been shown by the BBC.

Former band members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon were interviewed on BBC Two's Newsnight about the reissue of their landmark 1979 LP London Calling.

It is being released this month to mark its 25th anniversary, along with discs of unreleased demos and studio footage. Thursday's Newsnight played previously unheard tracks and showed unseen film.

The unreleased demos make up part of the so-called "Vanilla Tapes", a collection of long lost Clash recordings recently rediscovered by guitarist and singer Mick Jones.

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