December 14th 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of London Calling, one of the most seminal albums of all time. On December 14th 1979 The Clash recorded London Calling at Wessex Studios in London, UK. Upon release the album received rave reviews across the board, and Rolling Stone placed the album at number 8 in their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The iconic album cover features a Pennie Smith photograph of Paul Simonon smashing his Fender precision bass on the stage of The Palladium in New York during their 1979 US tour. In 2002 Q magazine named this photograph the greatest rock and roll photograph of all time.