SEX PISTOLS - 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Of Never Mind The Bollocks Album Due In October

September 20, 2017, 7 years ago

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SEX PISTOLS - 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Of Never Mind The Bollocks Album Due In October

It is now almost 40 years to the day since the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols was released and to mark this significant anniversary USM/UMC  revisit the out-of-print super deluxe edition of the album, which was originally issued in 2012.

Released in limited numbers at the time, this set is widely considered to be the definitive collection. This new, budget priced smaller-sized edition still boasts 3CDs which include the original studio album with 1977 B-sides, a disc of outtakes and one disc of 1977 live material. Additionally there is a DVD featuring 1977 footage of the band playing live from the infamous boat party held on the River Thames, London, the Winter Gardens, Penzance in Cornwall and the Happy House, Stockholm, Sweden.

Bringing it all together is a 48-page hardback book with narrative from music journalist Pat Gilbert plus rare photos from Bob Gruen, Barry Plummer, John Tiberi and Dave Wainwright.

Condensing the very essence of 1977, Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols is the only studio album by the group, released amidst a furore of controversy and outrage, following their being dropped by not one but two record labels, banned from gigging in most parts of the UK and swearing live on TV. From its iconic day-glo cover designed by Jamie Reid in collaboration with the Sex Pistols to its risqué title which led to an infamous court case which the band won, the album encapsulates a moment in time when the Sex Pistols set the world of music on fire.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1 - Never Mind The Bollocks
“Holidays In The Sun”
“Bodies”
“No Feelings”
“Liar”
“God Save The Queen”
“Problems”
“Seventeen”
“Anarchy In The UK”
“Submission”
“Pretty Vacant”
“New York”
“EMI”

Disc 2 - Studio Rarities / Dave Goodman Demos / Chris Thomas Demos & Outtakes

Studio Rarities & B Sides:
“No Feeling” (B side of withdrawn God Save The Queen On A&M Records)
“Did You No Wrong” (B side of God Save The Queen)
“No Fun” (B side of Pretty Vacant)
“Satellite” (B side of Holidays In The Sun)

Dave Goodman Demos:
“New York” (Demo Version)
“Unlimited Edition” (Demo Version of EMI)
“Liar” (Demo Version)
“Pretty Vacant” (Demo Version)
“Problems” (Demo Version)
“No Future” (Demo Version of God Save The Queen)

Chris Thomas Demos & Outtakes:
“Did You No Wrong” (Alternative Vocal)
“Seventeen” (Alternative Vocal)
“Satellite” (Rough Mix)
“Submission” (Rough Mix)
“Holidays In The Sun” (Rough Mix)
“EMI” (Rough Mix)
“Seventeen” (Rough Mix)
“Holidays In The Sun” (Alternative Mix)
“Body” (Demo Version Of Bodies)
“Submission” (Alternative Mix)
“Belsen Was A Gas” (Demo Version)

Disc 3 - 1977 Live

Trondheim - StudentersamfuNdet - Norway:
“Anarchy In The UK”
“I Wanna Be Me”
“Seventeen”
“New York”
“EMI”
“No Fun”
“No Feelings”
“Problems”
“God Save The Queen”

Happy House - Stockholm - Sweden:
“Anarchy In The UK”
“I Wanna Be Me”
“Seventeen”
“New York”
“EMI”
“Submission”
“No Feelings”
“Problems”
“God Save The Queen”
“Pretty Vacant”
“No Fun”

Disc 4 - DVD 1977 footage

Riverboat Party - River Thames London 1977:
“Pretty Vacant”
“Anarchy In The UK”
“Problems”

Happy House Stockholm - Sweden 1977:
“Anarchy In The UK”
“I Wanna Be Me”
“Seventeen”
“New York”
“Problems”
“No Fun”

Winter Gardens - Penzance - Cornwall - 1977:
“Problems”
“No Fun”
“Anarchy In The UK”

Promo Videos:
“Good Save The Queen”
“Pretty Vacant”
“Holidays In The Sun”

Radio 1 Rock On Interview:
John And Sid Interview


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