SEX PISTOLS - THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE - VERY RARE 1st PRESS "3 STICKERS"

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SEX PISTOLS

THE

GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE

MEGA RARE & ORIGINAL 1979  FIRST PRESS, UK ( 3 STICKERED ) DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM ON THE VIRGIN RECORDS LABEL, IN IT'S ORIGINAL GATEFOLD PICTURE SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH NO WRITING, RIPS OR TARE'S. AND SHOWING HARDLY ANY SIGNS OF AGE OR USE. JUST TINY BITS OF SHELF WEAR ON SOME EDGES AND CORNERS. THE INSERT CONTANING THE ALBUM TRACK LISTING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. AND BOTH RECORDS THEMSELVES GRADE A SUPERB EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION. WITH BRIGHT CLEAN PICTURE LABELS AND GLOSSY VINYL, BOTH SHOWING VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE OR USE. NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS, JUST A COUPLE OF FEINT PAPER SWIRLS ONLY. LOOKS AND PLAYS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC ON BOTH SIDES, THEY CERTAINLY WON'T COME MUCH BETTER!! IDEAL PIECE FOR SERIOUS RARE RECORD COLLECTORS.

TRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS

RECORD ONE - SIDE ONE

1. THE GOD SAVE THE QUEEN SYMPHONY

2. JOHNNY B. GOODE

3. ROAD RUNNER

4. BLACK ARABS

5. ANARCHY IN THE UK

SIDE TWO

1. SUBSTITUTE

2. NO LIP

3. STEPPING STONE

4. ANARCHIE POR LE UK

5. CRIMINAL WAR BELSEN BORTREFFLICH ( JOHNNY ROTTEN )

6. CRIMINAL WAR BELSEN BORTREFFLICH ( RONNIE BIGGS )

RECORD TWO - SIDE ONE

1. SILLY THING

2. MY WAY

3. I WANNA BE ME

4. SOMETHING ELSE

5. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

6. LONELY BOY

7. NO ONE IS INNOCENT

SIDE TWO

1. C'MON EVERYBODY

2. EMI

3. THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE

4. FRIGGIN' IN THE RIGGIN'

5. YOU NEED HANDS

6. WHO KILLED BAMBI

ALBUM CREDITS

Originally released in 1979 as the soundtrack to a documentary that marked the rocket rise and flaming crash of the Sex Pistols, THE GREAT ROCK & ROLL SWINDLE was really Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren's cinematic (and vinyl) potshot at the music industry he despised. Engaged in vicious legal battles with Johnny Rotten, Warner Brothers Records and Virgin Records, McLaren fought back in the only way he knew how -- by raising hell and documenting the whole bloody mess.

By the time THE GREAT ROCK & ROLL SWINDLE was released, the punk-era soap opera had ended: Sid Vicious was dead and Rotten had formed Public Image Limited. Probably best known for Vicious' tortured deconstruction of "My Way," the 21-track compilation features seven tracks by the Pistols -- even though Rotten only appears in the film via archival footage-as well as songs by Tenpole Tudor, Ronnie Biggs and others. Curiosities abound, including a French version of "Anarchy in the U.K," drunken rugby songs, and the fey, McLaren- crooned "You Need Hands." Both ragged and riveting, THE GREAT ROCK & ROLL SWINDLE is a fascinating, screaming document of the tattered remains of one of the most explosive moments in rock history.

COLLECTORS INFORMATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND RAREST RELEASES OF THIS ALBUM, THERE ARE 3 STICKERS (2 ON THE FRONT, SEE PICTURE) AND ONE ON THE REVERSE (YELLOW BACKGROUND WITH RED WRITING). 2ND PRESS COPIES ONLY HAD 2, LATER RELEASES ONLY HAD ONE AND RE-ISSUES DIDN'T HAVE ANY. THE INSERT WITH TRACK LISTING IS PRESENT, WITH MANY COPIES THESE DAYS THE INSERT IS USUALLY MISSING.

MATRIX NUMBERS ARE AS FOLLOWS. RECORD ONE... VD 2510 A1, VD 2510 A2. RECORD TWO... VD 2510 A3, VD 2510 A4. ON THE REAR COVER THE WRITING BELOW THE BAMBI PICTURE IS BLUE, NOT BLACK LIKE THE LATER ISSUES. THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS THE DEFINITIVE FEATURES FOR THIS ALBUM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO HELP. NOT SO LONG AGO, THE SERIOUS COLLECTORS WERE PAYING UPTO £250.00 FOR THIS PACKAGE IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. BARGAIN FOR SOMEONE.   

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