Joe Strummer’s late work with The Mescaleros continued the project his previous band, The Clash, had started: to situate rock in a global conversation about working-class music. Comprising the band’s three studio albums (1999’s Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, 2001’s Global a Go-Go and 2003’s Streetcore) plus outtakes and live tracks, The Mescaleros Years moves briskly and knowledgeably but with the same beginner’s passion Strummer marshalled for 30 years, fusing fiddle music with Indian rhythms (“Bhindi Bhagee”), garage rock with reggae (“Coma Girl”) and cosmopolitan beats with backwoods feedback (the outtake “Ocean of Dreams”). No matter where they go, every song here bears a sense of celebration.

Tracklisting

1. Rock Art And The X-Ray Style
2. Tony Adams (6:33)
3. Sandpaper Blues (4:27)
4. X-Ray Style (4:34)
5. Techno D-Day (4:07)
6. The Road To Rock ’n’ Roll (3:58)
7. Diggin’ The New (3:07)
8. Nitcomb (4:30)
9. Forbidden City (4:46)
10. Yalla Yalla (6:56)
11. Willesden To Cricklewood (6:46)
12. Global A Go-Go
13. Johnny Appleseed
14. Cool ‘N’ Out
15. Global A Go-Go
16. Bhindi Bhagee
17. Gamma Ray
18. Mega Bottle Ride
19. Shaktar Donetsk
20. Mondo Bongo
21. Bummed Out City
22. At The Border, Guy
23. Minstrel Boy
24. Streetcore
25. Coma Girl
26. Get Down Moses
27. Long Shadow
28. Arms Aloft
29. Ramshackle Day Parade
30. Redemption Song
31. All In A Day
32. Burnin’ Streets
33. Midnight Jam
34. Silver And Gold
35. Vibes Compass (B-sides & Rarities)
36. Time And The Tide
37. Techno D-Day (Demo)
38. Ocean Of Dreams
39. Forbidden City (Demo)
40. X-Ray Style (Demo)
41. Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll (Demo)
42. Tony Adams (Demo)
43. Cool ‘N’ Out (Demo)
44. Global A Go-Go (Demo)
45. Secret Agent Man
46. All In A Day (Demo)
47. London Is Burning
48. Get Down Moses (Outtake)
49. Fantastic
50. Coma Girl (Outtake)

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Time and The Tide

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• JOE STRUMMER 002: THE MESCALEROS YEARS UNBOXING & RESEÑA
• Techno D-Day (Demo)
• Ocean Of Dreams
• Forbidden City (Demo)
• X-Ray Style (Demo)
• Joe Strummer - The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll (Demo) (Official Video)
• Tony Adams (Demo)
• Cool ‘N’ Out (Demo)
• Global A Go-Go (Demo)
• Joe Strummer - Secret Agent Man (Official Visualizer)
• All In A Day (Demo)
• London Is Burning
• Get Down Moses (Outtake)
• Joe Strummer - Fantastic (Official Audio)
• Coma Girl (Outtake)

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