Jimmy Cliff Does Rancid, The Clash and Bob Dylan

Jimmy Cliff is one of the greatest artists ever to come from Jamaica (where the competition for that honour is murderous) and hearing him cover Rancid's"Ruby Soho, The Clash's "Guns of Brixton" as well as Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall" on the Tim Armstrong-produced EP Sacred Fire (Collective Sounds, 2011) is a sweet, sweet sensation.

  Jimmy Cliff – Ruby Soho (Rancid cover) by rfp86   



  Guns Of Brixton by Jimmy Cliff



Jimmy Cliff - "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall" (Bob Dylan)


Besides the aforementioned list of covers (Rancid, The Clash AND Dylan - how could MRML not cover this!) the vinyl version also contains two Cliff originals, "Ship is Sailing" and "World Upside Down", the latter of which he recently  performed live with The Roots:






jimmycliff.com

Rancid: On a Night Like This (2011)

Well we discussed the relentlessness of Berkley punk band Rancid before (see HERE) and I've just now been alerted by punknews that the latest entry in the band's Live in the Living Room series is a pretty faithful version of "On a Night Like This" from Bob Dylan's 1974 album, Planet Waves.

Turns out the band's been doing the song live for almost a year, as evidenced by this grittier live version from 2010 with Flea from The Red Hot Chilli Pepper guesting.

OFFICIAL SITE

Basic Radio: Roots Radicals

Here's the demo (plus some live tracks) of the heavier ska of Operation Ivy/Rancid's Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong first band, Basic Radio, from all the way back in 1986. Not perfect but much of the demo sounds pretty decent and is better than this live footage (whose existence is, in and of itself, kinda impressive).

Roots Radicals link is in the comments

Speaking of comments, let us know what you think of Basic Radio.

Rancid: Grease and Garbage

I've bought Rancid albums worth repeated spinnings (and seen them play a pulverizing live show) but none of them ever bettered OP IVY's Energy (more OP IVY here). Whatever the myriad strengths of Rancid, the loss Jesse' Micheal's measured singing style and his more literate, less macho lyrical sense still stings. Grease and Garbage is a bootleg collection of Rancid rarities from the early days that hits hard as hell despite any losses, real or perceived.

Grease and Garbage link is in the comments

Speaking of comments: Are Rancid a better band than Operation Ivy?

Support the band

Homepage

MySpace

Interpunk

Amazon

iTunes