Editing London Calling (section)

==Artwork==
[[File:LondonCallingLogotype.png|thumb|The logotype for the album was modeled after that for ''[[Elvis Presley (album)|Elvis Presley]]''.]]
The album's front cover features a photograph of [[bass guitar|bassist]] [[Paul Simonon]] smashing his [[Fender Precision Bass]] (now on display at the [[Museum of London]],<ref>"https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/exhibitions/clash-simonon-bass-guitar-display "The Clash: Paul Simonon's bass guitar" Retrieved 7 July 2021. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707094650/https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/exhibitions/clash-simonon-bass-guitar-display |date=7 July 2021}}</ref> formerly Cleveland [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]])<ref>[http://www.rockhall.com/images/Large_Guide.pdf "Exhibit and Information Guide."] p. 5. Retrieved 17 May 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117050807/http://www.rockhall.com/images/Large_Guide.pdf |date=17 January 2010 }}</ref> against the stage at the [[Palladium (music venue)|Palladium]] in New York City on 20 September 1979.<ref>Green 2003, pp. 195–196.</ref><ref name="uncut70">Sweeting, Adam. "Death or Glory". ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''. October 2004. p. 70.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-did-a-famous-guitar-smashing-occur-one-fan-insists-everyone-has-it-wrong-1528212278 |first=Cameron |last=McWhirter |title=When Did a Famous Guitar-Smashing Occur? One Fan Insists Everyone Has It Wrong |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=5 June 2018 |access-date=5 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606034058/https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-did-a-famous-guitar-smashing-occur-one-fan-insists-everyone-has-it-wrong-1528212278 |archive-date=6 June 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Simonon explained in a 2011 interview with [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] that he smashed the bass out of frustration when he learned that the bouncers at the concert would not allow the audience members to stand up out of their seats; "I wasn't taking it out on the bass guitar, cos there ain't anything wrong with it", Simonon said.<ref>{{cite web|last=Baker|first=Alex|title=You Destroy the Things You Love: The Story of London Calling's Iconic Cover|url=https://www.fender.com/articles/gear/you-destroy-the-things-you-love-the-story-of-london-callings-iconic-cover|publisher=[[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]]|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref> [[Pennie Smith]], who photographed the band for the album, originally did not want the photograph to be used. She thought that it was too out of focus, but Strummer and [[graphic designer]] [[Ray Lowry]] thought it would make a good album cover.<ref name="uncut70" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Godwin|first=Richard|title=London Calling again|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23845073-london-calling-again.do|access-date=16 June 2010|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]|date=15 June 2010|quote=Lowry: "Actually, I had no idea it was out of focus. Half-blind at the best of times and half-pissed at the time, that simply had to be the one."|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617014630/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23845073-london-calling-again.do|archive-date=17 June 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2002, Smith's photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time by ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine, commenting that "it captures the ultimate rock'n'roll moment – total loss of control".<ref>Judd, Terri. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020124/ai_n9669465 "One hundred timeless rock'n'roll moments, and the photographers who&nbsp;..."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227154511/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020124/ai_n9669465 |date=27 December 2008 }}. ''[[The Independent]]''. 24 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref>
[[File:Paul Simonon london calling Fender Precision Bass.JPG|thumb|right|The Fender Precision Bass featured on the cover]]
The cover artwork was designed by Lowry and was an homage to the design of [[Elvis Presley]]'s [[Elvis Presley (album)|self-titled debut album]], with pink letters down the left side and green text across the bottom.<ref>Green 2003, p. 194.</ref><ref>Tryangiel, Josh. [http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,London_Calling,00.html "The All-TIME 100 Albums: London Calling"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202053102/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0%2C27693%2CLondon_Calling%2C00.html |date=2 February 2011 }}. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> The cover was named the ninth best album cover of all time by ''Q'' magazine in 2001.<ref>O'Connor, Mickey. [https://ew.com/article/2001/03/19/100-best-album-covers-ever/ "London's Q magazine picked these; what are yours?"]  . ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. 14 March 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> In 1995, [[Big Audio Dynamite]] (a band fronted by former Clash member [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]]) used the same scheme for their ''[[F-Punk]]'' album. The album cover for ''London Calling'' was among the ten chosen by the [[Royal Mail]] for a set of "Classic Album Cover" [[postage stamp]]s issued in January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Classic Album Covers: Issue Date – 7 January 2010 |url=http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/content1?catId=32300674&mediaId=112400790 |publisher=[[Royal Mail]] |access-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219004400/http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/content1?catId=32300674&mediaId=112400790 |archive-date=19 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jan/08/coldplay-album-stamp-approval | title=Coldplay album gets stamp of approval from Royal Mail | work=The Guardian | date=8 January 2010 | access-date=8 January 2010 | location=London | first=Sean | last=Michaels | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111051931/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/08/coldplay-album-stamp-approval | archive-date=11 January 2010 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The cover art was later parodied for the soundtrack to ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland#Soundtrack album|Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''.<ref name=IGN>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/10/20/tony-hawks-american-wasteland-soundtrack |title=Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Soundtrack |publisher=IGN |date=October 20, 2005 |access-date=August 22, 2012}}</ref>