PHOTOGRAPHER: KATE SIMON
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KATE SIMON
"Caroline and John were always on about punk, punk, punk. I'd be upstairs hanging out with Paul and Mick thinking: ‘If these people don't shut up about punk I'm gonna kill them!' Mick and Paul were like me: whatever, roll another spliff!"
Such associations gave rise to Simon's photograph for the front cover of the debut album by The Clash, which was taken outside Bernie Rhodes' Rehearsal Rehearsals in Camden, north London in November 1976.
"That came about because I followed my intuition once I'd made a connection with those guys," says Simon. "A strange thing happened to me during the shoot. I started crying. Joe, Mick and Paul just looked at me as if to say ‘Ah that's Kate, she'll be alright', and even I didn't understand why I was so emotional. "Maybe I knew that I was doing something which wasn't just important to me, but was going to be significant for a lot of people. It never happened to me before, and hasn't since."st important to me, but was going to be significant for a lot of people. It never happened to me before, and hasnít since.
photo, taken by Kate Simon in late 1976, was used for the cover of the band’s debut LP released in 1977
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Drew McCallum - The Clash, pictured in the alleyway near the Rehearsals Rehearsals recording studio, Stables Market, Camden. The photo, taken by Kate Simon in late 1976, was used for the cover of the band’s debut LP released in 1977 and subsequently has become an iconic image of the punk era.
Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Tory Crimes.
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Kate Simon CBS released the self- titled first album by The Clash in the UK. CBS in the US refused to release it until 1979 and Americans bought over 100,000 imported copies of the record making it one of the biggest- selling import records of all time.
Criss Damage - I worked on a stall at the bottom of those stairs. ..
alternate steps photo
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Album cover photo
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The Clash 1976 - photo shot for the 1st Clash album taken in Camden nearby
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Darek Darken - The Clash 1976
Sid Heyoka - Great pic with my girlfriend Tracie ( left on the pic), and our friend Debbie.. rip. taken before a rehearsal gig and photo shot for the 1st Clash album taken in Camden nearby
Clash t-shirt and photo of band
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Mickey foote wearing same shirt, photo below
Brenda Siegelman - Made by Sebastian Conran
Damian Keen - Looks like an Alex Michon design
