The Clash - Stay Free (early mix with alternate vocal)

[@dengelke]

Wow - rare find. Thanks for sharing.

[@lestoil]

I was 17-years-old the first I heard "Stay Free". I thought it was amazing the first time I heard it. Amazing to think an American teen could relate so strongly to a song about another teen doing the very same things but an entire world away.

[@bittersweetriotpopinternat6719]

Wow, many thanks. I love this album but it was a mistake to redo the guitars in SF. This is gorgeous. The Crown is still there... have had a few drinks there for one reason only: This song.

[@craigvarey9230]

I remember buying this album in 1978 with my school lunch money. I had no dinners at school that week lol! And that was the way it was whenever a new album or single came out. It was fucking well worth it!

[@TheRusshighfield]

Which Crown

[@dermot51]

Gave Pearlman to much control

[@stevefaure415]

Love the vocals up front like that. Thanks!

[@SR-hq3gs]

The greatest ❤Band of the 20th Century...

[@dermot51]

Beautiful

[@nickcassettes]

A thing of beauty. Thanks. Stay Free.

[@treatmentbound]

We’ll burn it F-ING DOWN!

[@yogijaya2897]

It is time, friends. The 2 sevens have clashed and the 2 twos have arrived. Let's GO⚒️✊🏽💗💋💋💋💋💋 Jan 1 2022 Fuck the Shitstem!

[@mickymac6571]

Always good to hear an alternative version.🎸

[@taylora98]

Awesome find.

[@ikemachamer7904]

I have this song title tattooed on my knuckles.

[@christophead8991]

it fits !! what a great tattoo idea might steal it

[@paullane1950]

Fantastic!

[@neroslumashtrayii4122]

Increíble ❤️

[@frankward8457]

Still soo good!

[@bustertheboxer1343]

More raw and actually better.👍

[@drstevie]

FAB :)

[@CMcD630]

🍻 🫶 U Mick ✌️

[@frankward8457]

This is Mick’s vocal from “Rude Boy”

[@Heston68]

It is indeed with the track filled out a bit more.

[@yogijaya2897]

Love that film💗love the CLASH✊🏽

[@terrenceholmes4176]

I have to confess, I think Mick Jones is the most important clash member.

[@T289c]

with out one, there is none. Topper was the only Drummer that mattered... Joe was the quintessential front man. Paul actually could play the bass and had the attitude that completed them. Yes Mick is equally important. But its all 4 that made them who they were.

[@paullane1950]

​@@T289c The sum being greater than the total of its parts !

[@PatrickWalsh-mx8xy]

much better than the album version

[@SimonRobeyns]

say what you want but the guitars sound absolutely deadly in the released version compared to this do agree on the drums/vocals working greatly here

[@methman9212]

I agree the guitars are way more powerful in the official version

[@frankward8457]

This is vocal from Mick on Rude Boy…

[@Heston68]

Yes, with extra instrumentation added, including lead guitar parts. The track is in a later stage of development.

[@RP12077]

@@Heston68 Cool. I was just listening to different versions of the song and was wishing I had the Rude Boy version!

[@divergencefilms]

Prefer this version

[@swthirteen]

Too much sugar on Sandy Pearlman's work - and the reverse drums in the mix are so wrong.

[@methman9212]

Agreed