Sandinista!

1980 CBS copy of The Clash’s “Sandinista!,” catalog FSLN 1, presented as a 3 x vinyl LP stereo album at 33 1/3 RPM. Produced by The Clash, this opened triple-LP set carries the album’s unmistakable visual language: a stark black-and-white band photograph against brick, heavy red title lettering, and a front hype sticker advertising “36 New Clash Songs” on a specially low-priced 3-LP set, plus a bonus 2' x 3' lyric-sheet poster.

The rear jacket is a field of vivid red with the full program arranged across six sides, including titles such as “The Magnificent Seven,” “Junco Partner,” “Police on My Back,” “Charlie Don’t Surf,” “Version City,” and “Shepherds Delight.” The photographed disc is housed in a plain white die-cut inner sleeve, showing a red-and-black CBS center label with the album title, catalog number, stereo marking, and 33 1/3 RPM notation.

Condition is recorded as Near Mint for the vinyl, with the packaging noted as opened. As a 1980 triple album from The Clash on CBS, “Sandinista!” stands as an expansive six-sided artifact of the band’s era, its red, black, and white packaging matching the scale and urgency of the music within.