This Is Big Audio Dynamite

This Is Big Audio Dynamite was the debut album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash band member Mick Jones. It was released in 1985, and reached #27 in the UK and #103 in the U.S.

Track listing

• All songs written by Jones/Letts except as indicated.

Personnel

• Mick Jones - vocals, guitar
• Don Letts - sound effects, vocals
• Dan Donovan - keyboards, photos
• Leo Williams - bass, vocals
• Greg Roberts - drums, vocals

Samples used on the album

Medicine Show

Sampled liberally throughout this song are sound bites from four motion picture, three of them spaghetti western. This list is based on order of appearance.

• "Get three coffins ready." (Clint Eastwood from A Fistful of Dollars)
• "Who the hell is that? One bastard goes in and another comes out....I'm innocent of everything!" (Eli Wallach from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
• "You makin' some kinda joke?" (A Fistful of Dollars)
• "I don't think it's nice, you laughin'." (Eastwood from A Fistful of Dollars)
• "Wanted in fourteen counties of this State, the condemned is found guilty of crimes of murder, armed robbery of citizens, state banks and post offices, the theft of sacred objects, arson in a state prison, perjury, bigamy, deserting his wife and children, inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods, passing counterfeit money, and contrary to the laws of this State, the condemned is guilty of using marked......
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