Vinyl Spins - Sandinista!

I bought this album at Play It Again Sam on Elmwood when it was released in December 1980. It was Xmas present for myself. This 3 LP set quickly became one of my all time favorite albums. Still is and it still sounds great. Getting up and flipping it over, dropping the needle five more times makes it an especially well rewarded effort.

Over the years some folks have argued that there is a perfect single record album buried within this sprawling epic. There are many great classic Clash songs scattered across the six sides but the overall effect is perfect in itself. It was also amazing to follow the double album classic London Calling with this triple LP masterpiece.

I also enjoyed reading the tri-fold lyric sheet interesting titled The Armagideon Times no. 3 which featured hand written but readable lyrics and cartoons about each song. Cool.

The first of six pages.