Here's a Clash deep cut: anyone ever hear of the 1981 album by actor/singer Ellen Foley (of Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and the early-80's tv show, "Night Court" fame), Spirit of St. Louis?

The album was recorded in the same studio as Sandinista (Wessex Studios), was made several weeks after Sandinista, using the same engineers, produced by her then-boyfriend, Mick Jones, and the backing band was The Clash?

Joe Strummer and Jones wrote 6 of the 12 songs.

How is it? Well, similar mindset as Sandinista: kind of all over the place.

Ms. Foley’s singing is 80% Kate Bush breathlessness which seems either oddly natural or weirdly affected. The 20% is reminiscent of her Meat Loaf-era power belting.

The band sounds like a pretty good Clash cover band; full of guitar runs/strums and Topper Headon’s kit-slapping borrowed almost directly from “London Calling” but turned down a few notches in every respect. Like really good elevator music covers. Pretty dang surreal.