The Clash tricked CBS into making London Calling a double album. Throughout 1979, The Clash butted heads with their label, CBS Records, about the retail price of their albums.

Forty years ago, The Clash's iconic album London Calling and its equally famous record cover featuring Pennie Smith's image of the demise of a bass guitar, appeared in record stores across the UK ...

"Rough. Funny. Expansive." That's how critic Greil Marcus described The Clash's album on our program in 1980. We brought him back to ask if he stands by his original review.

From the first few notes, the song is unmistakable. "London Calling," which kicked off The Clash's 1979 album of the same name, became an anthem for a new, edgy London that could be hard, dark ...

As the band’s former manager Kosmo Vinyl puts it in a quote from the Museum of London exhibition: “Guy Stevens wanted to make a record that sounded like scoring a goal at a Wembley Cup Final.” ...

The Clash caught outside Wessex Studios in August 1979 while recording 'London Calling' Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd In a first for this column, what’s cropping up is a cassette reissue . The Clash ...

Former Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon will co-executive produce a new biopic about the making of the band’s classic 1979 album London Calling, the BBC reported Wednesday.. The script ...

Clash's London Calling goes from vinyl to video. A new film about punk pioneer band The Clash will focus on the creation of its iconic album London Calling.

The Clash's Joe Strummer would no doubt get a chuckle out of one of his band's biggest hits, 'London Calling,' being used to promote next summer's Olympic Games in London. The title track from the ...