Clash vs. Eddie Cochrane album?

May 1, 2019 4:47 PM

Does anyone else remember a cheap, probably-bootleg LP called something like "The Clash vs. Eddie Cochrane, a Match in Five Rounds" with a cover made up to look like a cheap boxing match poster? (To be honest, it might not have been Eddie Cochrane, but I am pretty sure it was The Clash.)

The cover of the LP was I think yellow and white. It alternated artists, taking turns doing the same songs. One of these songs was "Summertime Blues."

The LP is probably long gone from my parents' previous house -- I just want confirmation of this partial memory.

posted by wenestvedt to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

If you have no luck searching for it under Eddie Cochrane perhaps it might have been Vince Taylor (the artist who originally performed "Brand New Cadillac")?
posted by Nerd of the North at 5:43 PM on May 1, 2019

Best answer: Was it Battle Of The Rockers: Sid Vicious V Eddie Cochran/ ‎A World Title Battle in Eight Rounds ?
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:23 PM on May 1, 2019 [2 favorites]

"...World Title Contest," sorry for the error.
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:29 PM on May 1, 2019 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: YES YES YES YES YES

ALL HAIL MONKEY TOES

(And gawd, what's happened to my memory?)
posted by wenestvedt at 7:11 PM on May 1, 2019 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Dude this is so Flagged As Resolved. That was thirty minutes exactly!
posted by wenestvedt at 7:24 PM on May 1, 2019

Happy to help, wenestvedt! A post about the Strummer/covers of American rockers connection suggested Sid Vicious, and from there it was easy. (OK, it was more "Hmm, Sid could also conceivably be in the mental bucket of English punks of that period who covered older American rock classics, so what the hell, I'll just take a quick look-see." And yes, the relief of having a memory confirmed!)
posted by MonkeyToes at 4:44 AM on May 2, 2019 [1 favorite]