# The Clash's 'Sandinista!': Masterpiece or Mess?

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Podcast: [Crossed Channels with Tony Fletcher and Dan Epstein](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossed-channels-with-tony-fletcher-and-dan-epstein-6711463)
Published: 2024-06-20T09:59:39+00:00
Episode link: https://tonyfletcher.substack.com/p/the-clashs-sandinista-masterpiece
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to Episode 7 of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast, in which two music journalists/obsessives, Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) clash and connect over music from either side of the pond. A free preview of Episode 7 is available to all listeners, but the episode is only available in its entirety to paid subscribers of Jagged Time Lapse or Tony Fletcher, Wordsmith . If you’re already a free subscriber to either of these Substacks (or better yet, both), upgrade your subscription now to hear the whole thing, along with other bonus features. As always, we are immensely grateful for your encouragement and support! Cheers! On this occasion, paid subscribers can also win a copy of Tony’s book on The Clash: The Music That Matters to be won. In Episode 6 , we discussed Blondie, a band from the NYC punk scene that hit it big in the UK before most Americans had ever heard of them. This time, we’re tackling one of the most important bands from the original wave of British punk: The Clash . After making their live debut with a July 4, 1976 performance at The Screen on the Green in London (at which they supported the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols), the Clash quickly gained a massive UK following on the strength of their high-energy gigs and outspoken left-wing ideology. But Epic Records, the American arm of their label CBS Records, flat-out refused to issue the band’s self-titled 1977 debut album, assuming that it had no commercial potential in the US. By 1980, however, the Clash had become immensely popular in the States — their third album, 1979’s double-length London Calling , made it all the way to #27 on the Billboard 200, thanks to the surprise radio hit “Train in Vain”…

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