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Joe Strummer's London Calling: Series 1: Episode 2

A chance to enjoy 12 programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.

Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world and his eclectic tastes, ranging from the Beatles to the Wu-Tang Clan.

Joe often started these shows with a song by his favourite Jamaican toaster Big Youth. After that, it was anybody's guess - from Bob Dylan to the Ramones via Nina Simone, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Here's a chance to see what he carried in his DJ box.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 11 Oct 2023 02:00

Music Played

  • The Rolling Stones

    Not Fade Away

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • The Beatles

    Rock And Roll Music

    • Beatles For Sale.
    • Parlophone.
    • 4.
  • Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra

    Unza Unza Time

  • ±υ‐R΄Η²β

    Noisy Place

  • Ricardo Bornman

    Umfaan

  • Big Dog

    Raise the Alarm

  • Amaswazi Emvelo & Mahlathini

    Siwuhambile Umhlaba

  • Eddie Bo

    Check Your Bucket

  • Eddie Cochran

    Nervous Breakdown

  • R. Dean Taylor

    Gotta See Jane

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.
  • Nina Simone

    Tell It Like It Is

  • Marvin Gaye

    Can I Get A Witness

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.
  • Eric β€œMonty” Morris

    Cinderella

  • Franco & Sam Mangwana

    Cooperation

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Long Hot Summer Night

  • Average White Band

    Work To Do

    • The Hit Label LTD.
  • Madness

    One Better Day

    • Virgin.
  • Daft Punk

    Digital Love

    • Virgin.
  • Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

    Global a Go-Go

  • Cornershop

    Good to Be on the Road Back ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Again

  • Ritchie Valens

    La Bamba

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Shabba Ranks

    Roots & Culture

  • Orchestra Baobab

    Aida Baoury

  • Ramones

    Beat On The Brat

  • The Clash

    London Calling

    • Columbia.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 5 Sep 2012 00:00
  • Wed 10 Dec 2014 02:00
  • Wed 6 Dec 2017 02:00
  • Wed 31 Oct 2018 02:00
  • Wed 31 Jul 2019 02:00
  • Wed 29 Jul 2020 03:30
  • Wed 11 May 2022 02:00
  • Thu 15 Dec 2022 01:30
  • Wed 11 Oct 2023 02:00