The Clash's Sandinista! Receives Tribute Treatment

The Clash's 1980 triple-album, Sandinista!, was too ambitious a follow-up for many people to fathom after their landmark London Calling, but it gets a deserving return to the spotlight with the May 1 release of The Sandinista! Project: A Tribute To The Clash.

The two-CD set will be released by 00:02:59 Records, a label named after a lyric in the Sandinista! song "Hitsville U.K." Profits from sales of the album will be split between Amnesty International and the Joe Strummer Memorial Forest, a division of the Future Forests organization dedicated to fighting global warming.

Author, journalist and major Clash fan Jimmy Guterman assembled an eclectic group of artists to record one song each from Sandinista!, and the tracks on the tribute are sequenced identically to the original.

"It wasn't necessarily their best record, their best-selling record or even their most enjoyable record, but it's an exciting, sprawling mess that I return to constantly," says Guterman.

Here are the artists and songs on The Sandinista! Project: A Tribute To The Clash:

Disc one:
Joe Grushecky And The Houserockers — "The Magnificent Seven"
Katrina Leskanich — "Hitsville U.K."
Jon Langford and Sally Timms with Ship & Pilot — "Junco Partner"
Jason Ringenberg and Kristi Rose — "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe"
Amy Rigby — "The Leader"
The Coal Porters — "Something About England"
Ruby On The Vine — "Rebel Waltz"
Jim Duffy — "Look Here"
Wreckless Eric — "The Crooked Beat"
Matthew Ryan — "Somebody Got Murdered"
Haale — "One More Time/One More Dub"
Ted Harris — "One More Time"
London Calling Of Chicago — "Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)"
The Smithereens — "Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)"
Ethan Lipton — "Corner Soul"
Storybox — "Let's Go Crazy"
Steve Wynn — "If Music Could Talk"
Bill Lloyd — "The Sound Of The Sinners"

Disc two:
Willie Nile — "Police On My Back"
Soul Food with Mick Gallagher — "Midnight Log"
Sunset Heroes — "The Equaliser"
The Lothars — "The Call Up"
Phil Rockrohr and The Lifters — "Washington Bullets"
Stew — "Broadway"
Jim Allen — "Lose This Skin"
The Crunchies — "Charlie Don't Surf"
Bee Maidens — "Mensforth Hill"
Mark Cutler — "Junkie Slip"
Camper Van Beethoven — "Kingston Advice"
Dollar Store — "The Street Parade"
Tim Krekel — "Version City"
Lou Carlozo — "Living In Fame"
The Blizzard Of 78 featuring Mikey Dread — "Silicone On Sapphire"
Sally Timms and Jon Langford with Ship & Pilot — "Version Pardner"
Sex Clark Five — "Career Opportunities"
The Hyphens — "Shepherds Delight"