Significant longplayers from yesteryear
12 December 2025
Punk icons THE CLASH released their 4th LP, a triple one, called
SANDINISTA! today 45 years ago, on 12 December 1980.
#19 in the UK, #24 in the US, #3 in Canada
The longplayer(s) crossed various genres including funk, reggae, jazz, gospel, rockabilly, folk, dub, rhythm and blues, calypso, disco, and rap. For the first time, the band’s songs were credited to The Clash as a group, rather than to Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.
The band agreed to a decrease in album royalties
in order to release the 3-LP at a low price.
Rolling Stone said: “The Clash drop the big one.
To hell with Clash style, there’s a world out there.”
Mick Jones: “I always saw it as a record for people who were, like, on oil rigs.
Or Arctic stations. People that weren’t able to get to the record shops regularly.”
Joe Strummer: “It was triply outrageous”.
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