Clash Bandmates Sure Joe Strummer Would Be 'Very Proud' of New Box Set — billboard.com

Paul Simonon says he and his Clash bandmates are proud of their new "Sound System" box set for one simple reason.  "The band have actively been involved in this creation," the bassist tells Billboard. "It hasn't been put together by a record company or somebody that was paid to design it. It was put together by the band itself. That doesn't happen often." Simonon says he and guitarist Mick Jones divided up responsibilities for "Sound System," an 11-CD, one DVD collection that came out this week alongside the two-CD compilation "The Clash Hits Back" and "The Clash -- 5 Album Studio Set" box. Jones handled the musical end of the project, diving into the group`s vaults to remaster the group's five studio albums and select wealth of rarities, B-sides, non-album singles and demos. Simonon, meanwhile, designed the boom-box shaped "Sound System" package, which also contains an "owner's manual" booklet, reprints of the Armagideon Times fanzine as well as a new issue edited by Simonon and an assortment of stickers, buttons, dog tags and other memorabilia. 

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