Elgin Avenue Breakdown
by The 101ers
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 6 March 1981
- Label: Andalucia
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:05:13
- Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released posthumously to capitalize on the massive success of The Clash, this compilation serves as a critical historical document of Joe Strummer's initial foray into the London pub rock circuit. It captures the frantic, rhythm-and-blues-driven energy that laid the immediate groundwork for the British punk explosion[cite: 1].
Genres
Descriptors: melodic
Tracklist
- Letsagetabitarockin' (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:08)
- Silent Telephone (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:21)
- Keys to Your Heart (feat. Joe Strummer) (3:44)
- Rabies (From The Dogs Of Love) (feat. Joe Strummer) (3:12)
- Sweet Revenge (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:57)
- Motor Boys Motor (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:22)
- Steamgauge 99 (feat. Joe Strummer) (3:36)
- Five Star R'N'R (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:56)
- Surf City (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:48)
- Keys to Your Heart (feat. Joe Strummer) - Version 2 (3:08)
- Sweety of the St. Moritz (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:24)
- Hideaway (feat. Joe Strummer) (2:48)
- Shake Your Hips (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (3:36)
- Lonely Mother's Son (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (3:45)
- Don't Let It Go (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (2:50)
- Keep Taking The Tablets (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (4:04)
- Junco Partner (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (3:30)
- Out Of Time (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (2:55)
- Maybelline (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (1:57)
- Gloria (feat. Joe Strummer) - Live (8:03)
Credits
- Mole - bass
- Dan Kelleher - bass, keyboards, vocals, lead vocals, written-by
- Richard Dudanski - drums, vocals
- Tim Young - lacquer cut by
- Clive Timperley - lead guitar, vocals
- Joe Strummer - rhythm guitar, lead vocals, written-by
- Neal Brown - sleeve notes
- Chuck Berry - written-by