CALLING LONDON!

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In this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly:

This week, Epic / Legacy releases [i]The Clash - The Singles[/i], a 19-disc set containing the band's U.K. singles and B sides. EW called Mick Jones to ruminate on some of the collection's highlights:

[b]"WHITE MAN IN HAMMERSMITH PALAIS" (1978)[/b]
"Ooh, an early opera! It was an experience Joe (Strummer) had of going to a reggae all-nighter at Hammersmith Palais and being intimidated."

[b]"LONDON CALLING" (1979)[/b]
"We'd lost our rehearsal space and we found somewhere in the back of a garage. We went there religiously every day and just worked and played football. And we came up with that!"

[b]"HITSVILLE UK" (1980)[/b]
"It was an ode to all the indie labels that were coming up. Rough Trade and that. Our [major-label] record company were going 'Oh groan.' "

[b]"THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" (1980)[/b]
"We were in New York and hip-hop was just starting up. Joe went, 'Let's do a rap number.' The track was going to be called 'The Magnificent Seven Rap-O-Clappers.' We went into the toilet and clapped in there because of the echo."

[b]SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO" (1982)[/b]
"I can only sortt of remember writing it. [[i]Laughs[/i]] We did alot of stuff! Fact is, for a person whose one aim was not to do a job, I worked continually for the whole time."

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