101ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited
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Free Music Review: Joe Strummer was cool.
Hit: 5 Stars
You know you can't get enough of Joe's modernized 40's/50's macho, so buy this disc.Free Music Review: Elgin Ave. Breakdown
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a great album. I just wish there was more 101ers to listen to.Free Music Review: Are you a Strummer or a Clash fan?
Hit: 4 Stars
If you're a Strummer fan who is an historical completist then you'll want this disc. Also, there are some really good tunes on here for anyone, particularly Joe's "Keys to Your Heart". Some of the live material here is high quality and some is not. This is likely not a CD you will listen to over and over again as you would artists who are fresh. But, I'm just glad this finally appeared on disc as I've always wanted to hear it and as a Joe fanatic, I had to have it. There's moments here that sound like a rough draft of JS and the Mescaleros, but also moments of pure rock 'n roll circa mid 70's with some great guitar solos. If Joe had not been where UK punk started after this band there's no telling what he would have done but you can be sure he'd have kept playing in a band. I'm a huge Clash and Strummer fan, but I rate this 4 stars more for its historical significance than for the actual quality and uniqueness of the content.Free Music Review: I can't believe I found this
Hit: 4 Stars
"Lonely Mother's Son," huh? More like Jail Guitar Doors. That track brought a big smile to my face as soon as the chorus started and I realized it was the song he'd later do as part of The Clash.
This CD is a real find, not just for completists, but for fans of old school rock and roll, and of Strummer's growling voice. If this was a little more polished and edited down, it would be London Calling quality. It's really that good. The sound quality on the live stuff is awful, but I don't wish they had left it off.
Free Music Review: Maximum R&B
Hit: 3 Stars
During the brief existence in the 1970s, the group released one single - Keys to Your Heart b/w 5-Star Rock & Roll Petrol - before Joe Strummer left for The Clash.
The album is a re-release of the 1981 version, with additional tracks to chronicle everything the band recorded (21 total from the studio and live). The high-octane R&B gave the group a solid following on the pub scene, with a dozen total musicians making appearances in the ever-changing lineup.
Additional interest in the band was generated once Strummer achieved fame with The Clash, but the music shows the continuing roots of the British scene through R&B and the pre-punk work of a musician who became a standard-bearer for the new style that swept through the music industry.
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