The Clash to release "Essential Clash"

Billboard.com is reporting that Epic Records will be releasing a double-disc retrospective collection covering the Clash's career entitled "Essential Clash." The album's 40 tracks, placed in chronological order, were selected by Joe Strummer before his untimely death in late December. The songs have been digitally remastered, and the liner notes are said to be extensive, written by journalist Pat Gilbert. The retrospective is slated to come out on March 11th on Epic/Legacy. Click READ MORE for the tracklisting.

Disc one: "Complete Control" "London's Burning" "Garageland" "Clash City Rockers" "I'm So Bored With the USA" Career Opportunities" "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" "Capital Radio One" "White Riot" "Police & Thieves" "Janie Jones" "I Fought the Law" "English Civil War" "Tommy Gun" "Safe European Home" "Guns on the Roof" "Drug Stabbing Time" "Stay Free" "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad" "Wrong 'Em Boyo"
Disc two: "Clampdown" "Guns of Brixton" "London Calling" "Train in Vain" "Lost in the Supermarket" "Brand New Cadillac" "Rudie Can't Fail" "Police On My Back" "The Magnificent Seven" "This Is Radio Clash" "Stop the World" "Bankrobber" "Broadway" "Somebody Got Murdered" "The Call Up" "Know Your Rights" "Rock the Casbah" "Straight to Hell" "Should I Stay or Should I Go" "This Is England"