I heard a story about how they did this as a warm up but Guy Stevens who was producing London Calling recored it anyway when the CLash ound out they complained and Jones pointed out it sped up Stevens said thats great all great Rock and Roll speeds up and stuck it on the record.
TOPPER: I'll always remember doing that. One take, live, Guy said, "That's it!" and I said, "You can't keep that, it speeds up!" and he said, "Great! All rock'n'roll speeds up. Take!" And from then on the sessions just cooked.
TOPPER: I'll always remember doing that. One take, live, Guy said, "That's it!" and I said, "You can't keep that, it speeds up!" and he said, "Great! All rock'n'roll speeds up. Take!" And from then on the sessions just cooked.
PAUL: Guy made me feel really at ease and if I played wrong notes he didn't care. After we'd played Brand New Cadillac I said I made a mistake on that and he said, "It doesn't matter, it's great."
PAUL: Guy made me feel really at ease and if I played wrong notes he didn't care. After we'd played Brand New Cadillac I said I made a mistake on that and he said, "It doesn't matter, it's great."
So it doesn't seem like they didn't...
So it doesn't seem like they didn't know they were being recorded, rather they thought the recording wasn't good enough, but the live sound is what Guy wanted.
I heard a story about how they did this as a warm up but Guy Stevens who was producing London Calling recored it anyway when the CLash ound out they complained and Jones pointed out it sped up Stevens said thats great all great Rock and Roll speeds up and stuck it on the record.
From the big pink Clash book:
From the big pink Clash book:
TOPPER: I'll always remember doing that. One take, live, Guy said, "That's it!" and I said, "You can't keep that, it speeds up!" and he said, "Great! All rock'n'roll speeds up. Take!" And from then on the sessions just cooked.
TOPPER: I'll always remember doing that. One take, live, Guy said, "That's it!" and I said, "You can't keep that, it speeds up!" and he said, "Great! All rock'n'roll speeds up. Take!" And from then on the sessions just cooked.
PAUL: Guy made me feel really at ease and if I played wrong notes he didn't care. After we'd played Brand New Cadillac I said I made a mistake on that and he said, "It doesn't matter, it's great."
PAUL: Guy made me feel really at ease and if I played wrong notes he didn't care. After we'd played Brand New Cadillac I said I made a mistake on that and he said, "It doesn't matter, it's great."
So it doesn't seem like they didn't...
So it doesn't seem like they didn't know they were being recorded, rather they thought the recording wasn't good enough, but the live sound is what Guy wanted.