The Clash Converse now here!

It's exactly thirty years to the day since The Clash's classic album London Calling was released, on 14th December 1979. With its mix of punk, rock, reggae, ska and pop, the album regularly appears near the top of those "best albums of all time" polls that seem to come out every year in music magazines. It's certainly one of my favourite albums ever (I first heard it on a pub jukebox in the early '90s and rushed out to buy the CD the following day!) - listening back to it now it sounds every bit as relevant, both musically and lyrically, as it did in 1979, and who can forget that album cover?



Anyway, enough of the music review. The reason I'm banging on about The Clash is this stunning new London Calling Converse shoe which has just been delivered. Inspired by the original artwork from the album, these shoes feature premium white leather upper, with the LONDON CALLING logo from the album, a 14/12/79 date stamp near the heel, laces in matching colours as well as white, and Clash logo on the sole. Click the pictures below to view larger images, and you can click here to order.




Of course if you're under 30 there's a chance you won't have heard London Calling before - so here's some links so you can have a listen (the modern-day equivalent of the pub jukebox). Click here to play the album through we7 (a free service which streams music through your web browser), or here if you have Spotify (no, we don't have any Spotify invites - sorry!)

And if you've only got a few minutes, you can watch the official video to the title track:



Right, in the spirit of punk rock I'm off to smash up some guitars... and when I've done that there's a large delivery of Skechers shoes to put away - back soon.

Lee