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| Released | 9 September 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1982 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Label | Sony Legacy | |||
| Producer | The Clash, Micky Foote, Sandy Pearlman, Bill Price, Guy Stevens, Jose Unidos, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Julian Temple, Don Letts | |||
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Sound System is a box set collection by the Clash released in September 2013.[1][2] The box contains the band's studio albums (but excludes the post-breakup album Cut the Crap) newly re-mastered by Mick Jones, with a further three discs featuring demos, non-album singles, rarities and B-sides, a DVD with previously unseen footage by both Don Letts and Julien Temple, original promo videos and live footage, plus an owner's manual booklet, reprints of the band's original 'Armagideon Times' fanzine and merchandise including dog tags, badges, stickers and a poster. The boom box packaging was designed by Paul Simonon. The set was released simultaneously with 5 Album Studio Set, which contains only the five studio albums, and a greatest hits package titled The Clash Hits Back.
In a September 2013 interview, Mick Jones announced the box sets and hits package will be the final time he works on anything involving the Clash and their music. "I'm not even thinking about any more Clash releases. This is it for me, and I say that with an exclamation mark," Jones said.[3]
- ^ Hann, Michael (21 May 2013). "The Clash to release new box set of remastered albums and rarities: Sound System set to be accompanied by best-of album, sequenced to copy a 1982 Brixton show". The Guardian.
- ^ "The Clash Announce Deluxe "Sound System" Box Set". Yahoo! Finance. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Greene, Andy (30 August 2013). "The Clash's Mick Jones: 'This Is It for Me': Expects the band's huge new box set to be last reissue project". Rolling Stone.